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Gender Inequality

The Ivory Tower Is Like the Real World in One Way: Mothers Still Do Most of the Childcare, BU Researcher Finds

June 18, 2021

Women's History Month

Eight Books, TV Shows, Movies to Enjoy This Women’s History Month

March 29, 2021

International Women's Day

Five Ways to Engage on International Women’s Day

March 6, 2021

Composite image. On the left, the book cover for ‘Diners, Dudes and Diets’ by Emily Contois. An illustration of a hamburger fills out the cover, buns sandwich the title text. On the right is a portrait of Emily Contois, a young woman with her hair pulled back and a ruffled blouse smiles welcomingly. The images are place on a wooden grain background.

Books

Diet Yogurt and Guy Fieri: How Food Media Constructed “Dude” Masculinity

February 18, 2021

Photo of Kamala Harris raising her right hand as she is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, her husband US Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, wears a black mask, and holds the Bible, during the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th US President on January 20, 2021

Gender

What Should Doug Emhoff, America’s Inaugural Second Gentleman, Do with the Role?

January 26, 2021

Pop art photo illustration of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris

Madam Vice President

Voices of BU Women Rejoicing with Kamala Harris

November 11, 2020

An illustration of a person wearing a mask asking two people not wearing masks to wear masks.

Student Life

Masks. Distancing. Race. How to Have Hard Conversations during Hard Times

September 14, 2020

Screenshot of zoom call between Tyler Davis’ and Natalie McKnight, dean of CGS, during a meeting in which they discuss and analyze female-directed films. Both women appear to be zooming in from their homes.

Film

Exploring the Work of Women Directors in Hollywood

August 28, 2020

A photo of suffragettes holding a sign that reads "Votes for Women"

Voices & Opinion

POV: As We Mark the Centennial of the 19th Amendment, One Question Looms

August 18, 2020

Photo of a #MeToo sign on a stick, painted in black on a white background. Photo was taken when protestors gathered against gender-based and sexual violence called by the Effronte-e-s Collective, on Republique square in Paris, France, on October 29, 2017.

Voices & Opinion

POV: What the Battle for Women’s Suffrage Tells Us about #MeToo 100 Years Later

August 13, 2020

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Politics

AOC’s Response to Ted Yoho: How the Media Covered It

July 24, 2020

Portrait of CAS Religion Professor Kecia Ali in an office surrounded by books. She shits in an armchair holding a book, and doesn't wear shows.

Gender

Kecia Ali to Examine Gender Bias in Academia

July 15, 2020

LGBTQ+

Pride… But Make it Virtual: Can’t-Miss Events for the BU Community

June 19, 2020

The BU Queer Activist Collective executive board during a Zoom meeting.

LGBTQ+

BU’s Queer Activist Collective Celebrates Pride at Home

June 12, 2020

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Sociology

Is Beauty’s Double Standard for Women in the Public Eye Dead?

June 8, 2020

Rebecca Printze (CFA’20) (left) and Leroy Davis rehearse "As One"

Arts & Culture

CFA Fringe Festival Launches Today

October 3, 2019

Students

BU Making More Single-Occupancy Bathrooms Gender-Neutral

April 3, 2019

University News

In Celebration of International Women’s Day

March 8, 2019

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Gender

New BU Panel on Gender-Based Harassment Gets to Work

February 28, 2019

Portrait of the Vibes women-only dance team posing on stairs outside in Boston

University News

New Lawsuit Raises Old Question: Is It Time for Single-Sex Clubs to Go?

December 11, 2018

New Lawsuit Raises Old Question: Is It Time for Single-Sex Clubs to Go?