11/03/2008
Panties for Community Organizations!
A new activism with our Kent sistahs: we are collecting most needed panties for women-related community organizations in Akron! Flyers were made up quickly and a collection started....10/10/2008
10/01/2008
Take Back The Night, Oct 10th 2008
Join us for the Take Back The Night Walk in Akron!When: Friday, October 10 @ 6-9pm
Where: First Grace United Church of Christ -- 350 S. Portage Path, Akron
More info: www.takebackthenight.org
& also check out the UAkron Liberation in Progress / L.I.P. service-feminists, who sponsor the event as well: http://lipserviceua.blogspot.com/
9/30/2008
9/26/2008
2nd Joint Meeting @ Kelly's
...was very productive in a short time period because we all wanted to watch "the debate" this evening! The gender lectures take forms, two speakers are already confirmed (and more "big" names in discussion):Dr. Betsy Lucal, Akron, February 26th
and Dr. Cecilia Ridgeway, Kent, March 6th!
We are also very excited about the upcoming Take Back The Night walk! More soon!
8/26/2008
Fantastofeminist SWS Kick Off Meeting!
Join us at Akron-Kent’s
Sociologists for Women in Society
Fall ’08 kickoff get-together!!
Everyone Welcome! Students, faculty, friends, current members, new members, non-members, all genders welcome!
Where: Daniela Jauk’s new Apartment
When: Friday, August 29th at 6 pm
RSVP: to Dani at da18@uakron.edu
We plan to set an agenda for SWS this year, catch up with each other after the summer, and meet & greet all the new students and faculty! Some snacks/beverages will be provided, but please feel free to bring something to share with the group.
Sociologists for Women in Society
Fall ’08 kickoff get-together!!
Everyone Welcome! Students, faculty, friends, current members, new members, non-members, all genders welcome!
Where: Daniela Jauk’s new Apartment
When: Friday, August 29th at 6 pm
RSVP: to Dani at da18@uakron.edu
We plan to set an agenda for SWS this year, catch up with each other after the summer, and meet & greet all the new students and faculty! Some snacks/beverages will be provided, but please feel free to bring something to share with the group.
We hope to see you all there!
6/26/2008
We can do it - Feminist Lecturer Award
The SWS Distinguished Lectureship was founded in 1985 as a way of recognizing members whose scholarship employs a feminist perspective and of making this feminist scholar available to campuses that are isolated, rural, located away from major metropolitan areas, and bereft of the resources needed to invite guest speakers.We jointly applied for the Feminist Lecturer Award for the University of Kent, and: got it! We are more than happy that distinguished stratifictaion and inequality researcher Dr. Cecila Ridgeway/University of Stanford will visit us on campus!
Some of her books:
*Cecilia Ridgeway. Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World. Book manuscript in preparation.
*Cecilia Ridgeway (Ed.). Gender, Interaction and Inequality. NY: Springer-Verlag, 1992.
*Edward Lawler, Barry Markovsky, Cecilia Ridgeway, and Henry Walker (Eds.). Advances in Group Processes Vol. 9. Greenwich, CT: JAI, 1992.
*Cecilia Ridgeway. The Dynamics of Small Groups. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983
*Cecilia Ridgeway. Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern World. Book manuscript in preparation.
*Cecilia Ridgeway (Ed.). Gender, Interaction and Inequality. NY: Springer-Verlag, 1992.
*Edward Lawler, Barry Markovsky, Cecilia Ridgeway, and Henry Walker (Eds.). Advances in Group Processes Vol. 9. Greenwich, CT: JAI, 1992.
*Cecilia Ridgeway. The Dynamics of Small Groups. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983
4/21/2008
4/17/2008
Kathy, we LOVE you, and LIFE does too :)
Our beloved faculty mentor, who is smart, loving, giving, connecting, and supporting got what she deserves: Dr. Kathryn Feltey was awarded the Outstanding Faculty Engagement LIFE Award today! Let's celebrate this feminist sharing personality! Let's celebrate ourselves being near her! Video of Mikaia enjoying the Gospel Chorus you can find on www.divanova08.blogspot.com ...
4/04/2008
APRIL ACTIVISM: Walk a Mile in Her Shoes
SWS Akron-Kent supports the International Men's march to stop rape, sexual assault and gender violence! In Akron the march will be on April 19 2008. We'll recruit participants, and find high heels for volunteers. Get ready, dudes, and find more information on the Walk A Mile in Her Shoes Website (foto stolen there :).3/12/2008
Preach on sistah Jacobs!
Subject: RAPE IS NO JOKE
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing in response to the t-shirt you recently pulled off theshelves ("No Means No - well maybe if I'm drunk"). I am happy to hearthat you received enough outraged response to discontinue the sales ofthis t-shirt, which makes a joke out of rape and sexual assault, twoheinous crimes and abuses that certainly are not a joking matter.
According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN), 1 in 6women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. In the United States,someone is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes. If you think thesestatistics are horrifying, think about a woman's experience of sexualassault and rape. It is devastating - physically, emotionally, andspiritually - and the terrifying, lonely, and deprecating experienceoften creates a wound that cannot be healed in an entire lifetime.I do not believe that your company simply can remove these t-shirts fromstore shelves and suddenly be absolved of your tasteless and misogynistact.
I am urging you to publicly acknowledge your mistake and use thepublicity created by this acknowledgment to educate others about rapeand sexual assault. You can begin by donating any profit made from yourwoman-hating t-shirts to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network,which runs the National Sexual Abuse Hotline and carries out programs toprevent sexual assault, help victims, and ensure that rapists arebrought to justice.
Sincerely,Michelle R. JacobsDoctoral StudentDepartment of SociologyKent State University
To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing in response to the t-shirt you recently pulled off theshelves ("No Means No - well maybe if I'm drunk"). I am happy to hearthat you received enough outraged response to discontinue the sales ofthis t-shirt, which makes a joke out of rape and sexual assault, twoheinous crimes and abuses that certainly are not a joking matter.
According to the Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network (RAINN), 1 in 6women will be sexually assaulted in her lifetime. In the United States,someone is sexually assaulted every 2 minutes. If you think thesestatistics are horrifying, think about a woman's experience of sexualassault and rape. It is devastating - physically, emotionally, andspiritually - and the terrifying, lonely, and deprecating experienceoften creates a wound that cannot be healed in an entire lifetime.I do not believe that your company simply can remove these t-shirts fromstore shelves and suddenly be absolved of your tasteless and misogynistact.
I am urging you to publicly acknowledge your mistake and use thepublicity created by this acknowledgment to educate others about rapeand sexual assault. You can begin by donating any profit made from yourwoman-hating t-shirts to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network,which runs the National Sexual Abuse Hotline and carries out programs toprevent sexual assault, help victims, and ensure that rapists arebrought to justice.
Sincerely,Michelle R. JacobsDoctoral StudentDepartment of SociologyKent State University
3/10/2008
SPOTLIGHT FROM OUR MAILINGLIST
Hello Lovely Ladies,
as for the David & Goliath T-shirts, here is a link to check out the story and email the company: http://www.stayvocal.com/news/item/108.
I also attached the flier I made for the Send One Suit Week. Tell me what you think!!
-Alyssa
3/02/2008
MARCH ACTIVISM: Women's History Month
Throughout U.S. history, women of every race and class have made contributions that have helped to shape the country. In 1987, Congress declared the month of March Women’s History Month to recognize these contributions and to promote the teaching of women's history. We will particpate and facilitate women's history with leaflets on our campusses! Join us, and design your own leaflet on women's history for the campus! And/or learn more about the Women's History month from CNN (from which we cite fotograph above and intro-text), The National History od Women Project, who defined art/ists as this year's common theme, or the Akron Women's History Project.
2/21/2008
2/10/2008
SWS-Winter Meeting 2008, Las Vegas
Five of our SWS group are excited, as can be! From February 7-10, 2008 we attend the big SWS Winter-meeting in Las Vegas!
2/09/2008
SWS Banquet & Night out!
All five SWS sistahs, who went to the Wintermeeting, from the left: Marie, Kelly, Dani, Jodi, Michelle. In case you join us, you"ll have fun! :-)
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