Gender and Sexuality
Gender In Young Adult Literature
Author Sarah Lamstein looks on as Jeannine Atkins, professor of Children's Literature at University of Massachusetts-Amherst, speaks. Both spoke on Monday at Cookies and Conversation: Gender in Children's Young Adult Literature, an event that was part of Women's Week at Harvard.
Students Encourage Open Discussion About Sex
Sarah likes it when her hands are tied to the bedpost and a bar is secured between her knees, spreading them apart. During sex, her boyfriend dominates her roped body as she happily calls him “sir” and “master.” She asks her boyfriend to objectify her and call her derogatory terms.
Foundation Meets with LGBTQ Groups
Leaders from the undergraduate LGBTQ community met with researchers from the Berkman Center for Internet and Society and affiliates from the Born This Way Foundation Tuesday morning to provide their input on the foundation’s initiatives.
Student Groups Seek Support From Lady Gaga’s BTW Foundation
When the collective star power of Lady Gaga, Oprah Winfrey, Deepak Chopra, and more special guests amasses inside Sanders Theatre for the launch of a new anti-bullying foundation on Wednesday, protesters will gather outside to ask Harvard to shine a spotlight on a long-gone group of people as well.
From a Whisper to a Wave: Spreading the Word about Women’s Week 2012
Women's Week traditionally celebrates women's accomplishments and stimulates conversation around the role of women today and the larger implications of gender at Harvard. The students behind the event are already generating conversation, starting with just a whisper.
HSPH Study Finds Gender Nonconforming Children May Be at Higher Risk for Abuse
Harvard School of Public Health researchers recently found that one in ten children whose activity choices and interests differ from typical gender norms have a higher risk of being sexually, physically, or psychologically abused, and of suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, as children or later in life.
Students Tackle Violence Against Women in The Vagina Monologues
Students took to the stage to increase awareness about violence against women and girls in a performance of Eve Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues as part of a global V-Day movement.
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Friday night four students from Boston area colleges visit the Peer Contraceptive Counselors table at a reception following The Vagina Monologues.
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Friday night Keri Hartman '12 speaks with a representative of the My Life My Choice project at a reception following The Vagina Monologues.
War Preparations, Thefts, and a Beauty Contest
Every Friday, The Crimson publishes a selection of articles that were printed in our pages in years past.
First Woman Tapped To Head PBHA
Maria J. Dominguez Gray will serve as the first female executive director of the Phillips Brooks House Association, PBHA leaders announced on Wednesday.
Alums Remember Harvard's Co-Residential Merge
During her time in Adams House, Nancy Stieber ’71 would take the sheet off her bed and hang it up on her wall every few weeks to show films for her male and female friends.
GLOW Hosts Pink Japan
Students gathered to talk Japanese love hotels, fetishes, and pornography during a presentation on Tuesday by human sexuality writer and speaker Midori, entitled “Pink Japan: Contemporary Sex Culture.”
Talk Dirty to Me
"Starting a discussion about love and sex at Harvard can be like doing a female condom demonstration—a little awkward, hard to insert, sometimes squeaky, but ultimately rewarding," said Samantha A. Meier '12 during a meeting to discuss the first ever Sex Week at Harvard, which will take place from March 25 to 31.
