By Claudia Gerry Social Work & Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Major, Student Staff Member Forward This literature review was my final paper for Dr. Maria Celleri’s...
What comes to mind when I think of an activist are images of figures like MLK Jr., Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and others who became symbols of resistance, fighting for civil rights, freedom, equality, or...
To quote myself from the start of my first semester here at UMBC, “I have somewhat of a unique position in that I often find myself standing in the middle of the line–I am biracial, bisexual,...
Dr. Sami Schalk: Disability Politics w/ Black Panther Party
Sami Schalk, Associate Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison will be speaking on campus on Thursday February 23rd at 4:00 p.m. in the Performing Arts and...
Nandi is a student staff member in the Women’s Center and a Junior English major. Mutual aid, as a concept, is based in anarchism and the work of Petr Kropotkin. His work, “Mutual...
Student staff member Hannah Wilcove provides a recap of the semester’s first Knowledge Exchange Last week, we had our first Knowledge Exchange of the Fall 2018 semester. With the midterm...
A critical look at the #MeToo movement and its limitations by student staff member, Sydney. Trigger Warning: This blog deals with Harvey Weinstein, Dr. Luke, and sexual violence/harassment;...
A blog post written by student staff member, Sydney. It’s official! The Women’s Center has a new ongoing event starting this spring semester. What is it you ask? Pop Culture Pop Ups!...
The Effects of Conservative Rhetoric on Political Discourse
Richard is an American Studies major who will graduate this May. Over the summer, he worked with Dr. Simone Chambers, Dr. Michael Tesler, and Dr. Davin Phoenix at the University of California,...
The Women’s Center’s Spring Roundtable series has begun! On February 14th, we hosted the first of our three-part roundtable “Underrepresentation of Women in…” series. This roundtable was on “Women...