Comments on: Where can I get a high-fashion kevlar vest?

By: A Modest Proposal : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 14:56:51 +0000

[...] I’ve written here before: I don’t want a gun, but I wouldn’t say no to a high-fashion Kevlar vest, since Colorado is right behind Arizona in its macho fetishization of shootouts at the Crazed [...]

By: Late April watching and waiting : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:18:04 +0000

[...] law). Baa Ram U.’s brand-new no-guns-allowed policy is likely the next one to fall. Time for me to armor up, I guess. (Then again, without metal detectors or security screening, our campuses are open to [...]

By: Murder in UA-Huntsville faculty meeting : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:37:11 +0000

[...] Once again, I wonder: where can I get a high-fashion Kevlar vest? [...]

By: Gun bans: what are we really talking about here? : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:48:26 +0000

[...] Now, where can I find that high-fashion Kevlar vest? [...]

By: Guns, threats, space, and gender : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:13:04 +0000

[...] Inside Higher Ed featured a story yesterday about universities that allow students to bring their guns to campus if they have concealed-carry permits, and states like Texas and Missouri where oh-so-brave state legistlators are working hard to make sure that people can walk around packing heat on their state university campuses. Guess whose very own Baa Ram U. is a model according to Second Amendment fundamentalists? Yes, indeedy–this is why I asked last year where I could find a high-fashion Kevlar vest. [...]

By: John Bohstedt: British historian, tough guy : Historiann : History and sexual politics, 1492 to the present

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:42:16 +0000

[...] gay members, and ordains gay ministers.) Looks like you might want to start wearing that high-fashion kevlar vest pretty much everywhere in the U.S. these days, my [...]

By: Bob McCarty Writes

Bob McCarty Writes — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 15:59:07 +0000

Though it's not a school shooting, I’ve covered the shootings in Kirkwood, Mo., during the past four days. After watching a local St. Louis television station’s interview of City Attorney John Hessel, I couldn’t help but think how he and other victims of Thursday night’s shooting tragedy might have fared better with the help of concealed firearms. Among the 30 or so gathered in the Kirkwood City Hall meeting room that night, only one trained and qualified person — Officer Tom Ballman — carried a firearm. Had only one other trained person carried a firearm into the meeting that night, the number of dead and wounded might have been greatly reduced. Surprisingly, Kirkwood city laws don’t entirely prevent it! Read more about it here.

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:09:31 +0000

I agree, Historiann; it’s clear that the vast majority (almost all) of the shootings and violence are perpetrated by boys and young men, even if some girls are becoming violent. While I do think that there is generally very little discussion of the connection to gender/masculinity in the popular media, this is not necessarily so in the academic discourse. Every time there is a school shooting, its gendered dimensions get discussed by a variety of academics on the Women’s Studies Listserv (WMST-L; http://userpages.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/wmst-l_index.html). Sociologist Michael Kimmel, whose work I sometimes find a little too sympathetic of mens’ trials and tribulations, has published a number of articles on this issue and has even had some success in having the mainstream media address the gendered aspects of school shootings.

By: Another Campus Shooting « Knitting Clio

Another Campus Shooting « Knitting Clio — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:37:33 +0000

[...] a female student killing other female students. This adds some food for thought, I think, to Historiann’s comments on gender and violence. [...]

By: squadratomagico

squadratomagico — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 15:49:53 +0000

I must admit that I, too, wonder about this from time to time. I’ve never had a student seem overtly violent, but I have had the withdrawn type who seems resentful of any expectation of attendance, work, etc. I always wonder, when I deal with male students of this ilk, whether there could be some latent violence there.

And yes, I too am amazed that this conversation never includes the dimension of gender.