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Visual Weimar: The Iconography Of Social And Political Identities, Kerry Wallach
Visual Weimar: The Iconography Of Social And Political Identities, Kerry Wallach
German Studies Faculty Publications
In the Weimar Republic, images were perceived to be as unreliable as they were powerful. They helped create and codify difference while simultaneously blurring lines within the categories of gender and race. Visual culture provided a wild playground for discourses about gender presentation and sexuality that encompassed veterans, athletes, criminals, the New Woman, and androgynous figures. Despite the growing prominence of images in race science, it was widely held that images could not be trusted to convey accurate information about race. The propagandistic use of images for political purposes had the potential to be equally ambiguous. It was ultimately up …
Black Female Artists Reclaiming Their Sexual Power, Nicole E. Heller
Black Female Artists Reclaiming Their Sexual Power, Nicole E. Heller
Student Publications
The emergence of hip hop in the 1980s and 90s is representative of the struggle that Black men and women face in modern society. As a result of a New York City housing crisis, crime, and poverty, hip hop arose as a coping mechanism, as many art forms do; hip hop provided a way for Black men to express their experiences and struggles. Hip hop has been used as a vehicle for self- expression, social views and political views among disadvantaged urban groups (White, 2013). However, it was and still is common for male hip hop artists to sexualize and …
Stop Pretending To Be Like Me, Brianna O'Boyle
Stop Pretending To Be Like Me, Brianna O'Boyle
SURGE
I was scrolling on my Facebook feed when I saw a post that appeared to be a proposal featuring two women captioned: “She said yes!!!!!!” My first thought was how wonderful it was to see a happy, loving gay couple, and how heartening it is that they can be open and out about their relationship. As a queer person, it is always nice to see people who share that part of myself being visible. However, upon closer examination it was obvious that it was two straight best friends, joking. [excerpt]
Do You Really Want To Walk In My Shoes?, Anonymous
Do You Really Want To Walk In My Shoes?, Anonymous
SURGE
There is a problematic irony in the philanthropy event, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which took place on campus this week. [excerpt]
Bystander Behavior In His Fucking House, Anonymous
Bystander Behavior In His Fucking House, Anonymous
SURGE
My first semester at Gettysburg, I was at a fraternity party with a group of friends from my floor. As a first-year who spent the majority of her Saturday nights in high school watching Netflix with friends, I was still growing accustomed to the utter chaos which defines our college’s primary social scene. Despite my inexperience, even I knew to be worried when a visibly intoxicated girl stumbled past, pulled behind a guy towards the stairs. [excerpt]
Claiming The Indomitable Wave: Masculinities, Sexualities, And The Realm Of Surfing In Costa Rica, Joseph C. Recupero
Claiming The Indomitable Wave: Masculinities, Sexualities, And The Realm Of Surfing In Costa Rica, Joseph C. Recupero
Student Publications
Examining the relationship between masculinity, sexuality, and the sport of surfing in the context of Costa Rica. Questions the nature of emergent counter identities in the hyper-masculine realm of the surfing subculture and the ways in which the emergence of counter identities changes the nature of the subculture. Focuses on the anthropology of sport, the anthropology of sexuality, and theories of territoriality.
This May Mean Doing Things A Bit Differently From Here On Out, Jerome Clarke
This May Mean Doing Things A Bit Differently From Here On Out, Jerome Clarke
SURGE
OccupyPennHall failed.
Embittered by a failed election and its hateful aftermath, students parked themselves in protest. The act precluded and followed an irruption of a faculty meeting. Therein, sitting professors tuned into pleas for student-teacher solidarity. Protesters then took to the campus fulcrum and braced themselves for a sneak-peak of winter. The supposed movement was spur-of-the-moment: a visceral stillness in the wake of an absurd, precarious life. [excerpt]
Fearless Friday: Casey O'Higgins, Casey O'Higgins
Fearless Friday: Casey O'Higgins, Casey O'Higgins
SURGE
This week is Spirit week. Because of this, today’s Fearless Friday honors a student who has worked tirelessly to promote education around LGBTQ issues.
Casey O’Higgins is a senior from Detriot, Michigan, who is majoring in Women & Gender Studies and minoring in English. He is the President of Outerspace, an LGBTQ organization on campus that provides a safe, social space for students in the LGBTQ community and allies to socialize. Casey also works at the Office of LGBTQA Advocacy and Education as one of their program coordinators. In this role, he is responsible for organizing campus events that are …
Fearless Friday: Tiffany Lane, Tiffany Lane
Fearless Friday: Tiffany Lane, Tiffany Lane
SURGE
This week, SURGE is highlighting the fearless work of Tiffany Lane, the new director of the Women’s and LGBTQ Resource Center on campus.
Although she is a new addition to the Gettysburg community, Tiffany has been working with issues of systemic injustice for much of her life. Her social justice journey began when she was an undergrad at Michigan State University (MSU), where she began to accept her identity as a queer woman. Tiffany was a student leader and activist at MSU and became so passionate about this work that she decided to make a career out of her activism. …
Fearless Friday: Julie Davin, Julie E. Davin
Fearless Friday: Julie Davin, Julie E. Davin
SURGE
In this week’s edition of Fearless Friday, SURGE is honoring all of the amazing work that Julie Davin ’17 does for our community.
Julie, originally from Newtown, Connecticut, is currently a senior at Gettysburg College majoring in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and minoring in English and Philosophy. Over the course of her college career, Julie has been involved with the Gettysburg Anti-Capitalist Collective (GACC), Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA), Outerspace (formerly Friend or Foe), SURGE, Gettysburg Cares, and the annual Vagina Monologues. This long list of activities does not faze Julie; she cares deeply about each and every cause …
A Targeted Existence, Melissa J. Lauro
A Targeted Existence, Melissa J. Lauro
SURGE
Over the summer, I visited a friend from Gettysburg who was having a party. The party was fun for the first half, and I was having a good time, so I decided to stay the night instead of walk in the dark to the bus. This is what parents and educators and older sisters and women everywhere had taught me: stay with people you know; clutch your keys in your hand; don’t walk alone. I was staying with my friend from school; I was safe. [excerpt]
In God We Trust, Andrew C. Nosti
In God We Trust, Andrew C. Nosti
SURGE
Almost everywhere I turn I can hear someone saying, “America is a Christian nation!” likely yelled or grumbled with impressive, and sometimes concerning, aggression. I can’t go through a week without this phrase popping up, usually closely accompanied by the notion that America’s founding has roots in Christian principles. [excerpt]
Sexual Healing: Nurses, Gender, And Victorian Era Intimacy, Anika N. Jensen
Sexual Healing: Nurses, Gender, And Victorian Era Intimacy, Anika N. Jensen
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
In the first episode of the new PBS series Mercy Street, nurse Anne Hastings is seen applying a plaster cast to a wounded soldier’s bare legs before a captivated audience of surgeons and hospital workers. This action seems trivial today, even unquestionable, but as the show progressed and more scenes portrayed this seemingly insignificant concept of touch, of intimacy between a female nurse and her male patients, its true magnitude became apparent. [excerpt]
Dead Broets Society: Masculinity In Walt Whitman’S War Verse, Anika N. Jensen
Dead Broets Society: Masculinity In Walt Whitman’S War Verse, Anika N. Jensen
The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History
There are two images of masculinity in Walt Whitman’s Drum-Taps, his collection of wartime poetry: one, the strong, hardened soldier, the image of manliness, and the other the boyish, rosy-cheeked recruit. Whitman’s sexuality, while not the Victorian social norm, was no secret, and he wrote openly of the hospitalized soldiers during his time as a Union nurse with admiration, affection, and love. Some critics, such as Thomas Wentworth Higginson, castigated Whitman’s queer themes to be overwhelming, distractingly sensual, and "unmanly," while others, like William Sloane Kennedy, dissented, arguing instead that the overt sexuality present in Whitman’s work was precisely …
Liberation Through Domination: Bdsm Culture And Submissive-Role Women, Lisa R. Rivoli
Liberation Through Domination: Bdsm Culture And Submissive-Role Women, Lisa R. Rivoli
Student Publications
The alternative sexual practices of bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism (BDSM) are practiced by people all over the world. In this paper, I will examine the experiences of five submissive-role women in the Netherlands and five in south-central Pennsylvania, focusing specifically on how their involvement with the BDSM community and BDSM culture influences their self-perspective.I will begin my analysis by exploring anthropological perspectives of BDSM and their usefulness in studying sexual counterculture, followed by a consideration of feminist critiques of BDSM and societal barriers faced by women in the community. I will then address the …
Fearless Friday: Friend Or Foe, Christina L. Bassler
Fearless Friday: Friend Or Foe, Christina L. Bassler
SURGE
Friend or FOE, a recent addition to our campus offers queer students and their allies an opportunity to connect more socially and establish a mutual understanding of their experiences on campus. The group defines itself as having a less activist approach, rather, their main focus is to create a medium for students who feel that while their sexual orientation is important it is not necessarily something they want to be defined by. [excerpt]
Judgy Eyes, Stephany W. Harrington
Judgy Eyes, Stephany W. Harrington
SURGE
I can feel them watching me, examining me. I try not to look directly at them for fear that they might see right through me.
For so long I’ve walked amongst them and have tried to somewhat assimilate into their culture. But even then, I’m certain they feel something off about me, something that just doesn’t fit. And they’d be right to assume that, because I am different from so many of them. [excerpt]
Fearless Friday: Chelsea Broe, Chelsea E. Broe
Fearless Friday: Chelsea Broe, Chelsea E. Broe
SURGE
Consistently speaking up for social justice issues around campus, finding innovative ways to promote peer understanding, and making our campus a more welcoming, accepting, and open place, Chelsea Broe ’14 is a fearless leader who advocates for others.
Bending The Binary, Chelsea E. Broe
Bending The Binary, Chelsea E. Broe
SURGE
Friend: “Are you going to the Gender Bender Dance?”
Me: “I think so. I probably won’t dress up though; I figure I already bend gender enough every day.”
Friend: “What do you mean? Like you’re not feminine?”
Me: “Yeah!”
Friend: “No, Chelsea! Of course you are!”
Wait, what? I understand that this person meant no harm; if anything, my friend probably interpreted my remark as a self-deprecating comment uttered with the hopes that someone would reassure my femininity. But nothing could be further from the truth.
Fearless: Josh Griffiths, Joshua M. Griffiths
Fearless: Josh Griffiths, Joshua M. Griffiths
SURGE
Continually a strong voice for the underrepresented on campus, working with other students and faculty to take initiative in changing campus policy and culture toward the LGBTQ community, and serving as a leader in multiple groups and organizations on campus, Josh Griffiths ’14 fearlessly advocates for members of our campus community, making Gettysburg a more open and welcoming space. [excerpt]
"A" Is Not For Ally, Ellen I. Henry
"A" Is Not For Ally, Ellen I. Henry
SURGE
Most people can recall their first crush. They think fondly back to age ten or eleven when they first “went boy-crazy” or couldn’t focus on sixth-grade English because that cute girl was in their class.
This did not happen for me. I do, however, vividly remember it happening for everyone around me. [excerpt]
I Watch Porn, Chelsea E. Broe
I Watch Porn, Chelsea E. Broe
SURGE
I started watching porn when I was 16.
The first thing I noticed was the porn actresses’ vulvas. They were hairless, perfectly symmetrical, with beautiful folds of labia. This being my only venue to see other female bodies, I assumed what I saw was normal (after all, they all looked pretty similar to each other) and that my own body, not looking like those of these women, was flawed. [excerpt]
Paradoxes Of Porn, Jessie M. Pierce
Paradoxes Of Porn, Jessie M. Pierce
SURGE
So I have a confession: I’m kind of obsessed with porn. Which is weird considering that I have never actually seen any. [excerpt]
My (Not So) Angry Vagina, Mary E. Maloney
My (Not So) Angry Vagina, Mary E. Maloney
SURGE
Why is feminism a dirty word? Why are celebrities from Susan Sarandon to Lady Gaga and Katy Perry explicitly rejecting the feminist label? And why is Carrie Underwood saying, “I wouldn’t go so far as to say I am a feminist, that can come off as a negative connotation.”
Since when was there a negativity surrounding feminism? Well, basically since forever. [excerpt]
Fearless: The Vagina Monologues, Center For Public Service
Fearless: The Vagina Monologues, Center For Public Service
SURGE
Performed annually around the world to celebrate womanhood, empower survivors of sexual assault and abuse, and create an open forum for challenging cultural attitudes toward women, the Vagina Monologues will be performed by Gettysburg College students next Thursday and Friday (February 20 & 21). [excerpt]
Fearless: Emily Hauck, Emily G. Hauck
Fearless: Emily Hauck, Emily G. Hauck
SURGE
Beginning with an interest in Spanish language that led her to Argentina and Spain, Emily decided to use the language skills she acquired during her gap year after high school and time spent studying abroad to get herself connected to the Latino community in Adams County. Volunteering with different organizations and programs like the LIU #12 Migrant Education Programs, Casa de la Cultura, and El Centro, Emily started seeing the big picture—making connections between the immigration stories, people she was meeting, and the greater national dialogue on immigration issues. [excerpt]
Maybe I'M The Problem, Chelsea E. Broe
Maybe I'M The Problem, Chelsea E. Broe
SURGE
Being raised in the United States, I internalized racist, sexist, transphobic, heterosexist, classist, ableist, and faithist ways of thinking. And by this, I do not simply mean that I was taught to hate people of color, queer individuals, working class people, or people of different religions. This indoctrination runs much deeper than that. [excerpt]
Fearless: Kaleigh Sosa, Kathryn E. Bucolo
Fearless: Kaleigh Sosa, Kathryn E. Bucolo
SURGE
Fearlessly organizing events on campus addressing issues of sexual assault, serving the campus community by raising awareness of gender, bias, and violence issues, and helping first-years and sophomores as part of Residence Life staff, Kaleigh Sosa ’14 passionately leads her peers toward understanding. [excerpt]
Twice As Likely To..., Adrienne M. Ellis
Twice As Likely To..., Adrienne M. Ellis
SURGE
TRIGGER WARNING!
I am white. I am bisexual. I am female. I have been sexually assaulted. Three times. [excerpt]
Fearless: Sexual Assault Survivors, Kathryn E. Bucolo
Fearless: Sexual Assault Survivors, Kathryn E. Bucolo
SURGE
TRIGGER WARNING!
Raped, abused, molested, assaulted. Every other day on this campus.
Grabbed, touched, hit, down. Not a person. Skirt going down, shirt coming up.
Led behind locked doors, poured another drink.
“Not sure if it counted as assault.”
Every. other. day. [excerpt]