Women’s College Colloquium Series: Dr. Lindsey Stewart
Presentation by Dr. Lindsey Stewart, author of The Politics of Black Joy: Zora Neale Hurston and Neo-Abolitionism. Her research focuses on black feminist conceptions of political agency.
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Gail P. Gunter Room, Fant Library
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History and Legacy of the Pink Tax
GPG Multi-Purpose Room – MUW LibraryJoin WCFR to discuss the history of gender-based pricing and ongoing efforts to reduce that gap. In 1994, consumers were made aware of price discrepancies among clothing items (ladies’ blouses vs. men’s dress shirts) based on gender. We will review efforts to reduce the pricing gap and discuss why, thirty years later, we continue to […]
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Community Read Author Talk: Alejandra Campoverdi
Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)Presentation and discussion with Alejandra Campoverdi, author of First Gen: A Memoir, about navigating college and social mobility as a first-generation Latina. Sponsored by the MS Humanities Council and The Columbus Community Read Partners.
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Community Read Author Talk: Alejandra Campoverdi
Kossen Auditorium (Inside Poindexter Hall)Presentation and discussion with Alejandra Campoverdi, author of First Gen: A Memoir, about navigating college and social mobility as a first-generation Latina. Sponsored by the MS Humanities Council and The Columbus Community Read Partners.
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Meet the Author – Melanie R. Anderson
Gail P. Gunter Multi-Purpose RoomMelanie R. Anderson, co-author of Monster She Wrote, will be joining us for a discussion of Women in Horror.
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Meet the Author – Melanie R. Anderson
Gail P. Gunter Multi-Purpose RoomMelanie R. Anderson, co-author of Monster She Wrote, will be joining us for a discussion of Women in Horror.
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Movie Night: On the Basis of Sex
Cochran BallroomPresented by the Residence Hall Association and Housing, this two-hours-long documentary and drama will focus on the life of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Spring Book Talk: Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts
Gail P. Gunter Room, Fant LibraryJoin Fant Memorial Library for another installment of their Spring Book Talk. This year’s book is Praisesong for the Kitchen Ghosts: Stories and Recipes from Five Generations of Black Country Cooks by Crystal Wilkinson, and this month’s discussion will focus on chapters 8-11.
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Feminist Book Club Session #1
Friendly City Books 501 5th St N, Columbus, MS, United StatesAt the club’s first session, members will discuss Rebecca Solnit’s Men Explain Things to Me. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working at Friendly City Books as a Nancy Yates Community Engagement Fellow in the summer of 2025.
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Reclaiming Pleasure with Catherine Simone Gray
Gail P. Gunter Room, Fant Memorial LibraryCatherine Simone Gray–also called “Unsilenced Woman” and author of Proud Flesh: A Memoir of Motherhood, Intimate Violence, and Reclaiming Pleasure–gathers women, mothers, and caregivers to explore how writing can be an ally in our living and loving. Part of the Women’s College Colloquium Speaker Series. All are welcome.
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Fireside Chat with W Alum Kimberly Griffin
Gail P. Gunter Room, Fant Memorial LibraryKimberly Griffin is a seasoned revenue generation expert with over two decades of fundraising, marketing, sales, and advertising experience. She is also the founding publisher and chief revenue officer of the Mississippi Free Press, a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan news outlet focusing on solutions-based journalism. She received her B.S. in journalism from The W. Read her full […]
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Feminist Book Club Session #2
Friendly City Books 501 5th St N, Columbus, MS, United StatesAt the club’s second session, members will discuss The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick. Lessa Harvey, an 1884 Fellow in the Women’s College, created this feminist book club after working at Friendly City Books as a Nancy Yates Community Engagement Fellow in the summer of 2025.