Tag Archives: youth
What if kids could vote?
Tweet The further along we get in this election season, the more passionately I start dreaming of a total upheaval of our political system. Electoral college? Super PACs? Two-party system? Does this all really make sense for us anymore? Join me on a little thought experiment: What if politicians had to be accountable to the [...]
Also tagged Children, Education, Election, Politics, youth rights 2 Comments
Pink sequined tutus: The gendering of dance
TweetOriginally posted at The Feminist Anthropologist. This past weekend was the first time in fifteen years or so that I have been in the audience of a dance performance. I have been a dancer since I could walk, though I have always had a frayed relationship with the activity that demanded so much of my [...]
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The Fifth Stage: My Thoughts at the Thirty-Ninth Annual March For Life, January 23rd, 2012
TweetCross-posted. I wrote this post in the immediate aftermath of my experiences at the March For Life, and have revised it since. I was going to sit on it, and wait for inspiration in expanding my piece into essay-length. However, the recent decision of the Susan G. Komen Foundation to rescind funding for Planned Parenthood [...]
Youth street theater performances fight violence against women in Bangladesh