Spring 2009 Highlights

From Sarah's Newsletter

Literary Reporting:
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U.S. Writers Get Canon to Call Their Own Female U.S. writers get historic treatment by Elaine Showalter.
Oliver Twist 2/11/09 A review and analysis of PBS' new Dickens adaptation.

The Woman Question Kate Walbert's A Short History of Women follows several generations of women from the British suffrage movement on down.

Death and 'Dirty Dancing' Emily Chenoweth's Hello Goodbye interweaves the story of a daughter's sexual awakening with her mother's terminal illness.

Feminist Stories:
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Scarborough Country: Where Anti-Choice Extremism Is Swept Under the Rug (June 4) The rarely-discussed anti-choice ties of the morning news anchor

On the Question of Choice, Where Does the President Stand? (June 1) Does Obama need to take a stronger position on abortion?
The Empathy Code: Judging, Judgment, and the Next Supreme Court Justice (May 15th) Breaking down the language of right-wing critics
As Thunder Is Not Yet Rain, In Ethiopia, Legal Rights to Abortion Are Not Yet Access (May 4) A new film looks at abortion in Ethiopia, newly-legalized.

Levi Johnston: Victim in the Spotlight? (April 7) As amusing as the Sarah Palin family circus may seem to gleeful liberals, there is something sad about it too.

On "Friday Night Lights," the TV Sex Talk Done Right (March 27) This week’s Friday Night Lights was the rare prime-time drama to feature an explicit, appropriate sex talk between a parent and child.

The Media on Rihanna: Love Doesn’t Hurt, But Abuse Is Complicated The media has gotten better about covering abuse, but it's not good enough.

Education Stories:

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At Private Schools, Little Financial Impact How private schools are weathering the financial crisis
THE NEW FACES OF BRANDEIS HIGH SCHOOL The long-troubled West Side school will break up and welcome three new tenants.