April 2014

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Kiana Williams

  1.  “Mean Girls,” 2004 Based in part on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, this 21st-century classic defined the middle school years of a generation of current 20-somethings.

Danah Boyd talks teen privacy on social media at U.Va.-hosted national conference

U.Va hosted the first National Conference on Big Data Ethics, Law, and Policy on April 11, to facilitate a discussion of how to address the quickly growing collection of data we are witnessing today. Danah Boyd, the keynote speaker for the event, provided significant insight into the understandings teens have of privacy when engaging with social media networks. 

Alison Kuhn

WalkingConfidence3 Photo courtesy of Amy Chestnutt, director of the Body Positive Eating Disorders Education Initiative
After the Kappa Delta Confidence Campaign 1.5 mile walk, students signed boards pledging to end fat talk.

Art for article on Internship tips (Top 5)_resized for Rotator Photo illustration by Madhuri Bodrade

Jill Tietjen

With the ongoing national debate about the slow progression of women representation in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) and SBE (social and behavioral sciences and economics) fields of academia, colleges and universities are launching initiatives to create more opportunities.

U.Va. has taken steps in the right direction.

Breeonna Reed

FINALLY. That’s how I feel about "Broad City". Finally, there is a television show that portrays the friendship between two ladies in their 20’s in a realistic and relatable way. The show started as a successful web series created by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer, two alums from the Upright Citizens Brigade. Picked up by Comedy Central and produced by “Parks and Rec” star Amy Poehler, “Broad City” debuted this past January with great success.

Alison Kuhn

Celebrate-Women-Writers-EDITED Book authors, book club members, local writers and Women's Center faculty and staff gather for an afternoon of conversation and acknowledgement of each other's work.
Agnes Filipowski

WomenInMediaPanel From left to right: Associate Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review Allison Wright, Chair of the Media Studies Department Siva Vaidhyanathan, Media Studies Professor Andrea Press, Web Editor of the Virginia Quarterly Review Jane Friedman, and third year Media Studies and Women, Gender and Sexualit
Agnes Filipowski

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