In the 19th century, Baartman was dehumanized and mocked for her large posterior. So what does it mean when Black women today strive for ‘Sarah Baartman hips’?
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A landmark study shows chronic stress from racism can lead to loss of brain function in African American women.
On the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, women’s historic struggles to vote continue to resonate as the country debates who should vote and how.
Cartoonists have to compress their images, so they often use stereotypes. This objectifies the subject and is thus, inevitably, an othering process.
The career arc of Nichelle Nichols – the first black woman to have a continuing co-starring role on TV – shows how diverse casting can have as much of an impact off the screen as it does on it.
Simpson, who has made the black body the focal point of her work, discusses her biggest influences and the challenges of creating in our current cultural and political climate.
Women have long been the targets of police violence as well as men.
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Professor of English, Flinders University
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Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies/Rites and Reason Theatre, Brown University
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Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor of History, Dartmouth College
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Professor of English, Tufts University
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Former Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center for Women and Politics, Iowa State University
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Director of the Carrie Chapman Catt Center, Iowa State University
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Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
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Associate professor, Epidemiology, Boston University
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Research Professor of Epidemiology, Boston University
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Assistant Professor of Communication, Florida International University
