Tagged with Gender

Why Are Parents Pressured to Put Children’s Gender on Display?

Why Are Parents Pressured to Put Children’s Gender on Display?

   [This piece first appeared at WeeklySauce.com.] Critics are really cutting into designer and reality television star’s Rachel Zoe  for her son Skyler’s hairstyle, or lack thereof. Her impossibly handsome two year-old is getting a lot of negative attention for his tumbling auburn curls, being mistaken for a little girl as well as being called one … Continue reading

Gender Through Comics #SuperMOOC Art

Gender Through Comics #SuperMOOC Art

This spring, I had the distinct privilege of taking part in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) promoted by the Generalissimo Stan Lee and led by esteemed Professor Christina Blanch via Ball State University, aptly dubbed the Super MOOC. Prof. Blanch is a doctoral candidate well-versed in women’s studies, who happens to also be a comic book … Continue reading