Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers

Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. The links presented direct the reader to articles from many different points of view that deal with issues of women in higher education. The articles selected do not necessarily reflect the views of the editorial board of WIAReport.

We invite subscribers to email us at editor@WIAReport.com with suggestions of articles for inclusion in this feature.

Why Do Women’s Razors Cost More? Putting the “Pink Tax” in Perspective
The Daily Economy

She Was a Victim of Online Harassment. Then She Reached Out to One of Her Trolls
WBUR

Alex Cooper Claims Abuse Is ‘Still Actively Happening’ at Her College
Us Magazine

The Founding Fathers…and Mothers? How Women Shaped the Independence Movement
The Daily
(Case Western Reserve University)

Suzanne Spencer-Wood: A Feminist Time Machine
The Oakland Post
(Oakland University)

Deconstruction Zone: ‘Womanist’ Writers Prompt Racial Healing
The Michigan Chronicle

Women Are Twice as Likely to Suffer From Alzheimer’s as Men. Scientists Have Figured Out Why
The Independent

Can Breastfeeding Really Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk?
MD Anderson Cancer Center

AI is Creating a New Gender Divide
Newsweek

University of Liberia Launches Master’s and PhD programs in Gender and Security
The New Dawn

Sociology 101: Girls Rule, Boys Drool
The Daily Collegian
(Penn State)

The Gender Gap Grows Wider and Wider
Times-Republican

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