This online event -- "Mainstreaming the Anti-abortion Fringe" -- is free and open to the public and launches the virtual 2022 Take Root: Red State Reproductive Justice Conference at 10 am Saturday October 15. The online event is free but registration is required. This online event will be immediately followed by an online keynote address by Black feminist legal scholar Dorothy Roberts, author of Killing the Black Body; they keynote requires paid registration. 

Utilizing Nirmal Puwar’s concept of space invaders, I explore the interconnected relationship between space and bodies, wherein specifically minoritized populations are stigmatized and framed as deviant when they are occupying spaces constructed by and for privileged bodies. The concept of digital space invaders refers to the process wherein minority bodies residing in institutionalized spaces are considered to be out of place, becoming ‘space invaders’, disrupting spaces and locations ‘which have not been “reserved” for them’. In the current context, I utilize the metaphor of the space invader to consider Black women’s occupation in digital gaming communities. Employing both Black feminist traditions with ‘post’- colonial feminisms, I draw connections in how these women are perceived, exploring the reproduction of deeply rooted prejudices and colonial legacies expressed in territorial concepts of belonging.

Choose one of these two dates to attend:



Wednesday, Aug 31st or Friday, Sept 2nd



Both meetings will be from 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Room 301 of the Whitehall Classroom Building



Contact Tony Stallins if you have questions.

Choose one of these two dates to attend:



Wednesday, Aug 31st or Friday, Sept 2nd



Both meetings will be from 3:00 - 4:00 pm in Room 301 of the Whitehall Classroom Building



Contact Tony Stallins if you have questions.