What's So Scary About Gender Studies?

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October 30, 2023
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Campus Reading Room, (room 1120), 11th Floor of Thompson Library, and Zoom

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Add to Calendar 2023-10-30 15:30:00 2023-10-30 17:00:00 What's So Scary About Gender Studies? WOKENESS! ABORTIONS! GENDER IDEOLOGY! THE BARBIE MOVIE! From abortion access to trans rights, attacks on “wokeness” to dismantling DEI initiatives, Gender Studies is at the heart of public debates right now.  But maybe what’s so “scary” about gender studies is the promise to challenge oppression and to imagine different worlds. Join Professors Bayan Abusneineh, Nicole Nieto, Ashley Smith-Purviance and PhD candidate Lily Blakely with moderator Professor Linda Mizejewski from the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies for a spine-tingling discussion to uncover the terrifying truth about modern gender studies! Monday, October 30 3:30-5:00 pm Campus Reading Room (1120) 11th Floor, Thompson Library Or via Zoom Webinar Halloween candy, snacks, and drinks provided for all who attend in person. If you require an accommodation such as live interpretation or captioning (whether attending in-person or virtually) to participate in this event, please contact Jian Neo Chen at chen.982@osu.edu by Monday, October 16, 2023. Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. Register for the zoom webinar here: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HgJuqCoRTXyjRwaePUiRDg. This event was made possible by support from the Mellon Foundation. Campus Reading Room, (room 1120), 11th Floor of Thompson Library, and Zoom Womens Gender and Sexuality Studies wgss@osu.edu America/New_York public

WOKENESS!

ABORTIONS!

GENDER IDEOLOGY!

THE BARBIE MOVIE!

From abortion access to trans rights, attacks on “wokeness” to dismantling DEI initiatives, Gender Studies is at the heart of public debates right now.  But maybe what’s so “scary” about gender studies is the promise to challenge oppression and to imagine different worlds.

Join Professors Bayan Abusneineh, Nicole Nieto, Ashley Smith-Purviance and PhD candidate Lily Blakely with moderator Professor Linda Mizejewski from the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies for a spine-tingling discussion to uncover the terrifying truth about modern gender studies!

Monday, October 30
3:30-5:00 pm
Campus Reading Room (1120)
11th Floor, Thompson Library
Or via Zoom Webinar

Halloween candy, snacks, and drinks provided for all who attend in person.

If you require an accommodation such as live interpretation or captioning (whether attending in-person or virtually) to participate in this event, please contact Jian Neo Chen at chen.982@osu.edu by Monday, October 16, 2023. Requests made two weeks before the event will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the university will make every effort to meet requests made after this date.

Register for the zoom webinar here: https://osu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HgJuqCoRTXyjRwaePUiRDg.

This event was made possible by support from the Mellon Foundation.