
{"id":7330,"date":"2021-02-26T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T16:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.uncc.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=7330"},"modified":"2021-03-12T18:34:46","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:34:46","slug":"seacs2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/conferences\/seacs2021\/","title":{"rendered":"SEACS 2021 Presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Below are important quotations and links to images I hope to show during the presentation. An improved title for this presentation is the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>The Ethos of Motherhood: Amy Coney Barrett and Kamal Harris\u2019s Double Standards<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Roland Barthes&#8217;s &#8220;Novels and Children&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/thumbs.worthpoint.com\/zoom\/images1\/1\/0916\/19\/lot-elle-france-collections-magazines_1_38e1ee09596ddcdc7117049ff876d4e1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Elle Magazine Covers 1953-1954<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li>\u201c&#8230;women will not be taken from them for all that, they will remain no less available for motherhood by nature\u201d (p. 51).<\/li><li>\u201cwrite, if you want to\u2026but don\u2019t forget\u2026to produce children, for that is your destiny\u201d (p. 52).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Nancy Pelosi, first Madame Speaker of the House<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at these images of Nancy Pelosi and the fact that she had been surrounded by children when she took over the position of Speaker of the house (1\/4\/2007):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2007\/01\/04\/us\/04pelosi2.600.jpg\">Gavel Raised High<\/a><\/strong> (<em>New York Times<\/em>)<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i.insider.com\/5c2e729f0df1762f6b2d6c50?width=1000&amp;format=jpeg&amp;auto=webp\">Pelosi Takes Oath<\/a><\/strong> (Insider.com)<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/ww2.hdnux.com\/photos\/10\/03\/12\/2110113\/13\/628x471.jpg\">On House floor with grandchildren<\/a><\/strong> (Chronicle)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Amy Coney Barrett&#8217;s Nomination Hearings<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2020\/09\/29\/13\/33702726-8779469-Barrett_a_devout_Catholic_has_seven_children_five_biological_and-a-1_1601382878994.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">Barrett&#8217;s Family<\/a><\/strong><\/li><li>Louisiana Republican Sen. Kennedy\u2019s question:<br>\u201cIt\u2019s a sincere question. I\u2019m genuinely curious. Who does laundry in your house?\u201d<\/li><li>Tennessee Republican Sen. Marsha Blackburn, obviously ignoring the misogynistic values Barrett holds said<br>\u201cYou\u2019d think my colleagues would jump at the opportunity to support a successful female legal superstar\u2026who is a working mom.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vice Presidential Debate&#8211;Kamala Harris<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Then-Senator Kamala Harris and then-VP Mike Pence<\/li><li><strong>Linguist Deborah Tannen<\/strong>: \u201c[then Senator Harris\u2019s] challenge throughout the whole debate was to avoid coming across as aggressive.\u201d The subtle difference in Harris saying \u201cMr. Vice President\u2026I\u2019m speaking\u201d<\/li><li>Mike Pence, 2nd biggest misogynist in Washington, comments:<br>&#8220;President Trump and I could not be more enthusiastic about the opportunity to see Amy Coney Barrett become Justice Amy Coney Barrett. She\u2019s a brilliant woman, and she will bring a lifetime of experience and a sizable American family, to the Supreme Court of the United States.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Questions Regarding Vice President Harris&#8217;s Children<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Immediately after the election, Google analytics reported that the search for <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/trends.google.com\/trends\/explore?geo=US&amp;q=does%20kamala%20harris%20have%20children\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cDoes Kamala Harris have children\u201d<\/a> increased 800%.<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/atta-girl\/stop-giving-child-free-women-side-eye-e20e25913ca4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Pamela M. Tsigdinos&#8217;s Observation<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Essay in Honor of Mother&#8217;s Day 2019, preparation for entering the Presidential Race<\/li><li><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elle.com\/culture\/career-politics\/a27422434\/kamala-harris-stepmom-mothers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Editor&#8217;s introduction to Harris&#8217;s essay<\/a><\/strong>:<br>\u201cBut aside from being a United States Senator and a 2020 presidential candidate, she\u2019s also a stepmom to her husband Doug\u2019s children, Cole and Ella. In honor of Mother\u2019s Day, Sen. Harris writes about what it\u2019s like to be a stepmom\u2014or, as her kids call her \u201cMomala.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hips.hearstapps.com\/hmg-prod.s3.amazonaws.com\/images\/elm110120wlkamala0004-logo-1601586295.jpg?resize=980:*\">Vice President Elect Kamala Harris<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are important quotations and links to images I hope to show during the presentation. An improved title for this presentation is the following: The Ethos of Motherhood: Amy Coney Barrett and Kamal Harris\u2019s Double Standards Roland Barthes&#8217;s &#8220;Novels and Children&#8221; Elle Magazine Covers 1953-1954 \u201c&#8230;women will not be taken from them for all that, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":7407,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7330","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-1Ue","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7330"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7343,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7330\/revisions\/7343"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}