This talk is the first in a new "Tea and Talk" series we are beginning!
It was so great to see everyone enjoying themselves in Stratford last weekend for the end-of-term GSJ field trip. We had absolutely perfect weather and what a great production of RENT! Thanks to all who joined.
The Department of Philosophy is thrilled to announce that Laura Mae Lindo will be joining us as a new faculty member!
You are invited to join us for a showing of Every Little Nookie, a live performance that pushes the boundaries of conventional notions of sex and love. The play is showing at Stratford Festival Theater on Saturday, October 1st at 2 pm. Transportation will be provided.
Philosopher Jennifer Saul is pushing the bounds of a classical discipline to combat racism, misogyny and the spread of misinformation
Join the virtual live film screening of "Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation", hosted by the Gender and Social Justice program. This film examines period poverty, menstrual inequity and the need for accessible and affordable menstrual care products. It addresses the lived experience of female prisoners, transgender activists as well as menstrual health experts and advocates. All attendees will be entered in a draw for door prizes. The screening will be held on WebEx, with the link to join below.
GSJ Presents Pandora’s Box: Lifting the Lid on Menstruation
From the Bitch Manifesto to the movie Mean Girls and the popularity of the mean girl trope, the right to be mean is the new frontier for white feminist discontent. My work explores how feminism points to gender as if it is resistance in and of itself. Feminist discourses have positioned the white heterosexual mean girl/woman as both the primary problem to patriarchy and the antidote without whom patriarchy cannot be remade. I argue that the white mean girl feminist is the idealistic figure of complaint and the white hetero-patriarchal mark of bourgeois feminist maturity. In this presentation, I will share a brief overview of this book project.
The Steering Committee of the Eastern Division of The Society for Women in Philosophy has announced that past Humphrey Chair of Feminist Philosophy at Waterloo, Professor Ann Garry, will be receiving the Distinguished Woman Philosopher Award this year.
We are celebrating the launch of the new Gender and Social Justice (GSJ) undergraduate programs with a virtual event with Toronto Star columnist Shree Paradkar. We hope that you will be able to join us!
Public Lecture: Shree Paradkar, “Rise, disrupt, change - and do it all over again”
March 17, 7-8 p.m. Via WebEx
In 2016, Dr. Anne Innis Dagg joined the Women's Studies program (now Gender and Social Justice) as an adjunct professor. This appointment was made in recognition of Dr. Dagg's long career of feminist research and leadership. Indeed, she was one of the key early figures who helped to create Women's Studies at University of Waterloo. As an adjunct Women's Studies/GSJ professor, Dr.