Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies GSFS

"Empowered Bodies: (Re)Claiming Sexual Agency"

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Join in a conversation about sex! Sacred sexuality teacher Sarah Byrden’s talk will focus on claiming and reclaiming sexual agency, releasing shame around sexuality, why sexual relationships get “messy”, the importance of healing after sexual trauma, and much more.

Axinn Center 103

"14 #%*ing Million Wizards on Tumblr and Counting: From Fandom to Feels Culture and Beyond"

12:15 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

“Life of the Mind” talk by Louisa Stein, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Culture, sponsored by the Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies. This lecture will usher in a series of events for the 2016 Gensler Symposium on feminist television. Lunch will be available.

Axinn Center 229

Open to the Public

Translating Dostoevsky's "Crime and Punishment"

12:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs, Russian, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Michael Katz, professor emeritus of Russian, will speak about his new translation of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel “Crime and Punishment” (Liveright/Norton, 2017).

Axinn Center Abernethy Room (221)

Open to the Public

Teach In: Gun Violence in the US

4:45 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Open to the Public

Study break at Chellis House

8:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Come and take a study break at Chellis House! We’ll have scrumptious snack and board games. Think Bananagrams!

Chellis Living Room/Seminar Room

Closed to the Public

Steps Towards Reproductive Justice: A Middlebury 5K

10:00 AM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

This is a run whose purpose is to educate and raise awareness about reproductive justice topics. The start and end of the run will be outside Axinn, with additional information, snacks, and t-shirt making inside after the run.

Axinn Center Winter Garden

Open to the Public

SPECS (Sex positive education college style) workshop

2:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Sex Positive Education College Style (SPECS) presents their fall launch, an event consisting of five mini sex-ed workshops including topics such as: STIs, relationships, pleasure, reproductive justice, and safer sex at Middlebury.

Axinn Center 219

Sex Trafficking Survivors: Emily Waters and Jasmine Grace

2:45 PM ET

Sponsored by:: Middlebury College Activities Board, ZZ STOP TRAFFICK, and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Middlebury Stop Traffick is bringing Emily Waters and Jasmine Grace, two survivors of sex trafficking, to tell their stories and explain how they have engaged in activism.

Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)

O.school 101 with Roan Coughtry: Pleasure Anatomy, Safer Sex, and Consent

4:30 PM ET

Sponsored by:: SGA (Student Government Association) and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

This workshop covers the basics of healthy, fun, safer sex for all bodies and all genders. Starting from a place of pleasure - rather than fear or shame - we’ll talk about basic human anatomy; safer sex practices; pregnancy prevention; and the risks of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and how to prevent them. Rooted in sex positivity, this workshop celebrates all bodies and orientations - queer or trans, cis or straight.

Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103

Liberating Sex with Roan Coughtry: Finding healing through our desires

2:00 PM ET

Sponsored by:: SGA (Student Government Association) and Gender, Sexuality, & Fem Studies

Our desires can be a source of great healing and liberation. They can also hold a great deal of shame. We live in a society where sex negativity, racism, transphobia, homophobia, fatphobia, and ableism all interact to police our bodies and desires, and many of us grow up feeling some level of shame or uncertainty around our sexualities. This workshop is a place to delve into the healing potential of our sexualities, while unpacking the beliefs and messages that no longer work for us.

McCullough - Mitchell Green Lounge