[GWAMIT] GWAMIT Newsletter - Week of Nov 29, 2017
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Message From the Board
Dear GW at MIT Members,
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
We are organizing some end-of-year festivities and events so you can* slow
down, relax and laugh* in the lead up to the end-of-term rush. Check out
our events in the descriptions below!
Stay warm, and make sure to follow us on the links above.
- The GW at MIT Board
Events In Brief
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*GW at MIT:*
1. Cheat Sleep, Stress Less, Be Mindful ... and Eat Lunch! (Dec 1)
2. Women in Comedy Night! (Dec 4)
2. Volunteer at the Holiday Bazaar! (Dec 1)
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*MIT:*
4. Childcare Surveyat MIT (now)
5. WGS Film Screening : Strike a Pose (Dec 1)
6. WGS Intellectual Forum: Kimberly Juanita Brown (Dec 7)
7. MITell (monthly event, Dec 11)
8. Spring 2018 Courses to consider
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*Outside MIT:*
9. AWIS Winter Holiday Social (Dec 13)
10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students (now)
Women in History Empress Dowager Cixi
------------------------------
*Empress Dowager Cixi *(1835 – 15 November 1908) was a Chinese empress
dowager and regent who effectively controlled the Chinese government in the
late Qing dynasty for 47 years from 1861-1908. She wielded enormous power,
opposing foreign influence and supporting the 1898-1900 Boxer Rebellion.
Her actual power rivaled that of another queen who was her contemporary,
England's Queen Victoria.
GWAMIT Events
*1. Cheat Sleep, Stress Less, Be Mindful ... and Eat Lunch!*
*When: *Friday, Dec 1, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
*Where:* W20-306 (Twenty Chimneys, Student Center)
*Register (free)*: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cheat-sleep-stress-less-be-mindful-and-eat-lunch-tickets-40120052156?utm_term=eventname_text>
- Learn how to get better quality sleep even when you can’t get quantity
sleep.
- Identify simple lifestyle changes that can improve sleep and help you
feel more rested.
- Learn ways to manage stress better, recognize your signs of overstress,
and practice mindfulness exercises that can help enhance your relaxation
and sleep.
Susanna (Zan) Barry is a Senior Program Manager in Community Wellness at
MIT Medical. Her community health programs at MIT include mindfulness and
stress reduction, sleep health, eating concerns, and health behavior
change. She has certifications and training in yoga, health coaching, and
sleep education. She has a master's degree in education and is a doctoral
student in clinical psychology.
*A non-pizza lunch will be provided!*
*2. Women in Comedy Night!*
*When: *Monday, Dec 4, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
*Where:* Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown House
*Register (free)*: link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/women-in-comedy-night-tickets-39937504150>
Join us for laughs and drinks at the Thirsty Ear's monthly Comedy Night
with an all-woman lineup!
*GWAMIT will be providing drink tickets for those who RSVP above!*
21+ ID and MIT ID required for entry.
Show starts at 8:30pm.
*3. Volunteer at the Holiday Bazaar*
*When: *Friday, December 1, 6-8pm
*Where: *Eastgate Penthouse
*Contact: *Molly Bird (mbird at mit.edu)
The Holiday Bazaar is looking for about 3 or 4 volunteers. They need
someone to let people into the building and direct them to the Penthouse.
They are also offering free chair massages which they'd like a volunteer to
help with signup. They also need a couple people for setup and take down.
The work is light and volunteers would have an opportunity to shop the sale
and also help out the small shops within our community. Thanks for your
help!
MIT Events
*4. Childcare Survey at MIT*
*When: *Now
*Survey link:* link
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf0wIre1ygvSlJ4HP_DQ2AmQZ3XkLEkkfrOrO6PocJ6SmPaPQ/viewform>
This survey gathers information about graduate students' experiences with
childcare within and outside of the MIT community for a student-led project
on childcare and women's labor force participation in the Department of
Urban Studies and Planning. The project will culminate in a list of
recommendations to MIT.
This survey will take 5 minutes to complete, and *three lucky respondents
will receive a gift card to Flour! *
None of your personal information that you share on this survey will be
disclosed nor will any of your unique responses. If you have any questions,
feel free to email the researchers at kvaghul at mit.edu.
*5. WGS Film Screening : Strike a Pose*
*When:* Friday, December 1, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*Where:* Bartos Theatre (building E51)
In recognition of World AIDS Day, join us THIS Fri. Dec 1st for "Strike a
Pose”
Bartos Theatre (building E51) at 7pm.
*Pizza at 6:30pm!*
The film profiles the dancers who performed with Madonna on her Blond
Ambition World Tour in 1990.
Followed by discussion with WGS Instructor Joaquin Terrones!
*6. WGS Intellectual Forum: Kimberly Juanita Brown*
*When:* Thursday, December 7, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
*Where:* E51-095
*"Plantation Weddings and the Arc of Antebellum Desire"*
Plantations wedding venues, particularly in the US South, spatially
reconstruct antebellum slave mansions as serene sites of joy. This talk
will examine the politics of race, gender, and patriarchy that center on
the unfreedom of others.
*Lunch provided, please RSVP to wgs at mit.edu <wgs at mit.edu>*
*7. MITell*
*When:* Monday, December 11, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
*Where:* Emma Rogers Room, 10-340
*Register (free):* link
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mitell-storytelling-group-december-tickets-38810402960>
*Website:* link <http://calendar.mit.edu/event/mitelldecember>
MITell is a new initiative from the MIT Women’s League, inviting all
members of the MIT community to come together and share true stories from
their lives.
Whether you’re completely new to the craft of live storytelling or a
practiced public speaker (or somewhere in between) this is the space for
you!
The theme for this meeting is *'JOY'*. Come ready to share a 5-minute story
connected (as loosely as you like!) to the theme, or just join us to
listen! Register using the link above.
*8. GCWS Spring 2018 Courses *
*Deadline to register:* January 3, 2018
*Women in Contemporary U.S. Science*
Tuesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
January 30, 2018 – May 8, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.645
Using a variety of disciplinary lenses (history, psychology, sociology),
this course explores the factors that impede women from successful
participation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
careers in the United States. A look into history will reveal that in
different times and places, science, or at least certain branches of
science, has been considered an entirely appropriate arena for women and
that the advancement of women in the sciences does not follow a linear
progressive trend. The course will also cover a variety of sociological and
psychological mechanisms (including critical mass, accumulation of
disadvantages, stereotype threat, implicit association, and attribution
theory) that currently tend to distance women from scientific pursuits. Our
investigation will range from what happens in the educational system to the
situation of women scientists in the workplace. Furthermore, we will
examine programs and interventions that are designed to support and promote
women in STEM. Particular attention will be paid to how gender intersects
with other powerful mechanisms of stratification, such as sexuality,
race/ethnicity, and class.
*Resistance in Feminist Queer Theater/Theory*
Wednesdays, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
January 29, 2018 – May 7, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.700
There is something “spectacular” about revolutions: the drama of barriers
being broken, the emotion of the crowd. And for feminist and queer activism
in particular, the nature of visibility, spectacle and protest has been
integral to gains made by groups such as ACT UP! or the Combahee Women’s
Collective. This course, however, moves beyond the relationship between
social movements and theater to hone in on a critical theory of
performance: why and how is theater so important to feminist and queer
thought? From Judith Butler’s sense of “performatively” constructed gender
to José Estaban Munoz’ theory of “disidentification” in queer of color
critique, theatricality and performance studies have lent robust paradigms
to queer and feminist theory. In other words, one aspect of this course
will examine what theater and queer theory share: troubling the nature of
representation, investigating mimesis and secondariness, spectacle and
masochism. However, another aspect of this course will look at how queer
and feminist thought can put pressure on the theater (and vice-versa); how
do the theater’s exigencies of action (drama) oppose theories of neutral or
passive (minimal, bored) resistance? What type of spectatorship does queer
and feminist theater elicit? Can the theater stand as realm of change, or
is there a sense in which the “revolution can not be televised?”—that is to
say, when the powerful sentiments of the disgruntled, disenfranchised, or
dispossessed are captured in aesthetic form, does it lend legibility, or
does it domesticate such affects? The course presents a genealogy of
performativity and performance and its relationship to feminist theories
and queer critique. Interweaving political philosophy, theater studies, and
literary analysis, the course asks students to think speculatively and
creatively about the poetics and politics of theatricality, sex, race, and
gender.
*Feminist Inquiry*
Tuesdays, 1:30 PM – 4:30 PM
January 28, 2018 – May 6, 2018
MIT Course Number: WGS.615
This course aims to offer a grounding in the rich field of scholarship
theorizing feminism, gender and sexuality. Our purpose is to engage
thoughtfully and critically with several foundational and vibrantly
contested conversations within feminist theory. The course is organized
around several “keywords”, each of which is a central concept within
feminist theory. Keywords include patriarchy, woman, gender,
difference/equality, intersectionality/transnationalism,
postcolonial/decolonial, solidarity, and human rights. The readings
included in this syllabus reflect a range of academic disciplinary
perspectives, methodologies, cross-cultural assumptions, and discursive
styles so that we can consider a variety of feminist discourses. We will
reflect as well on the politics and practices of location, methods, form,
and interdisciplinarity.
Events Outside MIT
*9. AWIS Winter Holiday Social*
*When:* Wednesday, December 13, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
*Where: *Meadhall
*Website:* link <http://www.massawis.org/event/winter-social_dec2017/>
You are invited to join us for a fun-filled evening complete with food,
drinks, and games! Meet and connect with our *AWIS (**Association for Women
In Science Massachusetts Chapter)* members; AWIS Board members; Mentoring
Circle Mentors, Mentees, and their guests!
*Annual Cookie Swap*
We will be hosting our annual cookie swap. Bring in cookies to share,
whether homemade or store bought. Perhaps you may meet someone who brought
a cookie beyond your imagination — and be willing to share the recipe!
*Registration*
MASS AWIS members $20 · Non-members $35
ACTIVE Volunteers $18 ·Mentors & Mentees $15
(with a discount code from your committee chairs)
Thanks to Meadhall for hosting this event!
*10. Point Foundation’s scholarship for LGBTQ students*
*Website:* link <https://pointfoundation.org/>
*Deadline:* January 29, 2018
Point Foundation (Point) empowers the next generation of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) leaders to reach their full
leadership and academic potential. Point provides its scholars with the
financial ability to attend the higher education institution of their
choice. In addition, Point provides mentorship, leadership development, and
community service training.
Applicants are evaluated on academic accomplishment, financial need,
leadership within school and community, and goals for the future. Point
Scholars agree to maintain a high level of academic performance and
complete an annual community service project. Interested students can start
an application here <https://pointfoundation.org/point-apply/apply-now/>!
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