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Knowledge, 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 […]
Read MoreGender, Justice, and Neoliberal Transformations
We understand neoliberalism as an economic, political, and cultural shift that has produced a global activist response. As a set of macroeconomic policies, neoliberalism prioritizes a free-market model of growth that rests on deregulation, free trade, privatization, and retrenchment of state-provided social services … They have intensified the struggles for daily survival in which the […]
Read MoreDana Goldstein, Renina Jarmon & Courtney Martin on Sites of Digital Community
In preparation for tomorrow’s Digital Community Roundtable, a few of our panelists share their favorite sites of digital community below. Dana (@DanaGoldstein): My favorite digital community is Twitter. I know that is broad, but when I think of digital community, that’s what I think of. Of the various publications I write for, I think Slatedoes the best job of […]
Read MoreHere and Queer: The Short List
At the heart of just about any agenda is a to-do list. In honor of S&F Online’s New Queer Agendaissue, here’s a “to-read-and-watch” list of just a few sources that document contemporary queer political perspectives. The titles draw on archives of the past, experiences of the present, and anticipations of the future. You can explore many of […]
Read MoreAround Town: Upcoming Events this Friday, October 5th
In addition to BCRW’s Fall events, there are a number of exciting symposiums coming up that intersect strongly with BCRW’s interest areas, and some that include chances to see BCRW staff in action. Check out a few of these great events happening on Friday below, and let us know if you’re interested in blogging about any […]
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