You may have missed this article, because it didn’t make the front page. It didn’t even make the first fifteen pages of the New York Times. To remedy this, I suggest you read Jennifer Steinhauer’s "Among Women in Congress, a Bond of Friendship." Steinhauer begins by describing the hospital room where Gabrielle Giffords first awoke [...]
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Christina Black
Christina Black is a law student at Stanford University. She previously interned for a government relations firm in Washington, DC, and prior to that worked at a nonprofit focused on women’s issues. One day, she hopes to work at a nonprofit engaged in legal advocacy. Christina has a BA in History and Philosophy of Science from the University of Chicago, and serves on the Executive Board of Fem2.0. You can often find her at a museum, the Kennedy Center, or Rock Creek Park. Christina tweets at @black_christina.
Recent blog posts written by Christina Black
Working for Men vs. Working for Women: First Thoughts
In one of my previous posts, I mentioned the joys of working at an organization where the majority of employees were women. I enjoyed my work there, but, unfortunately, it was a temporary position, so I am on to something new. I made a big change: from a non-profit focused on women’s issues to a [...]
Female Leads and Film Award Nominations
I made an effort over the holidays to see some of the movies that have been generating awards buzz, looking at the nominations for the Screen Actors Guild, the Golden Globes, the Critics’ Choice Awards. I saw Black Swan, The Fighter, The King’s Speech, and True Grit. Scrolling down the nominations pages, I was feeling [...]
Sports Fans and Femininity
The UConn women’s basketball team has received a lot of attention in the past week, having just set a new record for consecutive games won in college basketball. Some of the attention has been positive, some negative, but there do seem to be signs of progress. Yet in the area of professional sports, women remain [...]
Young Women, Networking, and Membership in D.C.
Last night, I had the pleasure of attending a happy hour event hosted by the American Association of University Women (AAUW). I had a great conversation with one of their writers about young women’s involvement in feminist organizations. I’ve read some of the hand-wringing about younger women not becoming involved, and some of the counter-arguments. [...]
Divorce in Iran: A Subtle Revolution
William Yong published a fascinating piece this week in The New York Times about the skyrocketing divorce rate in Iran, and the cultural changes this statistic reveals. The divorce rate there has tripled in the past 10 years: while 50,000 divorces were performed in 2000, close to 150,000 occurred in 2010. Yong attributes the rise [...]
The Feminist Community: The Problem with Problems
I’ve been doing some light reading lately, specifically Gail Collins’s When Everything Changed: The Amazing Journey of American Women from 1960 to the Present. I’m aiming to fill a few holes in my knowledge of the women’s movement(s), which somehow my education has thus far neglected. I blame the men! In the book, Collins notes [...]
“A Woman’s Touch:” Raising the Bar for Men
If you haven’t seen it already, I highly recommend this post by John Shertzer over on his blog, Fraternal Thoughts. In the post, John discusses the influence women have over men—and how women can use this influence to change sexist (or otherwise negative) behavior. John offers specific suggestions for how women can encourage men to [...]
Women Supporting Women in Business
Last week, an article by Pamela Ryckman in The New York Times caught my eye. In “The Risk-Taking Edge of West Coast Women,” Ryckman discusses the different spending strategies of successful women on the West and East Coasts. According to businesswoman Deborah Perry Piscione, West Coast women support each other more frequently through entrepreneurship, while [...]