Tag: sexism

  • Nation & World

    How women led anti-Trump resistance

    Washington Post political columnist Jennifer Rubin discusses the key role women played in the “resistance” to Donald Trump’s presidency in advance of her Oct. 7 virtual book talk at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.

    10 minutes
    Jennifer Rubin.
  • Nation & World

    Is an artist obliged to stand up for injustice and inequity?

    The A.R.T. presents Company One’s production, “Hype Man: a break beat play,” which follows three hip-hop artists as they wrestle with these questions from their rehearsal space to the stage and the streets and back again, against a backdrop of racist violence and inequality. It streams at select times through May 6.

    6 minutes
    Kadahj Bennett (left) plays Verb, a Black hype man for white rapper Pinnacle, portrayed by Michael Knowlton.
  • Nation & World

    Madame Secretary

    Former diplomat Madeleine Albright says sexism was a bigger hurdle at home than abroad.

    6 minutes
    Madeleine Albright speaks with students.
  • Nation & World

    Principled yet just, pragmatic yet idealistic — and nice

    Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand, recipient of the 2020 Gleitsman International Activist Award from Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, talks about leadership challenges and how she’s dealt with crises from the outside, like the coronavirus pandemic, and from the inside, like self-doubt and sexism in politics.

    5 minutes
    Sherman abd Ardern in Zoom talk.
  • Nation & World

    The internal marriage tax of women M.B.A.s

    Study says that female M.B.A. students may downplay their career ambitions if they sense doing otherwise will harm their marriage prospects.

    7 minutes
  • Nation & World

    A way with other words

    Sexism, racism, and even neglect can stand in the way of a great writer receiving a Nobel Prize. But of all the barriers, it is language that remains the most…

    4 minutes