Fall 2012
Welcome Back Dinner
Wednesday, September 12, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Parker Reed Room, SSW
bell hooks
Tuesday, October 8, 7:00 p.m.
Page Commons, Cotter Union
“Too Fast to be Women: Examining Eligibility for Elite Female Athletes”
Katrina Karkazis
Tuesday, October 9, 7:00 p.m.
Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond
The Invisible War
Screening of the documentary followed by a Q&A with director Kirby Dick
Wednesday, October 17, 7:30 p.m.
Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond
Favianna Rodriguez
Thursday, October 18, 7:00 p.m.
Ostrove Auditorium, Diamond
In Their Footsteps: A Panel Discussion on Women at Colby
Thursday, October 25, 7:00 p.m.
Colby College Museum of Art
“LGBT History Month”
Miller Library Display
The display includes: Andrea, same-gender marriage, bell hooks, and general related information including some queer Colby swag
Up until November
Lobby of Miller Library
Rachel Swarns
Author of American Tapestry: The Story of Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama
Monday, November 26
Panel from 4:00-5:30pm
Lecture at 8:00pm
Ostrove Auditorium
Dr. Marci Bowers
http://www.marcibowers.com/about.html
Discussion on the politics of gender and reassignment surgery
Friday, November 3oth, 5:30-6:30pm
Pugh Center
“Sweet! Sweet!/Come, Come and Eat/Dear Little Girls/With Yellow Curls:
Race and the Queer History of Eating in the Nineteenth Century”
Kyla Wazana Tompkins
http://racialindigestion.tumblr.com/
Lecture on her book Racial Indigestion: Eating Bodies in the 19th C
Tuesday, February 12th, 4:00pm
Lovejoy 213
Shelby Knox: Workshop & Lecture
WORKSHOP: Gender Justice and Activism at Colby
What resources do students feel are important for female, genderqueer, and queer students? What resources do students feel they have and what do they wish for?Identifying solutions and actions.
Sunday, April 7th, 1:00pm
Education Seminar Room, Diamond 123
LECTURE : Rihanna, Steubenville, and Jovan Belcher: Facing Our Culture of Violence
Contextualizing gender justice by examining how our culture enacts and responds to domestic and sexual violence and how it manifests in colleges.
Sunday, April 7th, 7:00pm
Ostrove Auditorium
Screening of 2008 Documentary: Divided We Fall
Valarie Kaur
Monday, April 15th, 7pm and Tuesday, April 16th, 4pm
Lovejoy 100
Lecture by award-winning filmmaker, advocate, and director of Groundswell at Auburn Seminary
Valarie Kaur
Tuesday April 16th, 7pm
Diamond 145
“Affecting Solidarity: Progressive Politics and Political Community in South Asian America”
Bakirathi Mani
Thursday, April 18th, 4:00pm
Pulver Pavillion
Reception at 5:00pm in the Fireside Lounge
