Posts created by students in SOC 101 during the Spring 2022 semester.
This art piece represents the balancing act female athletes face in their two worlds on campus: one of sports and one of gendered conditioning. Female athletes live in two vastly contrasting worlds, one of sports and one of gendered conditioning (Krane 2004). They must exercise peak strength and endurance while simultaneously appearing feminine to comply […]
When the medical profession systematically denies that existence of black women’s pain, under diagnoses our pain, refuses to alleviate or treat our pain, healthcare marks us as incompetent bureaucratic subjects. Then, serves us accordingly. Dr. Tressie Cottom Today, according to the CDC, Black women are 3 times more likely to die during childbirth compared to […]
The following post describes the rise of the Mali Empire due to its capitalization on natural resources , such as gold, and the subsequent exploitation that led to its decline.
For women, deciding to have sex involves much more than the physical act itself. Their decision also includes the use of contraception and the best way to protect themselves and their partner against unwanted pregnancies. Finding what forms of contraception work for their bodies can be a complex, confusing, and exhausting process of trial-and-error. In […]
To Be Diagnosed with Pediatric Cancer “Your child has cancer.” These are four words that a family never wants to hear. But cancer is a reality for nearly 400,000 children each year (St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital), including myself in 2006. With this diagnosis comes months and years of treatment and surgeries. Patients are treated […]
