Shanghai Lalas: Female Tongzhi Communities and Politics in Urban China by Lucetta Kam Yip-lo HKU Press This review was published on February 17, 2013 in the South China Morning Post The lives of lalas and transgender people in China have changed in some dramatic ways in the past two decades, with communities rapidly expanding with the help … Continue reading »
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#ResistMedia Day 5: Women with Disabilities: Understanding Media Representations to Empower one of the Most Victimized Groups in Society
From April 15 to 21, Prevention of Violence Against Women Week, I’m producing a series of daily blog posts to provide strategies and inspiration to resist media representations as a way to prevent violence against girls and women. The campaign is sponsored by Battered Women’s Support Services, and cross-posted on rabble.ca and Gender Focus. This piece was originally posted here. 1 … Continue reading »
Does Rape Culture Contribute to Depression on Campus?
This article was published on AlterNet on March 12, 2011. The statistics are shocking: one in four students who visited their campus health clinics for routine care reported symptoms of clinical depression. Even more alarming, one in ten students have seriously considered suicide, according to a recent US-Canada study published in the American Journal of … Continue reading »
