“To those who choose to follow in our footsteps”: making women/LGBT+ soldiers (in)visible through feminist “her-story” theater

Feminist Theories Within , Invisible To , and Beyond IR

I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO thank the editors of The Brown Journal of World Affairs for devoting an issue to “feminist theory and its future within International Relations.” The title of my essay was prompted by a series of questions the editors posed as guidelines for contributing authors. Suggested topics ranged from “the debate(s) on feminism” to “feminism in relation to IR,” and “feminist theory ...

Who Moved Those Rain Clouds to Town? Making Windbirds to Learn about the Power of Wind

In this practical article, a kindergarten teacher shares a lesson designed to teach students about the power of wind. To address the Next Generation Science Standards engineering standards, students discussed the negative and positive aspects of wind and made daily weather observations (K-ESS2-1). Students constructed birdshaped windsocks, called windbirds, to explore how the shape of the objec...

Making Random Choices Invisible to the Scheduler

When dealing with process calculi and automata which express both nondeterministic and probabilistic behavior, it is customary to introduce the notion of scheduler to resolve the nondeterminism. It has been observed that for certain applications, notably those in security, the scheduler needs to be restricted so not to reveal the outcome of the protocol’s random choices, or otherwise the model ...

Healthcare workers: protecting those who protect our health.

The nation’s healthcare system is in a transition of potentially historic proportions, driven by the need for cost-effectiveness under pressures of cost containment and competition, but also made possible by scientific and technological breakthroughs.1 This transition presents new challenges and opportunities for protecting the health and safety of our nation’s healthcare workers. Toward the go...

People who don't use eye services: 'making the invisible visible'.