Our Actions, Our Stories: A Readers Theater

This article presents the script of Our Actions, Our Stories: A Readers Theater that was researched, written, and presented by students in a women’s and gender studies (WGS) class called “Action: Intersections and Coalitions.” Based on qualitative interviews, the script illustrates six respondents’ perspectives on their activism and explores their backgrounds and intersectional identities in relation to these. The readers theater explores how activism and identity intersect and what that means for those engaged in activism. The article concludes with a discussion about the meanings that doing this project in a feminist experiential learning course had for the WGS students involved and how such experiences contribute to growing a much-needed new generation of qualitative researchers dedicated to social justice.

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The Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program: Intersections between Feminism and Communication

Humanities ◽

10.3390/h7030084 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 84 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Carmen Heider

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Gender Studies ◽

Women's And Gender Studies ◽

Exchange Program ◽

And Gender ◽

Inside Out ◽

Women’S And Gender Studies ◽

Pedagogical Principles

This paper explores the intersections between feminism and communication in an Inside-Out Prison Exchange Program course that is cross-listed with Social Justice and Women’s and Gender Studies. The paper focuses on the alignment of the Inside-Out curriculum with feminist pedagogical principles and explores, through the structure and content of the course, the ways in which these feminist principles interconnect with communication concepts.

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Beyond Intersectionality

10.5406/illinois/9780252037849.003.0001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

AnaLouise Keating

Keyword(s):

Social Justice ◽

Gender Studies ◽

Women Of Color ◽

Safe Space ◽

Feminist Scholarship ◽

Women's And Gender Studies ◽

Alternative Perspective ◽

And Gender ◽

Women’S And Gender Studies

This chapter analyzes the overlooked theoretical contributions of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, underscoring the importance of women-of-colors theorizing while inviting readers to go beyond intersectional frameworks. A groundbreaking, multigenre collection of writings, This Bridge Called My Back has become an iconic text in feminist scholarship and women's and gender studies (WGS) curriculum. This chapter argues that This Bridge Called My Back offers social-justice actors and scholars of all colors innovative tools and theoretical contributions that we still need to learn from, expand on, and implement in our scholarship, teaching, and other forms of activism. The chapter also offers an alternative perspective from those who claim that This Bridge represents a “safe space” exclusively for women of colors.

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