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19 18 14 12 4 7 Questions? E-mail [email protected]. To request special services, accommodations or assistance for these events, please contact the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center at (401) 863-2189 as far in advance of the events as possible. Thank you to all of our sponsors: Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, LGBTQ Center, Queer Alliance, Pride Series, Pembroke Center for Teaching & Research on Women, Modern Culture & Media Department, American Studies Department, Center for the Studies of Race and Ethnicity in America, Africana Studies Department, UFB, Graduate Student Council, Office of Institutional Diversity, Third World Center, Multiracial Heritage Series, Black Heritage Series, Asian American Heritage Series, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of the College, The John Nicholas Brown Center. 2013 march 8 11 5 6 1 25 28 FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 1 Celebrate Every Body Week A week of events to raise awareness about eating disorders and promote positive body image on campus. Visit the event webpage for details: http://brown.edu/go/ Celebrate_Every_Body_Week. Sponsored by Brown Health Education FEBRUARY 28 “Lesbian Performances of Impossibility in Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman and Phranc’s Cardboard Sculptures” 6:30pm @ Macmillan 117 Lecture by Robin Bernstein, Associate Professor (African & African American Studies, Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality) at Harvard University. Sponsored by There’s No Outside: Queer Space Under Late Capitalism, The Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, The Departments of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Africana Studies & American Studies “all the flesh of his body” 6pm-7pm @ Sarah Doyle Gallery Opening reception for Sarah Bliss art exhibition. On display through March 22. Sponsored by Sarah Doyle Women’s Ctr. MARCH 1 sdwc Open House 2pm-4pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Check out the resources we have at the women’s center, and help yourself to some cake and tea as we celebrate the start of Women’s History Month! Sponsored by SDWC and WSaB March 5 “Strong!” Film Screening 7pm @ Petteruti Lounge This film follows the career of Olympic medalist, Cheryl Haworth as she trains and competes in the traditionally male sport of weight-lifting. Discussion to follow. www.strongthefilm.com Sponsored by WSaB and WHM MARCH 6 Spin me a Yarn, Weave Me a Tale: Textiles, Women and Cloth in Iceland, AD 874- 1800 5:30pm @ Salomon 001 This talk by Michèle Hayeur Smith (Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology) will present results of ongoing research on textiles from sites across Iceland, looking at issues of gender, textile technology, trade and dress from the settlement (AD 873) to the late 18th century. Sponsored by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Samuel Cate Fund MARCH 7 “Mosquita y Mari” Film Screening 7pm @ Petteruti Lounge “Mosquita y Mari” is a coming of age story about two young Chicanas and their developing relationship. Pizza Provided! Discussion to follow. www.mosquitaymari.com. Sponsored by WHM, CSREA, Multiracial Heritage Series, Pride Series, and QA 13 MARCH 8 “Transnational Reproductive Politics” 12pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Talk by Aiko Takeuchi, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies. Lunch provided. Space is limited. Please RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/WHM13. Sponsored by WHM MARCH 11 Women of Color Reception 4:30pm - 6pm @ Faculty Club Join us in this networking and community building event with students, faculty, and staff. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/WOC13. Sponsored by the Third World Center and the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center MARCH 12 “The Intersection of Feminism, Queer, and Trans Politics” 7pm @ Metcalf Auditorium Lecture by Julia Serano, writer, spoken word performer, trans-bi activist and biologist. Serano is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Sponsored by WHM, Pride Series, and QA MARCH 13 “It’s Not Easy Being Green” 5:30pm @ Brown/RISD Hillel, Winnick Chapel Lecture by Carolyn Dinshaw, Professor of English and Professor and Chair of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. Sponsored by the Department of English and the Zucker Family Fund 20 MARCH 18 At the Dark End of the Street, Book Talk 7pm @ Petteruti Lounge Danielle McGuire, Assistant Professor of History at Wayne State University, discusses her landmark work At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power. Sponsored by WHM, Black Heritage Series MARCH 19 “!Women, Art, Revolution” Film Screening 7pm @ Petteruti Lounge “Through intimate interviews, art, and rarely seen archival film and video foot- age, !Women Art Revolution reveals how the Feminist Art Movement fused free speech and politics into an art that radi- cally transformed the art and culture of our times.” www.womenartrevolution.com. Pizza provided! Sponsored by WHM MARCH 20 Women and Labor Panel 7pm @ The Underground Panel discussion of local women workers on issues of labor and gender equity. Sponsored by SLA and WHM MARCH 4 arch 4 THE BROWN BOI PROJECT The Brown Boi Project is a “community of masculine of center womyn, men, two- spirit people, transmen, and allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving racial and gender justice.” www.brownboiproject.org They will be conducting the following 3 events on March 4th: Transforming Health Justice for Brown Bois 12pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s Center Lunch Conversation to discuss the health- care system and experiences with health- care providers in the context of race, class and gender. Space Limited. Please RSVP to [email protected]. Culture Mapping Workshop 4pm @ Youth Pride Rhode Island 743 Westminster St., Providence Construct your own culture map of life and explore meanings of masculinity and femininity in the context of culture and background. Power & Gender Justice Analysis 8pm @ Petteruti Lounge This session will provide participants with an opportunity to explore the intersections of power, race and gender. Sponsored by WHM, Pride Series, Multiracial Heritage Series, QA, and the LGBTQ Center 15 MARCH 13 “MAKERS: Women Who Make America,” Screening and Panel Discussion 6pm @ Martinos Auditorium, Granoff Center Limited seating available. RSVP to Megan Rozzero by March 6 at Special_Events@ brown.edu or 401.863.6010. Sponsored by Brown’s Women’s Leadership Council in association with The Pembroke Center Associates, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Brown Alumni Association, and Brown Club of RI MARCH 14 Zine Workshop 5pm @ Third World Center Mimi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will be giving a work- shop on creating zines. Space is limited. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/zineworkshop. Sponsored by WHM, American Studies, JNBC, and the Asian American Heritage Series MARCH 15 The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages, Book Talk 12pm @ JNBC Mimi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her new book. Light refreshments provided. Sponsored by WHM, American Studies, JNBC, Office of the Dean of the College, and Asian American Heritage Series
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Questions? E-mail [email protected]. To request special services, accommodations or assistance for these events, please contact the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center at (401) 863-2189 as far in advance of the events as possible. Thank you to all of our sponsors: Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, LGBTQ Center, Queer Alliance, Pride Series, Pembroke Center for Teaching & Research on Women, Modern Culture & Media Department, American Studies Department, Center for the Studies of Race and Ethnicity in America,
Africana Studies Department, UFB, Graduate Student Council, Office of Institutional Diversity, Third World Center, Multiracial Heritage Series, Black Heritage Series, Asian American Heritage Series, Office of Campus Life, Office of the Dean of the College, The John Nicholas Brown Center.
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FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 1Celebrate Every Body WeekA week of events to raise awareness about eating disorders and promote positive body image on campus. Visit the event webpage for details: http://brown.edu/go/Celebrate_Every_Body_Week. Sponsored by Brown Health Education
FEBRUARY 28 “Lesbian Performances of Impossibility in Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman and Phranc’s Cardboard Sculptures”6:30pm @ Macmillan 117Lecture by Robin Bernstein, Associate Professor (African & African American Studies, Studies of Women, Gender, & Sexuality) at Harvard University. Sponsored by There’s No Outside: Queer Space Under Late Capitalism, The Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, The Departments of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies, Africana Studies & American Studies
“all the flesh of his body”6pm-7pm @ Sarah Doyle Gallery Opening reception for Sarah Bliss art exhibition. On display through March 22.Sponsored by Sarah Doyle Women’s Ctr.
MARCH 1sdwc Open House2pm-4pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s CenterCheck out the resources we have at the women’s center, and help yourself to some cake and tea as we celebrate the start of Women’s History Month!Sponsored by SDWC and WSaB
March 5“Strong!” Film Screening7pm @ Petteruti LoungeThis film follows the career of Olympic medalist, Cheryl Haworth as she trains and competes in the traditionally male sport of weight-lifting. Discussion to follow. www.strongthefilm.com Sponsored by WSaB and WHM
MARCH 6Spin me a Yarn, Weave Me a Tale: Textiles, Women and Cloth in Iceland, AD 874-18005:30pm @ Salomon 001This talk by Michèle Hayeur Smith (Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology) will present results of ongoing research on textiles from sites across Iceland, looking at issues of gender, textile technology, trade and dress from the settlement (AD 873) to the late 18th century. Sponsored by Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, the Friends of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology and the Samuel Cate Fund
MARCH 7“Mosquita y Mari” Film Screening7pm @ Petteruti Lounge“Mosquita y Mari” is a coming of age story about two young Chicanas and their developing relationship. Pizza Provided! Discussion to follow. www.mosquitaymari.com. Sponsored by WHM, CSREA, Multiracial Heritage Series, Pride Series, and QA 13
MARCH 8“Transnational Reproductive Politics”12pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s CenterTalk by Aiko Takeuchi, Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies. Lunch provided. Space is limited. Please RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/WHM13.Sponsored by WHM
MARCH 11Women of Color Reception4:30pm - 6pm @ Faculty ClubJoin us in this networking and community building event with students, faculty, and staff. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/WOC13. Sponsored by the Third World Center and the Sarah Doyle Women’s Center
MARCH 12“The Intersection of Feminism, Queer, and Trans Politics”7pm @ Metcalf AuditoriumLecture by Julia Serano, writer, spoken word performer, trans-bi activist and biologist. Serano is the author of Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity. Sponsored by WHM, Pride Series, and QA
MARCH 13“It’s Not Easy Being Green”5:30pm @ Brown/RISD Hillel, Winnick ChapelLecture by Carolyn Dinshaw, Professor of English and Professor and Chair of Social and Cultural Analysis at NYU. Sponsored by the Department of English and the Zucker Family Fund
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MARCH 18At the Dark End of the Street, Book Talk7pm @ Petteruti LoungeDanielle McGuire, Assistant Professor of History at Wayne State University, discusses her landmark work At the Dark End of the Street: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance—A New History of the Civil Rights Movement from Rosa Parks to the Rise of Black Power.Sponsored by WHM, Black Heritage Series
MARCH 19“!Women, Art, Revolution” Film Screening7pm @ Petteruti Lounge“Through intimate interviews, art, and rarely seen archival film and video foot-age, !Women Art Revolution reveals how the Feminist Art Movement fused free speech and politics into an art that radi-cally transformed the art and culture of our times.” www.womenartrevolution.com. Pizza provided!Sponsored by WHM
MARCH 20Women and Labor Panel7pm @ The UndergroundPanel discussion of local women workers on issues of labor and gender equity.Sponsored by SLA and WHM
MARCH 4 arch 4THE BROWN BOI PROJECTThe Brown Boi Project is a “community of masculine of center womyn, men, two-spirit people, transmen, and allies committed to transforming our privilege of masculinity, gender, and race into tools for achieving racial and gender justice.” www.brownboiproject.org They will be conducting the following 3 events on March 4th:
Transforming Health Justice for Brown Bois12pm @ Sarah Doyle Women’s CenterLunch Conversation to discuss the health-care system and experiences with health-care providers in the context of race, class and gender. Space Limited. Please RSVP to [email protected].
Culture Mapping Workshop4pm @ Youth Pride Rhode Island 743 Westminster St., ProvidenceConstruct your own culture map of life and explore meanings of masculinity and femininity in the context of culture and background.
Power & Gender Justice Analysis8pm @ Petteruti LoungeThis session will provide participants with an opportunity to explore the intersections of power, race and gender.
Sponsored by WHM, Pride Series, Multiracial Heritage Series, QA, and the LGBTQ Center 15
MARCH 13“MAKERS: Women Who Make America,” Screening and Panel Discussion 6pm @ Martinos Auditorium, Granoff CenterLimited seating available. RSVP to Megan Rozzero by March 6 at [email protected] or 401.863.6010.Sponsored by Brown’s Women’s Leadership Council in association with The Pembroke Center Associates, Sarah Doyle Women’s Center, Brown Alumni Association, and Brown Club of RI
MARCH 14Zine Workshop5pm @ Third World CenterMimi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will be giving a work-shop on creating zines. Space is limited. RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/zineworkshop.Sponsored by WHM, American Studies, JNBC, and the Asian American Heritage Series
MARCH 15The Gift of Freedom: War, Debt, and Other Refugee Passages, Book Talk12pm @ JNBCMimi Nguyen, Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, will discuss her new book. Light refreshments provided.Sponsored by WHM, American Studies, JNBC, Office of the Dean of the College, and Asian American Heritage Series
