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Feminist, Gender, and 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 event series.
Visiting Cornell University Library’s Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections in 2017 to see materials related to the history of HIV and AIDS, Michael Mamp was caught off guard by the contents of one box.
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Two students in the College explored legal careers this summer thanks in part to grants from the Humanities Scholars Program.
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Listen to an interview with Jane Juffer, Rose Al Abosy, and Jael Goldfine on their new book "Millennial Feminism at Work."
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The SCOTUS decision to ignore decades of precedence and overturn Roe v. Wade in June 2022 is merely the latest instance of government policy that controls and criminalizes bodies, especially those of marginalized communities. Join us on Saturday, August 27 to gather, care for and listen to each o...
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The buzzy “anti-Instagram” app is the natural next step in a social media cycle that’s played out many times before—and it’s unlikely to work.
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Professor Goffe's book, "After Eden," made the Deal of the Day for Publishers Marketplace! It was bought in a significant deal by Doubleday Books in the US and Hamish Hamilton (Penguin UK).
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“The directive to ‘put yourself out there’ is not experienced evenly, and it can be especially hazardous for women, people of color, and the LGBTQ+ community,” said Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and a member of the Feminist, ...
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Their map will visualize research about the spread of existing or known and new or emerging zoonotic diseases.
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