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Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin is an associate professor of Journalism in the Department of Communication and Media Innovation at Columbia College and a freelance writer with a special interest in the environment, health, travel and sea kayaking.
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Viewpoint
Whose Business Is Anyone’s Gender, Anyway?
Journalists, it's time we adopted the gender-neutral pronoun "they."
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin
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Built to Trash
Is 'heirloom design' the cure for consumption?
Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin