As we try to absorb the relentless march of pandemic news, we’re grateful for these thinkers & writers who have helped us pause and make sense of the ways #gender, #race and #COVID are intertwined (thread):
. @cewig on the virus, health norms & #masculinity (1/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-masculinity-and-covid-19/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ewig-covid">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-ma...
. @cewig on the stark differences in what investments we consider essential to national security, how we value health care work, and who gets called a hero (2/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-and-the-war-on-covid-19/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ewig-covid-2">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/gender-an...
. @LeighGoodmark & @ayagruber on why increasing arrests & incarceration isn’t the answer to increased #DomesticViolence #DV during the pandemic (3/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/domestic-violence-is-also-a-virus/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=goodmark-gruber-dv">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/domestic-...
. @KQuerna & @NdolciDolci with 5 ways to reduce lethal #IntimatePartnerViolence #IPV during the pandemic (4/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/many-will-die-from-this-pandemic/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=querna-dolci-dv">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/many-will...
. @kendallfunk12 on how this crisis demands women’s leadership more urgently than ever (5/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/we-need-womens-leadership-more-than-ever-during-covid-19/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=funk-leadership">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/we-need-w...
. @RachelEllisPhD on a group that is often overlooked in media narratives and policy debates - incarcerated women - and the devastating impacts the pandemic has had on their families and communities (6/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/in-prison-in-a-pandemic-gender-behind-bars/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=ellis-prison">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/in-prison...
Evelyn Simien on how the trope of the “strong black woman” perpetuates inequality, especially at a time of crisis (7/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/covid-19-and-the-strong-black-woman/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=simien-covid">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/covid-19-...
And @MJStebleton and Lisa Kaler on the need for colleges and universities to prioritize student #hunger as BOTH a return-to-campus problem AND a critical issue for racial and gender equity going forward (8/): https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/exacerbated-inequities-food-insecurity-covid-19-and-higher-education/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=stebleton-kaler-hunger">https://genderpolicyreport.umn.edu/exacerbat...
Thanks to all these writers for bringing a #genderlens to the pandemic and this difficult year.
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