[ May 19, 2009; 17:00 to 19:00. ] Ever wonder why images of ethnic minority women in film and media are often reduced to stereotypes or simply pushed into the background to the point of invisibility?

[ May 20, 2009 20:00 to May 21, 2009 20:00. ] Ladyfest at the Jericho Tavern! A night of incredible female artists in aid of the Oxford Sexual Abuse and Rape Crisis Centre.

[ May 13, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). These screenings are also completely FREE.

[ May 2, 2009; 20:00 to 22:00. ] To what extent is it possible for scientific research about gender and sexuality to be neutral and divorced from broader social attitudes and assumptions? Are the claims of science about gender opposed to those of queer theory, or are they asking different questions? To what extent should “the natural world” tell us what should and shouldn’t be sexually permissible? And what are the real life consequences of these differing views on gender?

These are only some of the questions that we will be discussing at our first meeting of Trinity term.

[ April 29, 2009; 19:30 to 21:30. ] “Sex and the Cinema” is a series of film screenings which explore issues of sex and gender, followed by a discussion (no academic knowledge required!). This week we’re watching classic “battle of the sexes” comedy *Adam’s Rib* (1949).

Why foundation is more anti-feminist than lipstick

The Independent reports, Chacon has committed a terrible “gaffe”…. Anything a woman does or says can and will be used against her in the court of public opinion. The more powerful that woman is the more vicious and hateful her detractors will be. Male politicians have been cocking things up since the beginning of time, yet they carry on.

[ March 12, 2009; 15:30 to 17:00. ] Sponsored by the INTERNATIONAL GENDER STUDIES CENTRE

India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) was founded in 1972 by Ela Bhatt, a groundbreaking woman lawyer, the SEWA organises and provides credit, health insurance, pensions and other essential safety net services to hundreds of thousands of self-employed Indian women.

[ March 10, 2009; 17:30 to 18:30. ] Tuesday, March 10th, 5:30 to 6:30 PM, Borders on Magdalen Stree