“New York Values”
Given the recent events of a turn back to a free CUNY (and SUNY) system, it is interesting to look…
Walking Tour Through the Village
Naturally, the 1.5 hour downtown tour of Greenwich village brought to mind a piece we ready earlier in the semester:…
Moses, Jacobs, and Lindsay
So this week, we primarily focused on the different prevailing views of the city of New York in the 1960s,…
Activism From Another Perspective
Whereas Gil Fagiani offered an activist view into the social problems of the 1960s and 1970s, Barry Fredericks gave us…
Activism
Gil Fagiani brought an insider’s view to the social unrest of the late 1960s and early 1970s, which we have…
MCNY Response (Rachel Smalle)
The last time I visited the Museum of the City of New York was four years ago, and much has…
Greer and the Satirical Housewife
In regard to Monday’s class, it is worth considering the connection between Germaine Greer and Mary Tyler Moore’s depiction of…
Representations in the Living Room
The Twilight Zone was one of my favorite shows growing up. It questions what people, whether living in the 1960s…
The Feminine Mystique (Rachel Smalle)
The Feminine Mystique (1963) by Betty Freidan is one of those books I have been aware of for most of…
Yurick vs Friedan (Rachel Smalle)
The Warriors (1979), was released 16 years after the Feminine Mystique, although the book was only written only 2 years…
