Tulane to Offer ‘Feminism After Trumplandia’ Course in Spring

When Donald Trump became the 45th president of the United States, many worried that a new era of precarity for women had begun. The defunding of Planned Parenthood, the Muslim ban, assault on pro-choice legislation, rescinding of protections for transgender students, the President’s own history of sexual assault—to name only a few—all seemed to present an unprecedented dystopia for women across the political spectrum. Indeed, as we anticipate the inauguration of a new administration, how can we begin to make sense of the events of his reign?

Despite the charged nature of the course description, Baldwin said in an interview that the course is non-political. “It is not a politically-partisan course,” Baldwin said. “It is more about the movement of feminism from 1950 onward and trying to chart how it has changed under the Trump administration.”

Breitbart News reported in September that a former staff member at Tulane University was shot after he resisted arrest on campus. Police obtained an arrest warrant for 28-year-old Taivon Aples after he was accused of masturbating in front of a co-worker at the university.