Margaret Breen’s new book — Narratives of queer desire : deserts of the heart

Margaret Sonser Breen has a new published work

Narratives of queer desire : deserts of the heart
Book Description
An interdisciplinary project that uses literary analysis, along with personal testimony and the applications of gender theory, as a means for identifying and exploring LGBTQ stories, the book considers queer yearnings for stories other than those conventionally available, that [...]

Women’s empowerment needs a people-centred economy

Recently linked in Siyanda, new thoughts from a group of researchers on how women can truly become empowered in our world — “a system where the well-being of people is the goal and commodity production the means – rather than vice versa.”
Here’s the short summary:
In 2006 the World Bank coined the slogan ‘Gender equality is [...]

NOW! UConn Metanoia 2009: Preventing Violence Against Women

For complete information: http://www.metanoia.uconn.edu/

Sunday, Oct. 4
Past (1979), Present (2009), and Future (?): Preventing VAW

This panel – featuring participants from the 1979 Metanoia as well as current students and professionals in the field – will kick off the week of the 2009 Metanoia. Audience questions and discussion by the panelists will conclude the session.

4:00pm – 5:15pm
Dodd [...]