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Too Much And Too Graphic: Dr. Ruth Westheimer And The Struggle For 1980s And 1990s Feminism, Louisa Marshall Jun 2020

Too Much And Too Graphic: Dr. Ruth Westheimer And The Struggle For 1980s And 1990s Feminism, Louisa Marshall

Voces Novae

During the second wave of feminism, spanning from the mid 1960s to the mid 1970s, the United States saw unprecedented levels of change regarding the status of women. However, the conservative administrations of Reagan and H.W. Bush that followed turned the tides against the feminist movement and towards re-establishing traditional gender roles. Trail blazing women, including sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, dedicated their 20th century careers to combating traditional sentiment, thus changing gender roles forever.


Healing Through Creativity And Creation: Drama Therapy As Treatment For Individuals With Eating Disorders, Hayley Werner Dec 2019

Healing Through Creativity And Creation: Drama Therapy As Treatment For Individuals With Eating Disorders, Hayley Werner

Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters

For those living with eating disorders, intervention and effective treatment can mean the difference between life and death. Conventional treatments, such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, forms of talk therapy, and Nutritional Counseling, focus solely on the psychological patterns or nutritional science of eating disorders. Though these treatments are effective for some individuals, there is a gap in treatment options that address both the mind and body as one and appeal to the humanity of patients outside of their disorder(s). Herein lies the power and potential of integrating drama therapy as a widely available treatment. Drama therapy …


Does Money Indeed Buy Happiness? “The Forms Of Capital” In Fitzgerald’S Gatsby And Watts’ No One Is Coming To Save Us, Allie Harrison Vernon May 2019

Does Money Indeed Buy Happiness? “The Forms Of Capital” In Fitzgerald’S Gatsby And Watts’ No One Is Coming To Save Us, Allie Harrison Vernon

English (MA) Theses

Looking primarily at two critically acclaimed texts that concern themselves with American citizenship—F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby and Stephanie Powell Watts’ No One is Coming to Save Us—I analyze the claims made about citizenship identities, rights, and consequential access to said rights. I ask, how do these narratives about citizenship sustain, create, or re-envision American myth? Similarly, how do the narratives interact with the dominant culture at large? Do any of these texts achieve oppositional value, and/or modify the complex hegemonic structure? I use Pierre Bourdieu’s “The Forms of Capital” to investigate the ways in which economic, cultural, …


Feminism In Music & Film, Alexandra Callaway, Keila San Pedro, Jili "Gigi" Chen Oct 2018

Feminism In Music & Film, Alexandra Callaway, Keila San Pedro, Jili "Gigi" Chen

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


No Means No, Payton Miller, Sydney Mcafee, Kait Kenyon Oct 2018

No Means No, Payton Miller, Sydney Mcafee, Kait Kenyon

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Women Proudly Roaring Their Feminist Ideas, Juliana Tarallo, Lia Weed, Jessica Gibbons Oct 2018

Women Proudly Roaring Their Feminist Ideas, Juliana Tarallo, Lia Weed, Jessica Gibbons

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Women & Healthcare, Phybie Le, Paige Goedderz, Jerry Hu, Vafa Fanaii Oct 2018

Women & Healthcare, Phybie Le, Paige Goedderz, Jerry Hu, Vafa Fanaii

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Intersectionality, Mya Gamble, Lola Williams, Autumn Sumruld Oct 2018

Intersectionality, Mya Gamble, Lola Williams, Autumn Sumruld

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Social Media Burn Book, Rachael Lindblom, Hebe Moore, Janine Ortiz Oct 2018

Social Media Burn Book, Rachael Lindblom, Hebe Moore, Janine Ortiz

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


G Spot, Audrey Kenefick, Sule Murray, Ivanna Rea, Sydney Weinger Oct 2018

G Spot, Audrey Kenefick, Sule Murray, Ivanna Rea, Sydney Weinger

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


The Beauty Myth, Summer Runion, Annika Briski, Jacqueline Botz Oct 2018

The Beauty Myth, Summer Runion, Annika Briski, Jacqueline Botz

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


The Beauty Myth, Sierra Dean, Amanda Doolittle, Taylor Orozco Oct 2018

The Beauty Myth, Sierra Dean, Amanda Doolittle, Taylor Orozco

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Rape Schedule, Justin Moh, Kaedi Dalley, Annie Iskander Oct 2018

Rape Schedule, Justin Moh, Kaedi Dalley, Annie Iskander

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


More Than A Woman, Dalal Alfaris, Madison Park, Caitlin Dinh, Jasmine Mares Oct 2018

More Than A Woman, Dalal Alfaris, Madison Park, Caitlin Dinh, Jasmine Mares

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Reproductive Justice, Lucy Ebers, Mia Fowler, Amy Magsam, Olivia Schroeder Oct 2018

Reproductive Justice, Lucy Ebers, Mia Fowler, Amy Magsam, Olivia Schroeder

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Gender Violence, Jillian Morris, Gabriella Anderson, Bella Bacoka, Micaela Bastianelli Oct 2018

Gender Violence, Jillian Morris, Gabriella Anderson, Bella Bacoka, Micaela Bastianelli

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Why We Don't "Just Smile", Tory Allen, Taylor Mavroudis, Amber Skytte Oct 2018

Why We Don't "Just Smile", Tory Allen, Taylor Mavroudis, Amber Skytte

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Sexualization In The Media, Claire Widtfeldt, Talia Mohajer, Noah Maser Oct 2018

Sexualization In The Media, Claire Widtfeldt, Talia Mohajer, Noah Maser

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Untamed, Corinne Tam, Kyla Stone, Norma Mendoza Oct 2018

Untamed, Corinne Tam, Kyla Stone, Norma Mendoza

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Relationships The Feminist Way, Grace Henderson, Elizabeth Rebello, Maddie Fabricant Oct 2018

Relationships The Feminist Way, Grace Henderson, Elizabeth Rebello, Maddie Fabricant

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


The Feminist Burn Book On Rape Culture, Charlie Jackson, Sara Duboise, Elena Bethea, Rachel Sison Oct 2018

The Feminist Burn Book On Rape Culture, Charlie Jackson, Sara Duboise, Elena Bethea, Rachel Sison

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


The Birds, The Bees, And The Butterflies: The Truth About Feminist Sex, Jordan Prieto-Valdes, Madisyn Montgomery, Emma Kiefer, Jasmin Thongchanh Oct 2018

The Birds, The Bees, And The Butterflies: The Truth About Feminist Sex, Jordan Prieto-Valdes, Madisyn Montgomery, Emma Kiefer, Jasmin Thongchanh

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Beauty Beauty Beauty, Kelsey Parrotte, Katheryn Shamshoum, Suzi Smith, Sofia Good Apr 2018

Beauty Beauty Beauty, Kelsey Parrotte, Katheryn Shamshoum, Suzi Smith, Sofia Good

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Women's Health In Third World Countries, Hannah Haas, Ian James, Ryan Winnie Apr 2018

Women's Health In Third World Countries, Hannah Haas, Ian James, Ryan Winnie

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


(Re)Learning To Love Ourselves, Patty Martinez, Claire Tafoya, Madison Mercer Apr 2018

(Re)Learning To Love Ourselves, Patty Martinez, Claire Tafoya, Madison Mercer

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Visual Representation Of Women In Media, Olivia Medina, Morgan Bailey, Phoebe Bonfield, Blake Fonberg Apr 2018

Visual Representation Of Women In Media, Olivia Medina, Morgan Bailey, Phoebe Bonfield, Blake Fonberg

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Under Western Eyes, Addy Davies, Jacky Dang, Arielle Sunshine Apr 2018

Under Western Eyes, Addy Davies, Jacky Dang, Arielle Sunshine

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


It's Pronounced Zine, Cayla Sacre, Elizabeth A, Hannah F Apr 2018

It's Pronounced Zine, Cayla Sacre, Elizabeth A, Hannah F

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Express Yourself, Brooke Archer, Tristyn Acasio, Gwyn Fraley Apr 2018

Express Yourself, Brooke Archer, Tristyn Acasio, Gwyn Fraley

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.


Radical Feminism & Intersectionality, Yasmeen, Irene, Lexi, Jackie Domi Apr 2018

Radical Feminism & Intersectionality, Yasmeen, Irene, Lexi, Jackie Domi

Women’s Studies, Feminist Zine Archive

No abstract provided.