-By Amy Taylor, Social Work/Music Major Humans are wired for belonging. We crave connection, shared purpose, and safety within groups. But not every group that promises community delivers it....
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by Katlynn Seghetti! Or, a gentle recap of an endlessly busy semester, and a philosophy of activism One of the main struggles people have getting involved with activism is getting...
May 19, 2025
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The week the pandemic shut down all the schools, I went to the gynecologist. Over the past six months, I had been plagued by non-stop yeast infections, and I had tried every home remedy under the...
December 18, 2024
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Part One: A Strange and Friendless Road, For a Tomorrow Without Tears or, being a woman (mostly), queer, and autistic. Self-diagnosing, and the fear of an official medical stamp....
December 13, 2024
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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,...
May 16, 2024
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By Carrington Cline Positionality Statement: This post is written by Carrington Cline, a junior and student staff intern at the Women’s Center. This blog post articulates my...
January 17, 2024
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By Ash Acuña When I first joined the team at the Women’s Center, one of the very first things we covered were Brave Space guidelines. The three core tenets of Brave Spaces—challenge...
January 16, 2024
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Amelia Meman, GWST ’15, is the Assistant Director of the Women’s Center. Amelia uses they/them and she/her pronouns. Burnt out? Me too. This is not a new feeling for me. I have gotten...
November 4, 2020
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Kaitlyn is a junior Social Work major and is a student staff member at the Women’s Center. Are you feeling isolated? Lonely? Lost in a chaotic world that doesn’t make sense anymore? Me...
May 11, 2020
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This post is written by Sam Hertl (they/them pronouns), a social work intern completing their field placement in the Women’s Center. *Trigger warning* There are heavy topics mentioned such as...
November 5, 2019
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