5 Worst States for Women

5 Worst States in U.S. for Women

22 Vintage Ads Designed: Never Should Have Been Published

I was going through Facebook and I saw this which is awful.

http://www.dose.com/lists/2633/22-Vintage-Ads-Designed-To-Keep-Women-In-Their-Place-The-Last-One-Hit-Me-So-Hard

Thursday's Take the Lead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0N9X-qHtyw

We will be discussing Guyland along with chapters 20 and 21 in College Men, which discusses minorities.

Aerie's unretouched campaign

I also thought about this in class today when we discussed the photoshopping. I read about this a while back when they first did it and loved it. It made me want to shop there more instead of other stores because I felt like I could be more comfortable in that store than others. Also I felt like I could actually wear those clothes and feel good about myself.
I wish more stores would do this kind of work.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/17/aerie-unretouched-ads-photos_n_4618139.html

Real Beauty Sketches

I thought about this video in class today when we talked about self image. when I watched it the first time I cried so be warned.
These women are asked to describe to a sketch artist their looks and how they see themselves. and then they have a stranger describe them and they hang the pictures up side by side so they see how others see themselves.
I am curious to know if men responses and outcomes would be similar to this.


http://realbeautysketches.dove.us/

New Jersey Football team

High School Football Players Sexual Assault

Sexism goes both ways. Feminism helps both.

Someone posted this on Facebook and I thought I would share this with the class. This is some of the things that we talked about.


http://imgur.com/gallery/n01WW

Gender neutrality in schools

Check this out! Sweden has introduced a gender neutral pronoun and it has really began to catch on! How cool is it that countries around the world see the importance of providing an alternative option to exclusively masculine/feminine options.

http://www.bustle.com/articles/43304-swedens-new-gender-neutral-pronoun-is-a-step-towards-equality-and-its-catching-on-quickly

Here's a similar situation a bit closer to home. A school in Nebraska has asked faculty to quit referring to children by gender-limited terminology, such as having the girls line up first, then boys. They suggest having teachers say things like "if you had to choose between a bike or skateboard, which one do you like more? Bikes line up first, then skateboards second" and so on. They even suggested having the class come up with a class name, similar to a sports team, such as "Purple Penguins." I'm sure everyone has seen the articles or news stories with people freaking out and thinking the school suggested to call children only Purple Penguins instead of boys & girls. That's why I wanted to include this snopes link, as it clarifies the misconstrued school policy more accurately than most articles I've found thus far.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/education/purplepenguins.asp

little boy wears pink shoes to school

I saw this and thought it would be good to put on here since we talked about this in class.

Tech Back the Night

Just to let everyone know that Tech Back the Night is coming up this week.

Starting at 7 pm
* October 9th – Tech Back the Night Kick Off/ Tech the Pledge @Caraway Lawn.
     o Cook out
     o Games
    o Photoshoot with Jerry
    o #iAmTheNight Photos
   o Presentation
   o Tech the Pledge – A pledge that the ATU community will sign to show their dedication to ending     domestic violence and sexual assault. After signing the pledge they will be given a button to wear        that will signify to others “You are safe on my watch”

If you would like more information please contact rahk1906@gmail.com.

Homobiles: Transportation with a Social Mission

Homobiles: Transportation with a Social Mission

Why Women Choose Lower Paying Jobs

Why Women (Like Me) Choose Lower Paying Jobs

The Movement

This is what we talked about in class one day.




https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=585114898276864&fref=nf

This is what we need in the world

I found this on Facebook and I wanted to share. I wish that more things like this would happen to everyone. It is a really great video.



http://themetapicture.com/ladies-interactive-mirror/

Tech Back the Night Information

Tech Back the Night Campaign

Event Dates: October 9th - December 10th (Tentative)
Time: TBA (Series of Events)
Location: TBA (Series of Events)



Event Description
In an effort to end domestic violence and raise awareness for sexual assault prevention, the Tech Back the Night series is designed as an initiative lead by ATU students, faculty, and staff. The series will allow the ATU community to learn about the existing issues, the roles they knowingly and unknowingly play in this culture, and steps to become an empowered bystander. There will be a kick off cookout, a poster campaign, Take Back the Night Rally, “1is2 Many Tech Video”, and service opportunities for our community to join the fight in securing the night; for everyone.

Other ideas include art submissions and displays, button days,


Run of series:
* October 9th – Tech Back the Night Kick Off/ Tech the Pledge @Caraway Lawn.
     o Cook out
     o Games
    o Photoshoot with Jerry
    o #iAmTheNight Photos
   o Presentation
   o Tech the Pledge – A pledge that the ATU community will sign to show their dedication to ending     domestic violence and sexual assault. After signing the pledge they will be given a button to wear        that will signify to others “You are safe on my watch”.
* October 13th - #iAmTheNight Buttons available at Tech the Pledge
* October- Begin filming the 1is2many Tech Video
* October/ November- Photo shoot for poster campaign series
* October-December- Monthly clothing drive for Women’s Shelters