Don’t be a Bystander: 6 Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks

Bystander intervention that does not rely on the police.

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activism, gender, prisons, queer, race, transgender, violence

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We Move Together: Disability Justice and Trans Liberation

Patty Berne, Reina Gossett, Kiyaan Abadani, and Malcolm Shanks

>Watch the Livestream here. How are organizers and artists building cross-movement solidarity from an understanding that no one is disposable? How can we reclaim bodily autonomy, our right to exist in public space, and our liberatory visions of a world where all bodyminds are valued? As disabled and/or trans people whose bodies are pathologized and […]

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disability justice, Sins Invalid, trans liberation, Trans Life and Liberation Art Series

BCRW Launches the Social Justice Institute

Nov 21, 2016

The Barnard Center for Research on Women is thrilled to announce the launch of the Social Justice Institute building on the success of the 2014-16 Activist Fellows Program and BCRW’s history of activist-academic collaborations. The inaugural Social Justice Institute Activists-in-Residence are Reina Gossett, Cara Page, Tarso Ramos, Andrea Ritchie, and Dean Spade. Taking seriously the critiques of the academic […]

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Melissa Louidor, BCRW Research Assistant

Black Escapism in Arthur Jafa's "Dreams are Colder than Death"

Oct 13, 2016

The escape artist flashed by on a metallic blue motorcycle, pursued by a blur of pulsing red and blue lights. Drawn together by a sentiment exceeding mutual compassion, the sidewalk spectators stood inert, breaths and bodies taut with anticipation. For a moment, parts of us took flight alongside the fugitive, our lives reaching beyond the […]

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

BCRW Fall 2016 Newsletter

Sep 6, 2016

DIRECTOR’S NOTE As a feminist theorist trained as an historian, I believe in the time honored adage that we must know our histories to build the world we need. In that spirit, BCRW’s fall programs will explore our collective feminist archives, some more literal than others, using these histories to take inspiration from our past […]

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

Speaker Comments from “The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson”

Aug 9, 2016

The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson from BCRW Videos on Vimeo. View more videos from BCRW here. Featuring Maggie Nelson in conversation with Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, and Heather Love. Moderated by Tina Campt. In her widely acclaimed memoir, The Argonauts, Maggie Nelson writes, “There is much to be learned from wanting something both ways.” […]

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Queer Liberation: No Prisons, No Borders

Video by Dean Spade + Hope Dector. Featuring Reina Gossett, Angélica Cházaro, CeCe McDonald, and Dean Spade.

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activism, gender, immigration, prisons, queer, race, transgender, violence

The Argonauts: A Salon in Honor of Maggie Nelson

Featuring Maggie Nelson in conversation with Christina Crosby, Saidiya Hartman, Sam Huber, and Heather Love. Moderated by Tina Campt.

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gender, literature, parenting, politics, queer, race, sexuality, writing

Krish Bhatt, a BCRW Research Assistant and FIERCE! member

You are SO Brave: Disability Studies vs. Disability Justice at #SF41

Mar 8, 2016

“You are SO BRAVE” is a statement most disabled people are used to hearing. Able-bodied and able-minded people frequently infantilize our experiences and lives for their own inspiration fetishes. But you might be shocked to hear these words coming from the mouths of disabled people at a conference surrounding disability studies and scholarly work, what […]

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Schedule for Scholar and Feminist Conference: Sustianabilities

Feb 19, 2016

This year we at BCRW are implementing the framework of sustainability for our 41st Annual Scholar and Feminist Conference. As a community of activists and scholars, we would like to ask and discuss how we can sustain the material, creative, cultural and critical resources necessary to maintain the vitality of our communities, movements, and scholarship. The conference […]

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Krish Bhatt, BCRW Research Assistant and FIERCE! Member

Honoring Resistance and Survival: The Miss Major-Jay Toole Building Giving Circle

Feb 3, 2016

The Miss Major Jay Toole Building for Social Justice (MMJT), located at 147 W. 24th Street, is the birthplace of resistance and home to survival. MMJT  houses organizations for and by people of color, centering on the experiences of queer, trans, and gender nonconforming folks, especially those who are low or no-income and homeless. Entering the […]

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Barnard Center for Research on Women

New S&F Online: Navigating Neoliberalism in the Academy, Nonprofits, and Beyond

Jan 26, 2016

Guest Edited by Soniya Munshi and Craig Willse Contributors include Ujju Aggarwal, Gabriel Arkles, Maile Arvin, Myrl Beam, Alisa Bierria, Avi Cummings, Hope Dector, Treva Ellison, Pooja Gehi, Ruth Wilson Gilmore, Lani Hanna, Gillian Harkins, Priya Kandaswamy, Paul Kivel, Soo Ah Kwon, Colby Lenz, Edwin Mayorga, Mimi Thi Nguyen, Vero Ordaz, Dylan Rodríguez, Rori Rohlfs, […]

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