Tag Archives: Gender

@NYTimes’ Substandard coverage of the Democratic side of #Election2016 | Blog#42

When it comes to quality, parity, and objectivity, The New York Times’ coverage of the left side of Election 2016 has been less than adequate; horrible for what is still considered the nation’s paper of record. Continue reading @NYTimes’ Substandard coverage of the Democratic side of #Election2016 | Blog#42

Engineering in #Preschool? | Education

I recently listened to a KPCC story about a new kind of preschool. I didn’t know it at the time, but my daughter was listening to the story with me and, as it turns out, was as bothered by it as I was, not because the toddlers in the story were learning about engineering, but because their preschool experience was only about it. Continue reading Engineering in #Preschool? | Education

​Charlotte Greenfield: Should We ‘Fix’ Intersex Children? | The Atlantic

Standard medical practice is often to operate to “normalize” genitals, but some families are fighting back.

By Charlotte Greenfield

When Mark and Pam Crawford took their family to Great Wolf Lodge, a water adventure park, for a week’s vacation, their seven-year-old made a request.

“Since we don’t know anybody,” S asked her parents, “can I be a boy?”

Continue reading ​Charlotte Greenfield: Should We ‘Fix’ Intersex Children? | The Atlantic