Meet the Interns: Katie Burch

Hello! My name is Katie Burch, and I am a second-year public history master’s student at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I am originally from San Diego, California, but I have lived in Pittsburgh most of my adult life. I earned an A.S. in Early...

Meet the Interns: Aveline Plenter

My name is Aveline (she/her) and I am currently a History student at Bryn Mawr College near Philadelphia, PA. A fun fact about myself is I am actually an identical twin, so my girlhood was spent almost always with a built-in best friend! I like to hold the fact that I...

Gender Expression in Art: Seeing Gender Exhibition

Seeing Gender exhibition at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. Image source: Asian Art Museum San Francisco On a rainy Sunday afternoon in September, I finally got the chance to visit the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. The “Seeing Gender”...

Evil Queens and Good Princesses

I used to study children’s literature in university. I learned that in many children’s stories, girls are often portrayed as passive and compliant, with a tendency to follow the rules and to do what they are told. They are often shown as being dependent on...

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