Tag Archives: Higher Education
A feminist in art school
TweetI’m in grad school right now, pursuing an MFA in Printmaking. Maybe not the degree folks who know me from political work would expect. I was born with a crayon in my hand – I’ve been making art my whole life. I was blessed to attend the Boston Arts Academy, a public visual and performing [...]
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What’s a nice girl like me doing in a place like this?: women in philosophy
TweetThe ivory tower is certainly not considered the bastion of progressive thinking, despite the fact that students are often integral to many of the world’s great revolutions and social movements. Of the many and varied disciplines in graduate study, many are beginning to integrate race/class/gender analysis into their canons. Thank goodness (actually, we should thank [...]
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Skewed priorities mean Smith is not currently fulfilling its mission as a women’s college