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Book Review – Game Over
I do not follow sports, except for the World Cup of Soccer. And I especially do not follow American sports such as baseball, basketball or football (or as we Europeans call it, American football, since...
View ArticleThe Patriarchy Never Takes a Break
So, the Taliban tried and failed to kill Malala Yousafzai and now she’s famous, is getting a book contract and everything. That has to be frustrating for your average medieval patriarch. So, how does...
View ArticlePatrolling Patriarchal Borders – Sports Edition
By SocProf. And keep the girls out! “Last Tuesday evening, Mark Cuban, the famously outspoken owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks, told ESPN that he would consider drafting Brittney Griner, the 6ft 8in...
View ArticleDressed As A Woman As Punishment
By SocProf. Talk about degradation ceremony: “An unusual punishment has shocked many in Iran. On April 15, police paraded a convicted criminal through the northwestern city of Marivan dressed in...
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How Gender Equality Benefits Society (and not only women, and not at the...
Being a total nerd, I am currently going over the United Nations 2013 Human Development Report. As always, the report goes over the types of policies that improve the Human Development Index of a...
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The Walking Dead – Clash of The Patriarchs Edition
It’s been a while since I have blogged about The Walking Dead (well, since last season). So, half of season 4 has come and gone and it’s time to review what, I think, has been the most consistent...
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“Do your parents know that you’re fucking a different nigger every night?”
That is what a cop said to Alice Goffman after she was swept up in a raid at the residence of her African American subjects / friends. Actually it gets even better than this: “On the way to the...
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“The Wire”, Sex Composition and Masculinity
As great a series as The Wire is, one of its major shortcomings is its lack of attention to women and girls. This does not mean The Wire fails to cover gender in the areas of crime, politics, education...
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The Walking Dead – Return of the Exiled Woman
[The whole TWD blogging series is here.] So, when we last discussed TWD, several things had happened: Woodbury had collapsed, Andrea had died, and the Governor had abandoned his survivors. This was all...
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