Monthly Archives: February 2016

Bitch Planet in the classroom

February 6, 2016 · by clutzclemens · in teaching · 1 Comment

This week I taught Bitch Planet‘s first volume (numbers 1-5) in my Women and Violence in Contemporary Texts course. Some students had the hard copy. Some brought their iPads. A few read it on their smartphones (oh, to have young eyes not destroyed by grad school). A few read it on smartphones with cracked screens. […]

Review: God Loves Haiti by Dimitry Elias Léger

February 3, 2016 · by clutzclemens · in Uncategorized · Leave a comment

The good folks at World Literature Today let me review this debut novel. I first read about it in the NYT Book Review and asked to serve as a reviewer for WLT. In his debut novel, God Loves Haiti, Dimitry Elias Léger uses the 2010 earthquake in Haiti as the backdrop for a love […]

Postcolonial Literature in the Modern World

Thoughtful Discussions and Insights Regarding Postcolonial Literature, Diverse Cultures, and the Broad Spectrum of the Human Condition

Esperando por una Revolución

Una Historia de Amor 

The Horror of it All

Women: Body Image

Domestic Violence: Representation in Fictional and Nonfictional Texts and Films.

Comp is Awesome

Where everyone loves comp

Dr. Clemens is Awesome

Women & Pregnancy

Exploring the experiences women have during pregnancy

Mental Health Themes in Secondary Education English Topics

Movie Review I Am Not A Witch

DemiConsensual: Gender, Sexuality, and Feminism in the Modern World

Making sense of all things gender, sexuality, identity, and feminist in our current culture.

Gender and Identity

Junot Diaz Research Blog

English 10

The Female Reflection

A blog of opinon based responses to female literature & film

Standardized Testing

How testing harms children

Feminist Theory

TEACHING FEMINISM

A blog about how to navigate feminism

Reflections for Educators

A website for using the Reflections series in the classroom

A Growing Feminist

Small Town Feminist

Thoughts and comments from a college feminist living in a small town.

2016 Presidential Election: Women's and Gender Issues

"Gender equality is more than a goal in itself. It is a precondition for meeting the challenge of reducing poverty, promoting sustainable development and building good governance." — Kofi Annan

Rise Up Doylestown!

We stand together in solidarity with our partners and children for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families - recognizing that our vibrant and diverse communities are the strength of our country.

KU Postcolonial Theory and Texts

“Create dangerously, for people who read dangerously. ... Writing, knowing in part that no matter how trivial your words may seem, someday, somewhere, someone may risk his or her life to read them.” Edwidge Danticat