Monday, January 22, The Abortion Diaries with director/producer Penny Lane, Circular Church, 7 pm

Wednesday, February 7, The Last Abortion Clinic (a PBS Frontline documentary), with presentation following by Lindsay Siler (PPHS Public Affairs Department) on Planned Parenthood's Prevention First Initiative, Historic Charleston Foundation, 7 pm

Wednesday, February 21, Vera Drake, Physicians Auditorium, 7 pm

Cosponsored by Friends of Planned Parenthood of the Lowcountry and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.

College of Charleston campus | Monday, February 26, 7:00 p.m. | Stern Center Theater, room 206 | Free and open to the public

Maggie McFadden is professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Appalachian State University. Her publications include Feminist Politics, Activism, and Vision: Local and Global Challenges, and Golden Cables of Sympathy: The Transatlantic Sources of Nineteenth Century Feminism.

College of Charleston campus | Thursday, January 18, 7:15 p.m. | Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | Free and open to the public

Woody Winfree's mission is simple: to create a world in which every woman and girl can proudly proclaim, "I Am Beautiful!"

How do we redefine feminine beauty to make it more inclusive? How do we combat the damaging media messages and distorted cultural ideals about women and beauty? How do we show our daughters, sisters, friends, mothers and grandmothers the power in naming their own beauty?

Self-acceptance is the first step.
That is what the I Am Beautiful Project is all about: self-esteem through
self-discovery.

College of Charleston campus | Monday, Dec. 4, 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. | Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | For CofC students

Join CofC President Conrad Festa, HSS Dean Cynthia Lowenthal, and LCWA Dean Sam Hines for pancakes. Take a break from studying and have breakfast!

Sponsored by the Jewish Student Union.

College of Charleston campus | Monday, November 13, 6:30 p.m. | Addlestone Library room 227 | Free and open to the public

Syndicated columnist Celia Rivenbark will discuss her award-winning--and hysterically funny--work.

Sponsored by the CofC College Bookstore. Cosponsored by WGS.

College of Charleston campus | Wednesday, Nov. 15, at noon | Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | free and open to the public

Claire Curtis (Political Science, CofC), Conseula Francis (English, CofC), Eliza McGraw (author of Two Covenants: Representations of Southern Jewishness; Washington, DC)

Motherhood is a hot topic these days, with regular missives from the mainstream media creating new controversies around old questions (should mothers work outside the home? is motherhood a valid career choice? which mothers should feel guiltiest?). Panelists will offer feminist perspectives on the public debates surrounding motherhood today. Feel free to bring your lunch.

College of Charleston campus | Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7:00 p.m. | Arnold Hall in the Jewish Studies Building | free and open to the public

The Never Go Back campaign is a nationwide initiative, sponsored by the Feminist Majority Foundation, to raise awareness among young people about the threats to abortion access and birth control. Since January 2006, over 600 new pieces of anti-choice legislation have been introduced in states across the nation. View the film Never Go Back: The Threat to Legal Abortion and discuss the importance of reproductive justice.

Sponsored by students in Introduction to Women's and Gender Studies.

College of Charleston campus | Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7:30 p.m. | Stern Center Ballroom | free and open to the public

RABBI ANTHONY HOLZ (KKBE, REFORM); RABBI ARI SYTNER (BSBI, ORTHODOX); RABBI ALAN COHEN (CONGREGATION BETH SHALOM, OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, CONSERVATIVE)

Each semester, the Jewish Studies Program at the College of Charleston hosts a conversational forum led by the rabbis of our three local congregations. Now in its eleventh year, the panel is one of the proudest accomplishments of Jewish Studies as it shows both the diverse views within Judaism, while at the same time demonstrating the unity of the Charleston community and the importance of dialogue.

This semester, the three rabbis will discuss Jewish views about women. Many of the key issues that have confronted Judaism in the past fifty years--the status of the
agunah, mixed seating, the ordination of women rabbis, even same-sex marriages--revolve around the place of women. The divergent views that have emerged will be represented by the rabbis.

Co-sponsored by the Yaschik/Arnold Jewish Studies Program, JSU/Hillel, and the Women's and Gender Studies Program.

Women's and Gender Studies students are sponsoring the following events as fundraisers for the Women's and Gender Studies Program:

Best Sex Ever 101: A Panel on Safe, Healthy Sexuality

College of Charleston campus | Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 8:00 p.m. | Location TBA | $5 admission

Three panelists, including sex therapists and sex educators, will offer information about how to have a safe, healthy sex life. The $5 admission fee gives you one ticket for a raffle of Pleasure Party paraphernalia.

Feminist Date Auction

Yo Burrito on Wentworth Ave. | Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7:00 p.m. | free and open to the public (but bring money to bid on a date!)

Come bid on a date with a feminist! Men and women will be offering a night out on the town for a good cause. Each "date" comes with a gift certificate for dinner at a local restaurant. Meet someone new or bid on a friend!

College of Charleston campus | Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7:00 p.m. | Education Center 116 | free and open to the public

"A Film That Will Challenge How You Think About Breasts"

Deals with training bras, breast cancer, breastfeeding, augmentation, men's obsession and anything and everything else pertaining to breasts and the stereotypes surrounding them.

Film is 57 minutes long.

For more information, please visit: http://www.stiritup.com or http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/bust.html or call 442-5522.

Sponsored by Women & Gender Studies, Sociology & Anthropology, and Counseling & Substance Abuse Services.

This semester WGS will be sponsoring two interdisciplinary faculty seminars related to motherhood. These informal gatherings are meant to highlight current feminist research and facilitate interdisciplinary conversation.

"The Modern-Day Medea": Motherhood and Politics in the Case of Susan Smith
Thursday, Sept. 28, 3:15 p.m., Arnold Hall
Keira Williams, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Georgia and WGS instructor at CofC, is researching the Susan Smith case for her dissertation, "'In a Lake of Fire': Cultural Constructions of Susan Smith." Smith, the Union, SC, woman who killed her two children in 1994, is now serving a life sentence in prison in SC. Williams is the only person to have been granted interview access to Smith.

The Mommy Wars, Opting Out, and To Hell with All That: The Public Controversies Surrounding Motherhood
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 12:00 p.m., Arnold Hall
Motherhood is a hot topic these days, with regular missives from the mainstream media creating new controversies around old questions (should mothers work outside the home? which mothers should feel guiltiest?). A panel of faculty members will offer feminist perspectives on the public discourse surrounding motherhood today.

College of Charleston campus | September 18, 2006, 7:00 p.m. | Avery Center, 125 Bull Street | free and open to the public

Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler are founders of the magazine Bitch: A Feminist Response to Pop Culture and of the forthcoming book Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine. Bitch is a widely-read young feminist magazine that uses incisive critical thinking and humor to address the sexism in mainstream media, music, and literature. Its edgy title is intentional: Jervis and Zeisler explain that they are reclaiming a word that is used to denigrate and silence outspoken, assertive women. In this lecture, Jervis and Zeisler will share their insights into pop culture from ten years on the front lines as feminist critics.

Cosponsored by the Office of the Provost, the Communication Department, CofC NOW, and the Department of English.

Yo Burrito | September 13, 2006, 4-7 p.m. | open to the public

With the recent news of the FDA's approval of over-the-counter status of Plan B (emergency contraception), many of us in WGS felt a need for celebration! In honor of the recognition of health over politics, WGS minor Margaret Pilarski has put together an informal gathering for any and all on Wednesday, September 13th, from 4-7 at Yo Burrito on Wentworth St. There will be healthy mexican munchies and happy hour specials. It's a drop-in style event and we'd love to see (and meet!) you all. Please feel free to bring other guests!

*Yo Burrito Drink Specials!*
$1.50 Dos Equis Drafts
$2 Corona and Corona Lights
$3 Margarita
$5 Double Margarita