{"id":121131,"date":"2023-01-25T00:04:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T05:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/?p=121131"},"modified":"2023-01-24T23:19:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T04:19:36","slug":"gender-studies-program-celebrates-anniversary-with-drag-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/gender-studies-program-celebrates-anniversary-with-drag-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender studies program celebrates anniversary with drag show"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018We need women, gender and sexuality studies and these conversations because we need to be working toward social transformation,\u2019 professor says<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

The Oregon State University gender studies program will celebrate its 50th anniversary of fighting the patriarchy with a \u201cdrag show,\u201d where men will dress up as cartoonish versions of women.<\/p>\n

\u201cOregon State University\u2019s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program turns 50 this year, and a week of activities is planned for Jan. 23-29 to celebrate the anniversary and to learn about the program\u2019s history and future from alumni, faculty, guest scholars and current students,\u201d the department announced.<\/p>\n

The festivities include \u201cpanels with faculty, alumni and current graduate students; an arts and activism exhibit and a drag show at Corvallis\u2019 Whiteside Theatre.\u201d<\/p>\n

One professor in the program explained why gender studies is still needed today.<\/p>\n

Professor Susan Shaw stated in a news release<\/a>:<\/p>\n

While we have made progress around gender, it\u2019s been uneven and we have faced backlash, especially in recent years with the overturning of Roe v. Wade; the attacks on trans people, particularly trans youth; the resistance to the Black Lives Matter movement; what we\u2019re seeing with immigration \u2014 all these are issues feminists care about.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cWe need women, gender and sexuality studies and these conversations because we need to be working toward social transformation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The announcement notes that students can take academic courses in topics such as \u201cDisney: Gender, Race and Empire\u201d and \u201cGender, Race and Pop Culture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other courses, according to the program\u2019s website, include<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Men and Masculinities in Global Context; Politics of Motherhood in Global Context; Indigenous Two-Spirit and Queer Studies; Women of Color Feminisms; Transgender Lives; Muslim Women; and Arts and Social Justice. [Graduate level courses include] Critical Race Feminisms; Queer of Color Critiques; Race, Gender, and Health Justice; Transnational Sexualities; Decolonizing Methodologies; Feminist Textual Methodologies; and Social Justice Theory and Practice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

These courses make up the program that \u201chelps us identify places where we can resist, where we can intervene and where we can bring about positive social change for inclusion, equity and justice,\u201d according to Shaw.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen, gender and sexuality studies help people learn how to look at the world with a critical eye to gender and its intersections with other forms of social difference,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

MORE:<\/strong> UMass Boston hosts ‘Abolish the Family’ speech<\/a><\/p>\n

IMAGE: CREATISTA \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n

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