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Never Call Your Partner a Trophy

July 26, 2014 by William Eaton

I have recently acquired a television after living the last 6 (peaceful) years without one. I must admit that Jeopardy at 7 has filled a small nostalgic void in my life, but the morning news is an utter disgrace to the myriad of monumentally important and tragic situations that are occurring around the world right now (and always). It did however lead me to this article by James Hamblin, “The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women,” published in The […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: gender, mating, relationships, The Atlantic

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‘Rude’ Wedding Tradition Turns Sour on You Tube

July 19, 2014 by William Eaton

Part of my fascination with discussing gender and sexuality every week is its inherent interdisciplinary nature. Jumping from sexual violence, to sexual relationships, from women in sports, to pop-culture, may seem a bit scattered, but these topics only scratch the surface of the myriad of ways that we are regularly experiencing and interpreting gender in our lives. While many people are dulled to scenes playing out traditional gender norms, I am like an actor at the theater, words and phrases and […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: gender, traditions

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What to Expect When You’re Selecting: The Science of Relationships

July 12, 2014 by William Eaton

I’ve never been a big fan of the “soul mate theory.” I’m of the opinion that there are billions of likable people in the world, and the more of them that we may chance to come across, the more potential mates we will find. Something about this “many fishes theory,” in contention, it seems, with popular opinion, led me to a year’s worth of  research and a master’s thesis on marriage and its incessant failure in the face of modern-day […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: NPR

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I Throw Like a Girl: New Ads Challenge Gender Stereotypes

June 28, 2014 by William Eaton

Since I don’t have a television, I am not able to contextualize the 2-3 advertisements that I watch by choice online within the cacophony of commercials that the average television watching individual is assaulted with on a daily basis. I wonder when and where these gender-non-conforming ads appear on television, and what kind of an impact they actually have when they are buried among all of the other noise. In the Washington Post, blogger Nia-Malika Henderson highlights a few of these ads […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: advertising

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Keeping it Professional, Even in the Nude

June 21, 2014 by William Eaton

I was just introduced to the long standing controversy regarding fashion photographer Terry Richardson’s “unprofessional” behavior in the studio, through this Jezebel article Meet Terry Richardson, The World’s Most F-ked up Fashion Photographer, by Jenna Sauers. While in many ways I didn’t want to humor the attention that he is getting of late, I do think there is an interesting debate buried somewhere deep in all of this, regarding the sexualized work that occurs in nude modeling and pornography, that […]

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“Into” + “Feeling: Jamison Explains Empathy

June 14, 2014 by William Eaton

I’ve gone the past week without internet as I was relocating into my new southern home and lifestyle, and taking regular dips in the public pool became more important than calling Time Warner to schedule an appointment. Alas, we have caved and are returning to “normalcy”, but in the mean time all I have been reading are Durham new-resident-guides and one phenomenal collection of essays that may not overtly seem connected to sexuality, but certainly harps on an interpersonal quality that […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: empathy, gender, medicine

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Separate but Unequal: The Sexism in Forcing Women to Play Softball

June 7, 2014 by William Eaton

I can hardly convey the long-awaited validation I felt this morning when I woke up to find Emma Span’s New York Times Op-Ed piece, Is Softball Sexist? In this article she lays out a very articulate explanation of how women were forced out of playing the sport of baseball, and why the option to play softball does not justify that exclusion. As a young girl, I was one of the best players on my co-ed little league team, 95% of which […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: American history, baseball, sexism, softball, sports, women

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Courtney Trouble (with camera), Wolf Hudson (lying down), Zahra Stardust and James Darling in Toronto

Is there such a thing as Feminist Pornography?

May 17, 2014 by William Eaton

Today I offer you an interesting read passed on to me from my grandmother this week. In the piece In Toronto with the world’s feminist pornographers, Daniel Nasaw from the BBC Magazine gives us a behind the scenes look at the global community that shoots, directs, stars in, and theorizes about how pornography would look when (and if) it were feminist. In recent years, feminist porn producers and performers have settled on a rough agreement on how to shoot pornography that […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: BBC, feminism, pornography

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From Sanitation to Libation: The evolution of Mother’s Day

May 10, 2014 by William Eaton

Having worked in the restaurant industry for the past 10 years, I can say that Mother’s Day is  certainly the cash cow of Sunday brunches for all employees. Mimosas are a-flowing and tips are a-plentiful. Today I’ve come across this surprising history of the holiday, worth sharing before we all run off to send out our last minute flowers and hallmark cards! National Geographic writes in Mother’s Day Turns 100: It’s Surprisingly Dark History, of Anna Jarvis, founder of a holiday formed […]

Categories: Caterina Gironda, ZiR • Tags: consumerism, National Geographic

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