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Aids Normalization, Alexandra Juhasz, Theodore Kerr

Publications and Research

Review of On Our Backs: The Revolutionary Art of Queer Sex Work, curated by Alexis Heller for New York’s Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art, which was on view from September 2019 to January 2020, and other contemporary AIDS culture.

What Would A Covid 19 Doula Do Zine, Alexandra Juhasz, Theodore Kerr, Pato Hebert, Jih-Fei Cheng

Publications and Research

This zine is a snapshot of a time from the WHAT WOULD AN HIV DOULA DO? (WWHIVDD) community, responding in words, actions and images to the unfolding, unprecedented, global crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first half of the zine is rooted in the exhibition, Metanoia: Transformation through AIDS Archives and Activism curated by WWHIVDD for the ONE Archives Foundation (ONE) . The second half are responses from our Metanoia and WWHIVDD communities responding to the prompt: What Does a COVID-19 Doula Do? Many of the entries were submitted the second week of March as people in the US were …

Aids And The Distribution Of Crises: Foreword, Preface, And Introduction, Alexandra Juhasz, Nishant Shahani, Jih-Fei Cheng

Publications and Research

AIDS and the Distribution of Crises engages with the AIDS pandemic as a network of varied historical, overlapping, and ongoing crises born of global capitalism and colonial, racialized, gendered, and sexual violence. Drawing on their investments in activism, media, anticolonialism, feminism, and queer and trans of color critiques, the scholars, activists, and artists in this volume outline how the neoliberal logic of “crisis” structures how AIDS is aesthetically, institutionally, and politically reproduced and experienced.

Disrupting An(Other): Sexuality As Political Resistance, Emma C. Downey

Master’s Theses

If sexual knowledge can threaten social and political institutions and their control, how do the contents and subjects of literature and publications in the interwar period make that legible? Moreover, if female sexuality–represented or real–was seen as something disruptive to the normal functioning of society, did sexuality offer a useful entry point for social, political, or ideological critiques of the interwar period? My project responds to these questions by analyzing the lives and writings of two female authors of the interwar period: Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) and Katharine Burdekin (1896-1963). In my analysis, I focus on two major points of connection. …

Zoë Charlton: The Domestic, Shannon Egan

Schmucker Art Catalogs

Zoë Charlton’s grandmother, Everlena Bates, was a domestic worker in Northern Florida. Charlton pays homage not only to her grandmother in her recent body of work, but also to the long history of African-American women’s labor in white families’ homes throughout the South. Although her grandmother did not speak often or directly about the conditions of her employment, Charlton nonetheless is keenly aware of the injustices, possible abuses, and intimate labor endured by black maids, housekeepers, and nannies who worked endlessly long hours and with little pay through the twentieth century. The collages and large-scale installation in Charlton’s exhibition The …

A Black Feminist Content Analysis Of Gender And Sexuality In Living Single, Amarri J. Smallwood, Ayana Weekley

Student Summer Scholars Manuscripts

Between the 1980’s and 1990’s there were many female-centered sitcom television shows like The Golden Girls, Designing Women, and Sex in the City that explored women’s sexuality from an autonomous perspective. However, Black women’s sexuality and the way that gender roles are challenged in sitcoms has yet to be examined as both oppositional and equally significant. This research focuses on the importance of resistant sexual and gender representations in the 1990’s sitcom Living Single. This content analysis is drawn from four episodes in seasons one, two, and three. The study uses a Black Feminist theoretical framework to analyze …

Bricolage Propriety: The Queer Practice Of Black Uplift, 1890–1905, Timothy M. Griffiths

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Bricolage Propriety: The Queer Practice of Black Uplift, 1890-1905 situates the queer-of-color cultural imaginary in a relatively small nodal point: the United States at the end of the nineteenth century. Through literary analysis and archival research on leading and marginal figures of Post-Reconstruction African American culture, this dissertation considers the progenitorial relationship of late-nineteenth century black uplift novels to modern-day queer theory. Bricolage Propriety builds on work about the sexual politics of early African American literature begun by women-of-color feminists of the late 1980s and early 1990s, including Hazel V. Carby, Ann duCille, and Claudia Tate. A new wave of …

T. E. Lawrence's Seven Pillars Of Wisdom And The Erotics Of Literary History: Straddling Epic., Václav Paris

Publications and Research

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Desire And Fantasy Between Commercialism And Personal Room, Yukimi Otagiri

Theses and Dissertations

I apply two aspects of my life history to my art; my childhood experiences and my advanced studies in sociology. My work therefore combines a highly personal reading of my experiences of social interactions and my ongoing analysis of the nature of capitalism and socialism, commodification and media, especially in regard to the experiences of women in particular and consumers in general.

Lg Ms 041 Jean Vermette Papers, Anthony Marvullo

Search the Manuscript Collection (Finding Aids)

Provenance: The Jean Vermette Papers were donated by Jean Vermette in 2009. Ownership & Literary Rights: The Jean Vermette Papers are the physical property of the University of Southern Maine Libraries. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the creator or her legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Head of Special Collections. Cite as: Jean Vermette Papers, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer+ Collection, Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine, University of Southern Maine Libraries. Restriction on Access: Some materials are restricted until the year 2061 to protect privacy rights.

For further information, consult the Head of …

Destabilizing Tradition: Gender, Sexuality, And Postnational Identity In Four Novels By Irish Women, 1960-2000, Sarah Nestor

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation examines four novels that represent Irish women and girls confronting the typical narrative of Irish national identity in the twentieth century. The post-independence construction of Irish national identity depended upon prescriptive roles that aligned with its founders’ beliefs about the nation’s ethnic homogeneity and moral superiority. Irish women’s identity and roles as wives and mothers were imperative to upholding this idea of the nation, particularly its morality. Irish women were therefore charged with maintaining well-defined gender roles and the nuclear family in an effort to define a distinctive Irish identity. Thus, when women’s roles are challenged or changed …

The Tournament Careers Of Top-Ranked Men And Women Tennis Professionals: Are The Gentlemen More Committed Than The Ladies?, Douglas Coate, Donijo Robbins

Bureau of Labor Education

We ask whether top-ranked male tennis professionals are more dedicated or committed to their careers than the top-ranked female professionals. We find no evidence that this is the case in the 1979-1994period. Despite substantially lower real earnings, the women pros competed for as many years as did the men and just as intensely in terms of annual number of tournaments played.

Sex Role Identity And Relationship Factors As Correlates Of Abusive Behavior In Lesbian Relationships, Grace A. Telesco

CAHSS Faculty Theses and Dissertations

The recognition of partner abuse between lesbian intimates has gained attention in the literature only within the last few decades. The current research indicates that physical and psychological abuse is occurring between lesbian partners at about the same rate as their heterosexual counterparts. The theoretical explanations for lesbian partner abuse share similarities with the heterosexual paradigm. However, significant differences in gender make-up and the patriarchal issues of power and control do not fit within the lesbian framework and the unique issues of attachment in lesbian relationships and the issue of homophobia are cause for another perspective.

This study shifts the …

Coming Out Week, October 1999, Wilde-Stein Alliance For Sexual Diversity

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Display advertisement from the Maine Campus newspaper providing a schedule of events for the celebration of Coming Out Week, October 4 through 7, 1999.

Wic Recognizes Role Models, Elizabeth Beaulieu

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Every year, the Women in the Curriculum and the Women's Studies Program honor three women with the Maryann Hartman Award for contributions and accomplishments. It is the groups' intent that the recognized women serve as a source of inspiration for all women.

Women Gain Confidence Through Self-Defense Courses, Krista Marrs

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

With the ongoing concern for student safety on campus, two public safety officers are offering a women's self-defense class and both say participants are making great progress.

Umaine Commits To Classroom Equity, Andrea Page

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Several students addressed the Vision 2000 mission plan for changing gender equity at the University of Maine Thursday.

Title Ix Laziness, Maine Campus

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The University of Maine's women's basketball team had an unbelievable season. It is undefeated in NAC Conference and is seated first going into the upcoming spring break playoffs. The attention that these women have received because of their achievements has not only moved UMaine into the national spotlight, it has [turned] the floodlights on Title IX.

Increased On-Campus Child Care Sought By Um Families, Svetlana Popova

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

On-campus child care at UMaine can be hard to get, forcing some students and staff with young children to make difficult choices bwteen working and child-raising, parents said.

Courage In The Face Of Homophobia, John Begin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Article discussing the challenges faces by members of the gay community living and studying on the University of Maine campus while facing discrimination and hostility from the campus community.

Lick Responds To Task Force Report, Lisa Cline

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

University of Maine President Dale Lick said changing people's attitudes in the first step toward solving the problem of unequal treatment of women on campus. Lick, responding to the Report of the Task Force on the Status of Women, said one of the report's main objectives was to make people aware of the problem.

Panel: Women's Roles Changing In World, Christina Koliander

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

An international panel of four women discussed the changes women have made and still face in their own countries at a lecture Tuesday afternoon. Sponsored by Women in the Curriculum, the lecture focused on "Global Perspectives on Women and Social Change."

Daily Maine Campus Survey Results: Student Not Offended By Sexist Language, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The majority of female students who responded to the recent Daily Maine Campus survey said they are not offended when sexist language is used in the classroom and they have not been the victims of sexual discrimination in class. Students from the departments of geology, forest biology, journalism, computer science, business, and philosophy participated in the survey.

Sexual Harassment Is Not A Laughing Matter, Student Names Withheld By Request

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Two letters to the Editor of The Daily Maine Campus from two female undergraduate students requesting to remain anonymous. The students report on a off-campus party where they allegedly experienced multiple incidents of sexual harassment and sexual assault.

Air Force Rotc Led By Woman, Lisa Cline

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Some people say the military is a man's world, but Corps Commander Bridget Gleason of the Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps has never found it difficult to pass muster.

Watkins First Woman Dean At University In Nine Years, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Julia M. Watkins, the acting dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, has a history at the University of Maine that dates back to 1971… Watkins is the first woman in nine years to serve as a dean at the university, said Devon R. Storman, assistant to the vice president for Academic Affairs, John Hitt.

Appointments Reflect Status Results, Rhonda Morin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The appointment of the first female acting dean at the University of Maine in nine years may be an indication that an investigation of the status of women on campus prompted the administration to act immediately. In addition to Julia M. Watkins as an actin dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, two more women were selected in July and August to serve as assistant vice presidents in separate departments.

Task Force Finds Women In Lesser Roles At Umaine, Cynthia Beckwith

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Many women at the university find themselves in inferior roles in both the workplace and the classroom, according to a report that has received much attention since its release last month. The Task Force on the Status of Women studied the roles of females at the university for more than six months. The group concluded that the university parallels society when it comes to the treatment of women, said Marisue Pickering, executive assistant to UMaine President Dale Lick.

Sexist Language Distracts, Demeans, Marcia Gauvin

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

The use of sexist language, both in the classroom and the textbook, often will distract female students and inhibit the learning process. That was a common sentiment expressed by students at the President's Task Force on the Status of Women Wednesday.

People Still Ignoring Aids, Tammy Hartford

Social Justice: Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is fast becoming the leading health threat in many countries of the world, but there are still many people who try to ignore it. Maybe they foolishly think they're immune from this killer, or maybe they just don't care.