Women,Gender,Sexuality Studies 393S - S-Feminism&SocJusticeActivism

What are the problems that activists are try to solve? How do feminist, queer, and trans activists come to have such an outsized role in so many movements - from Black Lives Matter to prison abolition to climate justice, immigration, and indigenous land and water struggles? Why is this the case from Idle No More in Canada to Fees Must Fall in South Africa to the movement to overthrow the governor in Puerto Rico? This course will explore the issues in contemporary movements through histories, writings, and conversations with contemporary activists.