37 Words for 47 weeks
Tuesday, National Girls and Women in Sports Day, also was World Read Aloud Day and the second day of National Library Lovers Month. That's a hodgepodge, I admit. But it's perhaps a fitting way to introduce the first of a…
Looks like a book, feels like a book
The uncorrected page proofs of 37 Words arrived, and for the first time it all looks like a book and feels like a book! Until now, it's felt more like a brain dump from me to Word and then a…
Now you can preorder 37 Words!
I'm thrilled to announce that now you can preorder 37 Words: Title IX and Fifty Years of Fighting Sex Discrimination (The New Press, 2022). Order now and you'll be one of the first to receive the book when it ships…
New book explores Sexual Justice
Probably the most important book in 2021 related to Title IX looks at how we get to sexual justice both for survivors of sexual assault and for the people accused of assaulting them. This Tuesday, August 24, at 7:30 p.m…
In search of institutional courage
Prof. Jennifer J. Freyd Jennifer Freyd has done more than just about anyone else to inspire institutional courage instead of institutional betrayal, especially in regard to the handling of sexual violence complaints on college campuses. This week her former institution,…
Nearing 50th anniversary of Title IX, struggles persist
Margaret Dunkle, then chair of the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education, lights candles for Title IX's third birthday celebration on Capitol Hill in 1975 with Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-NY), Rep. Mike Blouin (D-IA), Rep. Ron Dellums (D-CA),…
What’s not being said matters for transgender athletes
Listen to what's not being said in debates about transgender student athletes. It matters. Legislation in at least 25 states introduced by conservatives so far have banned transgender athletes from competition in eight states. This month, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona suggested he’d…
And the winner is…
My book has a name. I'm grateful to everyone who made suggestions. The publisher's team and I settled on a title that will be somewhat familiar to readers of this blog. The new title is 37 Words: Title IX and…
Name this book
I'm in the final edits of my manuscript that tells the story of 50 years of Title IX, the law that prohibits sex discrimination in federally funded education. I'm searching for a new title; what should I name this book?…
Title IX history coming out
GSA board at Kent Place School, Summit N.J. in 2005. Photo by Lauren Stokes. (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons/philthecow) Title IX turns 48 years old today. Part of its history is still in the closet. People who face intersectional discrimination make up…