Sack Lunch Seminars: Spring 2026
The following is a list of our Spring 2026 Sack Lunch Seminars Schedule:
Contact danforth@montana.edu for more information on these events
"For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women." -Elizabeth Blackwell (first U.S. female physician)
Wednesday, February 11th, 2026: WITCHIES, Chickies, and Radical "Libbers": The Women's Liberation Movement and American GIs
SUB 168, Noon - 1 p.m.
Throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s, a wave of social and racial justice
movements swept the United States, capturing the attention of American citizens both
at home and abroad, including men and women serving in the Vietnam War. One of these
countercultural campaigns—the women’s liberation movement—issued a direct challenge
to martial masculinity, a central pillar in the United States’ battle against communism
in Vietnam. Join MSU’s Dr. Addison Jensen as she explores American servicemen’s responses
to this “crisis of masculinity” through the lens of media and popular culture—mainstream
publications such as Playboy, the GI-produced magazine Grunt Free Press, and the music of the era. Dr. Jensen is currently at work on her manuscript, Blowing In the Wind: Media, Counterculture, and the American Military in Vietnam.
Wednesday, March 4th: More Perfect: Sex Appeal-A Moderated Discussion
SUB Alumni Legacy Lounge, Noon - 1 p.m.
Sara Callow in the College of Letters and Science and Pre-Law Advisor will be joined
by her students to moderate a discussion on sex-based discrimination and the legacy
of Ruth Bader Ginsburg as an advocate before and during her tenure on the Supreme
Court.
Students are asked to listen to the “More Perfect: Sex Appeal” episode in advance,
as that will form the basis of our discussion. This can be found at: https://radiolab.org/podcast/more-perfect-sex-appeal
Wednesday, March 11th: Celebrate International Women’s Day
SUB 168, Noon - 1 p.m.
Join students from around the world as they share their cultural celebrations and
recognition of International Women’s Day as well as their experiences living in the
United States and attending MSU!
Wednesday, March 25th: Grafik Intervention: An In-Depth Bozeman History and Women Who Design
SUB Alumni Legacy Lounge, Noon - 1 p.m.
MSU Graphic Design students Sasha Maguire, Erika Chapin and Kylie Zwagerman will discuss
their uniquely creative project called Grafik Intervention. Students from the MSU
School of Art worked in interdisciplinary teams to research, design and install public
projection that revealed hidden histories of downtown Bozeman buildings and foster
community engagement through contemporary design.
Maguire will also discuss her individual ongoing research project, Women Who Design,
which amplifies voices and celebrates women designers.
Contact danforth@montana.edu for more information on these events
"What I am proud of, what seems so simply clear, is that feminism is a way to fight for justice, always in short supply." -Barbara Strickland
Sack Lunch Seminars are free, fun, informal, and open to everyone!
Sponsored by the Women's Center, a department in the division of Student Success
SUB 372, 406-994-3836
Bring your lunch and join us!