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WAGS Student Brown Bag: Caroline King Sheds Light on Forgotten Feminist Heroes

by Kyla Guilfoil, Asst. News Editor Manhattan College junior Caroline King presented her research regarding Black women and their role in early Marxist feminism during last week’s Women and Gender Studies (WAGS) Student Brown Bag event. King, a double major in history and international studies with a WAGS minor, titled her presentation “Where Credit is Due: How Black Women Changed the Course of Marxist Feminism.”  … Continue reading WAGS Student Brown Bag: Caroline King Sheds Light on Forgotten Feminist Heroes

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WAGS Annual Lecture on Intersectionality

by Sophia Sakellariou, Production Editor The Women and Gender Studies Annual Lecture focused on intersectionality and its importance in resolving modern day political issues that continue to divide the nation. Premilla Nadasen, Ph.D, a professor of history at Barnard College and President of National Women’s Studies Association, according to her LinkedIn, argued the ways in which an intersectional approach to politics can lead to greater unity for … Continue reading WAGS Annual Lecture on Intersectionality

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WAGS: (Re) Constructing Masculinity Panel

Instead of hosting a Brown Bag lecture, Women and Gender Studies hosted a panel featuring three male professors in different departments titled (Re)constructing Masculinity in Womanist Solidarity. The idea for a men’s panel during women’s week came from a brainstorm between Dr. Ashley Cross and Dr. Jordan Pascoe. Dr. Ashley Cross selected English professor Dr. David Witzling, religious studies professor Dr. Jawanza Clark and sociology … Continue reading WAGS: (Re) Constructing Masculinity Panel

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Minors Only (Part 1 of 2)

This week The Quadrangle is featuring programs that are offered exclusively as minors at Manhattan College. Women and Gender Studies By: Kieran Rock, Asst. Features Editor Manhattan College was once a school only for men. In 1973, MC accepted its first female undergrads and women now comprise almost half of the full-time student body, according to the college’s website. Our campus has felt the change since 1973, … Continue reading Minors Only (Part 1 of 2)

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The Ugliness of Beauty Pageants

“Miss America represents the highest ideals. She is a real combination of beauty, grace, and intelligence, artistic and refined. She is a type which the American Girl might well emulate.” Let’s take a minute to really look at this statement made by Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce President Frederick Hickman 75 years ago about who Miss America is and what she represents. According to the … Continue reading The Ugliness of Beauty Pageants

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Brown Bag Lunch Series: Dr. Ashley Cross Discusses Literary Dialogue and Queer Panic in Robinson’s Works

SENIOR WRITERS: PAMELA SEGURA AND CAROLYN QUEST Dr. Ashley Cross, chair of the English department, spoke at the most recent brown bag event, a series hosted by Manhattan’s Women and Gender Studies (WAGS) program. Students and faculty members gathered in Cornerstone on March 26 to hear Dr. Cross read bits from her forthcoming book, “Mary Robinson and the Generation of Romanticism: Literary Dialogues and Debts, 1784-1832.” The event was entitled, … Continue reading Brown Bag Lunch Series: Dr. Ashley Cross Discusses Literary Dialogue and Queer Panic in Robinson’s Works

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