{"id":399,"date":"2017-02-20T16:29:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T21:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/landishouse\/?p=399"},"modified":"2017-02-26T16:23:13","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T21:23:13","slug":"love-your-body-week-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/officeofequityandinclusivity\/2017\/02\/20\/love-your-body-week-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Your Body Week 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Love Your Body Week?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every spring, Dickinson College dedicates a week to self-love and self-acceptance. Dickinson\u2019s Love Your Body Week<\/a> is a week packed with events that surround this important topic, bringing positivity to the student body and student bodies in distinct and extraordinary ways each year. This year, Love Your Body Week 2017 takes place from Monday, February 20 to Friday, February 24. Listed below are our featured events! Be sure to attend some\u2014there\u2019s an event for everybody!<\/p>\n

Kickoff Soiree<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Monday, February 20 Social Hall\u00a0 7:00pm-9:00pm<\/p>\n

This year, Love Your Body Week begins with a Kickoff Soiree to start the week off right and get excited about the following events! The event is hosted by multiple campus organizations and will have music, food, and performances from student groups.<\/p>\n

Yoga for Every Body<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 21 HUB Dance Studio\u00a0 12:00pm-1:00pm<\/p>\n

This event is led by local yoga instructor Michele Landis, the owner of Simply Well Yoga. This yoga class is for everyone no matter your level, body type, or age. If you don\u2019t have a mat of your own, no problem! We\u2019ve got extras, so come join!<\/p>\n

Trans Salon<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 21 Allison Community Room\u00a0 5:00-6:30pm<\/p>\n

This inclusive discussion will surround bodily experience and understanding through feminist, queer, and trans perspectives. It\u2019s also a great opportunity to learn about issues and struggles that you can help be a part of the solution for! Read up<\/a> before you go.<\/p>\n

\"\"Pleasurable Sex<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 21 Denny 317\u00a0 7:00-8:00pm<\/p>\n

This program was so popular it was specifically requested by students again this year! The presentation goes over pleasurable sex practices including safe sex, consent, use of toys, and similar additional topics. Attend to learn more!<\/p>\n

Dickinson Rising: Live at the Library<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, February 22 Waidner-Library Lobby\u00a0 12:00pm<\/p>\n

A part of the global One Billion Rising revolution against violence towards and exploitation of women, Dickinson is hosting this multi-arts event in solidarity! Be a part of the solution by being a part of the resistance!<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s Eat Dinner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 23\u00a0 Social Hall\u00a0 5:00-6:30pm<\/p>\n

Join us for dinner before Sonya Renee Taylor’s Love Your Body Week keynote.<\/p>\n

RSVP required<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Your Body is Not an Apology with Keynote Speaker Sonya Renee Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Thursday, February 23\u00a0 ATS\u00a0 7:00pm<\/p>\n

This program features author and poet Sonya Renee Taylor, using popular education, performance poetry, and media examples to introduce the concept of body terrorism and radical self-love.<\/p>\n

\u201cFat Chance: The Line Between Health and Shame is Becoming Tragically Thin.\u201d Discussion Led by Professor Amy Farrell<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, February 24\u00a0 Althouse 106\u00a0 12:00-1:00pm<\/p>\n

This discussion, based on Professor Farrell\u2019s enlightening essay, will focus on society\u2019s obsession with weight and some consequences of it. Read the essay<\/a> before attending to be best prepared for what is sure to be an engaging conversation!<\/p>\n

10 Tools for Radical Self-Love with Sonya Renee Taylor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, February 24\u00a0 Allison Community Room\u00a0 4:30-6:30pm<\/p>\n

Sonya Renee Taylor will lead this participatory workshop featuring 10 new rules for radical self-love! Join us to learn more! Dickinson community only. RSVP required: clarkeforum@dickinson.edu<\/a><\/p>\n

Cosponsors<\/strong> of Dickinson College\u2019s Love Your Body Week: Women’s and Gender Resource Center, Clarke Forum, Psychology Club, PALS, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department, Psychology Department, Office of LGBTQ Services, Popel Shaw Center for Race and Ethnicity, President’s Commission on Women, Gender, and Sexuality, The Wellness Center, Waidner-Spahr Library, Department of Theatre & Dance, and Psi Chi<\/p>\n

Written by Ella Wiley ’18, WGRC student worker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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