Archive for 'social inequality'
Eat Yo’ Beats: Ana Tijoux & The Political Power of Self-Examination
Ana Tijoux was born Anamaría Merino in 1977 in Paris, because her Chilean father and French mother were in exile from Pinochet’s brutal military dictatorship. When her mother’s job as a social worker put her in touch with hip-hop as an 8-year old, it was love. At 14, Ana and her family returned to Chile [...]
Posted: March 15th, 2011 under ethics, etymology, expatriate, exploitation, expression, fascism, fat beats, hip hop, hip hop culture, identity, identity politics, invisibility, latin america, latino, mc, old school, oppression, poetry, politics, self, self awareness, social construction, social inequality.
Tags: ana tijoux, beats, black panthers, boxing, chicago gangsters, chile, christian, close reading, crime, democracy, devil, dissent, eden, eiffel tower, etymology, eve, fascism, france, garden, Hannah Arendt, hip hop, hip-hop is dead, hoodlums, hoods, IAM, identity, identity politics, innocence, Jay-Z, joe louis, l'ecole du micro d'argent, Lauryn Hill, LL Cool J, makiza, Mama said knock you out, man in the mirror, mc, MIA, michael jackson, nas, old frisian, Paris, pinochet, politics, power, prostitution, rap, rhymes, rock the bells, sampling, self-examination, serpents, sly and the family stone, snakes, social injustice, social justice, social work, star wars, the kkk, wu tang
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Where Are My Spectacles II: Who Defends Women in the Dept. of Defense?
[trigger warning] What is this? Who defends women in the Department of Defense? Not Republican senators, apparently. When Al Franken brought forward legislation to combat the horrifically hostile and sexually abusive environment found in the Department of Defense and amongst its contractors on October 6th, a block of thirty white men rose up in opposition. [...]
Posted: October 21st, 2009 under government, labor, law, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual violence, social class, social inequality, socioeconomics, work, working conditions.
Tags: Acorn, al franken, amendment, class, class warfare, college, department of defense, education, equality, fair trial, gang rape, government, Halliburton, human dignity, human rights, Jamie Leigh Jones, jon stewart, labor, law, legal rights, legislation, military, partisan, patsy t. mink, politics, rape, republican, rights, senate, senators, sexual abuse, sexual harrassment, sexual respect, social class, socioeconomic, socioeconomics, The Crooked Dope, the law, title 9, title IX, title nine, unions, universities, work, workers' rights, working conditions
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime: Notes on Gender Inequality, Part 1
The New York Times recently published an item about economic gender inequality that’s quite appalling. The report states that “nearly every occupation has the gap — the seemingly unbridgeable chasm between the size of the paycheck brought home by a woman and the larger one earned by a man doing the same job.” It continues, [...]
Posted: March 7th, 2009 under culture, discrimination, disrespect, sex discrimination, sexism, sexual difference, sexual inequality, social class, social inequality, socialization, sociology.
Tags: children, discrimination, disparity, economics, economist, economists, equality, financial success, gap, gender, have it all, having it all, interactive graphic, job, Manhater, marriage, marry, money, pay, paycheck, reproduction, sex, sexism, unfairness, wage
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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I Ain't No Hollaback Girl . . . & God is Brazilian.
Ok, I know that Gwen Stefani is not everyone’s role model, but she is mine right now, because I ain’t no hollaback girl. Right now, I’m in Rio de Janeiro, conducting thesis research, and there’s so much to see, do, and understand beyond the issue of the postcards with pictures of girls’ butts on them. Same [...]
Posted: January 17th, 2008 under God, beg, beggar, brazil, catholic, child, cristo rendator, girl, gwen stefani, hollaback, hollaback girl, hostel, inequality, jewish, omnipotent, omnivorous, pagan, religion, rio de janeiro, social inequality, thesis.
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