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The Language of Lived Experience: Exploring Storytelling, Identity Politics, Language, and Memory through the Lens of Black Feminist Theory

Robin Boylorn

Time: March 26, 2025, 4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Location: NEW LOCATION: 500 Hall of Languages

Robin Boylorn (University of Alabama)

Dr. Boylorn's work is steeped in the humanities tradition showcasing innovative methods that bridge critical auto-ethnographer and cultural studies. She explores a timely topic, Black Womanhood, developing a lens for looking at both the personal and the cultural with a focus on identity politics. She has coined some important terms -- "ratchet respectability," "blackgirl" and "blackgirlism"-- to open up possibilities for theorizing Black womanhood. All are welcome to this talk with Q&A, hosted by Communication and Rhetorical Studies.

Additional supporters:

  • English
  • Newhouse School
  • Women and Gender Studies