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Official Bluesky Account The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at The University of Maryland, College Park
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- D.r Mathiason appeared on a Woodhull Freedom Foundation Panel this past Halloween on Censorship, AI, and the Intersection of Sexual Freedom. You can see the recording on Youtube. 🌈🎓
- Giving Tuesday is here! Help us celebrate our 50th anniversary and donate to WGSS 🌈🎓to help support graduate and undergraduate programs and research in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Donate now at go.umd.edu/GivetoWGSS. #academicsky #PhDSky #blackademics
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- Not an undergrad but wish you could still take a WGSS class? There's still time to apply to take 🌈🎓LGBT 327: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Film and Video this winter as a visiting undergraduate student. Visit the link in our bio for more info #academicsky #feminism
- Ever wonder what's it's like to be in WGSS🌈🎓? You can see the full list of our Spring 2026 classes and descriptions now on available on our website at wgss.umd.edu/news/announcing-spr… #academicsky #blackademics #womensstudies
- PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to wgss@umd.edu #academicsky #PhDSky
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- New issue of TSQ featuring an article co-authored by WGSS PhD alumni Sunhye Kim!
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- The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Black Feminisms. Read more about the position and apply at go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
- We're excited to announce that @renee.bsky.social is coming to UMD to talk about her book, Liberating Abortion! Join us on Thursday November 7 at 4 PM in Ulrich Recital Hall. For more information about the event and to RSVP visit go.umd.edu/LiberatingAbortion #blackademics #prochoice
- Just one month left until PhD Program applications are due! Visit go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd to make sure you have all of your application materials ready. #phdsky #academicsky #blackademics #feministstudies
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- The 2025 Annual Newsletter is here! Reminisce on the academic year past and look forward to the academic year to come in our nostalgic red and gold. Download now at go.umd.edu/2025WGSSNewsletter. #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland 🌈🎓
- It's our 50th Anniversary! Join the celebration - Still Here: The Evolution and Moment of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland - on 10/22/2025 from 3 -7 PM at the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland. RSVP at go.umd.edu/WGSSisStillHere
- Something (techno)creepy this way comes👻. Join us Wed October 8 @ 4 PM to celebrate the release of Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social 's book Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen from @dukepress.bsky.social. RSVP at go.umd.edu/technocreep 🌈🎓 #academicsky #CriticalEthnicStudies
- Next week join us as we welcome Tiffany Lethabo King to the department for her talk "Look for Lindsey and Other Genealogical Isolates" on Wednesday September 17 in SQH 3121 and online. For more info on the event and to RSVP, visit go.umd.edu/WGSSLethaboKing. #blackademics #academicsky
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- Thinking about grad school? Apply now for the 🎓🌈PhD in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Maryland. Learn more about the program and start your application at go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd. Applications due November 16 #phdlife #academicsky #blackademics #feministsky
- WGSS is looking for communications interns! Come put your feminist critical thinking skills and chronic online attitude to use as a WGSS Comms Intern! Applications open on August 1st. Visit
- Check out our chair, Dr. Neda Atanasoski's, interview about her new book Technocreep on the newest episode of The Good Robot Podcast!
- Join us for Sarah Scriven's PhD Dissertaiton Defense "Black Women's Scrapbooks: A Look from Within" on Tues, July 8 in person in SQH 1120 and online! To read a full abstract and RSVP, visit go.umd.edu/WGSSDissDefenseScriven #Blackademics #AcademicSky
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- Happy Pride Month from WGSS! Interested in studying the media, scholarship, and activist contributions across the LGBTQ+ community? Consider joining the LGBTQ Studies🌈🎓 program or taking a WGSS or LGBT coded course this fall.
- Celebrate LGBTQ+ stories at @dcdoxfest June 12-15 in DC! 🏳️🌈Don't miss powerful docs like TESSITURA, HOLD ME CLOSE, STATE OF FIRSTS , I WAS BORN THIS WAY, HEIGHTENED SCRUTINY, THE LIBRARIANS, THE SECRET OF ME & CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG Tix & 10% off code PRIDE10 dcdoxfest.com #PrideMonth
- Joins us for Danielle LaPlace's Dissertation Defense :"How We Accomplish this Work: Black Labor and the U.S. Imperial Public Health in the Greater Caribbean, 1898-1934" will take place on June 5 at 10 AM in SQH 3105. Read the full abstract and RSVP at go.umd.edu/WgssDissDefenseLaplace
- Join us for Lenora Knowles' PhD Dissertation Defense. "Women in the Struggle": Women of Color Coalitional Relationalities in the Cold War Era will take place on May 29 at 12:00 PM in SQH 3105. To read the full abstract and RSVP, visit go.umd.edu/WgssDissDefenseKnowles
- There's still time to register for Summer WGSS courses🌈🎓! WGSS 250 and WGSS 105 are now both asynchronous and WGSS 250 has been extended to a 6 week course. You don't need to be a currently enrolled undergraduate student at the University of Maryland to join. #academicsky #whatwheredc
- Have you heard? WGSS Chair Dr. Neda Atanasoski and @nassimparvin.bsky.social's new edited volume "Technocreep and the Politics of Things Not Seen" is out now! Make sure to check out this beautiful, full color book! #academicsky #CulturalStudies #CriticalEthnicStudies #UniversityofMaryland
- WGSS Summer courses aren't just for high schoolers! Explore the fields of #DisabilityStudies, #feminist studies, and queer film studies🌈🎓 this summer with WGSS. Current UMD students can register for classes as usual while Non-UMD students should apply @ exst.umd.edu/current-inco.... #academicsky
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- There's still time to register for WGSS's #TerpYoungScholars course: Women, Art, and Culture 🌈🎓. This course is online so students can learn about #feminism, art, and art activism from anywhere in the world and earn real college credit while they're at it. #academicsky #whatwheredc
- WGSS Undergraduate Research Day coming up on May 7, 2025! Join us for research presentations from undergraduate majors, minors, and certificates in WGSS, Black Women's Studies, and LGBT Studies courses, assistantships, and internships.🌈🎓#feministscholarship #WGSS #UniversityofMaryland #academicsky
- In WGSS 302: Feminist, Critical Race, and Queer Theories🌈🎓, students are introduced to some of the major concepts in feminist, critical race, and queer theories. Students will become familiar with the stakes of theories through discussion and debate. #academicsky #blackfeministstudies
- You're gonna let a little feminism scare you?👻 Spots are filling up so don't forget to register now in Testudo for WGSS 330 Indigenous Feminisms
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- In WGSS 428J/698J Health Inequality and Social Determinants. Using an intersectional feminist lens, students will examine how many Americans confront complex disparities as they navigate the health care system. #publichealth #feminisms #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland #healthpolicy
- Join us on April 30 at 4 PM for Beyond Western Feminism with @hawrarabaan.bsky.social . This talk introduces Islamic feminism as a critical theoretical, analytical, and design lens in technology research. For more info and to RSVP visit go.umd.edu/wgssBWF. #academicsky
- It's never too late! Knock out some GenEds while exploring the world of LGBTQ+ Studies🌈🎓. LGBT 200 fulfills both the History and Social Sciences and Understanding Plural Societies General Education Requirements. Register now in Testudo. #UniversityofMaryland
- This DCQS, join us for lunch and Queer/Trans Activism at UMD: Archives of the Past for the Future. 🌈🎓 . Discover the history of queer and trans activism at UMD and explore what is (and is not) held in the archive and how activists & archivists are working to preserve documentation of these movements
- We're so excited! DC Queer Studies 🌈🎓 is next week! Come celebrate with us and engage with some exciting queer studies scholarship! RSVP now at go.umd.edu/DCQS2025
- There's still time to register for the 2025 Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium🌈🎓, LAG: Labor, Aesthetics, Geopolitics ft @asliz.bsky.social ,Cole Rizki, Kwame Edwin Otu, Lucinda Ramberg, and Tara Asgar #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland #lgbtqia #feministscholars #anthropology #transstudies
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- Get your act together and register for WGSS 319F: Fandom with Dr. Lothian. Registration now open on Testudo.
- Course registration is open today! Stay tuned throughout the rest of the semester to see what we're offering here at WGSS. But for now, get started registering!
- Join us on Thursday for Black Out in Gaza! For more information check out @umdenglish.bsky.social 's post.
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- There's still time to register for the 2025 Annual DC Queer Studies Symposium🌈🎓, LAG: Labor, Aesthetics, Geopolitics ft @asliz.bsky.social ,Cole Rizki, Kwame Edwin Otu, Lucinda Ramberg, and Tara Asgar #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland #lgbtqia #feministscholars #anthropology #transstudies
- Just two more weeks until @junauda.bsky.social and Alexis De Veaux join us on campus for The Erotics of Abolition🌈🎓. There's still time to RSVP #blackqueersky #academicsky #blackademics #UniversityofMaryland
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- Get a closer look at the artwork used in this year's DC Queer Studies Symposium Poster🌈🎓. You can learn more about Shyam Thandar, the artist behind It Takes All Kinds, which was featured on this year's poster. Visit go.umd.edu/DCQS2025 for more info. #academicsky
- It's not too late! You can still join us for Harriet Tubman Day on Youtube Live. Join us at www.youtube.com/live/vBPQDAE...
- A big thank you to everyone that showed up and supported us at this year's #GivindDayUMD 🐢 Your support helped us raise over $3k to support the department's work and programs 🌈🎓 If you missed the big day, but you still want to give, visit go.umd.edu/GivetoWGSS #academicsky #feministscholars
