A Texas State organization is certainly taking this year's Common Experience First Amendment theme to heart. The Women-and-Gender-Research-Collaborative is encouraging students and faculty to speak out about gender issues. Kathryn Crider has more, in this Bobcat Update.
Taking a cue from the Occupy movements, the collaborative met Friday for a symposium to spread awareness of women's issues and to challenge the biases against women and other social minorities.
SB: Dr. Mayo…Common Experience Occupy quote "…right to be heard."
Women from Texas, Washington D-C, Canada and India spoke on topics ranging from the plight of disabled women in India, to the media's image manipulation of female architects, to the relative silence regarding intimate partner violence and H-I-V/AIDS.
Dr. Carolyn Byerly spoke about the media's coverage of women's issues through time and what she sees as the need to increase feminist media activism. Dr. Byerly says a broader discussion of assault, incest and other violence against women is needed.
Dr. Byerly…results of symposium quote "…lost in shuffle…"
Crider stand-up "Dr. Byerly…for Bobcat Update, I'm Kathryn Crider."
Bobcat Update, a student-produced newscast recapping events at Texas State University, and is available for viewing on YouTube.
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