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Historical Map: West Berlin U-Bahn Map,... 3 May 2013transitmaps: Historical Map: West Berlin U-Bahn Map, 1977 Berlin’s troubled post-World War II history led to a fascinating dual history for transit in that city, divided into East and West sectors. This West Berlin U-Bahn map from 1977 - at the height of the Cold War - shows that division in a stark, but also curiously understated fashion. The infamous Berli […]
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Historical Map: Berlin S-Bahn (c. 1955-1960) still... 3 May 2013transitmaps: Historical Map: Berlin S-Bahn (c. 1955-1960) still at the ruined Siemensstadt station What an amazing photo! The Siemensbahn was part of Berlin’s S-Bahn network from 1929 (when it was built as a short spur line to allow workers to commute to and from the Siemens factories in the area) to 1980, when it was shut down after a railway workers’ strik […]
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“What Do Honor Killings Really Say About the Integration of Immigrants Into German Society?”
New post up at the Daily Femme!
More Thoughts on: “The Most Watched Game You Never Heard of: Sexy Sexy World Cup Soccer”– Me @GAB
Two weeks ago I published an article on the tension between the sexualization and profesionalization of women’s soccer at Gender Across Borders. Yesterday I bumped into an article at The Nation: “Sex Sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports” which gave my general observations/hunches a bit of statistical back-up. According to the author, Mary Jo Kane: Scholars … Read more
Cosmic Love — Florence and the Machine
I can’t get over how great this is.
Is NPR Fat Shaming?
The caption on this photo reads: “Kara Curtis has poured all her energy and untold resources into trying to get fit. But she admits that what she really needs is not to burn more calories but to eat less.” A bad start to a bad article? I read this at NPR today, and it has … Read more
Hating on: LZ Granderson for suggesting we need women in politics… because science shows us they are wired differently
Sara @ The Daily Femme We need more women in politics. We need more women in politics because more women are earning higher degrees and they are an enormous untapped national resource. We need more women in politics because women have different life experiences in our society than men do, and those experiences (unique perspectives … Read more
US Women’s Soccer team loses in the World Cup Final– wins anyway
Sara @ The Daily Femme: In a match that few will ever forget, the United States women’s soccer team lost to Japan in the World Cup final. The game went all the way to a penalty shoot out, and somewhat inexplicably, US women couldn’t make it work. There was no remake of the 1999 fairy … Read more
White House to officially acknowledge military suicides
Sara @ The Daily Femme: When a solider dies in a combat zone, his or her family receives a letter of condolence from the President. The letter recognizes the soldier’s service and ultimate sacrifice for the country. For every type of casualty—accidental or combat —there is a different type of letter. There are, however, no … Read more
