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Bear with me. As a self-proclaimed feminist since age 14, it might surprise you that the first time I was actually taught about feminism was at age 22. My first women’s studies course was at...
May 21, 2025
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11:55 AM
by Katlynn Seghetti! Or, a gentle recap of an endlessly busy semester, and a philosophy of activism One of the main struggles people have getting involved with activism is getting...
May 19, 2025
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12:46 PM
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T.S. Eliot It’s 2021, senior year of high...
January 4, 2025
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12:40 PM
What comes to mind when I think of an activist are images of figures like MLK Jr., Gandhi, Rosa Parks, and others who became symbols of resistance, fighting for civil rights, freedom, equality, or...
December 20, 2024
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4:30 PM
Positionality Statement: This blog post expresses my perception of activism as a queer woman of color. I implore readers to keep a sense of humanity and activity with them throughout daily...
May 20, 2024
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1:08 PM
Amelia Meman (they/them and she/her), GWST ’15, is the interim director of the Women’s Center. They have worked in the Women’s Center as an intern, a student staff member, a volunteer, and now...
April 29, 2022
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4:23 PM
Image description: shows student, Jane, smiling in front of a UMBC building Positionality Statement: This post is written by Jane DeHitta, an adult learner in her final year at UMBC, who works...
November 5, 2021
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3:13 PM
This post is written by Amelia Meman, ’15, Assistant Director in the Women’s Center. I am trying to write this as plainly as I can because there are so many other words that are crowding...
June 4, 2020
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10:06 AM
Nandi is a student staff member in the Women’s Center and a Junior English major. Mutual aid, as a concept, is based in anarchism and the work of Petr Kropotkin. His work, “Mutual...
April 1, 2020
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8:30 AM
Alexia Petasis is an INDS intern on the Women’s Center student staff team. Alexia studies social justice and dance. In the following blog post, she runs through a list of crucial self-care...
November 19, 2018
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3:17 PM