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Tuesday
02Feb2010

A New Idea: Girl Power Can Save the World

Another interesting tidbit. Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues makes a compelling argument about the construct of being a GIRL! She makes an interesting argument here about being a Girl holds an amount of power that we do not acknowledge, or rather, many/most are afraid of. Talk to me about whether or not you agree that this is true or false. Can seeing the oppression of other girls, teach women how to empower themselves, and inevitably teach men how to respect girls and girlhood? Does it matter that feminism has different colors and different political frameworks/platforms? Have a look at the video juxtaposed to the piece found here and tell me your thoughts.

Monday
01Feb2010

Women Only?

I am hoping you all will interpret this in a variety of ways. I don't want to give an opinion just yet, but I am curious to read/hear what you all think about this? Is CNN suggesting that women are more in order than men? Are men more prone to unruly behavior in an already unjust society? Or is this something directly related to the struggle and peacefulness of women of color?

 

Monday
01Feb2010

Pedagogy of the Oppressed: What is Oppression?

What IS oppression? How is oppression defined? Is it oppressive to name/label someone (racially/categorically) or is it oppressive to self-identify racially/categorically? For example, how can we use what we've read and discussed in the 1st chapter of the Pedagogy of the Oppressed and apply it to how

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Sunday
31Jan2010

Gender Watch Journal 1

What I'm posting is just an example of a Gender Watch entry. As the assignment indicates, you should be much more descriptive than this, and clever of course. In any event... I was watching televsion yesterday, not finding anything particularly interesting on any of the million channels available, except

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Monday
25Jan2010

It's Spring Again!

Here are the readings for both classes.

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