Week 1: Introduction to Women’s Studies

For Jan 29:

While you are reading or watching, please take note of at least one passage that you found powerful or thought provoking. We will share these in class Wednesday.

Watch: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, We Should All Be Feminists, 2013 (approx 30 mins) The Danger of a Single Story

Read: bell hooks, feminism is for everybody  (Routledge, 2000). Intro-Ch 4, and then as much as you can or what interests you.

Don’t forget to make an account on the CUNY Academic Commons!