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WGS South
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WGS South is one of the oldest Women’s & Gender Studies associations in the U.S., serving AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, WV, & VA.
https://wgssouth.org/
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"Dreaming Beyond Survival: Radical Imagination and Futures of Liberation for Southern BIPOC Persons and Communities" Now that's a title! Our BIPOC Caucus invites you to tell us what dreaming beyond survival looks like! Join us in March for our 2026 conference, Feminist Futurities!
#academicsky #wgs
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November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Raise a glass to freedom!

Today, the Supreme Court rejected a petition to overturn the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

#lgbtq #gaymarriage #lovei̇slove #queerpride #lovewins🌈
Raspberry-colored background featuring a woman on her knee proposing to her same-sex partner. A rainbow runs behind them, with overlaying text that reads, "Obergefell Stands, Love Wins!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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CFP: The daily attacks on disabled lives we experience/witness are exhausting, yet we trudge on, collectively, dreaming and actively creating different futures for ourselves and for those we love.

Submissions Due Dec. 1st, 2025.
wgssouth.org/2026conference

#disability #accessibility #academicsky
Flyer is blue with the sketched outline of a playing card or tarot card border. The main image on the card is a hourglass with wings, and behind it, the disability rights flag of yellow, white, and orange. The text reads: "Feminist Futurities: WGS South 2026 Annual Conference. Disability caucus cfp: "the future is disabled." Wake Forest University, March 19-21, 2026.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Check out our 2026 LGBTQ Caucus CFP: "Trans, Intersex, and Queer Freedom Dreams and Futurities"

If you have something to say, let us hear it! Join us at Wake Forest University this March!

Submissions Due Dec. 1st wgssouth.org/2026conference

#lgbtq #queerstudies #southernstudies #academicsky
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November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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We're proud to announce the CFP for our 50th Anniversary & 2026 conference: "Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South"

Check out the details on our website!
Submissions due Dec. 1st! wgssouth.org/2026conference

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #wgs
Flyer is a very light pink with an outline of the Capitol Building behind a pale blue sketch of a young activist and the American flag. The text reads: We're proud to announce the CFP for our 50th Anniversary & 2026 conference: "Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South" WGS South 2026 Annual Conference, Wake Forest University, March 19-21, 2026.
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear

Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Thank goodness for storytellers.
dorothyjberry.bsky.social Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · Jun 2
i struggle to articulate that it's not that ive ever been passionate about any job I've have. rather, im passionate about the stories material records tell us about the past and honoring the humanity within those stories. i just have jobs that, to the untrained eye, align with that passion
Sepia tone photo circa the late 19th/early 20th century. A Black man (my great-great-great grandpa) stands on a porch, jauntily leaning against a chair
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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Today is International Museum Day, organized by the International Council of Museums. This year's theme is "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities" which invites people to reimagine the role of museums in a time of constant change.
International Museum Day - International Council of Museums
Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community.
icom.museum
May 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
In Georgia, women’s bodies are merely human incubators. Just ask Adriana Smith’s family.

My latest piece on Substack

katiephang.substack.com/p/just-a-ves...
Just a Vessel: Georgia Keeps Legally Dead Pregnant Woman on Life Support
Georgia's fetal heartbeat law proves the CONTROL and the CRUELTY have always been the point
katiephang.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Much love and thanks to all the wonderful scholars, administrators, students, and community organizers and activists who made #wgssouth2025 a conference to remember!

#wgs #queerstudies #disabilitystudies #bipoc #womenshealth #lgbtq #translivesmatter #dei #highered #academicsky #edusky
March 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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I'm on the organizing committee for next year's @c19americanists.bsky.social conference in Cincinnati & what I can tell you about this year's theme is that it was the first thing anybody pitched & we were all, like, "Yep that's it."

The fastest I've ever seen five professors agree about anything.
2026 Conference CFP | C19 Society
www.c19society.org
February 14, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Want to learn more about Sarah Loguen Fraser and the pharmacy she ran as the first woman doctor in the Dominican Republic? Check out our exhibit on Black Wealth! coloredconventions.org/black-wealth...
March 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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splcenter.org Southern Poverty Law Center @splcenter.org · Mar 5
Silencing protests is the first step toward the elimination of rights and protections for us all.

We stand with students for free speech and against any attempt to silence us. #ApathyIsNotAnOption
March 6, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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erinbartram.bsky.social
I worked on this piece with Erin when I was jobless, and it was one of the first things @contingent-mag.bsky.social published. Today, I had the chance to use this piece in a discussion group with my coworkers as part of a three-year grant in our museum. And it was so helpful!!
I Make Exhibits
Who are museum exhibits for, and what difference does that make?
contingentmagazine.org
March 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
#wgssouth2025 is just days away! And while we can't wait to share ideas and learn from all our participants and attendees, we also can't wait to dance to 50 years serving our #wgs community!

#southernstudies #womensstudies #intersectionality #lgbtq #bipoc #disabilitystudies #academicsky #edusky
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March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Well this print is just lovely. Here’s to all my fellow March hares!
womensartbluesky.bsky.social womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · Mar 2
'Rathlin Golden Hares' by Angela Harding, UK artist and printmaker. In #folklore the hare is often associated in #March with madness, due to the antics of their wild mating dances #Spring
Print featuring two sitting hares facing right, one more crouched than tge other, the animals sit in long grass by tge bay of a stretch of water the sea or a lake, with three small boats in the distance and a short row of white houses by distant hills
March 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Friends are family. Here’s to all of us seeking people and community who love us for ALL that we are.

#women #lgbtq #trans #disabilty #indigenous #asian #latinx #queer #Black #intersectional #community
March 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Claudette Colvin was 15 when she defied segregation #OTD in 1955 by refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery city bus — 9 months before Rosa Parks did the same.

A court put her on probation & she was branded a troublemaker for her activism. #TheMarchContinues
March 2, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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WGS South wants to help you find your people! For those of you attending our 50th annual meeting in Atlanta next week, please send us your flyers with QR codes linking to your preferred social media site!

#wgssouth2025 #academicsky #highered #womensstudies #disability #bipoc #queerstudies
This image is a flyer for WGS South participant social media networking. The text reads, "Find your people! Networking with WGS South. Changes to social media platforms that previously helped individuals and organizations establish and build community are no longer an option for many users. If this is you, we’d like to help you make new connections. This year WGS South is holding a networking event for conference participants to promote the work of their departments, organizations, and initiatives. Design a flyer with a QR code linking to your preferred social media site (if you need assistance, please let us know) Send your flyer to our Director of Communications & Marketing, Lydia Ferguson, at lfergu28@kennesaw.edu We’ll print the flyers and have them on hand for the networking event and throughout the conference!
March 2, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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#wgssouth2025 is less than a week away! The full program will be on our website soon, but go ahead and mark your calendars for what's sure to be one helluva poetry reading!
#womensstudies #southernstudies #queerstudies #academicsky #poetry #disability #disabilitystudies #bipoc #blackstudies #resist
Image a rainbow of colors in the background with a faint script overlayed. At the bottom of the image are flames of yellow, pink, and violet. Also featured are headshots of the three headlining poets for the event: Sheila Smith McKoy, Jenne Sadre-Orafai, and Valerie Smith.
February 28, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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WGS South is proud to announce we're now accepting applications for the 2025 Alison Piepmeier Outstanding Student Award!

Learn more at wgssouth.org/grants-awards

Deadline: March 17th.

#genderstudies #womensstudies #disabilitystudies #academicsky #edusky #wgs
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February 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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uofagrad97.bsky.social
Dear Manager,
What I did this week

1. DEI
2. Critical race theory
3. Feminism
4. Gay stuff
5. Woke
February 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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LGBTQ federal workers say they're terrified they're about to be fired for their gender identity, sexual orientation, or past efforts to support other queer and trans employees—in other words, a second Lavender Scare.

Honored to have their trust with this story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
LGBTQ federal workers brace for a McCarthyist purge
"They’re not asking people ‘Are you gay? Are you lesbian?’ They’re asking, ‘Who is participating in DEI?'"
www.motherjones.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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THE KENDRICK SUPER BOWL CURRICULUM!! 🔥

by Linda J.M. Holloway, Ed.D., NCC & April T. Berry, Ph.D.

Legit great stuff here, teachers / professors:
Class is in Session with Kendrick Lamar- Curriculum Study Guide.pdf
drive.google.com
February 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Black history is U.S. history – and we must safeguard it for our children. #BlackHistoryMonth

Starting with the U.S.'s history of slavery, this #LearningForJustice resource can help you teach this complex history in honest, age-appropriate ways: www.learningforjustice.org/talking-to-c...
February 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM