These days, my life is all about bathrooms. I wrote my research paper on bathrooms, spoke to my school administrators about bathrooms, did an art project about bathrooms, and wrote my college essay about bathrooms. If there’s anything I learned...
The fifth cohort of the Research Training Internship recently launched Sexism and the City, a website that maps places where sexism has occurred in New York City....
Pretty Sexy Sassy: How Girls and the Media Consume One Another is a youth-made video created by the 2013 Research Training Intensive cohort. The video examines media sexism and its impact on girls and young women, drawing on interviews with...
"Understanding Privilege, Power, and Oppression" is one of three white papers that Ma'yan prepared as handouts for That's Not Fair!...
Note: Applications are now closed for the 2014-2015 RTI application cycle. Still eager to learn more about the program? Contact Director of Research Beth Cooper Benjamin at beth@mayan.org.1. You get to meet an amazing group of Jewish girls from around...
Here, at long last and in all its awesomeness, is the full-length (18-ish minute) version of the Ma'yan RTI video on media sexism and its impact on girls and young women. If you are interested in using this video in...
How can we resist and challenge the sexist messages that the media sends us? In this Webisode, Ma'yan's Research Training Interns offer strategies to build awareness and take action in your community. ...
Your wait ends now! Introducing Webisode #3 of the Ma'yan RTI video Pretty Sexy Sassy: How Girls and the Media Consume One Another. This five and a half minute video examines marketing and corporate interests in popular media and how these...
Recently, the 2012-13 Ma'yan Research Training Interns (RTIs) gathered to premiere their video documentary,Pretty Sexy Sassy: How Girls and the Media Consume One Another. The video examines media sexism and its impact on girls and young women, drawing on interviews...
In “How to Make Better Rules for Kids,” Part I of the post leading up to “Ethical Discipline,” the workshop I’m leading this Thursday, January 12, I discussed how tricky it is to make boundaries that keep kids safe while...