Meeting Ideas

Ideas for what to do/talk about at future PRISM meetings:

• A lot of PRISM members are involved in ballroom dance. Reverse-gender ballroom time? (Some sort of casual social...?)
• Homophobia in academia
• The role/place of allies in the queer community
• Biphobia (Are some groups within the LGBTQQIAA community more queer than others? If not, how to combat this (mis)conception?)
• Media portrayal of all/part of the queer community: how are we all lumped together? Distanced from mainstream/heteronormative?
• Relationship between feminist movements and the queer community
• Bi- and trans- phobia in the queer community
• Being an ally to other minority groups (race, class...)
• More serious discussions!
• Personal stories to share (especially queer ones, if people need to talk about something)
• Life expectations
• Body image
• Secularism
• Sex stuff
• Polyamory
• What if you're into someone and you aren't sure they'd be okay with it? (How do you even find out?)
• Bonding/acceptance activities like "Crossing the Line"
• Actually creating change on campus
• More philosophical discussions
• Socialization maybe?
• What is the normal response of sports teams (CMS teams, specifically) to gay/lesbian/bi/transgendered/etc. individuals? Is it generally positive or negative?
• How the male -> female sexual assault stereotype affects queer people ("I think the Survivors support group at the HEO describes itself as a group for 'women who have been victims of sexual assault' ")
• Walking down the the village for a meeting

Non-PRISM related topics/games

• Teen Wolf
• Lady Gaga :)
• "Just check Towleroad for a topic or Joe.My.God"
• Can you tell me why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch?
• You have someone sit with their back to the whiteboard, and someone writes a word on the board behind the person's head. Everyone can give one-word clues until the person guesses their word.
• Improv game "Bang!" 
• More telephone pictionary!