Weird Barbie: Feminist, Queer, and Industry Issues in Greta Gerwig's Blockbuster

Description: Join the Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies to discuss feminist, queer, and industry issues in Greta Gerwig's Barbie.

Panelists:

• Erica Rand, Professor, Art and Visual Culture and Gender and Sexuality Studies, Bates College, author of Barbie's Queer Accessories
• Aria S. Halliday, Associate Professor, Gender andWomen’s Studies and African American and Africana Studies, University of Kentucky, author of Buy Black: How Black Women Transformed U.S Pop Culture
• Colin Burnett, Associate Professor, Film and Media Studies, Washington University in St. Louis, author of the forthcoming Serial Bonds: 007 Storytelling Across Media

Date: Thursday, September 21, 2023

Time: 4-5:30 pm

Location: Women's Building Formal Lounge

Co-sponsors: The American Culture Studies Program, the Program in Film and Media Studies, Center for the Humanities, and The Law, Identity and Culture Initiative in the School of Law

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