Please join Illinois State University Women's and Gender Studies Program, the LGBT/Queer Studies and Services Institute, Diversity Advocacy and ISU Pride in welcoming the first QUEERtalk of Fall 2016: "Queering Sugar: Kara Walk and Spectacular Female Sexuality" by Amber Jamilla Musser, 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. September 20.
QUEERtalks is a lunchtime colloquium series dedicated to learning about new scholarship in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)/queer studies.
The talks will be held at the LGBT/Queer Studies and Services Institute in the Professional Development Annex. Members of the host organizations will meet at 12:15 p.m. at the flagpole located at the north end of ISU's Quad to serve as guides leading to the Institute.
Musser is St. Louis Washington University in St. Louis assistant professor for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She is the author of Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism, which examines how masochism and its related power structures race, gender, and embodiment in different contexts.
For questions and accommodations, contact Jamie Anderson of the Women's and Gender Studies Program Office at (309) 438-2947.