Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

If you are a current student (graduate or undergraduate) and are interested in presenting an idea that matches the description below, please submit a proposal of one page in length to smbehren@uncg.edu with the subject line: “Media Meets Theory Proposal” for consideration.

The WGS Media Meets Theory series will use (feminist) theories from WGS classes to analyze a pop culture artifact, text, or current event in the media. It is our hope that this series will function as a way to bring better visibility to certain subjects, a way to apply WGS coursework to real-world events, and to create a better understanding of theories used in WGS courses, in which students explore systems of oppression, examining the significance, relationships, and power dynamics of race, sexuality, gender, class, ability, species, etc. in such spaces as education, the prison industrial complex, the animal industrial complex, media representations, the mental health industry, activism, and more.

UNCG Women’s and Gender Studies Program invites WGS students (both undergrad and grad) to join a small panel to present and facilitate discussion with an intimate group of fellow students. Presenters/panelists/facilitators will provide a brief summary of whatever theory they are using, then a summary of the pop culture or current event example (and are encouraged to show images or video to go along with the topic). A facilitator/moderator will provide some conversation starters and facilitate discussion around the topic.

When: Apr 06, 12:00 am

Location: Curry 334