UNC Governors' Board Says 'No' To Gender-Neutral Housing
UNC Board of Governors members voted unanimously to cancel a policy allowing men and women to live together on the Chapel Hill campus. The vote nullified the UNC Chapel Hill trustee board's...
View ArticleNew RTI Center Studies Gender And Imbalances Of Power Globally
RTI International has recently created a Global Gender Center to study and find solutions for imbalances of power against women around the world.Wendee Wechsberg directs the new organization and is...
View Article"Honor Diaries" Explores Violence In The Name of Honor
Women around the world experience honor-based violence ranging from forced child marriage to female genital mutilation. The documentary "Honor Diaries" features the stories of nine women and their...
View ArticleMeet Michele Tracy Berger
When Michele Tracy Berger was a young girl, her mother gave her a gift: a walk-in closet. Looking back, she thinks of this space as her first portal to creativity. Creativity served as a survival tool...
View ArticleDrawing From Family History To Write About Love, Abuse and Reconciliation
Chapel Hill author Randi Davenport uses experiences from her own life to write about a range of issues from mental illness to love and reconciliation. Her memoir centered on her son’s struggle with...
View ArticleThe Art of Drag
Drag performance has a rich history and a lively culture that is increasingly more mainstream. Drag queen Vivica C. Coxx has performed in drag shows for more than a decade, regularly hosting events at...
View ArticleExamining Sexual Assault On Campus: Policy, Prevention & Culture
One in five women and one in 16 men is sexually assaulted on campus according to the National Institute of Justice.
View ArticleFrom Refrigerator Mothers to Computer Geeks, Understanding Autism And Gender
Much of what we know about autism is publicly disputed, from the definition of autism itself to the reasons behind the increase in diagnoses.
View ArticleTransgender Student Petitions Wake Schools To Allow Bathroom Choice
A high school student is petitioning the Wake County Public School System to create a policy allowing transgender students to use the restroom that corresponds with their gender identity. CJ Lewis's...
View ArticleListen To Your Mother
In 2010, humorist and blogger Ann Imig was looking for a way “give motherhood a microphone.” She coordinated an event in her hometown in Wisconsin where women from all walks of life gathered to share...
View ArticleScience And Gender Identity
North Carolina’s House Bill 2 has stirred up numerous conversations about the lives of transgender Americans. It has also illuminated many misconceptions about what gender identity is and how it is...
View Article'Unbranded': Looking At A Century Of Marketing To White Women
For a century, advertising campaigns have marketed products to white women by pairing phrases with images to construct a standard for white femininity. The contemporary art exhibit "Unbranded: A...
View ArticleAt 82, Gloria Steinem Stays "On The Road"
Gloria Steinem, 82, is one of the most iconic figures of the American feminist movement. Her legacy as a journalist and activist includes co-founding and editing Ms. Magazine, publishing writings on...
View ArticleNew Memoir Explores Transgender Man’s Battle For Sobriety
Samuel Peterson has battled addiction all of his life. When he was young, it was sugar. In his twenties, he turned to methadone and cocaine. As an adult, he moved to prescription painkillers and later...
View ArticleHow Masculinity Can Be Bad For Men's Health
Women live longer than men in many countries around the world. In the United States, women outlive men by an average of five years. Scientists have long attributed this divide to genetics and biology,...
View ArticleFor Women In North Carolina Politics, The Glass Ceiling Endures
As a political reporter Lauren Horsch often passes by the photographs of politicians that adorn the halls of the General Assembly. They capture a harsh reality: while women make up just over half of...
View ArticlePoet Gabrielle Calvocoressi Experiments With A Genderless World
Poet Gabrielle Calvocoressi has become less and less comfortable viewing the world through the prisms of sex or gender.
View ArticleThe Legacy Of Love And Hate Toward Effeminate Men
In art and pop culture effeminate men are cast in very different light. Some are revered, like artist Liberace or drag queen and TV star RuPaul Andre Charles. But other times, effeminate men are seen...
View ArticleA Poet Who Literally Sees Things Differently: Meet Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Gabrielle Calvocoressi was born with nystagmus, a visual condition where the eyes are constantly in spasm. It took Calvocoressi a while to learn how to walk and balance, so the young child spent a lot...
View Article'What We’re Up Against' A Comedic Look At Sexism In The Workplace
Women in Hollywood came forward this weekend at the Golden Globes to declare that “Time’s Up” for tolerating sexual harassment. Their new initiative is one of many bubbling efforts in the country to...
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