Finley's Fairytale

Finley’s Fairytale aims to fill a gap within often gendered children's literature by subverting, rather than perpetuating, gender stereotypes. To accomplish this, the book chronicles the adventures of a fictional gender-neutral child and deconstructs the oppressive gender stereotypes within the beloved fairytales Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and The Little Mermaid. It uses simple language and an easy-to-follow plot, so that the story can be accessible to as many reading levels as possible. Additionally, it is accompanied by many blank illustrations, which transforms the work into an interactive coloring book. 

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Created by: Elizabeth Zhou, Corinne Winsten

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Course: Politics of Reproduction Fall 2016. Middlebury College

Let's Learn About CPCs

​This music video was created to educate the public about how Crisis Pregnancy Centers (CPCs) target, manipulate, misinform, and disservice women facing unplanned pregnancies. It is intended to raise awareness about the dangers of CPCs and expose the ways in which they manipulate women. At the end of the day women deserve the truth and should be entitled to accurate medical information.

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Created by students as part of a course activism project 2013, UC Santa Barbara

Midd Moving Money

Midd Moving Money is an anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic group that seeks to mobilize and redistribute wealth on campus. Midd Moving Money also believe that wealthy donors should not be the ones directing how money is spent, and, as such, we seek to take direction from those to whom we donate.

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Created by student, Edward O'Brien, as part of an independent study project 2017, Middlebury College

Middlebury Reproductive Justice

Middlebury College Reproductive Justice is a website that summarizes the reproductive health and wellness services offered at Middlebury College. It also aims to make more clear what resources are lacking. To promote the circulation of this information, this group also created a photo series to display in Middlebury College's library to share their findings with a wider audience (the photos can be found here). They also wrote an essay reflecting on our findings and process.

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Created by: Jenna Flug, Meg Knox, Sophia Allen, Harper Baldwin

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Course: Politics of Reproduction Fall 2016, Middlebury College

Narratives of Postpartum Depression

Narratives of Postpartum Depression uses these students' varied backgrounds (art, psychology, history) to decipher how postpartum depression can complicate or enforce constructions of motherhood. The site features pieces of visual art, podcasts, and interviews to explore this theme.

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Site creators: Annie Bartholomew, Sarah Champ, Julia Kendrick

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Course: Politics of Reproduction Fall 2016, Middlebury College

Reproductive Health VT Website

This website aims to support women’s reproductive freedoms by making information on reproductive resources more accessible in Addison County, Vermont. This informational platform deliberately targets institutions that are in direct violation of reproductive freedoms (such as Crisis Pregnancy Centers). This website also features an interactive map of all abortion providers in Vermont and an op-ed article published in The Middlebury Campus that called for Middlebury College students to actively oppose Crisis Pregnancy Centers, particularly the one directly in the town of Middlebury.

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Site creators: Kisha Kalra, Lauren Schweppe, Kelsie Hoppes

Map creator: Anna Novak

Op-ed writer: Toria Isquith

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Course: Politics of Reproduction Fall 2017, Middlebury College

Sex Positive Education College Style

Sex Positive Education College Style, or SPECS, is a peer sex ed student organization rooted in reproductive justice and epistemologically based activist frameworks at Middlebury College. Their mission is "to empower the Middlebury College Community with the knowledge, skills, and resources to make healthy and informed decisions, and to contribute to and participate in an accepting, supportive, and sex positive community." 

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Module creators: Pippa Raffel, Natalie Cheung, Cicilia Robison

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Course: Politics of Reproduction Fall 2017, Middlebury College 

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What Are the Kids Reading?

What Are the Kids Reading These Days? is a blog created from the observation that children's books often sort oppression and marginalization into distinct categories, ignoring ways in which forms of oppression overlap and interrelate. Using insights from queer theory, this blog includes children's book reviews that discuss the positive interpretations of this theme, their limitations, and suggestions for how to push beyond those limitations. Overall, the blog's intended to provide tools for parents, teachers, and caregivers who infuse their teaching and care with messages related to fairness, difference, inclusivity, kindness, and justice. 

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Blog Creators: Tenzin Gyalpo, Chelsea Colby, Emma Ronai-Durning, Hope Kuchinski

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Course: Intro to Queer Critique Spring 2017, Middlebury College