Excuse Me Princess: Gender in Video Game Culture
UNC senior Stirling Little spoke at TEDxUNC in February about his research on women in video game culture. Little was one of two student speakers selected to speak at the conference. Want to know more about women in video games and the tech industry? Check out No Girls Allowed
Sexual Assault Policy at UNC: An Ongoing Process
BY: GRACE TATTER The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced today that they are investigating the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s handling of sexual assault cases. The Department isn’t the only one concerned; many students and community members are too. The complaint filed in February against Landen Gambill by her … Read more
I Stand with Landen Gambill
COMMENTARY BY: CAREY HANLIN Three days ago, my good friend Landen Gambill received an email from the UNC-Chapel Hill Honor Court informing her that she had been charged with “disruptive or intimidating behavior” toward the student who raped her. When Landen first told me this past fall about her sexual assault, she talked about the … Read more
A “Fat Talk”-Free Campus: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Posted by Campus BluePrint on February 25, 2013 · Leave a Comment
COMMENTARY BY: NEHA VERMA From “Do these jeans make me look fat?” to “You look great, have you lost a few pounds?” most of us have, at some point or another, made casual comments about body weight to our friends and family members. Psychiatrists refer to these and similar comments as “fat talk.” While “fat … Read more
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