Archive: Constructing Gender
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Apr 13, 2011
No CommentsWould You Paint Your Son’s Toenails Pink? — Hell Ya!
Scandal about gender has accosted the main stream press as Jenna Lyons, the president and creative director of J. Crew, dared to be featured in a new print ad painting her son’s toenails pink. My favorite criticism thus far is psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow in what else but a Fox News article: “This is a dramatic example of the way...
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Aug 22, 2010
No CommentsSexing the Queen
I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised that a quick Google search of “chess queen” would yield a surprising number of images of the sexualized female body. I shouldn’t have been surprised, but I was. When I think of chess, sex doesn’t come to mind, though it may from here on out. Amidst photos and renderings...