Environmental conservation, justice, and gender Mia McElhatton spent the summer working in the lab of Kok-Chor Tan, a professor in the Department of Philosophy. Her project focused on how conservationists respond to women and those who identify as women. (Image: Ta’Liyah Thomas) Environmental conservation, justice, and gender Through her Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring summer internship, Mia McElhatton explores how efforts to save the planet may disproportionately burden women.
The ‘true value of women’s work’ The new building on Wayne Ave. includes posters, banners, and ephemera from the movement’s 50-year history. nocred The ‘true value of women’s work’ The Wages for Housework movement is a precursor to the Child Tax Credit and guaranteed income, says sociologist Pilar Gonalons-Pons. A community center in Germantown houses their 50-year archive and carries on the work.
‘Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition’ Kathleen Brown's new book sheds new light on the abolitionist movement. (Image: Courtesy of Penn Press/Kathleen Brown) Q&A ‘Undoing Slavery: Bodies, Race and Rights in the Age of Abolition’ Historian Kathleen M. Brown’s new book reexamines the antislavery struggle and is the focus of the first episode of a new podcast series from the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
What TikTok reveals about Gen Z dating In her thesis, Talia Fiester looked at contemporary Gen Z dating against the backdrop of neoliberalism and what she calls “the rejection of the couple form.” She did so by analyzing one of Gen Z’s pervasive mediums—TikTok. (Image: Beton Studio) What TikTok reveals about Gen Z dating In an honors thesis for Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, 2023 grad Talia Fiester examines “Neoliberal Love and the Pathology of Gen Z’s Singledom.”
Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality Associated Press Women’s Day events highlight major gaps in gender equality Kristen Ghodsee of the School of Arts & Sciences says that International Women’s Day has a history of promoting progressive, socialist causes within the entire working class. An LGBTQ health initiative at Penn just launched a 5-year partnership with investing group Gaingels Technical.ly Philly An LGBTQ health initiative at Penn just launched a 5-year partnership with investing group Gaingels The School of Nursing’s Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative has partnered with Gaingels to leverage academic, intellectual, and research resources across Penn and promote health within queer populations. ‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ Campaign signs are posted outside a polling location on the first day of early voting July 15, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Image: AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise) ‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ A panel of experts and activists from across the ideological spectrum sat down in a virtual event last week to unpack how far women in politics have come, and the obstacles that remain. Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash) Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Soviet Union’s centenary Communist party supporters hold portraits of Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin as they gather during the national celebration of the “Defender of the Fatherland Day” near the Kremlin in Moscow's Revolution Square on Feb. 23, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Soviet Union’s centenary Experts from across Penn share their thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union. ‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course A sampling of zines, one of the assignments for Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Gender and Media class. ‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course Students in Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Annenberg course on Gender and the Media make zines responding to messaging and consumer products. Load More
An LGBTQ health initiative at Penn just launched a 5-year partnership with investing group Gaingels Technical.ly Philly An LGBTQ health initiative at Penn just launched a 5-year partnership with investing group Gaingels The School of Nursing’s Eidos LGBTQ+ Health Initiative has partnered with Gaingels to leverage academic, intellectual, and research resources across Penn and promote health within queer populations. ‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ Campaign signs are posted outside a polling location on the first day of early voting July 15, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Image: AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise) ‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ A panel of experts and activists from across the ideological spectrum sat down in a virtual event last week to unpack how far women in politics have come, and the obstacles that remain. Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash) Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies. Soviet Union’s centenary Communist party supporters hold portraits of Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin as they gather during the national celebration of the “Defender of the Fatherland Day” near the Kremlin in Moscow's Revolution Square on Feb. 23, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Soviet Union’s centenary Experts from across Penn share their thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union. ‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course A sampling of zines, one of the assignments for Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Gender and Media class. ‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course Students in Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Annenberg course on Gender and the Media make zines responding to messaging and consumer products.
‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ Campaign signs are posted outside a polling location on the first day of early voting July 15, 2022, in Nashville, Tennessee. (Image: AP Photo/Jonathan Mattise) ‘Politics Unequal: The State of Women in Elected Office’ A panel of experts and activists from across the ideological spectrum sat down in a virtual event last week to unpack how far women in politics have come, and the obstacles that remain.
Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing “It doesn’t matter who you are or where you live; everybody wears clothing or some sort of embellishment,” says Jacqui Sadashige. “For most of us, what we wear is our way of announcing to the world who we are.” (Image: Charlota Blunarova on Unsplash) Fashioning gender through the art and history of clothing Students learn about the history of clothing, embellishment as self-expression, and sustainable fashion innovation in a graduate course taught through the College of Liberal and Professional Studies.
Soviet Union’s centenary Communist party supporters hold portraits of Josef Stalin and Vladimir Lenin as they gather during the national celebration of the “Defender of the Fatherland Day” near the Kremlin in Moscow's Revolution Square on Feb. 23, 2022. (Image: AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Soviet Union’s centenary Experts from across Penn share their thoughts on the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Soviet Union.
‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course A sampling of zines, one of the assignments for Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Gender and Media class. ‘My body belongs to me???’: Students question media messaging in an Annenberg course Students in Sarah Banet-Weiser’s Annenberg course on Gender and the Media make zines responding to messaging and consumer products.