January 27, 2009
Posted by Sam Jackson
Graphic Feminism @ Yale: a blog and poster project
Yalies who thought that gender issues were a relic of the past should have had a rude awakening last year, after the mess surrounding some highly public misogynistic frat behavior known as the 'we love yale sluts' incident [YDN]. However, after the anger at the Zeta Psi pledges and hatred towards the Women's Center had subsided, things seem to have gone back to normal - issues of sexism and the question of gender in general subsided once again into the background, consigned to the shadows again.
At the same time, the class of 2012 now seemingly holds a record for the greatest gender gap in Yale admissions history, or something close to it-- 2,281 more women than men applied to Yale for the class of 2012, but men were 68% more likely to be offered a spot. The adjusted admissions rate: 9.8% for men, 7.5% for women.
It's in this climate that a great new blog popped up, called Graphic Feminism. The authors talk about feminism as it applies to higher education and Yale, but also are putting up some really well done posters around campus on a weekly basis highlighting certain issues that seem to go unmentioned, unquestioned, and undiscussed. There was a really powerful one called 'Your Comments Here' which reprints in full form many of the comments from that YDN article -- and it is shocking, horrible, and deeply informative all at the same time.
Definitely worth checking out -- just some pictures you can look at quickly, won't take much of your time! I'm having a meeting this weekend with some other Yale bloggers to talk about the future of blogging at Yale. More updates to come soon.
I'm currently a rising senior at Yale University and I've been blogging about college admissions and higher education marketing trends since I began my college application process in 2005. I now also write about my experience here at Yale.
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