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On April 17th, Kate Harding of Salon.com wrote an article called “No One Will Miss You,” highlighting the 13th Annual National Day of Silence “to bring attention to anti-LGBT name-calling, bullying and harassment and effective responses.” In the article, Harding mentions a few teens who took their lives after being repeatedly taunted and ridiculed by [more...]  Charles Upchurch is Assistant Professor of History at Florida State University. He is also the author of Before Wilde: Sex between Men in Britain’s Age of Reform (UC Press, March 2009). In his blog entry below, Upchurch talks about his motivation for the book. By: Charles Upchurch In some ways this book harkens back to an earlier [more...] Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and the author of several books including Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports. His latest title, It’s All for the Kids: Gender, Families, and Youth Sports, will be published by UC Press in March 2009. Below, is an [more...] Michael A. Messner is Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California and the author of several books including Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports. His latest title, It’s All for the Kids: Gender, Families, and Youth Sports, will be published by UC Press in April 2009. Below, is an [more...] Kathleen M. Blee is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Pittsburgh. In the Spring edition of Ms. Magazine, Insomniac author Gayle Greene examines how women are more affected by the sleep disorder than men, which is partly due to the high levels of estrogen. You can read the article Why We Can’t Sleep, here. For more information on insomnia, you can check out Gayle Greene’s website, [more...] Jennifer Heath is the author of eight books, an activist, curator and editor of The Veil: Women Writers on Its History, Lore, and Politics (UC Press, May 2008). In her book and the blog below, Jennifer explores the meaning and mystery of veils worn by women and men across the globe. You can also check [more...] In the latest installment of NPR’s Talk of the Nation, author Gayle Greene offers insight into the condition, while elaborating on her book, Insomniac (UC Press, March 2008), in this audio interview. Additionally, you can read more about Gayle and the disorder, including tips and shared experiences on her website, Sleep Starved. Patty Kelly provides a voice for the women of the Zona Galactica, a legal brothel in Chiapas, Mexico. These women work hard in a government-sanctioned industry, but are often treated with disrespect, scorn, and indifference, eroding their dignity and chipping away at their dreams. In Lydia’s Open Door, Kelly explores this experience and brings it to [more...] Books have extraordinary power—they bridge the gaps between past and present, allow the dead to speak, and give a voice to the silenced. In honor of Women’s History Month, we’d like to pay special attention to how books empower women. UC Press authors give women of the past the opportunity to speak to their descendants, [more...] |
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