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POVERTY & INEQUALITY SERIES Justice Before Charity: Everyone Has the Right to Eat Sister Simone Campbell Tuesday, September 17, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Blau Auditorium, Ross School of Business Longtime advocate for social and political change, Sister Simone will speak about poverty in America, the effect on women and children, and the path for progressive change. This event is presented by St. Mary Student Parish. Cosponsors: School of Social Work, IRWG, Department of Women's Studies, Ford School of Public Policy, and the Ross School of Business.  Cosponsored by LESBIAN-GAY-QUEER RESEARCH INITIATIVE (LGQRI) Lecture: dancing [queer|black] diasporas Thomas DeFrantz, Duke University (Dance) Monday, September 16, 2013 at 5:00 p.m. 4701 Haven Hall This talk explores possibilities of diaspora as they are enlivened by dance. How does dance stabilize or rupture aspects of identity or home? What happens when queer identities conflict with or enhance black identities? When we dance our varied histories, what new spaces might be produced? Click here for a PDF flyer with more information.  Performance: theoryography 4.5: we queer here Thomas DeFrantz & SLIPPAGE  with Students from U-M Dance Department Friday, September 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 21, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Duderstadt Center, Video Studio Dr. Thomas DeFrantz's dance company, SLIPPAGE, will perform with students from the University of Michigan Dance Department. The Friday, September 20, performance will include a postshow conversation with the artists and dramaturg, Clare Croft. This event is free and open to the public, but seating will be limited. Click here for a PDF flyer.  More information from the School of Music, Theatre & Dance...  GENDER: NEW WORKS, NEW QUESTIONS Deviations: A Gayle Rubin Reader  by Gayle S. Rubin Monday, September 23, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. Michigan League Hussey Room Gayle Rubin (Anthropology, Women's Studies), Elizabeth Armstrong (Sociology), David Halperin (English, Women's Studies), and Elizabeth Roberts (Anthropology) discuss readings fromDeviations, a collection of essays on feminist, gay, lesbian and sexuality studies. More information... LGQRI The Choice of Heterosexuality: The Porn Industry in France (1975-2010) Mathieu Trachman (Sociology) Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. 2239 Lane Hall Dr. Trachman is a research fellow at the Institut national d’études démographiques (INED) in France, and member of the editorial board of Genre, sexualité et société. His recent publications include “The pornographer's trade: A discredited professional group’s rhetoric, control and know-how”, Sociologie du travail, 2012; and Le travail pornographique. Enquête sur la production de fantasmes, La Découverte, 2013.Cosponsors: Doing Queer Studies Now (DQSN), Rackham Graduate School. More information... FEMINIST SCIENCE STUDIES Banking on DNA Futures: Thinking about Non-Invasive Prenatal Tests in Comparative Contexts Rayna Rapp, New York University (Anthropology) Monday, September 30, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. 2239 Lane Hall Dr. Rapp's areas of research and interest include gender, reproduction, health and culture, and science and technology in the United States and Europe. Cosponsors: Reproductive Justice, Science, Technology, & Society.  VIVIAN R. SHAW LECTURE Equal Work, Equal Pay Lilly Ledbetter Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. Rackham Auditorium A crusader for equal pay and women's rights, Lilly Ledbetter tells her story of discrimination at the Goodyear Company and outlines the subsequent legal battle that led to the Ledbetter Fair Pay Restoration Act. Her story resonates for women everywhere who continue to struggle for equity in the workplace. Cohosted by the Department of Women's Studies and IRWG. Cosponsors: School of Social Work, Communication Studies, Ford School of Public Policy, Law School, American Culture, Political Science, and the Center for the Education of Women. More information...