- -: Is Gay the New Black? - Michael Eric Dyson
June 5, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/27/Michael_Eric_Dyson_Can_You_Hear_Me_Now Author Michael Eric Dyson dissects the relation between the gay rights movement and the civil rights movement. "Many African-American people forget that the civil rights movement itself was borrowed," says Dyson....
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- -: Ruth Reichl: Grateful Not to Be My Mother
June 12, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/10/Not_Becoming_My_Mother_Ruth_Reichl Ruth Reichl recalls giving a personal speech on how she was grateful not to be her mother. Reflective of gender roles and generational changes, Reichl's speech moved many audience members to tears. ----- Ruth Reich...
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- -: Charles Kesler: Women's Lib Bad for Women
June 25, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/28/Uncommon_Knowledge_Charles_Kesler Author Charles Kesler argues that the struggle for absolute equality among the sexes is harmful to women. Kesler contends that the wave of cultural liberalism during the 1960s has now been reduced to a game of identit...
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- -: Does Race Drive Opportunity? - John Powell
September 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/07/POWER_John_A_Powell_on_Opportunity_and_Race John A. Powell, head of the Kirwan Institute, discusses the differing opportunity structures found within minority communities. "Opportunity in this country is deeply, profoundly racialized," says Powell. -...
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- -: Trucks and Trigonometry: Do Boys Excel in Math and Engineering?
October 7, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/29/Lise_Eliot_Pink_Brain_Blue_Brain Neurologist Lise Eliot addresses the claim that boys tending to surpass girls in the fields of math and engineering. Eliot argues that genetic differences play no role and attributes percieved academic advantages to th...
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- -: Why Don't Boys Play with Dolls? - Lise Eliot
October 13, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/09/29/Lise_Eliot_Pink_Brain_Blue_Brain Dr. Lise Eliot explores the idea that boys are inherently attracted to play with "boy toys" such as trucks and action figures, while girls naturally gravitate toward dolls. She points out that both boys and girls are a...
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- -: Cleavage at Work? A New Dress Code for Professional Women
February 17, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/02/09/Dr_Audrey_Nelson_Code_Switching Communication consultant Audrey Nelson chastises the working women she sees wearing "postage-stamp sized skirts" and baring cleavage in professional environments. "Nothing will erode your credibility quicker," she warns...
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- -: Illness or Identity? Differing Views on Being Transgender
May 28, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/03/03/Einsteins_God_Conversations_About_Science Andrew Solomon, author of The Noonday Demon: An Atlas of Depression, discusses his research on how notions of mental illness change over time. Solomon extends the concept to highlight cases of transgender chil...
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- -: Being a Woman In the Tech Industry - Esther Dyson
October 1, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/biztechday_ny_2010 Angel investor Esther Dyson comments on TechCrunch senior editor Michael Arrington's recent article entitled, "Too Few Women in Tech? Stop Blaming the Men." Dyson acknowledges both benefits and drawbacks to being a woman in ...
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- -: Cynthia Nixon: Gays Don't Want to Redefine Marriage
October 6, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/new_yorker_festival_2010 "Sex and the City" star Cynthia Nixon weighs in on the gay marriage debate. "Gay people who want to marry have no desire to redefine marriage in any way," she says. "When women got the vote, they did not redefine votin...
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