Smith College Program for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality

05/28/2026

In this piece for the Washington Monthly, I put the Trump administration's investigation of Smith College into the broader context of MAGA attacks on women's rights and higher education.

The DOE is investigating Smith College for admitting transgender women, but the probe fits a broader conservative Republican pattern.

05/13/2026

Professor Carrie N BAker spoke about feminist activism in the 1960s-1980s for this Organization of American Historians US History at 250 celebration with several other scholars thinking about politics at the closing of the Cold War.

Panelists Carrie N. Baker (Smith College), Michael De Groot (Indiana University, Bloomington) David Greenberg (Rutgers University), and Scott Laderman (Unive...

05/09/2026

Proposals for the 2027 Berkshire Conference on Women's History in Minneapolis are due June 30.

05/02/2026

https://msmagazine.com/2026/05/01/abortion-pills-usa-fifth-circuit-mifepristone-fda/

Late on Friday, May 1, judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals—notorious among abortion-rights advocates and legal commentators for being highly conservative and hostile to abortion access—entered a nationwide ban on U.S. clinicians dispensing the abortion pill mifepristone by mail after a ...

04/29/2026

Do you want to publish? Here are some places to submit your writing!

Last updated: 3/8/24 Compiled by Tallulah Costa for Dr. Baker Feminist Public Writing & Publishing Opportunities for Undergraduate Students MAGAZINES & ONLINE MEDIA Ms. Magazine Regularly accepts submissions from Smithies, offers editorial internship opportunities Connection: Long-time Contrib...

04/22/2026

Smith students: internship opportunity!!

Apply to Membership Intern/Fellow at Scholars Strategy Network in Remote.

04/21/2026

04/08/2026

Join students from across the valley for the:
Fourth Massachusetts Youth Reproductive Health Conference
Date: Monday, April 13, 2026
Location: Florence Civic Center (90 Park St, Florence, MA 01062)
Time: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
RSVP here:

This conference, organized by Representative Sabadosa’s office in partnership with local students, will be held in Northampton (location to be shared upon RSVP) on April 13, 2026, from 6:00–8:00 PM. Food and refreshments will be provided. The event is designed as a roundtable discussion, creatin...