Being a Human Being in the Academic World

This may not be directly related to our discussion, but when we were talking about the article on the disadvantages of elite education, I thought of this article. It is written by a Professor at Harvey Mudd, and it discusses how "Your accomplishments are NOT what make you a worthy human being." Like we said in class, I think that it is really important to remember the real reason why teachers teach and why students learn. Although it is so easy to get lost in the moment (especially during this time of seemingly endless finals), once we understand that a letter grade does not make us who we are, all of the stress becomes a whole lot easier with which to deal.

An interesting perspective on the Dove Real Beauty Sketches

 The women's fixation on moles or wrinkles, for instance, that account for a disproportionate amount of their self-denigration; the age and race of the participants, generally young and white; and a seemingly minor detail -- the sketch artist is male. Fridkis writes, "He got to be the one to gently suggest to the women, 'Maybe you're more beautiful than you thought.' He got to present their "true" beauty to them. That felt like it might be open to some discussion in an earnest gender studies class at a liberal arts college somewhere."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheila-moeschen/who-could-benefit-from-th_b_3111463.html

Anti-Rape Campaign Scotland

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h95-IL3C-Z8&feature=youtu.be

This is an awesome commercial that Maya and I enjoyed. It is part of a campaign to stop rape in Scotland. It addresses the ideas that women "ask" to be raped and shows how ridiculous women-blaming is if you take a step back and think about it.

Gender Neutral Housing

http://tsl.pomona.edu/articles/2013/4/12/news/3891-cmc-students-question-lack-of-gender-neutral-housing-option

This is an article concerning the implementation of gender neutral housing at CMC.

Gender and Appearance

I saw this picture on Facebook, and it reminded me of FHS. This is just one of many ways people can fall in between the two boxes of the stereotypical man and woman.

Barbie vs Average Woman

http://shine.yahoo.com/photos/barbie-vs-real-women-artist-slideshow/


Hi!
I thought this pertained to the movie we watched yesterday in class. It just shows a media hyper-sexualized figure of a woman (Barbie) compared to the figure of the average woman.

Gay Parents Restaurant Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhl9MLno424&feature=player_embedded

This is a really interesting video on our society's standards and limits. It just goes to show that you can't stereotype people on their views just because their state is considered a conservative state. What is even more intriguing is that when this test was done in New York, even less people supported the couple.