Academic Writing II
Wednesday
3
May
2023
Join us for a academic writing workshop with Prof. Stevi Jackson.
Cleanfluencing: The Spectacular Return of the Housewife in the Late Modern Digital Age
Tuesday
2
May
2023
Popular depictions of housework as ‘sparking joy’; as the preserve of the ‘happy housewife’; as key to a happy family; as an expression of ‘care’; and as ‘women’s work’, have a long and stubborn history. Today, digital social media is flooded with images of gleaming, immaculately tidy homes with accounts dedicated to reproducing images of women cleaning, tidying and ordering domestic spaces omnipresent across social media. The influencer boon, alongside a renewed post-pandemic focus on keeping homes clean, germ-free and ‘safe’, has culminated in the burgeoning popularity of ‘cleanfluencing’; an online re-configuration of the white woman housewife, responsible for curating digital images of the perfect home and with overwhelmingly women followers. And yet housework remains one of the most unequal institutions globally.
Spring Term Social
Tuesday
14
March
2023
On behalf of CWS, I wanted to invite you to our Spring Social next week. There'll be food, wine, and hopefully some fun games.
Roundtable on Gender and Violence
Monday
21
November
2022
As part of its Women’s Studies Now! seminar series, York’s Centre for Women’s Studies (CWS) is delighted to invite you to a roundtable discussion on gender and violence to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women:
FRACS workshop on M-Level Essay Writing
Wednesday
26
October
2022
The workshop is tailored specifically to those writing Masters level essays for the first time, though all are welcome to come along. If you have any specific areas you would like to be covered in the session, please feel free to email Clare by Friday 21st October (clare.bielby@york.ac.uk).
CWS Welcome Social
Tuesday
27
September
2022
Food, drinks, music & feminist merriment for all CWS staff, & students!
PGR Induction
Tuesday
27
September
2022
PGR Induction to welcome all new PGR students at CWS.
GEMMA Induction
Monday
26
September
2022
GEMMA Induction welcoming all new GEMMA students at CWS.
Building the CWS Community Manifesto
Monday
26
September
2022
Thinking creatively about how we build and sustain our shared community values, this interactive session will bring all new and current CWS students together to brainstorm and start building a collective manifesto of our core community principles. We will think about what we, collectively, feel are crucial values we must sustain and continuously care for as a community: what do we stand for? What can we not stand for? What are the values we can write down together in order to make sure our community is free from racism, transphobia, homophobia, xenophobia, and other forms of discrimination? What does our collective feminism look like?
MA Induction
Monday
26
September
2022
This is an MA Induction welcoming all new MA students joining us at CWS.
CWS End of Term Social 'Around the World' Picnic
Tuesday
14
June
2022
This event will involve an ‘around the world’ potluck picnic and you are invited to make and/or bring a dish which you enjoy and which showcases your national or regional culture. We are so lucky to have such an international community in the CWS and this is an opportunity to share and enjoy food from other backgrounds.
Abortion is not a bad word
Wednesday
9
March
2022
This session will explore the stigma of abortion, facilitated by a researcher from the AbortionData.org project.
CLIMATE FEMINISM: WHAT ON EARTH IS IT?
Saturday
5
March
2022
The session will also address climate feminism in relation to recent global events and will allow for an open discussion and a distribution of resource to awaken the feminist eco warrior within you.
