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Fat Liberation: Power in the Face of Anti-Fat Bias
Friday, November 19th, 2021*, 9:00 PM CST Zoom: 336 052 6609 | passcode: aiyo https://duke.zoom.us/j/3360526609?pwd=b0lDUmp2OU5RSEROTWdEUzZLbzVXdz09 Did you know that an estimated 90% of women and 50% of men are dissatisfied with their bodies? That two of three girls under the age of 13 are already on a diet or considering going on one? That being […]
The Self and the Other: How We Navigate Identity in the 21st Century
Friday, October 29, 2021, 9:00 PM CST Zoom: 336 052 6609 | passcode: aiyo https://duke.zoom.us/j/3360526609?pwd=b0lDUmp2OU5RSEROTWdEUzZLbzVXdz09 Before embarking on complex sociocultural histories of fatness, beauty, disability, neurodivergence, and queer representation, the first seminar in the Body Liberation & Feminism series deals with the notion of the self, and by extension, the other. How does your ethnicity, nationality, […]
WGDI Presents “Body Liberation & Feminism: A Series”
The Women’s, Gender, and Diversity Initiative (WGDI), in collaboration with the Humanities Research Center, is proud to present the first seminar in our pilot event series: Body Liberation and Feminism: A Series. The WGDI is an informal collective of DKU students and faculty who are working together to initiate conversations rooted in contemporary questions of […]
