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Courtney Martin On Today’s Feminist And Social Justice Movements
I just came across an amazing TEDWomen talk from 2010 — that of Courtney Martin on reinventing feminism. Martin was (until last year) a co-editor of the popular feminist blog, feministing.com. You...
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Race Matters, Even In Academia
Let's start with something that is of critical importance, but very embarrassing to admit: I was surprised that the realities of racism, sexism, heterosexism, and classism exist in academia, just like...
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My Kind of Sociology! Toward A Self-Defined Activist-Academic Career
Being forced to watch the world whirl by me as I worked on my dissertation was tortuous: two cases on same-gender marriage heard by the US Supreme Court; horrendous media coverage of an already...
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Reflections On Self-Doubt In Academia
In her latest blog post, “On Racism, Inferiority, and the Self,” sociologist Crystal Fleming reflected on the sense of inferiority that too many members of oppressed groups feel. She notes: What I...
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Mission: A (More) Socially Just Approach To Education
Finally! After 10 years of higher education (including six of graduate training), my hard work has paid off. The interchangeable titles of “Dr. Grollman,” “Professor Grollman,” and “Eric Anthony...
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An Update On My (Accessible, Inviting, and Less Impersonal) Office
Recently, I decided to “think out loud” (i.e., blog) about adopting a social justice informed approach to education. Though I do not officially start at the University of Richmond until Aug. 1, and...
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A King’s Dream, 50 Years Later
Today kicks off a week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington, best remembered by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr,’s “I Have A Dream” speech. For so many reasons, it...
View ArticleInclude Readings By, About, And For Women On Your New Syllabus
I have lots of thoughts about Historiann’s (@Historiann) recent essay, “A woman’s work is never done, part II: and even when it is, it’s not on the syllabus.” I agree with the argument — that pieces...
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