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Shahada and Gendered Spaces

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For the Palestinian people, martyring themselves in an attempt to attack their Israeli “occupiers” has become a sign of honor, not only for men but also women. At a recent convention one Professor of Language and Cultural Studies explored the “gendered space[s]” of Palestinian women’s resistance against Israel in the context of the First Intifada.

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Age Studies, Part One

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Since its inception Accuracy in Academia has catalogued the inner politics of a series of Humanities disciplines, including women’s studies, queer studies, fat studies, labor studies, and others.  This article will introduce a lesser-known Humanities field: age studies.

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Fat Studies On Display

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Political correctness has run amok in the ivory tower. If some academics have their way, college students soon will be forced to vet themselves not only for subconscious racist, sexist and classist thoughts, but fatist ones as well.

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Catholic Gender Bending

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Maybe Hollywood just isn’t making films like The Bells of St. Mary’s anymore but a documentary about transgendered students seems an odd choice for a campus diversion at a Catholic college even if one of the film’s subjects is a regular communicant somewhere else.

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Post Politically Correct Studies

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Few African studies courses will acknowledge the repression of native regimes on the continent that has occurred since all of Africa’s 54 nations achieved independence from European colonial rule. From the Modern Language Association 2005 convention held in Washington, D.C.

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The FBI Story

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In one sentence, my predecessor at Accuracy in Academia describes the metamorphosis of the legendary federal government agency and shows why it may soon be a career target for gender studies majors.

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