This post was updated Jan. 21 at 10:30 p.m. “Barbie” took the world by storm last summer, dominating both movie theaters and social media. Now, the movie has reached the UCLA course catalog. Gender ...

“This is not for women only,” Estelle Freedman, professor emeritus of history, said of feminist studies. “This is the study of sexual inequality and distinctions about gender, so we called it feminist ...

In the wake of the recent pro-life protests on the corner of Forbes and Morewood and the end of my first gender studies class, I’ve been thinking a lot about the necessity of feminism: how ...

(The Center Square) – The University of Utah is currently offering a course entitled “Feminist Cannabis Studies” through its Gender Studies program. The “upper division course explores feminist ...

At Spelman College in Atlanta, students feel comfortable discussing issues related to race and gender, in spite of recent hostility and legislative attempts to limit such discussion. Spelman is the ...

Witchcraft has been feared, mocked and romanticized — but rarely has it been fully understood as a story of feminist resistance and enduring cultural power. Feminist studies scholar Jane Ward has set ...

One row down from the professional academic headshots of Estelle Freedman on Google Images, you’ll find a photo that encapsulates the historian’s true passions. In this picture, she beams at the ...

Affirming that feminist studies scholarship will continue to be vigorously pursued at UC Santa Cruz, Feminist Studies professors announced they are transitioning away from departmental status. This ...

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Gina Dent is an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies, editor of , and has been a prison abolition activist for more than 25 years. (Photo credit: Amira ...