Advocacy
WGS student responds to Cavalier Daily column on gender studies
The following has been re-printed from the March 5, 2014 edition of the Cavalier Daily, with permission from the writer.
Top 5 female athletic performances of 2014 Winter Olympics
As the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi conclude, Iris wants to acknowledge the incredible feats of female athletes at these Games. Here are the top 5 performances we took away from the past two weeks:
Student-athlete celebrates championship win
Emily Lloyd
Important life lessons learned at last semester’s WAALI panel
Recognize influential women in the media with annual Iris “Bad A** Women” panel series
Photo illustration by Madhuri BoradeLean In: Celebrating Women's Entrepreneurship
Photo by Alison KuhnEach person who attended the event received a copy of Sheryl Sandberg's book Lean In to serve as further inspiration in their pursuit to start their own business.
Student session at sexual assault conference creates opportunity for discussion
Emily Lloyd
The role media plays in shaping our rape culture
“In a rape culture, both men and women assume that sexual violence is a fact of life, as inevitable as death or taxes. Much of what we accept as inevitable is in the fact the expression of values and attitudes that can change.”
- Emilie Buchwald, Transforming a Rape Culture
There is a very distinct rape culture in America.
Cindy Bernard: Ruffin Distinguished Artist in Residence
The Ruffin Distinguished Artist in Residence is an annual position established by an endowment from the Peter B. and Adeline W. Ruffin Foundation. The first artist selected to hold this position is Cindy Bernard. Coming to the home of the cavaliers from Los Angeles, Cindy Bernard will be spending time working with fifth year students in the distinguished major program, as well as fifth year fellows.
Review of Barbara Perry's Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch
Review of Rose Kennedy: The Life and Times of a Political Matriarch ( (Norton, 2013) by Barbara Perry, Co-chair of the Miller Center Oral History Program and U.Va. Associate Professor. Rose Kennedy was a complex, contradictory, powerful woman and remains an icon of American life.