Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Ana Portnoy Brimmer, poet and organizer from Puerto Rico, will be talking about and reading from her debut poetry collection, To Love An Island. This book offers the stark recognition that disaster is political and colonialism the most violent of storms. Beginning with the aftermath of Hurricane María and spanning the summer insurrection of 2019 and subsequent earthquakes in Puerto Rico, To Love An Island is an exploration of collective trauma, an outpour of amassed grief, a desire for unleashed mourning, a fuck-you to resilience, a brandishing of resistance.

Departments of Sociology; Gender, Sexuality & Feminist Studies; Independent Scholar; and Black Studies joint reception for graduating seniors and their guests in Axinn Center Winter Garden.

 

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, please visit queeringreproductivejustice.com.

At the end of each school year, the Feminist Resource Center at Chellis House give out the Feminist of the Year Awards. Come and celebrate all the nominees with us. Good food, music, and poetry!

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, please visit queeringreproductivejustice.com.

Audre Lorde - the Berlin Years, 1984 to 1992 ((Dagmar Schultz, Germany, 2012, 79 mins.) documents influence of the American writer on the German political and cultural scene during a decade of profound social change, a decade that brought about the fall of the Berlin Wall and the re-unification of East and West Germany. This chronicles an untold chapter of Lorde’s life: her empowerment of Afro-German women, as she challenged white women to acknowledge the significance of their white privilege and to deal with difference in constructive ways.

Virtual Keynote Conversation between Loretta J. Ross and Carrie N. Baker facilitated by Dr. Carly Thomsen (GSFS)

“Abortion and Childbirth in a Post-Roe World:” by Carrie N. Baker
“Beyond Abortion: Reproductive Futurism:” by Loretta J. Ross.

Please join this event either virtually or in-person. To join the event virtually, please use this Zoom link.

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. At 12:15 pm on April 18, photographer Roslyn Banish will talk about the nuanced stories of people from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and generations who have had abortions or been close to the abortion experience. With this exhibit, the photographer aims to mitigate the profound stigma that surrounds abortion.

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.