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City. University of Southern Maine sociology professor Wendy Chapkis is urgin
No full textCity. University of Southern Maine sociology professor Wendy Chapkis is urging the college\u27s Portland library to archive memorabilia, oral histories and documentation of the history of sexual minorities in the state
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Wendy Chapkis: Out in the Redwoods, Documenting Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, 1965-2003
Get PDFWendy Chapkis was an undergraduate at UCSC from 1973 to 1977, a graduate student in sociology from 1985 to 1995, and lecturer in women's studies, politics and other departments. She was a co-founder of the Bulkhead Gallery, and is a queer activist and writer. Her book Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance was published by South End Press in 1986, and Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor by Routledge in 1997. She is currently a professor of women's studies at the University of Southern Maine
Big Talk, 9/18/2008
No full textClaire Holman and Suzanne Murphy discuss medical marijuana with USM professor Dr. Wendy Chapkis, author of Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/wmpg_bigtalk/1066/thumbnail.jp
The Ugly Side of Beauty; A Second Look at Wendy Chapkis’ Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance
No full textabstract: In 1986, Wendy Chapkis published Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance, exploring beauty as it is interpreted through physical appearance, gender, and sexuality. Over thirty years later, many of the trends and problems Chapkis identified still exist or have gotten worse; we still live in a society that praises ideal physical beauty, and creates and reinforces unrealistic beauty standards. This research strives to determine why these problems still exist, and how to solve them. Through a combination of creative writing and analytic research, this project will discuss topics that have helped to create problems like cultural influences, gender norms, and the media, as well as discuss the consequences like mental health and eating disorders, and the unattainable ideal beauty standard. The purpose of this study is to bring new attention to the flaws of a society that teaches people they are defined by their appearance, in order to teach people what actions we need to take to make real progress. Research was conducted using an online survey to allow for anonymous, honest, responses, which were then analyzed to inspire sections of creative writing, as well as fuel the analytical research portions of the paper. In this way, the text mirrors Chapkis’ original style to connect and engage with readers. Research shows that many respondents know there are problems with society’s standards, but feel powerless to change anything. This study provides a platform to restart the conversation, and call people to action, to inspire people not to simply redefine beauty, but teach them that they should not define others or themselves by merely their physical appearance
10/28/2019 OUT cast
No full textWendy Chapkis discusses her book, Dying To Get High: Marijuana as Medicine (2008) New York University Press (co-authored with Richard J. Webb).
Wendy Chapkis has taught sociology and gender studies at USM since 1995. From 2016 - 2019 she has served as the Faculty Scholar for the Jean Byers Sampson Center for Diversity in Maine working with the LGBTQ+ Collection. In that capacity, she created the “Querying the Past: Maine LGBTQ Oral History Project” which now includes life history interviews with dozens of Mainers. She is the author of numerous articles and three books: Beauty Secrets: Women and the Politics of Appearance (South End Press); Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Labor (Routledge); and Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine (co-authored with Richard J. Webb, New York University Press).https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/outcast/1048/thumbnail.jp
Macho Sluts: A Little Sister\u27s Classic
No full textThis new edition, part of Arsenal Pulp Press\u27 Little Sister\u27s Classics series resurrecting classics of LGBT literature, includes a new afterword by the author, and an introduction by Wendy Chapkis, a professor of sociology and women and gender studies at the University of Southern Maine in Portland.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/facbooks/1704/thumbnail.jp
Portland Gay Pride – June, 1998
No full textSouthern Maine Pride celebrations. Image description: Wendy Chapkis (far right, foreground) and others gather at Monument Square in Portland.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/annette_dragon/1093/thumbnail.jp
03/25/2018 OUT cast
No full textWeekly Pride Update
OUT cast co-hosts Steve, Madeline, and Stan interview guest Wendy Chapkis about Querying the Past.https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/outcast/1016/thumbnail.jp
Productive Tensions: Ethnographic Engagement, Complexity, and Contradiction
No full textThis article discusses engagement, complexity, and contradiction as resources for, rather than simply impediments to, good research. Drawing on examples from her own work of the past three decades on body image, commercial sex, and the medical use of marijuana, the author examines the benefits of, as well as some of the challenges presented by, this approach to scholarly practice
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