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Feb. 28 teach-in to address post-election politics impacting minority groups

On Feb. 28, the Center for the Study of Women in Society (CSWS) presents “Gender as Target: US 2024 Elections and Aftermath,” a teach-in featuring University of Oregon faculty and GTFF representatives discussing how gender and race discourses informed the recent election cycle and ways we can collectively respond to the barrage of policies impacting immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities today. 

In Malayalam soft-porn cinema of the 1990s, female leads were cast as madakarani (sex-siren), a label that symbolized both their narrative role and professional distinction as second-tier contract laborers.

Oct. 25 talk looks at soft-porn in South Asian cinema

Darshana Sreedhar Mini, assistant professor of communication arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be giving a talk Friday, Oct. 25, on "Madakarani as Screen Pleasure: Scandal and Soft-porn Imaginary." The free lecture will be held 3–5 p.m. in 145 Straub Hall, 1451 Onyx St, at the University of Oregon, Eugene. 

Moira Fradinger is author of Antigonas: Writing from Latin America.

Oct. 18 talk to explore a decolonial reading of Antigonas

Yale Professor Moira Fradinger will be presenting "A Decolonial Reading: The Case of Latin American Antígonas" on Friday, October 18, 2024. The event will be held 3–5 p.m. in 182 Lillis Hall, 955 E 13th Ave, University of Oregon.

Hypatia journal cover.

Hypatia to host UO conference Sept. 6-9

Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy is hosting its 40th anniversary conference at the University of Oregon, Sept. 6-9, 2023. Registration for the conference is free for UO community members. 

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