Unit: Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Papers, performances needed for WGS Symposium

image from the poster for the WOmen's and Gender Studies Symposium

Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines are invited to submit papers and detailed descriptions of performance pieces for the 22nd annual Women’s and Gender Studies Symposium.

Vagina Monologues takes to the stage February 3-5

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Illinois State University’s Feminist Led Activists Movement to Empower (FLAME) will sponsor a performance of the Vagina Monologues at 7 p.m. February 3-5 in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center.

Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña to headline symposium on women in arts, November 10

An image of one of artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña's works from www.ceciliavicuna.com.

Chilean poet and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña will be the featured speaker at the symposium “Oscillations of Gender and Genre” at Illinois State University. Vicuña will give a keynote performance/talk at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal. The author of more than 20 books of poetry, Vicuña exhibits and

WGS Student Spotlight: Emma Lynn

Emma Lynn

Meet Emma Lynn, a sociology major with a minor in women’s and gender studies (WGS). Lynn shares her experience in WGS and ISU Feminist Led Activist Movement to Empower (FLAME).