UToledo Department of Women's and Gender Studies

04/23/2025

To quote Alice Walker, "Resistance is the secret of joy!"

04/22/2025

Some professors from Youngstown State University just filed a referendum to overturn SB1, which is in its early stages. Signatures must be collected in person, and we are not yet aware of where the the opportunities to sign will occur. For the referendum to pass, it requires over 200,000 signatures of Ohio voters. If you’d like to become involved, follow:

Higher Education is not a business

04/21/2025

Dear WGST students and alumni:

It is with a mix of sadness, anger, and fierce determination that I write to let you know that due to the restrictions in the recently-passed Ohio Senate Bill 1, the university will be suspending the bachelor's degree in Women's & Gender Studies, along with a number of other small programs, at the end of the semester.

PLEASE know that all students currently enrolled in the major will be allowed to complete their WGST degree and take all of the courses required for the major; the change impacts only students who have not yet declared the major. In the short term, those new folks who want expertise in Women's & Gender Studies will be able to sign up for the WGST minors and a WGST concentration in at least one other degree program while we take next fall to prepare a new strategy for moving forward. So we are not at all done asking you to show up, shine out, and recruit new students for us; nor are we done fighting for our program, rest assured! Please reach out to me at [email protected] or 419-530-2233 if you have questions or concerns, and please feel free to let your Ohio Senators and Representatives and any other responsible parties know how you feel about it.

Thank you all for your support and encouragement in this frustrating and challenging time. Lucky for us, we remain passionately dedicated to our mission of providing feminist education of the highest caliber, and we are determined to continue to do so. Even luckier for us, we have this fabulous feminist community to support us and each other.

Keep heart, my friends; we were made for times like these.

In gratitude, hope, and resistance,

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Dr. Sharon L. Barnes, Associate Professor & Chair
Department of Women’s & Gender Studies
The University of Toledo
MS 965
Toledo, OH 43606
419-530-2233

04/24/2024

"We invite you to register for Tony Porter's Healthy Masculinity Leadership Workshop today at https://events.toledolibrary.org/event/9226370. This event is sponsored by Lucas County Court Appointed Special Advocates/Guardian ad Litem (CASA/GAL) and is part of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library's Better Toledo workshops, a personal and professional development series to ensure “you will do better in Toledo."
CASA volunteers advocate for the best interests of abused and neglected children in Lucas County. Become a CASA volunteer today. The next training class begins on June 18, 2024. Apply now at CASAkids.net"

Author and CEO, Tony Porter, will speak on leadership through the lens of healthy masculinity and men's responsibility to be allies and advocates to women, girls, and other marginalized communities.

04/15/2024

04/14/2024

"Faith Ringgold Dies at 93; Wove Black Life Into Quilts and Children’s Books
A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word." https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/arts/faith-ringgold-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR3vZvVczi2WXZ5TpYCyYXwS8AYUNVsQJKMfowcDmcYSDNk4uPV2TBS_P9k_aem_AWuMqiXUUkh8g8CrBDl76spkf7tb4HhvXh3DrDrqwMqtNm5S0dwjh06gLDXNir_W1C2DOF4fJIoJoe3lxQoKeLaE

A champion of Black artists, she explored themes of race, gender, class, family and community through a vast array of media and later the written word.

03/28/2024

"As a rookie, Jefferson ran for over 1300 yards and scored 32 touchdowns for Toledo." https://www.wtol.com/article/sports/local-sports/toledo-troopers-linda-jefferson-talks-nwfl-apparel-collection/512-d9cefd42-aef6-4438-bf4f-beaccd5c530c?fbclid=IwAR1MOLANwQcSopP5HyXXVZxX-MgEnqHri-FXUM5ReGvGOoAjfclvU4udea8_aem_AW7OaYWK0V9cQv7bNb5zA1OUBtWKS55B9fHWn0-zxwffUyrE30LnAzCwZMUG0urxcbdvNfX_qOUmgz3pJsHDAdT2

The clothing line offers t-shirts for 13 National Women's Football League teams. As a rookie, Jefferson ran for over 1300 yards and scored 32 touchdowns for Toledo.

03/28/2024

Please join us Thursday, March 28th, at 4pm in Carlson Library, room 1005, for a free film screening of “Stitching Palestine.” Sponsored by The Center of the Muslim Woman.

03/20/2024

Please join us today for our Featuring Feminist Faculty Series at 4pm. This is a hybrid event. WebEx link:

Featuring Feminist Faculty Series via WebEx

https://utoledo.webex.com/utoledo/j.php?MTID=m8bf5e30e5ba1df518e85227055fb437d
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:00 PM | 1 hour 30 minutes | (UTC-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
Meeting number: 2305 954 0831
Password: 36DKhbstwH4

Join by video system
Dial [email protected]
You can also dial 173.243.2.68 and enter your meeting number.

Join by phone
+1-415-655-0002 US Toll

Access code: 230 595 40831

01/31/2024

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01/30/2024

Please join us for the WGST Student Research Showcase next Tuesday, February 6, 2:30pm. This event is hybrid.

01/24/2024

Register Today! YWCA January Lunch & Learn Webinar Friday, Jan. 26th at 11:30 am

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