Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies GSFS

Enlightened and Embedded Feminism: Where Are We Now?

Keynote lecture by Susan Douglas, Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at The University of Michigan, for the Gensler Family Symposium on Feminism in a Global Context. This year’s symposium is titled #IntersectionalTV: Mediating Race, Gender, and Sexuality. For more information go to http://sites.middlebury.edu/gensler2016/.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

Open to the Public

Gensler Symposium 2016-#IntersectionalTV: Scholarly Panels

Scholars Address Intersectional TV in two panels at the Gensler Family Symposium on Feminism in a Global Context. Panel 1: Mis(Playing) Blackness: Black Female Sexuality in The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl Ariane Cruz, Pennsylvania State University The Value and Exchange of Intersectional Distribution Aymar Jean Christian, Northwestern University Panel 2: When a Modifier-Less Identity is the Goal You’re Gonna Have Problems: Shonda Rhimes and the Limits of Universal Discourse Kristen Warner, University of Alabama All Ethnicities?

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

Feminist Collaboration across Generations

Friendly get-together and discussion with members of the local AAUW (American Association of University Women), an organization that has advocated for women’s rights for over 100 years and provides more funding to female-identifying graduate students than the U.S. government. Together, we will speak about how women across generations can work together to effect political change. Find out about a great organization and how you can get your free membership. Tasty treats will be available!

(Private)

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Feminism in China: Women's Bodies on the Frontline

In this talk, leading Chinese feminist activist Lu Pin will delineate the agenda that the Chinese government has implicitly and explicitly set out for Chinese women: marriage and reproduction. Recently, Chinese activists have resisted this agenda by reclaiming derogatory misogynist terms and posing in artistic nude photos to advocate for the legislation of the country’s first anti-domestic violence law. Lu Pin argues that resisting the government’s agenda will make women unafraid to fight for their causes . Lu Pin has been working for the women’s rights movement in China for over 20 years.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103