Thank You!

Thank you for a great class! I had a great time and I hope you did, too.

Please keep in touch. Enjoy your break!

-D

Week 18

“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” 

―George Carlin

Week 18: Tu 12.20 (Sec. 1 only)

Meet at Whispers (behind Hammer Theatre) from 8:30 - 9:30 AM

Gender News 12.12.16

• Can Kate McKinnon be Hollywood's first big openly-lesbian star? (Salon)
• Madonna speaks passionately of her rape and enduring misogyny at the Billboard Women in Music event (Fox News)
• Uber to its customers: Please stop having sex in our cars (Esquire)
• What it's really like for men with eating disorders (attn.)
• Where does porn fit in a marriage? (NPR)
• First: Oscars allow gender-fluid actor to compete in both male and female categories (Variety)

Week 17

"Girl hate is not hating someone who happens 

to be a girl, it’s hating someone because 

we’re told that, as girls, we should hate other girls 

who are as awesome as or more awesome 

than ourselves. That there can ever only be 

ONE cool girl, ONE funny girl, ONE smart 

girl, etc., in a circle of people ... I’m close 

friends with a girl I used to have some serious girl 

hate for. Recognizing what a wonderful person she 

is not only made me realize how idiotic I was 

being before, but it really did make me feel 

better about myself. Sometimes we can convince 

ourselves that pointing out flaws in others makes us 

feel good, but ultimately, those moments of pleasure 

are fleeting. In the long run, they get you in the 

habit of looking for flaws in everyone, including yourself."

—Tavi Gevinson 

Week 17: Mo 12.12 [LAST CLASS MEETING]/Th 12.15 [SEC. 3 FINAL EXAM TIME]

Class: Quickwrite; Course wrap-up

SEC. 3 ONLY:

Meet from 8:30 – 9:30 AM at Whispers (behind Hammer Theatre)

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL

Upcoming:

Week 18: Tu 12.20 [SEC. 1 FINAL EXAM TIME]
SEC. 1 ONLY:

Meet from 8:30 – 9:30 AM at Whispers (behind Hammer Theatre)

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL

Gender News 12.7.16

• Short film extols the sexual virtues of Asian men (NPR)
• New Instagram account takes on company's notorious anti-nipple policy (The Verge)
• Will Donald Trump really sue all the women who accused him of assault as he vowed? (Huffington Post) 
• Best friends troll their families who are convinced that they're gay (Distractify)
• How kink models are turning fetish sexting into profits (Rolling Stone)
• What is it like having a trans parent? (Huffington Post)

Week 16

"I'm sick of sexuality being fluid. I miss the days when 

your gays were gay, your straights were straight, and 

your bisexuals were lying."

—Josh Thomas, Please Like Me

Week 16: Mo 12.5/We 12.7

Class: Quickwrite; Writer’s workshop; Presentations

DUE: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 9; BRING 1 COPY)

Upcoming:

Week 17: Mo 12.12 [LAST CLASS MEETING]/Th 12.15 [SEC. 3 FINAL EXAM TIME]

Class: Quickwrite; Course wrap-up

SEC. 3 ONLY:

Meet from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL

Week 18: Tu 12.20 [SEC. 1 FINAL EXAM TIME]
SEC. 1 ONLY:

Meet from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL

Week 15

Pray God you can cope.
I stand outside this woman's work,
This woman's world.
Ooh, it's hard on the man,
Now his part is over.
Now starts the craft of the father.

 

I know you've got a little life in you yet.
I know you've got a lot of strength left.
I know you've got a little life in you yet.
I know you've got a lot of strength left.

 

I should be crying, but I just can't let it go.
I should be hoping, but I can't stop thinking

Of all the things I should've said,
That I never said.
All the things we should've done,
Though we never did.
All the things I should've given,
But I didn't.

 

Oh, darling, make it go,
Make it go away.

 

Give me these moments back.
Give them back to me.
Give me that little kiss.
Give me your hand.

—Kate Bush, "This Woman's Work"

Week 15: Mo 11.28/We 11.30

Class: Quickwrite; Writer’s workshop

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 6; BRING 1 COPY)

 

Note: ENGLISH DEPARTMENT ASSESSMENT due visa email by 7 PM Th 12.1

Upcoming:

 

Week 16: Mo 12.5/We 12.7

Class: Quickwrite; Writer’s workshop; Presentations

DUE: RESEARCH PAPER (UP TO PG. 9; BRING 1 COPY)

Week 17: Mo 12.12 [LAST CLASS MEETING]/Th 12.15 [SEC. 3 FINAL EXAM TIME]

Class: Quickwrite; Course wrap-up

SEC. 3 ONLY:

Meet from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL

Week 18: Tu 12.20 [SEC. 1 FINAL EXAM TIME]
 SEC. 1 ONLY:

Meet from 7:15 – 9:30 AM

Due: RESEARCH PAPER (FINAL DRAFT); QUICKWRITE JOURNAL