Women's and Gender Studies UW-Green Bay News Posts

Why am I So Angry? Experts Weigh-In

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Aug 10, 2023

Stress and anger are not the same thing, of course, but living in a chronically stressful societal setup with no change in sight—and then being advised to meditate to manage it better—can make a girl big mad. So can fear of, say, the sea boiling over or losing someone you love to gun violence. “There…

Events

You’re invited to the screening and Q/A of “I Had an Abortion” with Jennifer Baumgardner

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Feb 28, 2023

Feminist filmmaker Jennifer Baumgardner will be screening her film, “I Had an Abortion,” followed by a Q/A discussion. This event will be held March 8 from 7:00-9:00 pm in Fort Howard Hall of the Weidner Center. Nearly 1.3 million women get abortions each year in the U.S. alone. For most it is a secret. The…

Media Coverage

Prof. Kimberley Reilly interviewed for WPR about 19th century attitudes on abortion

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Nov 21, 2022

Wisconsin’s 1858 law banning most abortions has been in effect since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June. But how did we get here? Why did that law stay on the books without being enforced for over 160 years? And why did 19th-century lawmakers want to restrict abortion in the first place? Prof.…

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You’re invited! November’s Inclusive Reads & Conversations with UW-Green Bay Libraries

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Nov 15, 2022

November Speaker: Prof. Bryan Carr, ‘Holding Out for a Hero: Comic Book Superheroes & Social Justice’ There is no denying that comic book superheroes are a major part of our cultural moment, and lately stories of caped avengers and supervillains have aspired to greater social relevance, from The Batman’s meditations on systemic inequality to The Falcon and…

Faculty/Staff

Prof. Carr discusses “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” on Wisconsin Public Radio

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Nov 15, 2022

UW-Green Bay professor, Bryan Carr appeared on Wisconsin Public Radio’s “Central Time” Thursday, November 10 to talk about the transmedia history of Marvel’s Black Panther, the importance of black creatives, and the new film “Wakanda Forever”. The interview is available to listen to here. The interview covered the character’s origins, on-screen and off-screen legacy, his connection to…

Faculty/Staff

Prof. Reilly publishes article in Ms. Magazine on abortion in Wisconsin

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Kristin Bouchard

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Nov 8, 2022

Prof. Kimberley Reilly has published an article in Ms. Magazine titled “Abortion Rights and the ‘Quick Child’: The Misuse of History in Wisconsin’s Abortion Ban.” Reilly explains that Wisconsin’s 1849 law (now in effect) actually preserved abortion rights into the second trimester of pregnancy. The article shows that reproductive rights are more deeply entrenched in…

Media Coverage

Women make up half the population but only have a quarter of Wisconsin’s corporate board seats | Wisconsin Public Radio

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Kristin Bouchard

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Oct 25, 2022

Report shows strides made by women in corporate leadership since 2003 While women make up about half the population, they only represent about a quarter of board seats for Wisconsin’s top-50 public corporations, according to a new research report from Milwaukee Women inc. The report, which was released earlier this month, shows that women have…

Faculty/Staff

Prof. Carr publishes “Gendered Defenders: Marvel’s Heroines in Transmedia Spaces”

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Oct 13, 2022

UW-Green Bay Communication and Information Science Professor Bryan J. Carr, along with his co-editor Meta G. Carstarphen of the University of Oklahoma’s Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication, has published a new edited volume of scholarship pertaining to feminism and gender identity across the various arms of the Marvel transmedia empire. Published through the…

Media Coverage

NEW Pride Alive celebrates role of rural LGBTQ life at fairgrounds | Green Bay Press Gazette

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Sep 29, 2022

GREEN BAY – It might surprise some to learn that, in decades past, Green Bay’s residents were trailblazers for LGBTQ advocacy. Residents established the first AIDS care center in Wisconsin in the 1980s and recognized same-sex marriage at one of the community’s churches in 1999, well over a decade before the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on the legality…

Announcements

Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies hosting panel on ‘Abortion and Reproductive Justice after Dobbs’ this Thursday

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Kristin Bouchard

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Sep 27, 2022

The Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at UW-Green Bay is hosting a panel discussion on the recent Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Panelists include faculty from WGSS, English, History, Political Science, and Psychology. The panel will take place on Thursday, Sept. 29 in the Christie Theater at 5:00-6:30 pm. Audience questions will…

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