The Department of Women & Gender Studies at Texas Christian University invites applications for a Lecturer position (nine-month position, non-tenure-track) for the academic year 2021-2022. The successful candidate will teach four courses per semester in the core WGST curriculum and must incorporate interdisciplinary and multicultural perspectives. The ideal candidate will be able to teach threshold… Read more »
SIS News
What is Critical Drag?
By Fred Trevino In this semester’s WGST class, the Queer Art of Drag, Dr. Nino Testa has assigned multiple readings that show students how drag critically engages with and resists restrictive societal norms. From readings such as Alana Kumbier’s “One Body, Some Genders: Drag Performances and Technologies” and Jack Halberstam’s “Mackdaddy, Superfly, Rapper: Gender, Race,… Read more »
WGST Statement Regarding Recent Acts of Violence Against Asian American Women
WGST stands with the Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Island community to condemn white supremacy and patriarchal violence. This kind of violence is not new, but last week was a painful reminder of how the racial and gendered position of Asian women in the United States make them particularly vulnerable to these acts. In the… Read more »
Reading is Fundamental: New WGST Course Prepares Students to Perform in the Spectrum Drag Show
By Fred Trevino When you hear the word drag, what do you think of? Do you think of RuPaul’s Drag Race like most people? Or do you think of your local drag show at places like Urban Cowboy in Fort Worth and S4 in Dallas? At TCU, we might think first of our own drag… Read more »
Trans in Trumpland: Texas
Wednesday, March 24 5:00 PM Zoom Link: https://tcu.zoom.us/j/98896095699 Please join the Department of Women and Gender Studies as we host a virtual screening of Trans in Trumpland: Texas followed by a Q&A with director Tony Zosherafatain. Trans in Trumpland investigates the impact of anti-trans policies on the lives of four transgender Americans. Told through a… Read more »
3rd Annual Black Women’s History Forum Featuring Dr. Gloria House
CRES and WGST are proud to welcome Dr. Gloria House (aka Aneb Kgositsile) for her talk, “Voting Rights and Black Power: A Personal Journey From SNCC to Detroit.” Dr. House is a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement who organized for voting rights in Lowndes County and other parts of Alabama as a member of… Read more »
Wise Woman Pedagogy Workshop: Intersectionality, Diversity Work, and Feminist Pedagogy
Monday, April 5, 2021 5:00 PM on ZOOM Zoom Link TBA In a conversation grounded in texts from thinkers such as Sara Ahmed, Roderick Ferguson, and Angela Davis, we will interrogate critical terms consequential to the work of justice and equity in the classroom. We will examine how although multiply oppressed people are often situated… Read more »
WGST Spring 2021 Film Series: P.O.C. – P.O.V.
Final Film: The Infiltrators Wednesday, April 28, 2021 6:00 PM on ZOOM https://tcu.zoom.us/j/99007719958 We will WATCH the film together and then discuss it! In the last years, mainstream Hollywood has tried to diversify the film industry, often with mixed results. In our Spring 2021 Film Series, we put Black, Indigenous, and People of Color center stage… Read more »
WGST Spring 2021 Film Series: P.O.C. – P.O.V.
Fourth Film: Amreeka Wednesday, April 7, 2021 6:00 PM on ZOOM https://tcu.zoom.us/j/99007719958 We will WATCH the film together and then discuss it! In the last years, mainstream Hollywood has tried to diversify the film industry, often with mixed results. In our Spring 2021 Film Series, we put Black, Indigenous, and People of Color center stage and… Read more »
WGST Spring 2021 Film Series: P.O.C. – P.O.V.
Third Film: Candyman Wednesday, March 17, 2021 6:00 PM on ZOOM https://tcu.zoom.us/j/99007719958 We will WATCH the film together and then discuss it! In the last years, mainstream Hollywood has tried to diversify the film industry, often with mixed results. In our Spring 2021 Film Series, we put Black, Indigenous, and People of Color center stage and… Read more »