Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

The 2022 Gensler Symposium on Feminisms in the Global Arena is titled “Reproductive Justice NOW!” The symposium opens with the “Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories” photo exhibit on April 18. 

Queer Art Night is like book club, but more fun! It is an opportunity to engage with feminist and reproductive justice literature in a new way. During this event, participants will engage with a chapter from an upcoming book about reproductive justice, then create art to reflect their impressions. For more information visit queeringreproductivejustice.com

On December 15, 2021, visionary feminist thinker bell hooks passed away. We will come together to honor her legacy and explore how her work can guide us into nurturing relationships between women in higher education and build a system of mutual support in our endeavors as female-identified faculty and staff. If you are familiar with her work, please bring your favorite quote(s).

Please join us in-person or virtually for this hybrid event. Zoom link TBA.

Poetry reading by Karin Gottshall, Associate Professor of English and American Literatures. Her first book, “Crocus,” won the Poets Out Loud Prize in 2007. Her second book, “The River Won’t Hold You,” won the Ohio State University Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize in 2015. Professor Gottshall has also authored three poetry chapbooks: “Flood Letters,” “Almanac for the Sleepless,” and “Swan.”

Please join us in-person or virtually for this hybrid event. Zoom link TBA.

At age 25, Leslie Smith was diagnosed with Myotonic Muscular Dystrophy, a neuromuscular disease that causes the wasting of voluntary and involuntary muscles. Leslie grew up in Middlebury where she was a tri-varsity athlete. At Scripps College, she was on her way to being named an All-American tennis player. After she received her diagnosis, life as she’d known it was over, questioning her very identity as an athlete. “Spitfire” tells the story of Leslie’s journey from diagnosis to acceptance, exploring loss, grief, hope, and wheelchair tennis along the way.