Daniel Wilner: "Working Mom" Film Project
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We are thrilled to share the release of Daniel Wilner's (Quebec & Brasenose 2007) short film about women and work-life balance, entitled "Working Mom".
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NEWS AND VIEWS
Welcome to the Rhodes Project's blog. Here you will find information about our research, commentary on issues of gender and feminism, guest posts by Rhodes Scholars and others, and the latest news from the Project. To enquire about writing a guest post, please get in touch at info@rhodesproject.com.
Feminist Reader: July 2015
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Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read MoreKate Blackmon and Susan Rudy Present Research on Lesbian Perspectives of Work-Life Balance
/Congratulations to Kate Blackmon (University of Oxford) and our Executive Director, Susan Rudy (The Rhodes Project) on their recent paper ‘Work-life balance: Including lesbian perspectives’, which they presented last weekend in Halifax.
Read MoreChimène Keitner: The Proverbial Parental Balancing Act
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When the Rhodes Project invited me to contribute a blog post after I wrote about work-life issues at the prompting of some of my students in the women’s legal organization Ms. JD, I wondered what was left to say.
Read MoreRachel Kolb: I Hear You, I See What You Mean - Linguistic Precision and Implicit Ableism
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Sometimes, I sit down to write emails to friends with a smirk. “Hello!” I write. “Great to hear from you!” Or, “I’m looking forward to hearing from you.” Or, “I can’t wait to hear about your trip.” The irony here is that I cannot hear - at least not in the same way that typically hearing people do.
Feminist Reader: June 2015
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Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read MoreThe Ona-Mtoto-Lako (See Your Baby) Project needs your help!
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Our idea is called the "Ona-Mtoto-Lako" (See Your Baby) Project. The Project will take lifesaving antenatal care to pregnant women in remote parts of low & middle income countries, where women will be given the opportunity to come "see their baby" through ultrasonography, free of charge using a mobile ultrasonography bus.
Read MoreLiz Murray: My Fight Against The Male-Only Membership of Oxford's Vincent's Club - A Journey to Feminism
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I was startled, recently, when someone referred to me as a ‘militant feminist’. While I identify as a woman and volunteer my time with gender-related projects like the Good Lad Initiative, I never felt a strong sense of connection to feminist causes. I never imagined myself writing letters, having heated debates or starting petitions. I never imagined that I would lobby for, never mind spearhead, an equality campaign at Oxford University.
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Joanne Cave: "Maybe Her Brain Was Falling Apart" - Young Women, Care and New Iterations of Work-Life Balance
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My mother started showing signs of early-onset Alzheimer’s about four years ago, when I was 19 years old, several years before I arrived in Oxford on a Rhodes scholarship. We didn't realize this at the time, but her disease would accelerate very quickly. In three years, she progressed from early retirement to a secure dementia ward in a long-term care facility.
Eden Tanner: Conversations about Consent
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Last year, we witnessed a cultural tide turning in Oxford. With every Junior Common Room and 8 Graduate Common Rooms in Oxford offering sexual consent workshops, where over 70% of the undergraduate common rooms made theirs compulsory, the conversation about the importance of great consent practice is growing louder.
Read MoreA Fond Farewell to Communications Officer Seb Baird
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The Rhodes Project extends the warmest farewell and well wishes to our Communications Officer, Seb Baird, who will be leaving us to take up a new position as Digital Officer at the Time to Change Campaign. This national effort seeks to end stigma and discrimination experienced by people with mental health problems.
A core member of the Rhodes Project team for the past eighteen months, Seb has helped transform the outward face of the Project through our website, social media, and blog, substantially building up our online content.
We look forward to hearing about his new work—and feel reassured that he will keep in touch across our channels. You will be greatly missed, Seb!
Speaker Event: Patricia Hill Collins, 'We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest: Lessons from US Black Feminism'
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We are pleased to be welcoming Patricia Hill Collins to speak in Oxford on 22 May 2015.
When it comes to feminism, anti-racism, and similar social justice projects, the true test lies less in how we celebrate victories, but rather in how we respond to defeat. In her talk, she sketches out three ideas or "lessons" culled from the rich tapestry of Black feminism in the U.S. that might inform contemporary social justice projects.
Professor Patricia Hill Collins is currently Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her work primarily concerns issues of feminism and gender in the African American community, and she has been central in advancing the concept of intersectionality.
To book a place at the event, please make sure to sign up via our Eventbrite page.
We are delighted to be co-hosting this event with the Oxford Human Rights Hub.
Rhodes Project Hosts Celebration of the 2015 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race
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On 11 April, The Rhodes Project hosted an event at our London office to celebrate the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. The occasion marked a significant event in gender equality in sports: for the first time, the Women's Boat Race took place on the Tideway and was televised by the BBC.
Read MoreMax Harris: Oxford Talk by Tony Porter Prompts Discussion of Masculinity Today
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On 26 February 2015, Tony Porter spoke to a crowded audience, dominated by students, at Milner Hall in Rhodes House, Oxford. Porter is the co-founder of ‘A Call to Men’, an organization seeking to change dominant ideas of masculinity. Max Harris, a Rhodes Scholar, reflects on the talk.
Read MoreKatie Davidson: The Women in the Boat
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I first learned about the 2015 Newton Women’s Boat Race when I showed up to the University of Cambridge’s Goldie Boathouse in late 2013 having never touched an oar.
Read MoreFeminist Reader: April 2015
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Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read MoreCan you help the Rhodes Project collect information about non-American Rhodes Scholars?
/To develop our database, researchers at the Rhodes Project are collecting biographical and career information about non-American Rhodes Scholars elected 1977-1995. Can you help?
Read MoreFeminist Reader: March 2015
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Each month, the Rhodes Project publishes a selection of articles that approach issues of gender and feminism from informed, opinionated and novel angles. Visit the Feminist Reader to find out about women’s responses to current challenges and catch up on gender-related news from around the world.
Read More'How Do You Do It?' Hard Lessons in Work-Life Balance
/"I couldn’t be both an MP and a mum – at least not without falling short of my own high standards for both. It was scary and horrible. But the sense of relief that came when I admitted defeat was amazing. Driving home the day I announced my decision to step down, I had to grip the steering wheel with all my strength to stop the front of the car from lifting off the ground and floating up into the sky."
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