The Obama Administration is challenging entrepreneurs (Those with interest in social media and equal rights, perhaps? Communication students?) to develop an Equal Pay App for smart phones.
Read more about it here.
Read more about the Equal Pay Act of 1963 here. And here.
Read more about the 2009 Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act here.
In what ways does this campaign to create a Fair Pay App merge the missions of second and third wave feminist movements? What could this app do to ensure equal pay? What would you include? How might you develop and equal pay app? Is an app all will really need to ensure equal pay? What might the app not be able to do?
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Monday, February 6, 2012
One Town's War on Gay Teens - Rolling Stone Magazine
"So maybe she was a fat dyke, Brittany thought morosely; maybe she deserved the teasing. She would have been shocked to know the truth behind the adults' inaction: No one would come to her aid for fear of violating the districtwide policy requiring school personnel to stay "neutral" on issues of homosexuality. All Brittany knew was that she was on her own, vulnerable and ashamed, and needed to find her best friend, Samantha, fast."
If you've not yet seen this article flash across your Facebook Newsfeed, Take some time to read it here now.
Read (really. read. and think about.) the article here.
Think about the role of communication in shaping the lives, identities, and deaths of these students. Where's the little d discourse? The Big D Discourse? In what ways does this article help us think about the power and violence inherent in language? What does it tell us about the shaping of shared meaning? The social construction of sexual orientation? The development of policy?
For those of you in Dr. Gibson's community and community, in what ways does this article illustrate the role of communication in constructing, dividing, and/or destroying community? Lots of questions here. Can you think of any others?
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