WGSS Weekly Digests 2019

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WGSS News Digest 169: The Viral Protest Song Edition

In this newsletter, we share about the Chilean protest song Un Violador en Tu Camino – A Rapist in Your Path, which discusses rape culture and victim shaming, has become a viral anthem for feminists around the world.

WGSS News Digest 168: The Same-Sex Marriage in China Edition

In this newsletter, we share about how nearly 200,000 people in China’ LGBT community and its supporters have been writing to legislators and leaving comments in favor of a change to the country’s marriage laws.

WGSS News Digest 167: The Transgender Day of Remembrance Edition

In this newsletter, we share how The George Washington University’s Multicultural Student Services Center and the Trans and Non-binary Students of GW hosted a day-long vigil in Kogan Plaza on Wednesday, November 20, to remember those we’ve lost to anti-transgender violence.

WGSS News Digest 166: The End Virginity Testing Edition

In this newsletter, we share about how our very own MA student Breya Johnson shared on Twitter following the wake of U.S. Rapper T.I.’s recent revelation that he had a gynecologist check his daughter’s hymen. Her tweet has since gone viral and made an impact against gender-based violence!

WGSS News Digest 165: The Climate Justice Edition

In this newsletter, we share information about how climate change impacts women in particular ways, upcoming courses on gender, and job opportunities.

WGSS News Digest 164: The Gender Free Edition

In this newsletter, we share about how Procter & Gamble, the company behind Always brand sanitary products, is taking strides to make their products more gender neutral.

WGSS News Digest 163: The Female Fighters Edition

In this newsletter, we share about our WGSS Student Association’s pumpkin painting fundraiser and information about the 30% of Kurdish fighters across the Middle East who are women.

WGSS News Digest 162: The Basis of Sex Edition

In this newsletter, we share about how The Supreme Court is in arguments over whether Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, guarantees nationwide protection from workplace discrimination to gay and transgender people by prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex.

WGSS News Digest 161: The Generation Cry Edition

In this newsletter, the WGSS program observes National Domestic Violence Awareness and reflects on our first brown bag seminar of the school year.

WGSS News Digest 160: The Chanel Miller Edition

In this newsletter, we share about how Chanel Miller has revealed herself to be Emily Doe, the sexual assault survivor whose 2016 victim statement propelled a movement.

WGSS News Digest 159: Gender Straightjacket Edition

In this newsletter, we discuss how the development of gender stereotypes in early adolescence negatively impacts all genders.

WGSS News Digest 158: Latinx Heritage Month Edition

In this newsletter, we explain how the term Latinx gives people a way to avoid choosing a gender for a group or an unknown individual, much like using singular “they” avoids the choice between “he” or “she” in English.

WGSS News Digest 157

In this newsletter, the WGSS Program shares about launching the Gender and Sexuality Brown Bag Seminar Series!

Weekly Digest 155: The Audre Lorde Edition

In this newsletter, we discuss Audre Lorde’s essay The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House (1980) and share an excerpt of the text.

Weekly Digest 154 : The Winterfell Edition

In this newsletter, we observe sexual assault awareness and prevention month and share about gender and power in Game of Thrones.

Weekly Digest 153: The Black Hole Edition

In this newsletter, we share about Katie Bouman, who led development of a computer program that made capturing the first image of a black hole possible.

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