This morning, Barnard College announced to graduating seniors that Anne-Marie Slaughter will deliver the keynote address at the college’s 2016 commencement. Slaughter is well-known for her article published in The Atlantic titled “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” as well as being the president and CEO of New America. She will also receive the […]

Sometimes Bwog can’t get enough feminism.  And by that, we mean generally speaking insofar as feminism means being a DSpar fangirl and Bwog’s role within the walls of a women’s college.  On occasion, Bwog does find some feminism on the other side of Broadway.  On Monday, Bwog’s resident Columbia feminist Roberta Barnett checked out a […]

As Barnard’s 2011 Commencement speaker, Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and one of the most powerful women in America, catalogued the industries and positions of power in which women are severely underrepresented. It turns out, that’s most of them. She encouraged Barnard’s graduating seniors to change these troubling statistics, adding the caveat that career decisions […]