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Intro to Women’s Studies

Prof. Gwendolyn Shaw

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  • Weekly check-in (Due every Friday)
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  • Syllabus
  • Course Schedule and Assignment Due Dates
    • Week 1: Introduction to Women’s Studies
    • Week 2: A Brief History of Misogyny
    • Week 3: First Wave
    • Week 4: Second Wave
    • Week 5: Second Wave and Civil Rights
    • Week 6: Women of Color Feminism
    • Week 7
    • Week 8: Women of Color Feminism and its legacies
    • Week 9: Culture Wars
    • Week 10: Culture Wars and Third Wave
    • Week 11: Judith Butler Week
    • Week 12: SPRING BREAK!
    • Week 13: Material Feminisms
    • Week 14: Toni Morrison Week
    • Week 15: Space and Place
  • Assignments
    • Independent Study
      • Independent Study Final Due Dates and Guidelines
      • Independent Study Step 1
      • Ind Study Step 2: What do you need to know?
    • Posts
      • Blog Post 1: How to Post
      • Blog Post 2: What is Feminism-Due 2/10
      • Blog Post 3: A different future – Due Mar 4
      • Blog Post 4: Watch a movie- Due Mar 16
      • Blog Post 5: Checking in-Due 3/30
      • Blog Post 6: Oral History-Due 3/30
      • Blog Post 7: Hypothes.is how to
      • Blog Post 8: This Bridge Called My Back
      • Blog Post 9: Disidentifications
      • Blog Post 10: The Culture Wars
      • Blog Post 11: Judith Butler
      • Blog Post 12: Material Feminisms
      • Blog Post 13: Toni Morrison week
      • Blog Post 14: Final reflection
  • Presentations
    • Presentation schedule (old)
    • Presentation guidelines and expectations
  • Resources and Materials
    • Mar 16-20: Winona LaDuke at BK Coll

Category: Posts

Posted on January 28, 2020January 28, 2020

Week 14

Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 13: Material Feminisms

Apr 20

Jane Bennett, Vibrant Matter (ch 1)

Apr 22

Mel Chen, Animacies (selections)

Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 12: SPRING BREAK!

Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 11: Judith Butler Week

Apr 6

Judith Butler, Gender Trouble

Apr 7 (TUESDAY!)

Judith Butler, Giving an Account of Oneself

Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 10: Culture Wars and Third Wave

Mar 30

Riot grrl and grassroots activism

Third Wave Agenda (selections)

Apr 1

Gayatri Spivak, TBA

Lila Abu-Lughod, Do Muslim Women Really Need Saving?

Posted on January 28, 2020March 24, 2020

Week 9: Culture Wars

Background reading on Third Wave:

third-wave-agenda_intro_heywood-drakeDownload

Mar 23

Muñoz, Disidentifications (see week 8 for reading link)

Mar 25

Susan Faludi, Backlash

Faludi_Backlash_intro_ch1Download
Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 8: Women of Color Feminism and its legacies

Mar 16

This Bridge Called My Back report-back and jigsaw activity

Mar 18

Jose Muñoz, Disidentifications

Posted on January 28, 2020February 2, 2020

Week 7

Mar 9: TBA

Mar 11: TBA

Posted on January 28, 2020March 16, 2020

Week 6: Women of Color Feminism

Mar 2

Michele Wallace, Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman (selections)

The New York Times, “What I see: Steinem and Intersectionality”

Mar 4

This Bridge Called My Back (annotatable PDF)Download

Posted on January 28, 2020February 26, 2020

Week 5: Second Wave and Civil Rights

Feb 24

Simone de Beauvoir (see week 4 for link to reading)

Feb 26

Jeanne Theoharris, The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks (beginning section(s))

New York Magazine, On the founding of Ms. Magazine

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Recent Comments

  • Gwen Shaw on Blog post 14-Final Reflection
  • Julia Shapiro on Blog Post 13 : Book Report on “ Beloved ’’ Toni Morrison
  • Julia Shapiro on Blog Post 12- Material Feminism
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  • Samantha Versakos on Post #9

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