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Lesbian Battering Working Group Memo, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Lesian Battering Working Group
Lesbian Battering Working Group Memo, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Lesian Battering Working Group
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Copy of a memo sent to the Maine Coalition for Family Crisis Services (MCFCS), a Coalition of Battered Women's Projects, from the Lesbian Battering Working Group associated with Spruce Run discussing the need to increase awareness of domestic violence in same-sex relationships, particularly in Lesbian relationships. The Lesbian Battering Working Group seeks to establish an official affiliation with MCFCS and seed money.
Strip Offends Reader, Michael T. Johnson
Strip Offends Reader, Michael T. Johnson
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
I am writing in regard to recent episodes of the locally written comic strip, "Screwballs," that the Campus prints. The episodes that I am concerned with are the ones depicting the Wilde Stein Club members as evil, neo-Nazi monsters.
Screwballs "Wilde-Stench", Tom Higgins
Screwballs "Wilde-Stench", Tom Higgins
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Four-panel comic strip penned by Maine Campus staff member Tom Higgins. Long-description follows: Panel 1. The scene is on a sidewalk in an outdoor setting. Pillowy clouds dot the sky. An academic-looking building is in the background. Walking past "Tank," a muscular, straight, white, cis-gender male with flat-top haircut is on a sidewalk is a line of knee-high, non-gender specific individuals dressed in leotards and tutus, carrying star-topped wands on their shoulders and wearing spiked helmets or Pickelhaube, worn by members of the German military during the second reich. One of the knee-high individuals is turned toward the character "Tank," …
Screwballs Comic "Rude Awakening", Tom Higgins
Screwballs Comic "Rude Awakening", Tom Higgins
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
A four-panel black and white comic strip drawn and authored by Tom Higgins depicting a homophobic athlete. Long Description.
Panel one depicts two figures in bed in a darkened room. In the background there is a shelf lined with trophies that speak to the macho, athletic background of the room's primary male occupant. The athletic male figure is depicted seated in bed, bare chested with a blonde crewcut. He is looking at a sleeping bearded figure next to him in confusion. The athlete's confusion is emphasized by a short series of question marks and an exclamation mark hanging over his …
Naming The Violence : Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering Survey, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Joyce Grover
Naming The Violence : Speaking Out About Lesbian Battering Survey, Women's, Gender, And Sexuality Studies, Joyce Grover
Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Letter from Joyce Grover, Chair of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence Lesbian Task Force, requesting members of Spruce Run to respond to a survey about services provided to lesbians experience domestic violence. The document includes a summary of responses from Spruce Run.