Feb 10th, 2014
Faculty and students are invited to a roundtable discussion on campus Tuesday to consider how to increase economic opportunities for women.
Women’s and Gender Studies
A former dominatrix will discuss her crusade to protect the lives and safety of sex workers in a free public lecture on the UWindsor campus Wednesday.
Betty Barrett and Dana Levin analyzed hundreds of hours of World Wrestling Entertainment programming. Their findings are significant given the number of young people who form their ideas about relationships based on the media they consume.
Dec 19th, 2013
Despite marketing itself as ‘PG Era’ programming, World Wrestling Entertainment still portrays romantic relationships in which women are weak.
Renee Bondy holds up a copy of the book in which her essay was published.
Dec 9th, 2013
Growing up in a fairly liberal Roman Catholic family in the 1970s, Renée Bondy only ever heard stories about severe nuns in black habits, but still learned to dread them in the same way a child might fear an unseen monster under her bed.
The nuns she grew up with played acoustic guitar, looked like Joan Baez, and wore comfortable shoes and groovy wooden crosses on leather lanyards.
Oct 24th, 2013
The Distinguished Visitors in Women’s Studies series presents community organization luncheon Friday.
The Distinguished Visitors in Women’s Studies series will screen the documentary film “The Colour of Beauty,” Wednesday on campus.
Oct 22nd, 2013
The Distinguished Visitors in Women’s Studies series will screen the documentary film “The Colour of Beauty,” Wednesday on campus.
Oct 16th, 2013
Phog Lounge is the setting for Smash the Glass, an evening of voice and action for women’s studies students, Thursday, October 17.
Student Melissa Baker (right) describes her experiences as a deaf person during Tuesday's event on the theme of "Voices and Silences."
Aug 29th, 2013
The Friends of Women's Studies gathered Tuesday to announce the 2013 Distinguished Visitor in Women's Studies.
Mar 25th, 2013
Two events on campus this week will celebrate International Women’s Day.
A panel discussion Monday, March 25, will break open historical, theoretical and activist perspectives in 21st-century debates on weight, size, space and women’s bodies.
“Fat is still a feminist issue” will continue the discussion ignited by Susie Orbach’s best-selling book.
She gets a lot of feedback from students about being approachable, says Christine Rossi, and it makes her feel her work as a teaching assistant is worthwhile.
 Christine Rossi. |