Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Inform or A to Z

Publication Date
2016-January-01
Document Type
Department or Program
Document Type
Abstract

Designed to call attention to itself and the network of ideologies that create it, INFORM is a typeface that intentionally disrupts the process of reading in order to display the ways in which gender norms and typefaces structure one another...

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The Reinforcement of Power Structures in Medicine: An Analysis of Heteronormativity and Cisnormativity in Pediatric Healthcare

Publication Date
2023-May-01
Document Type
Access Level
Abstract

This thesis examines how the use of heteronormative and cisnormative language and communication styles by a medical professional can psychologically detrimentally impact the LGBTQ+ patient. Through the analysis of Reddit subgroups where individuals of this marginalized community share their personal...

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