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WGS South
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WGS South is one of the oldest Women’s & Gender Studies associations in the U.S., serving AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA MS, NC, SC, TN, TX, WV, & VA.
https://wgssouth.org/
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msmagazine.com
"Project 2026 lays out a government redesigned to control women’s bodies, erase LGBTQ+ lives, dismantle civil rights protections and roll back decades of hard-won progress."
Project 2026 Declares Open War on Women’s Rights
When the Heritage Foundation released its new policy blueprint for 2026 this week—an extension of the now-infamous Project 2025—it did so with the calm confidence of an institution convinced no one wi...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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globalabortionnews.bsky.social
Amazing!! Women Help Women (womenhelp.org) is manufacturing their own abortion pills in order to make abortion safer, simpler and more accessible across borders. They designed an eco-friendly combi-pack that's easier to mail discreetly and centred around women’s experiences and needs.
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Join us in celebrating fifty years...and strategizing feminist scholarship & activism in the south for the next fifty.

Proposals Due Tomorrow!

#highered #edusky #academicsky #gradstudent #academia #community #activism #southern #scholarship #feminism #intersectionality #disability #accessibilty
Mint green flyer with a collage of artworks from women's lib and queer lib magazines from the late 1960s and early 70s. One specific image is a large woman with bare breasts spreading her hand down and wide in defiance, with the caption, "No More Shit."
December 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
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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splcenter.org
The SPLC and Read Freely Alabama recently partnered to host educational events across the state, offering guidance and tools for protecting libraries and resisting censorship. 📚

Here are 10 actions you can take in your own community to oppose book bans: https://bit.ly/4q5JVZd
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Ditch those winter blues and plan to meet us at Wake Forest in spring! wgssouth.org/2026cfps

#wgs #genderstudies #queerstudies #crt #disability #humanities #isd #socialsciences #AcademicSky #highered #gradstudent #healthandmedicine #medicalprofessionals #stemstudents #winterblues #intersectionality
Bright yellow background with a large yellow flower covered in due; in front of the flower is an adorable pitbull-mix named Maggie, looking at the camera pleadingly because my child put a flowery pink headband on her. The text reads, “A public service announcement from WGS South (and Maggie). Winter blues got you down? Start planning what to pack for WGS South 2026! Get those proposals submitted by December 15 and we’ll see you in North Carolina in March!”
December 9, 2025 at 9:12 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Tenure-Track Job Alert! Maryville College (TN) is hiring an Assistant Professor of Sociology. Review of applications will begin on December 10th. tinyurl.com/MCSociology

#highered #sociology #sociologymajor #race #gender #inequality #Academicsky #edusky #gradstudents #academicjobs #higheredjobs
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December 9, 2025 at 5:12 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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literaryminded.bsky.social
I’ll be editing a special issue of Publishing Research Quarterly on environmental sustainability and book publishing. The call for papers is out now. Please share if you have relevant networks!
Call for papers: Publishing Research Quarterly – Environmental Sustainability and Book Publishing
Hi everyone, I’m excited to share the call for papers for a special issue of the international academic journal Publishing Research Quarterly on the topic of environmental sustainability and …
literaryminded.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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priver.dev
I found a flowchart which helps you navigate the IT landscape
October 1, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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#opportunityalert
disabledinstem.bsky.social DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · 17d
Less than one week to get your applications in! #DisabledInSTEM
disabledinstem.bsky.social DisabledInSTEM @disabledinstem.bsky.social · Oct 20
It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!

Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...

Applications due December 5th!
November 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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gwillow.me
The death of browsing is part of the reason art is the way it is now. Our opinions are largely fed to us by algorithms. Spending a spare 15 minutes wandering around a bookstore or comic shop or video rental place was how you found stuff you wouldn't ordinarily pick up and thereby expanded your taste
blipstress.bsky.social violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 22d
Bookselling is like the most "people go to the store and buy what looks cool to them without a particular agenda" type business left, and your purchases have a huge influence on what is ordered, what is displayed, and what is recommended.
November 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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contingent-mag.bsky.social
Today's the last day to submit for our end-of-year publication lists. We're soliciting monographs, journal articles, and book chapters by contingent historians with a 2025 pub date! contingentmagazine.org/yearly-pub-l...
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
"Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South"

This is your friendly reminder that submissions for WGS South 2026 are due Dec. 1st! Check out our caucus cfps on our website! wgssouth.org/2026conference
#AcademicSky #edusky #gradstudents #highered #wgs
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November 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Students, hark! This cfp is for you!

"Reclaiming Our Future: A Call for Papers from Young Leaders, Writers, and Activists"

Join us at Wake Forest University in March!
wgssouth.org/2026conference

#academicsky #studentleadership #wgs #highered #southernstudies #activism #intersectionality #hope
Pink/purple flyer for the WGS South student caucus, featuring a vintage-looking birdcage with the door wide open. Out of the door emerges seven birds of different variety, wings spread wide and taking flight.
November 19, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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splcenter.org
We all must work to create safer spaces in schools and communities for trans and nonbinary youth. 🏳️‍⚧️

Understanding gender-affirming care is an essential step, and the willingness to learn will help counter disinformation that endangers LGBTQ+ youth. #LGBTQRights
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
"Dreaming Beyond Survival: Radical Imagination and Futures of Liberation for Southern BIPOC Persons and Communities" Now that's a title! Our BIPOC Caucus invites you to tell us what dreaming beyond survival looks like! Join us in March for our 2026 conference, Feminist Futurities!
#academicsky #wgs
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November 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Raise a glass to freedom!

Today, the Supreme Court rejected a petition to overturn the landmark Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.

#lgbtq #gaymarriage #lovei̇slove #queerpride #lovewins🌈
Raspberry-colored background featuring a woman on her knee proposing to her same-sex partner. A rainbow runs behind them, with overlaying text that reads, "Obergefell Stands, Love Wins!"
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
CFP: The daily attacks on disabled lives we experience/witness are exhausting, yet we trudge on, collectively, dreaming and actively creating different futures for ourselves and for those we love.

Submissions Due Dec. 1st, 2025.
wgssouth.org/2026conference

#disability #accessibility #academicsky
Flyer is blue with the sketched outline of a playing card or tarot card border. The main image on the card is a hourglass with wings, and behind it, the disability rights flag of yellow, white, and orange. The text reads: "Feminist Futurities: WGS South 2026 Annual Conference. Disability caucus cfp: "the future is disabled." Wake Forest University, March 19-21, 2026.
November 9, 2025 at 5:58 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Check out our 2026 LGBTQ Caucus CFP: "Trans, Intersex, and Queer Freedom Dreams and Futurities"

If you have something to say, let us hear it! Join us at Wake Forest University this March!

Submissions Due Dec. 1st wgssouth.org/2026conference

#lgbtq #queerstudies #southernstudies #academicsky
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November 7, 2025 at 4:17 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
We're proud to announce the CFP for our 50th Anniversary & 2026 conference: "Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South"

Check out the details on our website!
Submissions due Dec. 1st! wgssouth.org/2026conference

#AcademicSky #edusky #highered #wgs
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 reads: We're proud to announce the CFP for our 50th Anniversary & 2026 conference: "Feminist Futurities: 50 More Years of Feminist Scholarship and Activism in the South" WGS South 2026 Annual Conference, Wake Forest University, March 19-21, 2026.
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
If pundits would like to talk about violence, a terrorist recently shot up the CDC and another assassinated Democratic officials in Minnesota but they sort of let both stories disappear

Not as threatening as motorbikes in DC I know but maybe we could circle back?
August 17, 2025 at 1:04 PM
wgssouth.bsky.social
Thank goodness for storytellers.
dorothyjberry.bsky.social Dorothy Berry @dorothyjberry.bsky.social · Jun 2
i struggle to articulate that it's not that ive ever been passionate about any job I've have. rather, im passionate about the stories material records tell us about the past and honoring the humanity within those stories. i just have jobs that, to the untrained eye, align with that passion
Sepia tone photo circa the late 19th/early 20th century. A Black man (my great-great-great grandpa) stands on a porch, jauntily leaning against a chair
June 3, 2025 at 12:33 AM
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aaslh.org
Today is International Museum Day, organized by the International Council of Museums. This year's theme is "The Future of Museums in Rapidly Changing Communities" which invites people to reimagine the role of museums in a time of constant change.
International Museum Day - International Council of Museums
Each year since 1977, ICOM has organised International Museum Day, which represents a unique moment for the international museum community.
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May 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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katiephang.bsky.social
In Georgia, women’s bodies are merely human incubators. Just ask Adriana Smith’s family.

My latest piece on Substack

katiephang.substack.com/p/just-a-ves...
Just a Vessel: Georgia Keeps Legally Dead Pregnant Woman on Life Support
Georgia's fetal heartbeat law proves the CONTROL and the CRUELTY have always been the point
katiephang.substack.com
May 18, 2025 at 12:33 PM