Our Summer Series aims to educate, inspire, and connect you on issues of intersectionality & feminism. During the summer, our newsletter will run every week on Fridays.
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Congratulations to our 2020 Janet Wilson James Award Recipient!
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Each year, the Janet Wilson James Award is presented to a Women's and Gender Studies minor in recognition of their research endeavors, academic achievements, and personal commitment to women's and gender issues. The award is given in remembrance of Janet James, a Boston College professor and pioneer in the field of women's history.
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In her own words:
"It is an honor to have received the Janet Wilson James award from the Women’s and Gender Studies Department as a graduating senior.
Having entered college with a very narrow idea of feminism, the WGS Department has played a significant role in broadening my understanding of the societal construction of gender, the intersectionality of feminism, and the inherent binaries of masculinity and femininity upon which our patriarchal, capitalistic society thrives.
With this understanding, I developed a dual sense of responsibility and desire to dive deeper into my studies, my professional aspirations, and my relationships as they relate to feminism and women’s liberation.
I chose to submit a portion of my undergraduate thesis entitled
Healing in a New Home: An Analysis of Psychosocial Interventions for Refugee Women Survivors of Gender- Based Violence in a Resettlement Context in which I engage in an applied perspective of the socioecological approach and feminist constructivist theoretical understanding and orientation to mental health and psychosocial service provision for refugee women survivors.
Through interviews within my community and a comprehensive literature review, I argue that, vis-à-vis these frameworks, care providers can best account for the intersectional identities of the immigrant woman herself, as well as the collective identity of the culture in which she is situated both ethnographically via the country of origin and physically within the resettlement society.
I hope to continue my exploration of the impact of culturally competent care through my work as a bilingual therapeutic specialist with a culturally sensitive mental healthcare provider in Boston during my interim year before returning to BC to pursue an MSW!"
- Meredith Hawkins, BC Class of 2020
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A Webinar Taking Place Today
Drawing from LGBTQ history and recent political events, this event will bring together historians, physicians, and organizers to discuss the disparate impact of the pandemic on the physical and mental health of sexual and gender minorities, exploring the resilience of queer communities in times of crisis.
The webinar, which will take place
today
at noon, is free and open to the public.
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An Upcoming Conference
This year's conference, "20/20 Vision: The Future of Poverty Disruption," will take place on October 6-9, 2020, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. on virtual platforms. Professionals from around the globe will gather to discuss new strategies to disrupt poverty.
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An Activist Account to Follow
@blackatbostoncollege is a space to uplift and share the voices, stories, and struggles of Black community members of Boston College.
All stories, which are submitted through DM by Black community members of Boston College, are shared anonymously by the account admins.
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Interpersonal Violence
(PSYC333401)
with Dr. Amy Tishelman
Tuesdays from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Gasson Hall 202
This course will review research, assessment, treatment, and current controversies in the area of family violence, focusing on child sexual abuse, child physical abuse, and spousal abuse.
This course will consist of a combination of a lecture and class discussion of the issues, including those related to memories of abuse, identification of abuse, and the legal, psychological, and social ramifications of extracting women and children from abusive homes.
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This week, read up on gender-based violence and intimate partner abuse.
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When Leslie Morgan Steiner says "abuse thrives only in silence," she speaks from personal experience.
Describing how her "crazy love" masked a typical story of intimate partner violence, Steiner explains how we can all help break the silence around this global issue in her TEDtalk, "
Why Domestic Violence Victims Don't Leave."
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As a Chief Prosecutor, Nazir Afzal brought to justice the Rochdale grooming gang and countless perpretators of violent, high-profile gender-based crimes.
In this episode of
engendered, Afzal touches upon his expertise by considering the impact of COVID-19 on gender-based violence and discussing reforms for abuser accountability.
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What do
Game of Thrones, House of Cards, and
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo have in common? All use rape as a trope to drive female revenge stories.
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Attention: If you or a loved one has been directly or indirectly affected by sexual violence and/or intimate partner violence, you can reach th
e 24/7 BARCC hotline
at 800-841-8371.
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Today's feminist quote is from:
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“Arming a woman with a gun is asking her to behave like a man, to embody the somatic and psychological and cultural experience of a man while simultaneously quelling all that women have been taught. It says to women, if you want to protect yourself from violent men, you need to become violent yourself. [...] It’s not women who need to learn violence; it’s men who need to learn nonviolence.”
- Rachel Louise Snyder,
No Visible Bruises: What We Don't Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
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Summer Series courtesy of Boston College Women's and Gender Studies program. If you want to support the program, please consider following us on social media and sharing our newsletter.
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