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Presidential Portraits, Down Syndrome, and Sanitation Workers

Past Present Episode 119

February 25, 2018 • by Natalia Mehlman Petrzela, Nicole Hemmer and Neil J. Young

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil debate the release of the Obamas’ presidential portraits, the first Gerber Baby with Down syndrome, and the storied history of the sanitation worker.

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Presidential Portraits, Down Syndrome, and Sanitation Workers

First Black First Lady as Outsider Within and Agent of Change

January 19, 2017 • by Esther Franke

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. There are many aspects of the United States, of the political culture and system that I find interesting (to use a word that is telling without saying anything much). One of them is the office of the First Lady. There is ...