Thursday, August 06, 2009

Title IX Blogger Responds to Hawaii Coach's Use of Homophobic Slurs

A shout-out to my co-blogger Kris, who has an excellent essay at Inside Higher Ed on the fallout from the University of Hawaii football coach's use of "faggot" to belittle an opposing team. While not directly a Title IX matter, the coach's comments reflect the hegemonic masculinity in which athletic department culture -- in particular football culture, as Kris points out -- is deeply entrenched.

Bad investigations

 The more I learn about the ins and outs of Title IX (and Title VI) investigations, the more pessimistic I become about the ability of these...