The ninth international Gender and Education Association conference, Compelling Diversities, Educational Intersections, will take place in London this week. Hosted by the Weeks Centre for Social and Policy Research, papers, keynotes and symposia are setContinue reading
Tag: gender
Sexual Citizens, Tomboys and Sexting
Reporting back from the 2013 Young Sexualities Postgraduate Conference at Cardiff University Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
Breaking the Mould – it’s child’s play
Resources for teachers and parents about children’s books that challenge gender stereotypes Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
The Importance of Girl Things
Why are girl things so despised? Consider the derisive response to music girls like, movies and television shows girls watch, social networking sites girls inhabit, activities in which girls engage, and the clothes girls wear.Continue reading
On the ascendance: education as a key to global feminism?
GEA Policy Report, March 2013 International women’s week was inaugurated in the media this year in a quiet way and yet it has spawned a tremendous amount of footage in the press and other media,Continue reading
What does feminism mean today, given that it is fifty years since the beginnings of ‘second-wave’ feminism?
GEA Policy Report, March 2013 Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
Golden lads and girls all come to dust: School shootings and gender in a violent America
Golden lads and girls all must/As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. –Cymbeline Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
A report from from the BSA’s Young Masculinities one-day seminar
On Friday the 2nd of November, in an event entitled Young Masculinities: Challenges, Changes and Transitions the British Sociological Association’s Youth Study Group turned their attention to masculinities, an area receiving ever increasing academic attentionContinue reading
NEW SERIES: Queer Studies and Education
Series Editors: William F. Pinar, Nelson M. Rodriguez, and Ugena Whitlock Share on Facebook Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post Email to a friend
Ditching the ‘Sticks and Stones’: Facebook and the power of social regulation
Back in the day, I remember my mum repeating the old slogan “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me”. I think it was in the context of some kidsContinue reading
