women’s studies – The Buchtelite

#MeToo: Hearing From a Silence Breaker

By Megan Parker, News Contributor

April 12, 2018

Tarana Burke, the founder of the #MeToo movement, will be speaking in the Student Union Ballroom at 7 p.m. on April 17, as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and the Women’s Studies program speaker series. The event is free to attend and open to the public. There will be a 20-minute question a...

Tags: #MeToo, Sexual assault awareness month, women's studies

Masculinity, fatherhood in superhero films

By Tyler Coventry, Copy Editor

March 18, 2015

Filed under Movies

On Wednesday, March 18, Doctor Kara Kvaran presented “Super Daddy Issues, Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Superhero Films” on the 4th floor of Leigh Hall. The roughly 40 minute lecture was part of a series of lectures aimed at addressing and redefining gender stereotypes. The conference room in which...

Tags: daddy issues, dc, Kvaran, marvel, Superheroes, women's studies