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Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studie @wgss-umd.bsky.social · Oct 28
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 https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
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Applications now open for the 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program! Join a diverse, interdisciplinary community of scholars and get support developing writing on pressing issues at the intersection of technology and social justice. Open to grad students, early-career professionals, & junior faculty!
Flyer announcing the DISCO Network Affiliate Program applications are open, with details about the program and a QR code for application. Flyer includes a gradient background, transitioning from dark purple at the top left to light blue at the bottom right, and an illustration of an open laptop displaying the DISCO Network logo. Transcribed Text: Applications Now Open: DISCO Network Affiliate Program The 2026 DISCO Network Affiliate Program supports scholars in developing writing projects that address and challenge digital social inequalities. Participants will attend monthly meetings to receive feedback on individual writing projects and engage in peer review. Affiliates will also participate in a DISCO JAM, an in-person collaborative writing retreat where participants work in groups to produce a draft of a publishable piece. Open to all graduate students, junior faculty, and early career professionals whose work explores a pressing issue at the intersection of technology and social justice. Apply by Sunday, January 11, 2026. Learn more & apply: www.disconetwork.org/affiliate-app
December 12, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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It's getting to be that time!

Have you written (and actually submitted) your WGS South 2026 conference proposal yet?

Submissions are Due Monday, Dec 15th! wgssouth.org/2026cfps

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #feminist #wgs #crt #queerstudies #disability #undergraduate #gradstudents #trans #lgbtq
Flyer is a very light pink with an outline of the Capitol Building behind a pale blue sketch of a young activist and the American flag. The text contains the conference theme, "Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South. Submissions Due Dec. 15th"
December 12, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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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. 🌈🎓
woodhullfreedom.bsky.social Woodhull Freedom Foundation @woodhullfreedom.bsky.social · Oct 27
From deepfakes to digital surveillance, AI is reshaping intimacy, identity, and autonomy.

How do we stay free in a world coded with bias?

Join us for a conversation that invites curiosity, not fear.
Free with ASL interpretation provided.
Register:
Censorship, AI, and the Intersection of Sexual Freedom
AI is on everyone's mind. This month, we'll explore AI, sexual freedom, and censorship. See you there!
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December 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/GivetoWGSS. #academicsky #PhDSky #blackademics
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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WGS South 2026 "Feminist Futurities" CFP Deadline Extended to December 15th!

Now you have time to get that proposal together so you can join us at Wake Forest University!

wgssouth.org/2026conference

#wgs #feminism #intersectionality #highered #academicsky #disability #lgbtq #bipoc #education
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December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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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
November 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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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 https://wgss.umd.edu/news/announcing-spring-2026-courses-wgss-lgbt #academicsky #blackademics #womensstudies
November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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PhD Applications are due tomorrow!! Last minute questions can be directed to [email protected] #academicsky #PhDSky
Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies PhD Program Applications Due this week.
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Join the Hope, Healing & Mobilizing Against Hate Committee on Trans Day of Visibility on Thursday, November 20th!
📍12:00-5:00 pm in McKeldin Library Room 6137
Lunch will be provided!
All are welcome! RSVP at go.umd.edu/HHMTransLiberation25.
November 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Stop by the LGBTQ+ Equity Center for our weekly Recess Breaks!
Recess Break takes place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12:00-2:00 pm in the LGBTQ+ Equity Center (2411 Marie Mount Hall).
November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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New issue of TSQ featuring an article co-authored by WGSS PhD alumni Sunhye Kim!
dukepress.bsky.social Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · Oct 31
TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly offers a high-profile venue for innovative research and scholarship that contest the objectification, pathologization, and exoticization of transgender lives. Issue 12:3 is now online: buff.ly/nZ24wUO

Learn more and subscribe: buff.ly/ABkyDrb
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October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Now on #TIEBlog
In honor of October being #LGBTQHistoryMonth, the TIE team compiled a list of titles featuring different aspects of queer and trans history: ow.ly/HEMv50Xk034 #queerstudies #LGBTQhistory
Reads: "15 Titles to Read for LGBTQ+ History Month" with TIE logo.
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Starting shortly! 🌟🍔 If you're in the UMD-College Park area, stop by Skinner 3115 for BCaT Eats this afternoon

More BCaT Lab events & details can be found: www.bcatlab.org/events
bcatlab.bsky.social BCaT Lab @ UMD @bcatlab.bsky.social · Oct 27
Get ready for another BCaT Eats! Join us this Wednesday in Skinner 3115 from 12-1pm for some free food, games, and movies! 🍕
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/WGSSBlackFeminisms🌈🎓 #AcademicSky #Blackademics #PhDSky
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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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 http://go.umd.edu/LiberatingAbortion  #blackademics #prochoice
October 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Just one month left until PhD Program applications are due! Visit https://go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd to make sure you have all of your application materials ready. #phdsky #academicsky #blackademics #feministstudies
Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies PhD Program Applications: One Month Left to apply
October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Join the Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies on Wed, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. for the launch of Technocreep and the Politics of Things Unseen—a feminist take on why our ties to tech often feel “creepy.”

go.umd.edu/technocreep
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/2025WGSSNewsletter. #academicsky #UniversityofMaryland 🌈🎓
September 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/WGSSisStillHere
September 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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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
September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/WGSSLethaboKing. #blackademics #academicsky
Announcement image for Looking for Lindsey and Other Genealogical Isolates which takes place on Wednesday, September 17 at 4:00 PM in Susquehanna Hall 3105 and online. The image features the time and date of the event and an invitation to RSVP at the link in our bio alongside an image of the book "The Black Woman" An Anthology.
September 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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What makes smart tech creepy?

Professor Neda Atanasoski, chair of @wgss-umd.bsky.social, recently joined KPFA's "Against the Grain" to unpack surveillance, ethics and the politics of "technocreep."
Technocreep | KPFA
Many new and emerging smart technologies are characterized as creepy. What’s the basis for these claims, and how should we respond to them? Neda Atanasoski and Nassim Parvin consider creepy technologi...
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August 22, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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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 https://go.umd.edu/ApplyWgssPhd. Applications due November 16 #phdlife #academicsky #blackademics #feministsky
Phd in WGSS. Apply by November 16 The Doctoral program in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies trains students in interdisciplinary research and pedagogies grounded in feminist, queer, and trans theories and methods. Key Research Areas include Black feminist thought, anti-caste studies, arts, media, cultural, and literary studies, Feminist science and technology studies, queer of color critique, transnational feminisms, indigenous feminisms, and disability studies Students receive applied professional training and mentoring in feminist and queer teaching and learning styles, student assessment, and classroom management techniques through interactons with world-class faculty at UMD and through our colloquium series. Students draw upon extensive resources on campus and across the D.C. area to build an individualized course of study. Apply Now at the link in bio
August 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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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
WGSS Communications Intern application announcement image. More information available in a screen-reader friendly format at wgss.umd.edu Application instructions and eligibility requirements for the WGSS Communications Internship. Screen reader friendly version of the information is available at wgss.umd.edu
July 18, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Check out our chair, Dr. Neda Atanasoski's, interview about her new book Technocreep on the newest episode of The Good Robot Podcast!
goodrobotpod.bsky.social The Good Robot Podcast @goodrobotpod.bsky.social · Jun 24
New episode! In this fantastic episode we talk to Nassim Parvin and Neda Atanasoski about their new book Technocreep: The Politics of Things Unseen 👀 Watch now on YouTube or stream on Apple, Spotify and more! 🤩

Watch us on YouTube: youtu.be/ScKSG9VjqxY
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June 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM