View V-Day photos from UA performances

Whether you attended The Vagina Monologues or not, I think you will enjoy seeing the photos from this year’s production at The University of Akron. Go to www.flickr.com/photos/lipserviceua/. Cassie Vo, a graduate assistant in the Women’s Studies Program, took these photos.
Thanks to all who did attend. Based on your support, we were able to raise [...]

Celebrate with Guerrilla Girls on Tour

The Guerrilla Girls on Tour will perform March 10, 2009, at 7 p.m in the Student Union Theatre at The University of Akron. GG’s On Tour is a New York City based touring theatre company that creates fresh and original productions celebrating women’s history.
At The University of Akron they will  present their work ”Feminists Are Funny. ” Described [...]

Genius to speak at The University of Akron

Did you know there is actually a Genius Award?
The MacArthur Foundation awards a $500,000 prize, no-strings-attached, to support a lifetime of research. Winner Eve Troutt Powell from the University of Pennsylvania will be the keynote speaker for Women’s History Month at the University of Akron.
A graduate of Harvard University, she will present in the Martin [...]

Women who count: Post them here for spring 2009

In Introduction to Women’s Studies, we talk about women who have made a difference in the United States and around the world.
These are women who have influenced the world of work, culture, government, law, or social policy. These are also women who have worked to prevent violence against women or have taken on an activist role [...]

Congo Teach-In is Feb. 13 at 2:30 p.m.

Join us for a teach-in event on the women of the Democratic Republic of Congo and the sexual violence that is used against them as a weapon of war in that nation’s civil conflict Friday, Feb. 13, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. in Room 308 of the Student Union at the University of Akron.
Discussion will be [...]

How I experienced Menopause for the first time

I just witnessed  Menopause..…a musical. I have never sat through something so predominantly feminine, so outrageously funny and so deeply honest.
With a cast of four middle-aged women belting out new words to old but familiar tunes all about the unfortunate affects of menopause, I was lost in a theater of women whose laughter and tears [...]

UA Women’s Basketball, up close and personal

I was asked to be a guest coach at a UA’s Women’s Basketball game. Honored that I was asked, I accepted and picked my game, showing up exactly when I was supposed to.
As I approached the JAR I was overwhelmed with the number of people crammed into the gymnasium watching the men’s game. My anxiety grew. [...]

See The Vagina Monologues at UA Feb. 13-14

The Vagina Monologues is a V-Day benefit event from The University of Akron presented by the UA Women’s Studies Program this weekend, Feb. 13 – 14, at 7 p.m. in Knights Auditorium in Leigh Hall on The University of Akron campus.
Eve Ensler’s world-renowned play is presented as part of V-Day to raise awareness about the global issue of violence against [...]