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Quick Tips: Setting Boundaries for Young Children
Pippi Kessler
Posted January 29, 2013
Sometimes young children get upset and it seems...
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The Culture of Chill: A Dialogue
Natalie Bergner & John Foley
Posted August 15, 2012
 A few weeks ago, Natalie Bergner and I (...
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Interview with Ruth Balinsky Friedman
Natalie Bergner
Posted August 6, 2012
 I have always been curious about the...
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Interview with Susan Bernfield
Natalie Bergner
Posted July 25, 2012
  I was fascinated by Marina Abramovic’s...
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Getting Girls into the Sciences
Natalie Bergner
Posted July 17, 2012
  A techno rhythm blasts as three girls...
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Marina Abramovic: Simply An Artist?
Natalie Bergner
Posted July 10, 2012
On June 13th the New York Times Magazine featured...
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St. Vincent Shuns Perfection: A Meditation on Annie Clark
Natalie Bergner
Posted June 13, 2012
  Natalie Bergner is one of our summer...
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Women's Voices in Media

Posted April 26, 2012
[This blog post is the first part in a series]One...
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Interview with Autumn Whitefield-Madrano
Eli Schmitt
Posted February 8, 2012
  Autumn Whitefield-Madrano is a writer who...
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Social Networking, Mobile Devices, and Gendered Play
Eli Schmitt
Posted January 24, 2012
  There has been some fuss in the media...
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Ethical Disipline Part II: But What if Kids Break my Awesome Rules?
Pippi Kessler
Posted January 11, 2012
 In “How to Make Better Rules for Kids,”...
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Research Training Internship Expansion

Posted January 2, 2012
The Ma’yan Research Training Internship (RTI) was...
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New Additions to the Ma’yan Feminist Library

Posted December 22, 2011
 Last week, the Ma’yan office received a...
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We Can't Eat a Meaningful Philosophy of Life: Thoughts on David Brooks' "If It Feels Right..."
Beth Cooper Benjamin, Ed.D.
Posted September 15, 2011
In late 1950s the Jewish American psychologist,...
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Rebellious Teenagers: The RTI Explores Scott Seider’s "Shelter"
Emma Goldberg, Ma'yan Research Training Intern
Posted March 14, 2011
Cain, infuriated when God refused his sacrifice,...
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What We Mean When We Say "Listen For A Change."
Beth Cooper Benjamin, Ed.D.
Posted April 27, 2010
  In his current op-ed piece in JTA, Adam...
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Newsflash: Mean Girls Are Sexy, But Not Actually All That Mean!
Beth Cooper Benjamin, Ed.D.
Posted April 2, 2010
Heard a lot lately about violent girls running...
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