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Sep 19, 20235 min read
Why don't women think about the Roman Empire? Because it Is Built on a History of Sexual Violence.
By Fionna Clark and Debbie Dougherty Last week, I arrived early to my undergraduate organizational communication course to find two women...


May 30, 20237 min read
Why Do We Need Tenure? Have You Ever Heard of Galileo?
Many years ago, when I was a highly opinionated undergraduate student in Speech Communication at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, I explained...

Jan 17, 20235 min read
The Unique Person Syndrome
By Debbie S. Dougherty I am sorry to have to tell you this, but we are not as special as we think we are. The problem isn’t that we think...

Jan 10, 20235 min read
Women in the Big Tent
By Debbie S. Dougherty Has anyone else found the questions about what is a woman kind of weird? I mean, usually people obsess about...

Jan 3, 20233 min read
Andrew Tate Does not Care About Your Politics.
A friend of mine told me she loved my blog, but could not share it because she lived in a conservative community. I was surprised,...

Dec 27, 20225 min read
The Word of the Year for 2023 is. . .
The Word of the Year for 2023 is Let's do This Thing.

Dec 20, 20222 min read
Find Your Joy? Tis the Season to Be Jolly? That is a Lot of Pressure!
Has anyone else noticed the gathering pressure to find #joy? There are books, and articles, and speeches, and blogs, all suggesting that...

Nov 15, 20224 min read
Woman at Work? Must be a Prostitute.
Shortly after posting my first blog a few weeks back, I received the following message from a stranger: I would like to say that this...

Nov 8, 20223 min read
Oh my dear, you misunderstand. We are not angry. We are furious.
Women, Injustice, and the Anger Gap After reading my last blog post, a friend of mine reached out to share an experience she had while...

Nov 1, 20222 min read
Powerful Women are Objects of Suspicion
“Hey Women, Be Strong. (But if you are, we will threaten to kill you)” Where’s Nancy? Where’s ___ (insert name of any powerful woman...
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