Global Health with Greg Martin
Gender-Based Violence and Violence Against Women - a public health issue
In this video, we look at gender-based violence (and violence against women, including domestic violence and rape) and take a look at what we as individuals and as a society can do to address the problem. Things like promoting gender...
Financial Times
Understanding the #MeToo phenomenon
Rana Foroohar and Gillian Tett discuss the wave of sexual harassment allegations that have come to light in recent months
ShortCutsTv
Social Constructionism
In this short film social constructionism is both illustrated - by explaining how culture teaches us to see the world in certain ways - and applied through examples of contemporary and cross-cultural constructions of gender.
Intelligence Squared
Lionel Shriver on Why Identity Politics is Tearing Society Apart
"If anyone aims to put Lionel Shriver straight, white female on my tombstone, I'm definitely getting cremated".
Science360
As we develop, how do stereotypes come to affect behavioral choices?
As we develop, how do stereotypes come to affect behavioral choices? Andrew Meltzoff, Co-Director of the University of Washington’s Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences, answers your question in this edition of Ask a Scientist.
Curated Video
Are identity politics dangerous?
Some fear that politics based on protecting race, religion or other minority groups can threaten the rights of others. How did identity politics emerge and have they gone too far?
Curated Video
Claudette Colvin: The Original Rosa Parks
You know the story of David and Goliath, right? Well, America has its own version. Only our hero is 15-year-old African-American, school girl Claudette Colvin and in 1955, she took on the State of Alabama for real. The original Rosa Parks!
Curated Video
Hedy Lamarr: Mother of WiFi
Did you know? The amazing technology behind Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS was the brainchild of Hollywood actor turned visionary inventor Hedy Lamarr - the Mother of Wi-Fi.
Curated Video
Keds: America's First Viral Sneakers
They were the Nike Air of their day – and they helped spark a sneaker revolution! Discover how Keds cornered the market for comfortable footwear in the 1950s and beyond.
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Feminist Economics with Jayati Ghosh [TRAILER]
The economy is not gender neutral, but actually relies on gender imbalances to function and grow. In this five-part lecture series, this renowned scholar guides us through the field of feminist economics. Feminist economics shows how our...
Curated Video
Cult of Domesticity
The Cult of Domesticity was a school of thought that middle and upper class women should be confined to the home and aspire to be model wives and mothers. But it wasn’t just men who thought that way, many women did too!
Global Health with Greg Martin
Gender Based Violence
This episode is about gender-based violence with focus on violence against women. Along with some alarming facts and figures pertaining to violence against women, its effect on health and economy. This episode also sheds light on various...
Seven Dimensions
Understanding Workplace Bullying and Harassment
Peter Quarry and Eve Ash discuss how bullying and harassment are defined, how it impacts on health and safety, why some people target others, and the difference between unpleasantness and bullying. Peter provides tips on how to recognize...
Curated Video
Lyndon B. Johnson: The Great Society Speech
In 1964, 36th U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson commanded the heart of the nation while delivering his "The Great Society" speech. Can you hear any parallels to modern-day America?
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Martha Hickson - The Right to Read
Martha Hickson has been a high school librarian since 2005. Her work has been featured in School Library Journal, Booklist, KnowledgeQuest, the American Library Association Intellectual Freedom Blog, NJEA Review, and School Librarian’s...
Curated Video
What Is The Difference Between Sex And Gender?
The difference between sex and gender is that sex is a biological concept based on biological characteristics such as difference in genitalia in male and female. Gender on the other hand, primarily deals with personal, societal and...
Schooling Online
Perfecting Poetry: Rosemary Dobson - Introduction to Rosemary Dobson
Meet Rosemary Dobson, a great Australian poet. Find out who she was, where she came from and why her poems are remarkable. We’ll look at her personal and contextual influences, which ranged from her Australian identity to Classical art....
Curated Video
Barbara Jordan: The Black Texan Politician who Broke the Glass Ceiling
At a time when women and people of colour were all but excluded from the US government, one woman stormed the corridors of power and made them her own. This is the story of Barbara Jordan, the African American from the South who defied...
Tumble Science Podcast for Kids
Volcano Adventure
Alaska is home to 54 active volcanoes. Scientists, called volcanologists, watch and study these volcanoes to try and predict when they are going to erupt and so they can give warnings to the nearby communities. In 2008, Mount Redoubt,...
PBS
Why was Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls?
Pink for Boys and Blue for Girls might seem strange to modern eyes and sensibilities, but up until the 1940's a lot of people thought pink was the more masculine color and blue was clearly more feminine. So how did we end up in a world...
My Genderation
Transgender in The Workplace
A film about transgender people in the workplace, and what workplaces can do to respect and welcome their transgender employees
My Genderation
Max and Their Theyby River
A film about non-binary parent Max, that is raising their baby gender-neutral, or as a theyby. A film that explores what it really means to raise a child gender-neutral, and how it is about offering children a choice to express...
Step Back History
History Shows that the Gender Binary isn’t Normal
YUP! Binary Gender is far from some innate biological thing. Today, we'll look at the science, and examples from history and around the world to look at it.