What Is It About 20-Somethings?
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Robin Marantz Henig in The New York Times reports on the trend you yourself may have noticed lately: that a large percentage of twenty-somethings don't seem to be settling down at the same rate that this age group has done in the past. What you may not know is that some sociologiists and psychologists are calling upon social scientists to create a new age classification for the twenties (dare we
say, tweenagers?) called emerging adults. The essay from the Times Magazine reports extentively on this trend, which is clearly supported by statistics showing higher age at marriage, higher rates of twenty-somethings living with their parents, more different jobs during the twenties, etc.
First Signs of Puberty Seen in Younger Girls
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If you thought that only boys were affected by environmental hormones like the hormones in meat, guess again. A study reported by Denise Grade in the New York Times documents how girls are entering puberty earlier, and that obesity is a large contributing factor to this, but most likely not the only factor. Maybe it's better to skip that high-fructose corn syrup drink?
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This year, only 13.5% of Congressional guests on the five major Sunday morning talk shows have been women.
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F-Word Film Festival at UNC-Asheville
Sheville Staff
UNC Asheville will hold the 10th annual “F-Word Film Festival: A Celebration of Images By and About Women (But For All Audiences)” at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 25, in UNC Asheville’s Humanities Lecture Hall. Two award-winning films, “Club Native” and “Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority,” will be screened. A panel discussion with UNC Asheville faculty and students will follow the screenings. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Lori Horvitz, UNC Asheville associate professor of literature, at 828/251-6590. The F-Word
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It's More than Thelma and Louise
Sheville Staff
Judith Warner recently raised the issue of just how reliable rape statistics are in an opinion piece in the New York Times, The Legacy of Thelma and Louise. Warner got caught in a cross-fire when she reported statistics that showed a dramatic drop in the rape statistics: but then she discusses just how reliable these statistics actually are. What she doesn't mention is that the population demographics of the US, with its lower percentage of younger people, likely contributed to whatever drop there was.
Stephanie Dalton
In 2000, the Cathedral of All Souls, located in the historic district of Biltmore Village in Asheville, NC, made the decision to offer the Blessing of a Covenanted Relationship for same-gender couples. Soon afterwards, the American Anglican Council denounced the cathedral's decision. The controversy over homosexuality and organized religion is one of the fiercest and most delicate of controversies in the U.S. today. more...
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It is never easy or quite accurate to pinpoint one event as the beginning of an entire movement...but many American LGBT people, we recognize that there have been hundreds of Actions that have signified our liberation throughout time, but we choose - JUNE 28, 1969 to Symbolize - OUR PRIDE! more...
