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Women And Gender Studies And The Potentiality Of Feminist Leadership, Clara Perka Apr 2022

Women And Gender Studies And The Potentiality Of Feminist Leadership, Clara Perka

Thinking Matters Symposium

Graduates of Women and Gender Studies (WGS) programs gain skills that aid in the development of a feminist leadership, a leadership practice that is committed to challenging oppressive structures and institutions and empowering others to reach their full potential. Through semi-structured interviews, this qualitative study explored the experiences of five graduates of WGS undergraduate programs in the Northeast region of the United States whose post-graduation work across a variety of professional fields has offered them opportunities to practice feminist leadership. While research on both WGS and Leadership is abundant, this research addresses the gap in the literature on feminist leadership …


Maine Bisexual People's Network (Mbpn), Kat Hartford Apr 2021

Maine Bisexual People's Network (Mbpn), Kat Hartford

POP 101: Queering the Archives

This presentation attempts to construct a history of the Maine Bisexual People’s Network (MBPN), drawing from primary sources from USM’s Special Collections, specifically from the LGBTQ+ Collection in the Jean Byers Sampson Center. Information includes when, why, and how the MBPN was founded, who founded the organization, important events in the MBPN’s history, and the experience of bisexuality for Mainers. Also included are images of the primary sources, such as clips from Our Paper: Serving the Alternative Community, a publication that served queer Mainers. While the MBPN was just one of several examples from Maine’s history of LGBTQ+ organizations, the …


Towards A Framework For Reproductive Violence”, Caitlyn Kelty-Huber Dec 2015

Towards A Framework For Reproductive Violence”, Caitlyn Kelty-Huber

All Student Scholarship

Since the inception of ecofeminist discourse in the 1970’s, ecofeminists and feminists alike have been divided on their stances toward the ethics of consuming the bodies and by-products of other animals. A powerful cohort of ecofeminists, in part comprised by such scholars as Marti Kheel, Lori Gruen, Greta Gaard, and Carol J. Adams, have done a tremendous amount of work to situate a concern for more-than-human animals within ecofeminism and beyond. Unfortunately, as Cusack highlights, feminism’s failure to both recognize the parallel oppression of “dairy” cows and female farmed animals, and to thoughtfully incorporate that knowledge into feminist praxis has …


Equality News (Summer 2008), Matthew R. Dubois Jul 2008

Equality News (Summer 2008), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Spring 2008), Matthew R. Dubois Apr 2008

Equality News (Spring 2008), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Winter 2008), Matthew R. Dubois Jan 2008

Equality News (Winter 2008), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Autumn 2007), Matthew R. Dubois Oct 2007

Equality News (Autumn 2007), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Spring 2007), Matthew R. Dubois Apr 2007

Equality News (Spring 2007), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Winter 2007), Matthew R. Dubois Jan 2007

Equality News (Winter 2007), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Autumn 2006), Matthew R. Dubois Oct 2006

Equality News (Autumn 2006), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Summer 2006), Matthew R. Dubois Jul 2006

Equality News (Summer 2006), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Fall 2005), Rodney Mondor Oct 2005

Equality News (Fall 2005), Rodney Mondor

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Summer 2005), Rodney Mondor Jul 2005

Equality News (Summer 2005), Rodney Mondor

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Spring 2005), Rodney Mondor Apr 2005

Equality News (Spring 2005), Rodney Mondor

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Winter 2005-2006), Matthew R. Dubois Jan 2005

Equality News (Winter 2005-2006), Matthew R. Dubois

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Fall 2004), Maggie Allen Oct 2004

Equality News (Fall 2004), Maggie Allen

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Equality News (Summer 2004), Maggie Allen Jul 2004

Equality News (Summer 2004), Maggie Allen

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Mlgpa News (Spring 2004), Maggie Allen Apr 2004

Mlgpa News (Spring 2004), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Equality News (Winter 2004-2005), Rodney Mondor Jan 2004

Equality News (Winter 2004-2005), Rodney Mondor

Equality news / EqualityMaine (2004-2008)

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Mlgpa News (Fall 2003), Maggie Allen Oct 2003

Mlgpa News (Fall 2003), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (Spring 2003), Maggie Allen Apr 2003

Mlgpa News (Spring 2003), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (Winter 2003), Maggie Allen Jan 2003

Mlgpa News (Winter 2003), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (Fall 2002), Maggie Allen Oct 2002

Mlgpa News (Fall 2002), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (Spring 2002), Mark Sullivan Apr 2002

Mlgpa News (Spring 2002), Mark Sullivan

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (February 2002), Mark Sullivan Feb 2002

Mlgpa News (February 2002), Mark Sullivan

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (Winter 2002), Maggie Allen Jan 2002

Mlgpa News (Winter 2002), Maggie Allen

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan Dec 2001

Mlgpa News (December 2001), Mark Sullivan

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity Sep 2001

Mlgpa News (September 2001), David Garrity

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (June 2001), David Garrity Jun 2001

Mlgpa News (June 2001), David Garrity

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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Mlgpa News (October 2000), David Garrity Oct 2000

Mlgpa News (October 2000), David Garrity

MLGPA news (1996-2004)

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