Women's, Gender & Feminist Studies

In 1970, the field of women’s, gender and feminist studies was launched and was able to thrive in the ensuing years. NCRW was established in 1982 to create a supportive network for the burgeoning women’s research movement. Today, there are more than 900 women’s studies programs in the US with more than 10,000 courses offered on college campuses. Much of the curriculum is interdisciplinary and, in many instances, mainstreamed across subject areas. From the social sciences to liberal arts, fine arts and the sciences, feminist theory and framing (especially the intersection of race, gender and class) is having an important impact across disciplines in academia and beyond.

Fat and Identity Politics, UCLA

Submitted by jmumbey on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:46am

UCLA Center for the Study of Women presents Paul Campos, author of "The Obesity Myth: Why America's Obsession with Weight is Hazardous to Your Health." In this talk, he discusses efforts to make fat people thin, through weight-loss diets, drugs, and surgery. Campos sees weight as a political and social issue and notes that body size is often used as a tool of discrimination, especially against women. Organized by Prof Abigail Saguy, Department of Sociology at UCLA, this talk is part of the Gender and Body Size lecture series, which addresses the new interdisciplinary field of "fat studies." Recent discussions of body weight have been dominated by health policy concerns over the so-called obesity epidemic. Despite a long tradition of feminist critique of fat hatred as a problem of patriarchy, there has been very little critique of the growing emphasis on the importance of slenderness for health reasons.

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Introducing the UCLA Center for the Study of Women

Submitted by jmumbey on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 11:41am

This video is a short history of the UCLA Center for the Study of Women, an internationally recognized center for research on women, gender, and sexuality.

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Presentation "Chicana por mi Raza: Uncovering the Hidden History of Chicana Feminism"

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/19/2010 - 12:17pm
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Center for the Education of Women
Date/Time: 
03/17/2010

Location: CEW, 330 E. Liberty Street

 

"Starving for Identity: A Grounded Analysis of the Pro-Anorexia Movement"

Submitted by jmumbey on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 3:21pm
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Center for Gender Studies
Date/Time: 
04/13/2010

"The present research used grounded theory to critically analyze the pro-anorexia movement. 24 pro-anorexia websites were systematically coded for a unifying emergent theory. The findings indicate that the pro-ana cyber community represents a collective effort to establish a shared social understanding or identity among individuals who feel confused, isolated or subjugated - and have significant issues with food and weight. Pro-anorexia websites provide users a new context to enhance or redefine their self-concepts and/or stigmatized identity. Pro-anorexia subscription affords the opportunity to create and validate an identity that is protected under a shroud of technological anonymity. Interestingly, there seems to be two dominant pro-anorexia accounts or perspectives. One account seems to emphasize pro-anorexia as a sanctuary, and a means to gain a deeper understanding of their disease or disorder ...

The Center for Feminist Research and the Gender Studies Program at USC Women are pleased to announce that Diana Nyad will be speaking at our 11th annual Women in Higher Education luncheon.

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 02/12/2010 - 5:33pm
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Center for Feminist Research
Date/Time: 
03/25/2010

Diana Nyad is an American swimmer and world record holder. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1986. Nyad was honored with her induction in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003. She currently provides a five-minute radio piece on sports every week for KCRW and National Public Radio called The Score, as well as for the Marketplace radio program.

The Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women Annual Awards Celebration

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 12:40pm
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Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women
Date/Time: 
04/29/2010

The Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women Annual Awards Celebration.

The Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities Women’s Studies Student Conference Dinner

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 12:37pm
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Abigail Quigley McCarthy Center for Women
Date/Time: 
04/09/2010 - 04/10/2010

The Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities Women’s Studies Student Conference dinner.

Angela Davis Honors Beverly Guy-Sheftall During NWSA Conference

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 02/11/2010 - 11:46am

Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. She has been active as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. Davis served as the keynote speaker for the 2009 National Women's Studies Association's annual conference where she honored Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., NWSA President & Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Womens Studies at Spelman College.

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Women's Research & Resource Center

Does Women’s Proportional Strength Affect their Participation? Governing Local Forests in South Asia

Submitted by jmumbey on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 5:34pm
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Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Date/Time: 
03/30/2010

Bina Agarwal, Professor of Economics, Institute of Economic Growth, University of Delhi

Gender and Policy Seminar

Submitted by jmumbey on Tue, 02/09/2010 - 5:00pm
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Women and Public Policy Program at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Date/Time: 
03/04/2010

Rebecca Thornton, Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

Location: Allison Dining Room, Taubman building, 5th Floor

* Lunch Provided
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