Past Events
“Ladies Only”: Documentary Viewing and Discussion with Filmmaker Veda Shastri
Perry World House
Ladies Only: Getting where you’re going without getting harassed. That’s what’s driving a new generation of Indian women to become taxi drivers-for women only. Enter their world as they negotiate New Delhi’s divided public transport spaces. “Ladies Only” is a 29-minute short…
Random Acts of Legacy -- Dir. Ali Kazimi (2016, USA /Canada)
Penn Museum 3260 South St Philadelphia, PA 19104
Home movie footage, found by the director, follows a Chinese American family negotiating life in the suburbs of Chicago between 1936 and 1951. Presented by Rob Buscher, Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, and Kate Pourshariati , Penn Museum Film Archivist.
Matthew Shepard Memorial Reading
Kelly Writers House Class of 1942 Garden
On October 12th, 1998, Matthew Shepard, a 21-year-old gay college freshman died after having been attacked and tortured six days previous near Laramie, WY. His death catalyzed national conversations about anti-queer hate crimes, which led to the 2009 passage of the Matthew…
Let's Talk about Pornography: What is learned & why it matters
Graduate Education Building, Room 203, 3700 Walnut Street
A Conversation between Anita Hill and Kimberlé Crenshaw.
Sexual Harassment from Congressional Testimony to the #MeToo Movement.
Location: Irvine Auditorium
3401 Spruce Street
Screening of Anita: Speaking Truth to Power
Harrison Rooftop Lounge
Join us for a screening of Anita: Speaking Truth to Power, the award winning documentary of Anita Hill's testimony during the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings in 1991 and the implications of this powerful act in Professor Hill's life and in U.S. society more broadly.
Faculty Colloquium, Africana Department: Unapologetically Femme: Queering Black Genders in Beyoncé's "Sorry"
AFRICANA STUDIES SEMINAR ROOM (330A)
3401 WALNUT STREET
Unapologetically Femme: Queering Black Genders in Beyonce's "Sorry” by Omise’eke Natasha Tinsley Associate Director, Center for Women’s and Gender StudiesAssociate Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas, Austin Light refreshments will be served…
Small Talk: The story of an upbringing in rural Taiwan, and a relationship between a single lesbian mother and daughter
Rooftop Lounge
A film screening and discussion Discussion led by Hsiao-wen Cheng (House Fellow, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages & Civilizations) Dinner from Sang Kee (vegetarian options available) Hosted by Dr. Megan Robb (Rodin Faculty Fellow) To RSVP: robbme@upenn.edu
Provost's Lecture on Diversity: Butterfly Politics: Catherine MacKinnon
Penn Law School, Fitts Auditorium
Renowned feminist scholar Catharine MacKinnon will be in conversation with Lubna Mian (L ’97, Adjunct Professor of Law) about her most recent book Butterfly Politics, which touches on a lifetime of her far-ranging work for women. Professor MacKinnon will discuss the Me Too…
Shereen Marisol Meraji: 7th Annual Dolores Huerta Keynote Lecture
Arch 208
The annual Dolores Huerta Keynote Lecture will be delivered by Shereen Marisol Meraji, journalist and co-host of NPR Code Switch. She will address the contributions to labor and culture that Latinxs have made in the United States. For more information