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#research: Blogging is quite simply, one of the most important things that an academic should be doing right now
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 20, 2013On blogs.lse:LSE’s Public Policy Group already run two academic blogs and you are preparing to launch two more in the coming months. Yet many academics are still sceptical about the value of blogging....
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#research: The worst breastfeeding initiative I’ve ever come across
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 13, 2013Heard this yesterday morning. Nearly fell off chair. As cynical and manipulative initiatives go, this ticks several boxes.“It adds insult to injury that the scheme is being tried out among “disadvanta...
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#research: Why women leave academia and why universities should be worried
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 10, 2013A recent report finds that only 12% of third year female PhD students want a career in academia (the report applies to the sciences). The characteristics of academic (e.g. constant pressure to get res...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Why is being openly feminist in the boardroom seen as ‘damaging’?
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / November 10, 2013Far from the first time I’ve heard this. Feminism is as unpopular in the boardroom as it is elsewhere. Presumably it’s to do with the status quo that many would prefer unchallenged. On the...
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#maleficentmisogyny: Where do all the angry white men come from?
By feimineach / in #maleficentmisogyny, #quickhits / November 9, 2013“When one looks at the horrific abuse meted out to feminist campaigners such as Caroline Criado-Perez, it is hard to see it as anything but aggrieved entitlement. […] The common feature, he argues, is...
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#research: experiencing very long term imprisonment from young adulthood: identity, adaptation and penal legitimacy
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 5, 2013Haven’t had a chance to read all of this page yet (it’s bookmarked for later) but wanted to flag it now. We still don’t know a great deal about experiences of long-term imprisonment (and its effects) ...
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#research: Of Method and Freedom: How to re-shape the restrictive dynamic between researcher and participant.
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 5, 2013The ever more clinical ways of extracting and analysing ‘data’ from human research ‘subjects’ are cause for concern, not only for ethical reasons, but also because the process itself limits insight. S...
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#research: The Future of Scholarly Publishing
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / November 4, 2013All very current and up for grabs.On sociologicalimagination:What does the future hold for scholarly publishing? Most would agree that the present system is unsustainable yet there remains little cons...
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#research: [TW] A group of South African men explained why they raped
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / October 27, 2013[TW] A group of South African men explained why they raped:Q: How did it happen?A: Fridays we went out to chill and drink some beers … after hours me and my friend we saw a young good-looking woman wh...
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#research: Honour Killing: Blame the System not the Faith
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / July 1, 2013“The main motivation behind all such crime against women is cultural and patriarchal beliefs that women are the property of male guardians.”We all have a lot to say about “honour killings” and why the...
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#research: Sparks fly over Royal Society gender study – PhD student says it isasking the wrong question
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 30, 2013On the independent:MPs have launched a formal parliamentary inquiry into whether British science is institutionally sexist. Concern at the high numbers of women scientists abandoning their careers has...
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#research: Least Convincing Study Ever: Voters Don’t Care How Lady Politicos Look
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 29, 2013Herein is the problem with any sort of media effects/ impact research. The media is such a vast and ubiquitous industry that it’s impossible to conclude from some sort of experimental design, using on...
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#research: Universities Selling Out Important Research to Corporate Overseers (US)
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 29, 2013On alternet:In a unanimous vote last month, the Regents of the University of California created a corporate entity that, if spread to all UC campuses as some regents envision, promises to further priv...
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#research: British Youth reject Religion
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 29, 2013(Well, not entirely if you have a good look at the findings. And a discussion of statistical significance was not included.)YouGov survey: In the 2011 Census, 59% of the population described themselv...
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#research: Female academics pay a heavy baby penalty
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 25, 2013“The most important finding is that family formation negatively affects women’s, but not men’s, academic careers. For men, having children is a career advantage; for women, it is a career killer.On sl...
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#research: New U.S. Study Highlights Need to Include Men in Strategies to PreventUnintended Pregnancy
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 25, 2013On guttmacher:About 40% of births are reported as unintended by men, mirroring rates of unintended births among women, according to “Exploring U.S. Men’s Birth Intentions,” by Laura Lindbe...
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#research: WHO report: 30% of women worldwide victims of domestic violence
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 24, 2013A WHO report has shown that 30% of women worldwide are victims of domestic violence and that 40% of women killed worldwide are killed by an intimate partner.Link to the report: who.int and first few p...
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#vivelafeminism: What armchair commentators say about your feminism doesn’t matter
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 24, 2013On commentisfree: I am a professional feminist. Much to my father’s stated disappointment, I make my living from feminist commentary and advocacy. I write articles, organise marches, host a talkshow,...
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#research: The Modesty Survey, Flaunted Bodies, And American Youth
By feimineach / in #research, #quickhits / June 19, 2013“Yes, you can turn me on, but don’t expect me to respect you. Yes, I might find you attractive on the outside, but that won’t make me think of you as attractive on the inside. Sure you might get my at...
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#vivelafeminism: A Movement Divided?
By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 18, 2013Here is a piece I wrote for Varsity Comment about responses to current ‘sextremist’ feminisms and whether these are received positively within and external to the’feminist movement’.Once a Davison Gir...
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