Our First Weekend in Berlin
In planning this course, I decided to include mandatory activities in the mornings and afternoons on weekdays so that the students and I could have our weekends “free” to explore the city. I did tell...
View ArticleRiots Reframed and Absent from the Academy: An Homage to Stuart Hall
By Melissa L. Barnes Sunday night, Heidi, Kaimara, Celine, and I decided to attend an homage to Stuart Hall at Balhaus Naunynstraße. The event was not on the syllabus, so the FemGeniuses were not...
View ArticleRacialized Representations of Women in U.S. Media at Frauenkreise Berlin
On Friday, June 13, I presented “Racialized Representations of Women in U.S. Media” at Frauenkreise in Berlin at the invitation of Project Manager Gabi Zekina. Below, you will find a written version of...
View ArticleRace, Consumerism, and Gender in The Bachelorette
By Anika Grevstad Much of the press surrounding last spring’s Season 13 of The Bachelorette focused on having a black woman, Rachel Lindsay, as the star of the season, the first time in franchise...
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