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Barkley Roy, Jill, Rachel Gilbert
Barkley Roy, Jill, Rachel Gilbert
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Jill Barkley Roy is a 42-year-old woman from Sault, Ste. Marie, Michigan who moved to Maine in 2004. A self-described “democrat from birth”, Jill grew up in a small conservative town with her sister older sister Christine. She attended the University of Michigan Ann Arbor as a women’s studies major. Jill found herself surrounded by new and exciting opportunities in college, becoming involved in several LGBT organizations that would eventually bring her to the East Coast. At age 23, Jill began working with Family Crisis Services, now known as Through These Doors, a domestic violence resource center. Upon working as …
Hine, Rook, Ty Bolduc
Hine, Rook, Ty Bolduc
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Rook Hine is a 47-year-old transfemme non-binary person from Connecticut. In this interview, Hine describe their life experiences, from challenges in her household, zir benefits and complications within education, and finding their identity as ze grew up. They discuss masking, performing arts as an outlet for gender expression, activism in college and beyond. Ze also mentions developing their non-binary identity, use of the term metagender, polyamory, and internalized transphobia, as well as adventures around the country - attending Sarah Lawrence College in New York, spending time in New Orleans as a tarot card reader, stripper, and phone sex operator after …
Hopkins, Susan, Ysanne Bethel
Hopkins, Susan, Ysanne Bethel
Querying the Past: LGBTQ Maine Oral History Project Collection
Susan Hopkins is a 53-year-old member of the LGBTQIA community, living in Westbrook, Maine. Susan grew up with her family on the small island of Vinalhaven in Penobscot Bay, hearing tales of her anti-racist bisexual aunt. A self-identified feminist in her adolescence, Susan recognized that she was not straight early on, but did not feel safe to come out in her small community. Going to the University of Maine, Orono, Susan experienced her first lesbian relationship and taste of chosen family. Eventually, Susan found herself at the Howard University School of Law, where she interned at Whitman Walter Clinic in …
Colossal, John C. Lyden
Colossal, John C. Lyden
Journal of Religion & Film
This is a film review of Colossal (2017) directed by Nacho Vigalondo.
Alcoholism: A Barrier To Empowerment For Women, Marion Brink
Alcoholism: A Barrier To Empowerment For Women, Marion Brink
New England Journal of Public Policy
Women's increasing economic power has encouraged the promotion of their drinking as fashionable. However, women are more vulnerable to the impact of alcohol, and the stigma attached to alcoholism is greater for them than it is for men. As a consequence, a woman — and those around her — will deny her alcoholism until she has lost much more than her male counterparts. When, or if, she seeks help for this devastating disease, she finds a lack of woman-specific programs and facilities. This article notes the barriers to recovery for women and offers some suggestions for breaking them down. Two …
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 3 – The Sociology Of The Middle Years, Wku Sociology
Ua68/10/1 Sociological Symposium No. 3 – The Sociology Of The Middle Years, Wku Sociology
WKU Archives Records
Table of Contents:
- Bart, Pauline B. Why Women’s Status Changes in Middle Age
- Bourque, Linda Brookover & Kurt W. Back. The Middle Years Seen Through the Life Graph
- Davidson, James D. Religious Involvement & Middle Age
- Deutscher, Irwin. From Parental to Post-Parental Life: Exploring Shifting Expectations
- Geschwender, James A. & Benjamin D. Singer. Riot Participation & the Middle Years
- Herb, Terry R. Middle Age & Aging: Neugarten’s Approach
- Levin, Jack & Gerald Taube. Attitudes Toward Public Housing Among Middle Age Tenants
- Levin, Martin L., William W. Pendleton & Lewis Bowman. Political Partisanship of Middle Age Voters
- Mayer, Thomas F. Middle …