GENDER, MEDIA, POLITICS, LAW

2008: An ongoing experiment in blogging for political reform:

Snake Oil Salesmen Hit Jackpot in Nevada: Medical Tourism in the U.S.

DIGITAL EXHIBITS & ARCHIVES	Links
Be It Ever So Humble: The Making the American Home, 1868-1930 Digital Beats: Jack Kerouac Landmark U.S. Supreme Court Cases Documenting Difference: Major Moments in the History of Inequality in the U.S. New York Times coverage of the struggle for woman suffrage New York Times coverage of the evolution of communications technology The History of Privacy in the U.S. Organizing the Internet, one page at a time (changing prototypes)	UML Libraries Gender Studies English Department CommonText Program Communication Studies Initiative Community Connections Clearinghouse UMass Boston Community Media & Technology Program
Interdisciplinary Digital Readers	Documentary Sites
Common Text Reader 2007: The Secret Order, a play by Robert Clyman Common Text Reader, 2006: The Last American Man, a biography by Elizabeth Gilbert Common Text Reader, 2005-2006: Intimate Apparel, a play by Lynn Nottage Gender Studies Reader Media Studies Reader Environmental History Reader	The Open Library Findlaw History Matters Cornell University Digital Collections Duke University Digitized Collections Library of Congress Harvard Open Collections
COURSES	News Media Sites
Gender, Law & Politics Introduction to American Politics Privacy & Politics Introduction to Media Studies The Politics of the Internet Gender, Culture, and Politics Introduction to Gender Studies Media & Politics in the Digital Age (in progress 2008)	Open Source Radio PressThink New York Times Columbia Journalism Review Huffington Post Znet Washington Post NPR WUML
AIDS TO RESEARCH AND WRITING	Writing Guides
George Orwell, "Politics and the English Language" (1946) How to Write a Term Paper The Term Paper Checklist How to Get into Grad School	Short Guide to College Writing, University of Chicago Jack Lynch's Guide to Grammar and Style, Rutgers University
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, BLOGS, AND MISCELLANEOUS PAGES	Misc. Sites
Medical Tourism in the U.S: Legislative Update. Campaign to Eliminate Statutes of Limitations on Sexual Crimes Against Minors in Massachusetts Clergy Sex Crimes in Massachusetts: Unknowns and Underestimates, 2005 The Personal Is Political: Now What? A Man's Home: Rethinking the Public/Private Dichotomy in American Law Op-Ed: "Times Expose of Miller Reveals Little" The Demise of the Times? An Early Media Frenzy: The Beecher-Tilton Scandal Lights, Camera, Confession: A Case Study in Boston Globe Coverage of Clergy Sexual Abuse Flood the Zone with Innuendo: Walter V. Robinson's Approach to the News Resume Deflation: An Exercise in Information Literacy Beyond Wikipedia Harvey Milk Right to Privacy	Best of the Web: Media Media Working Group Action Coalition for Media Education This Modern World Look at Me: Found Photos Spiral of Technology Television History The Smoking Gun Bishop Accountability BlameBush.org BushCam

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