Commentary
Reflections on Davos: Through a Gender Lens
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Several major media summaries of the week included both climate change and gender equality as key issues.
Commentary
Unbearable: Trump’s Travel Ban Against Women of Child-bearing Age
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Officers are empowered with broad discretion to deny women visas to travel to the US because of their bodies and their natural ability to have babies.
What Role will the “Disgusting, Clownish Behavior Factor” (DCBF) Play in the 2020 US Elections?
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For much of his term, Trump has skated along with his DCBF intact, but things may be changing.
#MeToo
Two Years After #MeToo: New Treaty Anchors Workplace Protections
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Workplace sexual harassment isn’t inevitable. It flourishes when governments and employers fail to prevent it, protect survivors, and punish abusers.
Commentary
A Study in Contrasts: Pelosi vs. Trump
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Although much research has debunked the notion of rigid, inborn female and male traits, these stereotypes stubbornly persist and have unfortunate effects.
Commentary
Holding Court with Billie Jean King
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What were the odds of my being summoned to attend jury duty in a courtroom the same day Billie Jean King would as well?
Uncategorized
It’s Sudden Infant Death (SIDS) Awareness Month: And Black Babies Carry the Burden
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This isn’t rocket science, but it does mean disrupting power systems that have long favored scientific research over experiential knowledge.
Commentary
Aprons as Art: No Strings Attached
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How many women hid their deepest desires or their most painful abuses underneath a stained and frayed apron?
Birth
Call the Midwife, If You Can
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To honor National Midwifery Week, I ask anyone starting a family to investigate for yourself the outcomes produced by midwifery care.
#MeToo
The Hideous Men Walking Tour: Not for the Cowardly
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The most infamous member, No. 20, is Donald Trump, who attacked her in a dressing room at Bergdorf’s.