By Kaimara Herron-July (FGS Minor ’16 and Student Advisory Council ‘15) When Serena Williams began competition for yet another set of Grand Slam titles in the summer of 2015, much attention was paid to the astounding success Williams has achieved in her 20-year professional career. Having recovered from injuries, health issues, and upsetting defeats on […]
In 2011, the Feminist & Gender Studies Program (FGS) developed the Student Advisory Council (SAC), which provided FGS majors and minors with myriad opportunities to serve as leaders within the program. In August 2016, FGS revised the SAC after becoming an official chapter (Delta Mu) of Iota Iota Iota (Triota), a National Women’s Studies Honor Society […]
“Macho does not want to maintain the status quo. It does not reaffirm common notions of masculinity. It does not claim to speak for those who already have their voices validated. It is for the people on the fringes of [hegemonic] masculinity. It speaks to boys who do not fit into the traditional model. And […]
By Kaimara Herron Our first meeting of the day was with Daniel Gyamerah of Each One Teach One (EOTO). EOTO is a community organization that seeks to create a safe space in which Afro-Germans can read Black literature from around the world, create their own art and writing projects, or hang out with people who […]
By Kaimara Herron Tuesday afternoon started on a sleepy note, with most of us briefly returning to our beds before our meeting with Andrea Ottmer of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Transidentität und Intersexualität (the German Society for Trans Identity and Intersexuality or DGTI). In 1998, Ottmer found this organization as a resource for trans* people who […]
