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Feminist, Gender, & Sexuality Studies offers students the opportunity to study a wide range of fields from the perspectives of feminist and LGBT critical analysis, in a global context and with the purpose of promoting social justice.
While the Dobbs decision represents “business as usual” for US reproductive policy, it is also an inflection point. New generations of activists are awakening to struggles for justice. Previously siloed white feminists realizing that silence is no protection in a racist heteropatriarchal system. We therefore see this as a moment to gather, to care for and listen to each other, to learn about ongoing and interconnected struggles to get free, and to get to work. Learn more about the next event.
On Friday, September 16, members of the Cornell community gathered for a workshop presented by the Cornell Law School's Gender and Justice Clinic on the recent legal decisions rolling back reproductive justice.
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This interactive discussion with presenters and audience focuses on the potential impacts of this legislation and Dobbs V. Jackson for LGBTQ+ people and communities, including the issues of gay marriage, queer kinships, and transgender healthcare and rights.
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Meet Chelsea Mikael Frazier, Literatures in English and FGSS affiliated faculty
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Editor Jane Juffer and contributor Jael Goldfine explain the inspiration and thought process of Millennial Feminism at Work.
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Like many Cornell undergraduates, Lauren Palmiter came to Cornell with many different interests. Currently a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, Palmiter will graduate with majors in American Studies and Psychology and minors in Feminist Gender & Sexuality Studies, Inequality Studies, and Law ...
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This year, 15 new faculty are bringing innovative ideas in a wide range of topics to the College of Arts & Sciences’ nexus of discovery and impact, including climate change, astronomy, identity studies and the economy.
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Cornell University “reproductive health and justice organizations” held an event this past Saturday titled “Our Bodies, Their Laws” featuring a tent in which students could “vent [their] frustrations” about abortion rights.
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Professor Karen Jaime's book The Queer Nuyorican: Racialized Sexualities and Aesthetics in Loisaida (NYU Press, 2021) was awarded a Silver Medal in The Victor Villaseñor Best Latino Focused Book category at the 24th Annual International Latino Book Awards held on Aug 19-20 in Los Angeles.
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