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….
Tag: writing
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…