Morgan Grady-Benson Interview Recording
Morgan Grady-Benson
This is the audio recording of an interview with Morgan Grady-Benson '18 (she/her/hers). Morgan was a Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major. At Middlebury she was very involved with It Happens Here and founded the anti-sexual assault performance activist group, Stares and Stairs. Morgan was also a spin instructor with YouPower and involved with Middlebury College Radio.
Morgan Grady-Benson and Elissa Asch
May 4, 2020
Morgan Grady-Benson Interview Transcription
Morgan Grady-Benson
This is the transcription of an interview with Morgan Grady-Benson '18 (she/her/hers). Morgan was a Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies major. At Middlebury she was very involved with It Happens Here and founded the anti-sexual assault performance activist group, Stares and Stairs. Morgan was also a spin instructor with YouPower and involved with Middlebury College Radio.
Morgan Grady-Benson and Elissa Asch
May 4, 2020
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "Rites of Spring//Complacency"
This blog post reflects on an attempted installation at Rites of Spring, an invite-only annual dance held by the "secret" fraternities at Middlebury. It speaks to the fact that the performers were kicked off of the property/alpaca farm by the owner because of the systematic nature of unsafe, white, and male dominated spaces as profitable. It also discusses people's complicity in these systems and the way that these systems connect directly to sexual violence. Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on May 25, 2017.
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May 25, 2017
Stares And Stairs Blog Post: "What’s wrong with Rites of Spring"
Stares and Stairs Website Post
This blog post reflects on the dynamics of power, class, race, gender, heteronormativity, and sexual violence present in the culture of Middlebury's "secret" fraternities and how this dynamic manifests in their annual invite-only dance, Rites of Spring. Stares and Stairs posted this to their website on May 17, 2017
Stares and Stairs
May 17, 2017
Stares and Stairs Official Website
Stares and Stairs
Want to understand the goals behind Stares and Stairs and the experience of performing? Want to hear about the reactions of students walking by? This is a link to the Stares and Stairs website. This website includes performer accounts and perspectives on various performances and party locations, as well as other events at Middlebury.
Stares and Stairs
Pictures of Attempted Performance at Rites of Spring
Stares and Stairs at Rites of Spring
These are pictures of the Stares on Stairs group outside of the alpaca farm that was hosting Rites of Spring [An invite-only party held every spring by Middlebury’s secret societies/fraternities]. The group attempted to perform at this event and were kicked off of the property by the owner.
Stares on Stairs
Spring 2017