Illinois College Gender and Women's Studies

Illinois College Gender and Women's Studies Illinois College's Gender and Women's studies hasan intersectional study of gender, and maintains connections with the study of race, class, and sexuality

By emphasizing an intersectional study of gender, courses and experiences in Illinois College’s Gender and Women’s Studies program maintain connections with the study of race, class, and sexuality. This is essential for this field of study in the 21st century. Students engage with classic and contemporary texts on women, men, gender, race, and class to study the social construction of human identi

ty in a variety of disciplines. In fact, more than a dozen faculty and courses in many different disciplines contribute learning experiences to this program. Professors and students use diverse methods inside and outside of the classroom to study ideas, texts, and contexts, engaging both local and global realities. The program prepares women and men to live out the college's historical commitments to social justice and offers a major and a minor.

Walidah Imarisha, a writer, prison abolitionist, educator, and social justice activist, will be visiting IC on Monday an...
09/24/2017

Walidah Imarisha, a writer, prison abolitionist, educator, and social justice activist, will be visiting IC on Monday and Tuesday. While her convocation on Monday will focus on Octavia Butler and social justice through science fiction, Imarisha will also visit GW101 and GW102 to talk about broader intersections of gender, sexuality, race, and class, and how they can be reconsidered for greater equity in our society.

Author Walidah Imarisha discusses her new book and her commitment to grappling with the need for prison abolition.

09/14/2017

Excuse us for the delay in posting. After a hard-fought battle to retain the GWS major, including overwhelming faculty support for retention, the President, Cabinet, and Board decided "to suspend" the major. However, we're back for another exciting academic year, still looking to grow the program and to make connections with allies, including alumnae. Thanks for everyone's support over the last trying, draining year.

03/13/2017

Proposal aims to show some of the restrictions women face in getting reproductive health care.

03/13/2017

'You're going to have to take some responsibility for this."

02/10/2017

The IC administration is proposing cutting the GWS major and possibly the minor. We wanted to let those of you invested in the program know.

01/13/2017
12/25/2016

"Women belong in the kitchen. Men belong in the kitchen. Everyone belongs in the kitchen. Kitchen has food."

12/13/2016

Despite not having Safe Schools while I was a student, I was lucky to have had teachers who cultivated my ability to think critically about gender, writes Senthorun Raj.

12/06/2016

If you walk into any major toy store, it will be divided into pink and blue sections to help you pick the "right" toys for the girls and boys in your life. But, with this handy chart, you can take the guesswork out of your holiday shopping once and for all.

A Mighty Girl's newly launched holiday gift guide also aims to make your holiday gift shopping a little easier this year with hundreds of carefully-selected, empowering toys for babies, children, and teens -- in all colors of the rainbow! The guide is sortable by age and a wide variety of themes, including science, pretend play, building, arts & crafts, dolls & action figures, and women's history, to make it simple to find toys that reflect your children's diverse interests.

And, while our holiday guide was created with Mighty Girls in mind, we believe both girls and boys will love the featured toys, just as we believe that all children benefit from the girl-empowering books and resources found throughout A Mighty Girl.

To browse A Mighty Girl's 2016 Holiday Gift Guide, visit http://www.amightygirl.com/holiday-guide

11/20/2016

If you wouldn't say it to their faces, don't type it.

08/29/2016

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