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Reflections on Vulnerability and Disability
This post by Ynestra King is part of a series of reflections on the 37th annual Scholar & Feminist conference, held March 3rd, 2012 at Barnard College. This year’s theme was “Vulnerability: the Human and the Humanities.” What I was most struck by at this conference is the complexity of vulnerability from the perspective of disability, […]
Read More“Predictable Failures” in the Trayvon Martin Story
Several of the panelists at Private Bodies, Public Texts: A Salon in Honor of Karla FC Holloway, which took place on March 21, 2012, the same night as the million hoodie march, spoke poignantly about the ways in which the themes of Holloway’s book apply in the case of Trayvon Martin‘s death. In particular, they address the painful […]
Read MoreWelcome to the BCRW Blog!
For over 40 years, the Barnard Center for Research on Women has served as a hub for feminist thought and action, providing a pivotal platform for activists and scholars to come to together and grapple with ideas pulled from local and global perspectives. To further this tradition of critical feminist dialogue, we are launching the BCRW Blog […]
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