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Global Studies Association Conference Notes - Part 4 - Poto Mitan

Fri, 06/27/2008 - 1:43am — FrenchDoc

Cross-posted from The Global Sociology Blog.

The highlight of the session "Women Confront Globalization" was the screening of a rough cut of the film Poto Mitan - Haitian Women, Pillars of the World Economy, directed by Renee Bergan (she is also the founder of Renegade Pictures) and she co-presented it with anthropologist Mark Schuller of UC Santa Barbara, co-director of the film.

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THE POISONED LANDSCAPE -- RACE, GENDER, & ELECTION 2008

Thu, 04/10/2008 - 1:03pm — Paul_Lukasiak

Part 4 of Misogyny, Sexism, & the Gender Gap in the 2008 Election

In choosing a nominee, the Democratic Party will not merely be deciding who deserves to win, or who would make the best candidate. It will also be a decision about which poisoned landscape the Party wishes to compete upon --- one in which toxic wildflowers of misogyny and sexism are in full bloom, or one in which the poisonous weed of racism is a constant part of the environment, and needs the merest watering to completely despoil the land.

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