G101 2014-15

Teaching Tumblr for IU AI Jennifer Jones' G101 sections, 2014-15

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Open Content Week Schedule

Monday, April 20: Women and Sports

Textbook: Brake, “Wrestling with Gender” (p. 173)

Screening: Playing Unfair: The Media Image of the Female Athlete

Online: Parker-Pope, “As Girls Become Women, Sports Pay Dividends”

Wednesday, April 22: Double Standards

All textbook

Drexler, “The Sexist Truth about Office Romances” (p. 528)

Larris and Maggio, “Name It. Change It.” (p. 610)

Hugmeyer, “Delinquent Girls” (p. 624)

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“Slap-Ass”

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Its On Us

Take the pledge and make a personal commitment to help keep women and men safe from sexual assault.

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Home - HeForShe

Now it’s time to unify our efforts. HeForShe is a solidarity movement for gender equality that brings together one half of humanity in support of the other half of humanity, for the benefit of all.

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Interactive Game Captures The Harrowing Reality Of Being Harassed

If you ever meet someone who doesn't understand that sexual harassment is a big deal, invite them to play "Freshman Year." The interactive game, created by game designer Nina Freeman, follows a character named Nina as she goes to a bar t...

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Bosom Buddies: A Photo History of Male Affection

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The Lack of Gentle Platonic Touch in Men's Lives is a Killer -

Mark Greene explores how in American culture, men avoid all contact rather than risk even the hint of causing unwanted sexual touch.

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'Revenge porn' website operator sentenced to 18 years

A 28-year-old San Diego man was sentenced Friday to 18 years in custody after being convicted of operating a “revenge porn” website that included naked and sexually explicit pictures of women posted by angry ex-boyfriends or ex-husbands.

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The Future Of The Culture Wars Is Here, And It's Gamergate

Over the weekend, a game developer in Boston named Brianna Wu fled her home after an online stalker vowed to rape and kill her. She isn't the first woman who's been forced into hiding by aggrieved video game fans associated with Gamergate, the self-styled reform movement that's become difficult to ignore over the past several months as its beliefs have ramified out from the fever swamps of the internet into the real world. She probably won't be the last.

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What Is Gamergate, and Why? An Explainer for Non-Geeks

Until recently, you might have lived a life blissfully unaware of the online #Gamergate movement. But last week, computing giant Intel pulled its ads from an independent game-development site thanks to the gaming lobby. Now that major companies are taking sides, it's time to figure it out. Let us be your guides.

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Inside AnonIB, Where Hacking Is a Sport and Women’s Bodies Are the Prize

How do you solve a problem like “the fapenning”? Since dozens of private nude photographs of female celebrities were hacked, leaked, and widely disseminated this past weekend, commentators have proposed a raft of remedies: Some have suggested that women themselves can prevent their own victimization by never snapping nude selfies…