About halfway into the Democracy, Diversity and Education class that I took at Agnes Scott College, we welcomed representatives from the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP), a network of highly regarded Charter schools, to speak to our class. The representatives spoke passionately about how their schools serve under-resourced communities and propel their students to college….
Category: Academic Writing
Darling, Me Too: Feminist Approaches in Delta Rae’s “Hands Dirty”
I wrote the following song analysis for my “Contemporary Feminist Theory” course. Delta Rae is a powerful folk rock band who do not shy from inserting political themes in their music. On October 19th of this year, they released an anthem against gender inequality called “Hands Dirty” as a call to arms in…
10 Things I Hate About You and the Feminist Hijacking of Shakespeare’s Shrew
When I was studying at the University of Hyderabad, I took a course titled “Gender and Translation,” an interdisciplinary course through the linguistics department. The course investigated the ways that the gender of the translator, as well as gendered features of the original and target language, impact a translation. This is the essay that I…