WGS Brandeis

Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Brandeis University

[Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective @penandmachete]

Announcing the formation of the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective (AISC)

We, the Anti-Imperialist Scholars Collective (AISC), are scholars, educators, and knowledge workers engaged in a battle of ideas to support the forces of liberation and justice around the world.

[GCWS @GCWSatMIT]

Our annual GCWS Motherboard Writing Prize is open for submissions! This award honors student research and writing in the field of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. Masters and PhD categories. The prize is $500!

Learn more & apply by 11/8/24: https://t.co/R9lFICpv13

[Yuri Doolan @yuridoolan]

Unfortunately, THE FIRST AMERASIANS is out of stock on the @OUPHistory website, so the promo code previously provided won’t work anymore. But! You can still pre-order the book from Amazon and it will ship out later this month: https://t.co/wUSRl6B1RQ

[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

"If any embryo that fails to survive in an IVF clinic can be considered a ‘wrongful death of a minor,’ that puts IVF clinics at pretty severe legal risk."
https://t.co/kng6gJLA8W

[Lena Felton @lenakfelton]

Freelancers: @POPSUGAR wants to work with you. My team is looking for well-reported, fun, poignant features and essay ideas that span wellness, identity issues, and more. Pitch us at [email protected]. Rates typically start at $200 for essays, $300 for reported pieces.

[Ms. Magazine @MsMagazine]

In the 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, there were more than 500,000 reported and unreported rapes in the 14 states that have outlawed abortion throughout pregnancy.

These resulted in 65,000 rape-related pregnancies.
https://t.co/hDtYmpBR0Z

[GirlhoodStudies @GirlhoodStudies]

#SeriesSpotlight Transnational Girlhoods helps to advance the research and activism agenda by publishing full-length monographs and edited collections that reflect a robust interdisciplinary and global perspective.

Learn more here: https://t.co/aCMIy39sw8

[WGS Brandeis @WGSBrandeis]

@Brandeis Barbie hoodies are back from @WGSBrandeis. Pink, size inclusive. Visit for details: https://t.co/JdqfLEnrtc

[Signs Journal @SignsJournal]

Signs is turning 50! Join us for a celebratory symposium at @Northeastern on March 15 - "Feminist Foundations, Feminist Futures: Celebrating Signs at 50." The event will have some amazing speakers on the past, present, future, and public face of feminist theory!

[Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center @deis_wsrc]

WSRC Scholar & photo-based artist @BeharBecky will exhibit @mfaboston's Dec 7th #Hanukkah event. Becky's "Tu Que Bivas" series explores Sephardic traditions, her relationship to her heritage & the interpretations of it that her daughter carries forward. https://t.co/IgUbk9sAFh

[GirlhoodStudies @GirlhoodStudies]

The latest issue of Girlhood Studies has been published! Vol. 16, Issue 3 is a special issue entitled "Hijabi Girlhood in the Intersections: Violence, Resistance, Reclamation." View the TOC and more here: https://t.co/USyFsOra7o

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

Impressed by and proud of the @BrandeisU students who organized and participated the silent sit in today

[Mandel Center for the Humanities @mandel_brandeis]

Congratulations @shoniquaroach!

We are excited to announce that Prof. Shoniqua Roach has won THE CONSTANCE M. ROURKE AWARD from @AmerStudiesAssn. "The Black Living Room" was written with support from a 2021-22 Mandel Research Grant.

[GCWS @GCWSatMIT]

Join @wgsbrandeis on 11/14 for Remake, Resist, Rewind: Surviving the Horror Film. Artists & scholars working at the intersections of black feminist & black queer horror will discuss how the horror film genre can thematize, trigger, & inspire complex engagements w/sexual violence

[WGS Brandeis @WGSBrandeis]

It's the Season of the Witch! WGS is giving away two treats (Brandeis Barbie hoodies). The giveaway is open until midnight tonight. Enter here: https://t.co/2jPUYGTeYo #brandeis #womenstudies #brandeisuniversity #genderstudies #queerstudies #seasonofthewitch #HappyHalloween #trickortreat

[Mandel Center for the Humanities @mandel_brandeis]

TOMORROW 11am: Our Steering Committee member Dr. Brandon Callender will be on @NPR to discuss #horror and its subgenres. The event can be streamed here: 1A | Speak Freely (https://t.co/315ASjAw49)

[WGS Brandeis @WGSBrandeis]

"Choreographies of Black Freedom," coming 11/7 w/ conversation between Professors @aimee_meredith_, @shoniquaroach, mod by @browntransfeels. In-person/virtual @BrandeisU. See below and/or contact @WGSBrandeis for more info.

[Mandel Center for the Humanities @mandel_brandeis]

Thank you Dr. Emilie Diouf of @BrandeisEnglish for convening such an exciting panel on #immigration and #motherhood in the context of the #BlackAtlantic.

It was delightful to have this conversation at the Mandel Center!