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CATCALLED NYC
CATCALLED logo (sketch of letters on top on buildings at street level) Street harassment is the biggest unlegislated form of violence against women in the world. There is almost no legal recourse against street harassment in public places—a type of harassment that 98 percent of women will face at least once, according to the Harvard Law Review. […]
Read MoreTo Predestine and Condition – On Dorothy Roberts’ Fatal Invention
“The highly publicized lawsuit was intensified by the clinic’s failure to deliver a white baby…” Dorothy Roberts stood before a room full of people, showing a picture of what seemed to be a happy interracial family portrait. But it wasn’t a happy family picture, or even a success story. The picture staring down at that night’s crowd […]
Read MoreStaking Our Claim: Writing Trans* Characters for the 21st Century
Before I attended Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century, I was unsure of what to expect. The literature I’ve encountered that addresses trans*issues has been rare, and has almost always focused on the protagonist’s transition, as if the experience of being trans* starts soon before hormone therapy and reaches its conclusion at the end […]
Read MoreStudent & Campus Activism: Change Through Collaboration
Student activism has a rich history and legacy. From the protests against American involvement in the Vietnam War across U.S. college campuses to the more recent Chilean protests against the country’s education system, student mobilization has proven critical to the ever-changing landscape of social justice. Scholars and activists from around the country touched on this very subject […]
Read MoreKnowledge, Activism and the Online Community
After recently attending the BCRW lecture, “Digital Community Formation,” I was struck by a connection between this talk and one held by BCRW last year, “Using Knowledge, Advancing Activism.” As a Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studiesmajor, and someone about to graduate and in the midst of figuring out how to turn this academic perspective into […]
Read MoreWhat does Shange think?
Ntozake Shange on Stage and Screen video is now available on the BCRW website. On Wednesday, November 7th I had the pleasure of attending “Ntozake Shange on Stage & Screen” sponsored by Africana Studies at Barnard. The event began with a screening of Tyler Perry’s film adaptation of Shange’s choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow […]
Read MoreSPEAK UP! Establishing Online Voice through Blogging
I see the blogging as major asset in my arsenal as a young activist. As an accessible, equalizing platform, the blogosphere gives voice to those underrepresented in the mainstream media. With easy options for sharing and commenting, a blog can create online community, highlight critical perspectives, and serve as an opportunity for activists and feminists to […]
Read MoreNtozake Shange Speaks Nov 7 at Barnard
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Africana Studies at Barnard, distinguished alumna Ntozake Shange ’70 returns to Barnard next week to kick off a year of programming in her honor. Ms. Shange is a Tony award winning author, whose work includes the masterpiece choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide when the rainbow is enuf. On Wednesday November 7, […]
Read MoreGender Amplified: A Project by Alumnae Fellow Ebonie Smith ’07
BCRW is thrilled to announce our second annual Alumnae Fellow, Ebonie Smith ’07. Ebonie will spend this year on her Gender Amplified Project to support women’s participation in music production and to encourage girls towards STEM fields through experience with music technology, leading up to an all day music festival in the Fall of 2013. The Gender […]
Read MoreChallenging Race as a Genetic Category: A Response to Dorothy Roberts
Race, Gender, and the New Biocitizen video is now available on the BCRW website. “We’re going to start by defining some of the terms that Roberts uses in her book,” I said to a class of my peers last week, “let’s begin with ‘biological race’.” My Critical Race Theory class was discussing Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big […]
Read MoreNQA Journal Launch & Reception
Released this past spring, The Scholar and Feminist Online: A New Queer Agenda has already reached over 23,000 visits in over 100 different countries, record-breaking numbers for the publication. After working at BCRW as a Student Research Assistant this summer, I can attest to the fact that these figures served as validating, motivating reminders of the scope […]
Read MoreTrans Zines: Highlights from the Barnard Library
Next week, BCRW is teaming up with the Barnard Library and Topside Press for an evening of short fiction and conversation. Staking Our Claim: Trans Women’s Literature in the 21st Century will feature writers Imogen Binnie, Ryka Aoki, Donna Ostrowsky, and Red Durkin, with moderator Tim Trace Peterson. The event is free and open to the public. Topside Press will also […]
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