Sports(wo)manship
By ANNIE ATURA
April 29, 2010
It’s hardly surprising that George W. Bush’s tactics to de-fang Title IX failed to attract the media coverage they deserved. Luckily, Obama took note of the smaller sins of his predecessor and is now taking steps to undo Bush’s damage.
Questioning the Feminism of Yale’s Sororities
April 18, 2010
Under the best of circumstances the Yale community has poor perceptions of the Panhellenic sororities.
The Dubious Rise of Caesarean Section Rates in the United States
By ANNIE ATURA
April 1, 2010
This past week illuminated yet another instance of the health care system’s unsavory influence on women’s health decisions: on Tuesday, the National Center for Health Statistics released a report detailing the inappropriate increase in Caesarean sections over the past decade, due in no small part to hospital policy.
The Persona of Arianna Huffington
By KATE MALTBY
February 24, 2010
According to Rupert Murdoch, arbiter of our times, La Huff is a thief, a parasite, a content kleptomaniac. But speaking at the Yale Law School on Monday, Arianna Huffington appeared quite capable of propelling her self entirely on her own momentum, oozing self-confidence on the day she announced the launch of HuffPost College.
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Abortion Around Roe
April 14, 2010
Last Tuesday at the Law School, Professor Reva Siegel and famed legal journalist Linda Greenhouse presented on their latest collaboration, a collected history of pre-Roe politics and materials.
Women of the World
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Misrepresentation: Flawed Affirmative Action in Uganda’s National Parliament
December 2009
In the past fifteen years, the African continent, thought by many to be a breeding ground for traditional conceptions of gender, has seen the induction of some of the world’s highest percentages of women’s representation in their national legislatures.
An Interview with Beatrice Mategwa, Television Director for the UN Mission in Sudan
December 2009
This semester, Mategwa has taken a break from her work in Sudan to participate in Yale’s World Fellows program. On November 20, Mategwa sat down with Broad Recognition staffer Natalia Thompson to discuss her experiences as a journalist and her perspectives on women’s rights in Africa.
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Choose Life at Yale (CLAY) Makes A Bad Choice
April 5, 2010
In 2007, the first time Choose Life At Yale (CLAY) applied to be a residence group of the Women’s Center, I was on the Women’s Center’s Board.
“Making the Feminist Mistake”: Leslie Bennetts Speaks at the Yale Law School
April 2009
Bennetts had been invited to speak as part of the Yale Law Women’s conference “'Opt Out' or Pushed Out: Are Women Choosing to Leave the Legal Profession?”
Nussbaum on Butler
October 2009
In her 1999 article in The New Republic, Martha Nussbaum tells us that Judith Butler has “led …many to adopt a stance that looks very much like quietism and retreat.”
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