Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Featuring 40 members from the community in an evening of poetry, performance, book-signing, pop-up events — and free cannoli!  This book of poems by Trish Dougherty will come to life on stage through by director, Michole Biancosino (Assistant Professor of Theatre) at Town Hall Theater.

In honor of International Women’s Day, Karin Gottshall (English Department) will read new poetry. Karin Gottshall is the author of “The River Won’t Hold You” (Ohio State University Press, 2014), “Almanac for the Sleepless” (Dancing Girl Press, 2012), and “Crocus” (Fordham University Press, 2007).

FOR FACULTY: This three-day symposium will kick off a new series called Writing in the Changing Academy, inviting our campus community to talk about writing both within and beyond traditional academic norms.

Going with the flow every month? How’s that working out for you? Come and share your story! Red velvet cookies and crimson cool-aid provided.

This presentation centers around comparative analysis of scholarly discussions on self-care in feminist and queer studies and perspectives shared by meditation practitioners of color. While some scholars of care tend to frame meditation and mindfulness as a neoliberal technique of governance with the only goal of personal happiness and self-improvement, people of color who use contemplative practices in their recently published teachings, instead present a complicated picture of the relationship of self- to collective care.

November 5th is the final deadline for submissions for the It Happens Here fall event. The event taking place on November 10th at 8:30 is a forum for survivors to anonymously share their experiences with sexual violence. go/share ihhmidd.org

Visit with WordSlut Author, Amanda Montell. Amanda, reporter and feminist linguist, deconstructs language—from insults and cursing, gossip, and catcalling, to grammar and pronunciation patterns—to reveal the ways it has been used for centuries to keep women and other marginalized genders from power. Ever wonder why so many people are annoyed when women talk with vocal fry or use the word like as a filler? Or why certain gender-neutral terms stick and others don’t? Or where stereotypes of how women and men speak come from in the first place?

Location: Dana Auditorium, with book signing in Sunderland 130

Forum on menstrual and reproductive health, period tax, and inclusive period followed by a sexy period bingo and menstrual product distribution.