Tag Archives: gender
What I am teaching this semester: Women and Violence in Contemporary Literature and Texts
I am often asked “What are you teaching this semester?” I love that question. I try to check my geek nature at the door and only offer a few sentences in response. My friend Jason’s recent blog post about what he is teaching inspired me to consider doing the same. I first had the idea […]
“Smart” Women & Smart Women
I spent a lot of my time this week thinking about Alex Garland’s film Ex Machina. Thanks to a colleague’s kind invitation, I was able to view the film as part of a Tuesday Talkback Series at The Steel Stacks in Bethlehem, PA. After the film, he and I popped to the front to discuss […]
Adventures in NYC Theater: “Fun Home” and “Nirbhaya”
I have been a lucky woman these past few weeks, getting to see not one but two NYT critics picks: Fun Home and Nirbhaya. Fun Home is based on Alison Bechdel’s graphic memoir by the same name. Taking its title from the setting–the kids’ sobriquet for the family’s funeral home–the protagonist works to find her identity […]
This Week in TV: Finding Solace in Smart
I feel so lucky to be living in an age during which I can find all of the news I want. I feel cursed to be living in an age during which I can find all of the news I want.
But TV, TELEVISION, has a way of making it all better for me.
Weekly Digest: Words Matter
This week my World Lit students have been considering issues of language in Salman Rushdie’s “The Courter” and Edwidge Danticat’s “Children of the Sea.” Go read them. I will wait… They asked me why I end with Danticat’s story–“it is so sad,” they lament. I tell them: “The story is a paean to the importance […]
“I Don’t Feel It Is A Story About Me At All”: I Am Malala and the Constructed Image of Women in the Muslim World
I was invited to participate in Shepherd University’s Common Reading Series that explored Malala Yousafzai’s memoir I Am Malala. This yearlong series of events included my lecture that asks participants to examine their view of women in the Muslim world. I hope you find the lecture interesting, provocative, infuriating, etc. As always, I am interested […]
Weekly Digest: Media Edition
I still have not been able to see The Hunting Ground. But I know it matters. This film about sexual assault on campus is working toward undoing the silence surrounding the crisis of assault on campuses. In an interview with NPR the filmmakers talked about their motivations and challenges. Clark: Yeah I would hope that […]
Weekly Digest: Girlhood
I spent some time this week thinking about the experience of taking my daughter to see Cinderella. When my students asked about what I thought about it, my response of “Oh, I have things to say” garnered a chuckle. There are times when I wish I could just watch a show, read a book, or […]
Weekly Digest: March 5–Mother and Child Edition
The past weeks have brought much news of about mothering and growing up female. Much of the news is saddening and frustrating. The New York Times published a story explaining why, even in the midst of a rapidly growing economy, pregnant women are “gravely underweight.” The reasons for Indian mothers’ relatively poor health are many, […]
Reflections on Gender and Postcolonial Issues 
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