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This Female Fights Back: Carol Danvers, Kamala Khan, And Ambivalence Towards Feminism In Ms. Marvel Comics, Noelle Donnelly

Gender & Queer Studies Research Papers

This thesis examines the ambivalent stance taken by 1970s Ms. Marvel comics towards feminism, as well as the active push back against ambivalence taken by the 2014 run with the same title.

Mormon Feminism: Not An Oxymormon, Alexa Himonas

Summer Research

Far from being an oxymoron, Mormon feminism is rich, complex, and very much a reality. To highlight this diversity, I conducted a large scale survey (over 1,000 respondents) about the beliefs of Mormon feminism and the connections Mormon feminists found between feminism and their faith. I also studied Mormon feminist literature, blogs and podcasts. This paper argues that Mormon feminist beliefs and actions often simultaneously oppose and uphold different teachings of the Mormon Church (known by its proper name as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or LDS Church). In particular, beliefs about female ordination, gender roles, and …

Penitence And Prowess, Maggie Langford

Summer Research

This summer research project gave me the time, space and means to explore both the technical approaches to painting and the inter-weavings of being an empowered woman. During this project, I had the opportunity to travel to Italy and peruse extensive collections and museums brimming with primary source material.

Exposure to some of the most renown paintings in European history informed a restructuring of my process and technical approach to painting; they encouraged a freer, more direct application of paint. By enlivening my mark-making, I found that the figures I was creating began to breathe, rising from a two dimensional …