Who Does ‘The Help’ Help? A Curt Critique
Just like we can ask in 2023 who feels free in watching “Emancipation,” we should also ask who “The Help” actually helps.
Tag: Women
Taylor Swift, Public Historian
Taylor Swift is doing important historical work by examining her relationship to the past and inviting fans and followers to do the same.
Move, Dance, Talk, Resist
For immigrant women to dance and expose themselves through movement is a political act of resistance.
Bracelets, Boots, and Babes: The Esquire Man and Music Festivals
Esquire suggests that men are destined to incur sexually aggressive feelings at music festivals. But if they simply dress and act in a way that will attract female attention, it will ensure an Esquire man gets (consensually) laid.
Gendering Poverty in Labor Legislation in Argentina, 1900-1930
Gender-specific labor laws largely enforced the assignment of women to lower paying activities in the factory and longer hours outside the factory. This had the effect of restricting their mobility and condemning them to poverty.
The Activist History Review 