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The Inadvertent Alliance Of Anthony Comstock And Margaret Sanger: Abortion, Freedom, And Class In Modern America, Karen Weingarten
The Inadvertent Alliance Of Anthony Comstock And Margaret Sanger: Abortion, Freedom, And Class In Modern America, Karen Weingarten
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This article investigates how moral-reformer Anthony Comstock, who helped outlaw the practice of birth control and to have abortion criminalized, and Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood and birth-control activist, advanced their causes through the discourse of freedom and self-control. While Comstock’s and Sanger’s works are often seen in opposition, this article questions that positioning by pointing out how they both lobbied against accessible abortion using similar tactics. Finally, this article demonstrates how Comstock and Sanger, through different means, worked to present abortion as a depraved practice that would lead to the demise of American society. Presenting Comstock and Sanger …
Diving In Deeper: Bringing Basic Writers’ Thinking To The Surface, Cheryl Hogue Smith
Diving In Deeper: Bringing Basic Writers’ Thinking To The Surface, Cheryl Hogue Smith
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This article explores how when basic writing students are encouraged to value their thinking as they revise their prose, they are likely to become more constructive critical thinkers and less fearful performers of academic tasks.
‘Botched Performances’: Rising To The Challenge Of Teaching Our Underprepared Students, Cheryl Hogue Smith
‘Botched Performances’: Rising To The Challenge Of Teaching Our Underprepared Students, Cheryl Hogue Smith
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This article explores how struggling writers/readers are thinking at higher levels of thought than more prepared students.
The Academic Librarian As Writer, Janet Butler Munch
The Academic Librarian As Writer, Janet Butler Munch
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Writing can help the academic librarian meet the performance criteria of faculty rank or status. More significantly, it actively engages the librarian in research, scholarship and publication. This article explains how the academic work environment can support the librarian writer. Suggestions are also made for getting started in writing productively.