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TW: mentions of r*pe culture, sexual violence, and sexual harassment.
Congratulations to Ph.D. Candidate Mengmeng Liu for her recently published article, “#metoo in China: visceral accounts of rape culture, a non-domestic feminist counterpublic, and networked solidarity.”
@UIOWA_SJMC and @GWSSIowa faculty member Meenakshi Gigi Durham has received the Michael J. Brody Award for Faculty Excellence in Service. The award recognizes outstanding faculty who have made exceptional contributions to the university and the community. https://t.co/6PG4B1v5aA
Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways is an award winning memoir that discusses trauma, survival, memory, and the resilience of the human spirit.
For more information: https://t.co/NgM0EL9cNl
Brittany Means, a Chicana writer, editor, and graduate of Iowa’s MFA Nonfiction Writing Program, will be at Prairie Lights tomorrow, Thursday, November 2nd, at 7:00 PM to read from her new book, Hell If We Don’t Change Our Ways.
Looking for a class to take next semester? Love, War, Activism: Stories about Women is being offered in the spring.
This is a great course to learn more about how literary and cinematic representations of women are informed by cultural and historical contexts!
Congratulations to Dr. Murillo for being nominated by colleagues in History and GWSS for her work on the history of abortion and reproductive justice!
Recently, she was awarded the 2023 Early Career Scholar of the Year by the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR).
Happy Tuesday everyone! Check out this incredible New York Times Article, “The Amber Gleam of Yakgwa, South Korea’s ‘It’ Cookie,” which features our very own Dr. Hyaeweol Choi! 🥳👏
https://t.co/mJ1xxUUoEo
Join us as scholars from across the country shed light on how sports have always been a force for political change and consider the future possibilities for shaping a new understanding of society through sports. #UISportsSymposium
The film has won 14 awards at 34 film festivals worldwide since its world premiere in 2022.
The event is on Thursday, September 14th, at 7:00 PM. For tickets and more information, go to https://t.co/Fk7uraeFXU!
Happy second week of classes! We are excited to announce an event that the GWSS department is co-sponsoring. As a part of its Pride Series, FilmScene at the Chauncey is screening the documentary Jimmy in Saigon, followed by a virtual Q&A session with director Peter McDowell.
Jimmy in Saigon, from director Peter McDowell and executive producer Dan Savage, explores the tragic death, radical life, and forbidden romance of a 24-year-old Vietnam veteran who died in Saigon in 1972.
Congratulations to @IowaCommStudies and @GWSSIowa Prof. E Cram for receiving a @rhetsoc 2023 Book Award for their book Violent Inheritance: Sexuality, Land, Energy and the Making of the North American West. Prof. Cram received an Obermann Book Ends Award for the manuscript.
Lina-Maria Murillo, co-director with Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz of the Reproductive Justice Obermann Working Group, was named the 2023 Early Career Scholar of the Year by the OVPR! @GWSSIowa@UIowaCLAS https://t.co/bVMbPM84an
On this Trans Day of Visibility, we remind folks that allyship is not an identity– it's a practice. For ALL of us to live in a world we deserve and dream of, we must commit to taking action daily!
#TransDayOfVisibility
The 2023 Iowa City Darwin Day Science Fest is quickly approaching! Come listen to keynote speakers Kim TallBear, Patricia Brennan, and Natalie Mueller on Friday, April 7th and Saturday, April 8th. We hope to see you there!
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For more information, and to register for the zoom event, please view our flyer below or visit the event’s page.
With warmest wishes,
Berkley Conner, Jordan Geriane, Naomi Greyser & Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz
Please join us today, Thursday, March 2 from 12-1:15pm for an online conversation with three key figures involved in Our Bodies Ourselves Today, the collective that published the groundbreaking text Our Bodies, Ourselves.
- grassroots and community-based organizing
- contraception and abortion care (from pre-Roe to the post-Dobbs moment)
The event is free and open for all, but registration is required.