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Gender & Women's Studies Events
- February 17, 2012—Faculty House 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
GENDERATIONS—RSVP by emailing renee.purdy@wku.edu by noon 2/14/12
>Jeremy Thompson "Feminism, Hip Hop, and Politics"
>Barry Brunson "Evolution and/of Feminists"
- February 23, 2012 -- CH 125 6:30 p.m.
Film: Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice
This is a terrific film and useful for histories of the U.S., slavery and Reconstruction,
race, gender, literature (Toni Morrison) and journalism, as well as film studies (William
Greaves is a major figure)
Discussion led by Thea Browder, History
- February 28, 2012—CH 125 6:30 p.m.
Film: Made in Dagenham
A dramatization of the 1968 strike at the Ford Dagenham car plant, where female workers walked out in protest against sexual discrimination. A group of 160 some women machinists, who sewed the fabrics used in the interior of Ford cars. In the late 60's these women fought both their Union and Ford Motor company to get the same wage as the men who worked for Ford. At the time, their payment was 50% of what men doing the same job received. After a long and difficult struggle they receive pay adjustments and as a result Parliament eventually passed a law that required that women and men receive equal pay for equal work. The film is not just a polemic. It is funny, touching, and infuriating at the same time.
Discussion led by Thea Browder, History
- March 20, 2012—Vagina Monologues - DUC Auditorium 7:00 p.m.
- March 29, 2012—CH 125 6:30 p.m.
Film: Waging A Living
The term "working poor" should be an oxymoron. If you work full time, you should not be poor, but more than 30 million Americans - one in four workers - are stuck in low wage jobs that do not provide the basics for a decent life. WAGING A LIVING chronicles the battle of four low-wage workers to lift their families out of poverty. Shot over a three-year period in the northeast and California, this observational documentary captures the dreams, frustrations, and accomplishments of a diverse group of workers who struggle to live from paycheck to paycheck. By presenting an unvarnished look at the barriers that these workers must overcome to escape poverty, WAGING A LIVING offers a sobering view of the elusive American Dream.
Discussion led by Claudia Strow, Economics
- April 5, 2012—Faculty House 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
GENDERATIONS—RSVP by emailing renee.purdy@wku.edu
Helen Sterk and Tamara Van Dyken - Women, Culture, Communication, & Evangelicals
- April 9, 2012 --Van Meter Hall 7:30 p.m.
Ntozake Shange
- April 18, 2012—CH 125 6:30 p.m.
Film: The Corporation
Provoking, witty, stylish and sweepingly informative, The Corporation explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Part film and part movement, The Corporation is transforming audiences and dazzling critics with its insightful and compelling analysis. Taking its status as a legal "person" to the logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" The Corporation includes interviews with 40 corporate insiders and critics - including Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, Milton Friedman, Howard Zinn, Vandana Shiva and Michael Moore - plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change.
Discussion led by Kristi Branham, GWS and GWS students
