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Book Review: Smart Wife: Why Siri, Alexa, and Other Smart Home Devices Need a Feminist Reboot
Get PDFThe Role of National Legislation in Empowering Kuwaiti Women with Disabilities
Get PDFThe State of Kuwait has issued numerous legislations aimed at empowering persons with disabilities, including the State Constitution (1961), Law No. 49 of 1996 (articles 1-6), Law No. 8 of 2010 (articles 2, 3, 5, and 6), and various amendments to these laws. This article is based on a field study conducted to investigate the influence of national law on civil society organizations that support people with disabilities, with a focus on women with disabilities in the State of Kuwait. The researcher collaborated with the Kuwaiti Union of Women Associations and numerous public benefit groups, including the Kuwait Disabled Sports Club, Kuwait Society for the Handicapped, and the Kuwait Association for Learning Differences, to ask people with disabilities and those who assist them to complete a questionnaire based on the study topic. Notably, many of the study’s participants were women with disabilities or advocates for women with disabilities. This article focuses on the gender-specific views and experiences gathered during the survey. The findings of the survey provided important insights into these respondents’ thoughts on national legislation and its execution. Many participants identified specific issues and inadequacies in the present legislative framework, notably in how successfully these laws are adopted and enforced. This challenge of implementation was frequently discussed, with respondents providing extensive details of their experiences and views
Time’s Up; Pencils Down: Why the Scholastic Aptitude Test is Obsolete in the College Admission Process
Get PDFThe Spotlight Effect on Social Media
Get PDFSocial media is used by the vast majority of emerging adults. This age group is apt to experience anxiety related to their social media usage. One possible stressor for Instagram users is not knowing what exactly other people think about their posts. This uncertainty about if one’s online audience is judging them is similar to the spotlight effect – a phenomenon where individuals think more people notice them than they do. Our research set out to investigate if people believe that their posts on Instagram get more attention than the viewers give. To test this out, two groups of participants were used: content creators, who submitted a fake Instagram post, and content viewers, who scrolled through a simulated feed. The content creators had to estimate the number of people that would point out their perceived most noticeable feature. This was compared to the number of content viewers that did notice the predicted most noticeable feature. Questions about the amount of time spent on Instagram were asked to see if there was a correlation between usage and the spotlight effect. It was found that the content creators significantly overestimated the number of people that noticed their feature, thus supporting our hypothesis. A statistically significant correlation between hours spent on Instagram and the prevalence of the spotlight effect was not found. As with all research, there were limitations in our study; however, the findings will give future researchers several avenues to investigate the spotlight effect on social media further
Juan Crow: A Discriminatory Past with Contemporary Consequences against Mexican Americans
Get PDFThis paper will focus on the past and contemporary systemic discrimination of the Mexican and Mexican American communities in Texas and California. I will first discuss how, despite being considered citizens at the federal level since the enactment Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, Mexicans and their descendants were subject to de facto segregation policies, discriminatory economic and social practices at the local and State levels, and numerous acts of violence. They were racialized as “others” in terms of language, customs, and supposed inferior morality. In addition, I will explain the numerous factors that have, in the past and present, physically and psychologically isolated Mexican Americans and relegated them to a powerless position in US society. Lastly, I will explain how the stigmatization of Latinx people has resulted in the contemporary “Juan Crow” period in which Latinx people are criminalized, incarcerated, and deported in masses and subject to the racist stereotype that they are all “illegal” criminals
Read This Book!: Defending Multicultural Literature from Recent Censorship
Get PDFThe aim of this research is to highlight the importance of multicultural children’s literature in the field of education as it relates to the call for a more multicultural approach to education, as well as through the consideration of the recent uptick in book censorship across the country. Specifically, I will turn my attention towards children’s literature that features Black characters and experiences, which are often featured within the multicultural realm. Despite the fact that research has consistently shown that multicultural children’s literature has benefits for Black children as well as creating an engaging reading experience for all readers, efforts to limit the exposure of this literature in classrooms and libraries has risen greatly within the past several years. Efforts at censorship by those claiming the books advance “Critical Race Theory” in particular have threatened to limit and/or remove these important materials from accessibility. Those censoring books often target multicultural books, and in turn, the possible benefits that come with these materials become limited. Particularly alarming is the fact that many of those who aim to censor these books do not read the text itself, even though they argue that they are potentially “harmful.” Using the methodology of literary analysis to read three multicultural children’s picture books that have faced censorship in multiple school districts in the United States, I will argue that these books are not a cause for concern, and that they instead promote positive values that all children, regardless of their background, can embrace, such as self-confidence, the importance of self-expression, and a sense of belonging
Special Issue Introduction: The Impact of the Russia-Ukraine War on Global and Gender Affairs
Get PDFInclusions and Exclusions in the Narratives of War: Gulf Arabic Press Coverage of Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Get PDFDomestic policies of nation-states as well as trends in media development have further consolidated the role of mainstream media in shaping social and political processes related to international conflicts. Deregulation of the media landscape in Gulf countries has seen the side-by-side existence of both government and private media. In the current Russia-Ukraine conflict, the mass media are significantly shaping citizens’ perceptions and understanding within Gulf countries. Similarly, the kind of information disseminated by the media on the conflict plays a role in shaping the behavior of social and political structures within nation-states. While the media alone do not determine government policies, they do shape the circumstances in which policy-making takes place. The media plays a substantial role in setting the agenda for national discourse, which guides policymakers in arriving at certain actions or responses. This study explores the characteristics and trends in the coverage of the Russia-Ukraine conflict among Arabic newspapers in the Gulf countries. The intention of this study is to gain insight into factors influencing the war narratives by different national newspapers in the Gulf region, and how these could shape national responses to the conflict. Furthermore, this study identifies different features of war narratives, the inclusions and exclusions of women in framing news about the conflict, and factors that shape such frames
The Constitution\u27s Blind Spots: A Discourse Analysis of Marginalization within the United States Constitution
Get PDFThe United States Constitution begins with the words We the People,” yet several groups of people were overlooked as it was being crafted. The alienated populace felt that the governing constitution should reflect people of all sexes, genders, races, and nationalities, given the diversity of this nation. Although it took time and effort, the abolitionist and women\u27s rights movements contributed to the formulation of the amendments that would extend constitutional rights to underrepresented groups. The purpose of this thesis is to look deeper at the phrases used in texts to uncover feelings and common themes that presented themselves in speeches and written documents by the marginalized groups