How Gender Studies Opened My Eyes
"That's how it is to be a woman," words my wife said in response to my off-hand comment: "every time I walk around campus, I can't help...
My Journey in Gender Studies
When I enrolled to take Gender Studies, I didn’t really know what the curriculum would entail. My conservative family members told me...
Breaking Social Norms Project (or How I Almost Got Fired)
For my Breaking Norm project, I crammed my feet into a pair of my wife’s Vince Camuto high heeled shoes and went about my day at work. It...
Breaking Social Norms - Catcalling Men in a Bar
I chose to break social norms by cat-calling men in bars rather than the usual of men cat-calling women in bars. I honestly got the...
A Closet of Fear
I’ve sat in this class for 15 weeks now and have been able to get to know the people in my class. I honestly haven’t put much effort into...
A Book Worth Reading
Connor Franta, a famous youtuber writes about his life growing up, and the transformations that he has encountered, in his memoir A Work...
Breaking Social Norms with Costume
For my “Break a Social Norm” project, DJ Ezell and I dressed up as The Joker and Harley Quinn. He was the Arkham Asylum Joker and I was...
Breaking Gender Norms
For this project, we were to break a gender norm by doing something that challenged the public. As it turns out, this was more...
