This week we’re reading and excerpt from Kim Hensley Owens’s Writing Childbirth. You may find the following discussion questions helpful in formulating your response: Owens argues that “women who write birth plans expect to be ‘rhetorically disabled’ during childbirth” (69). What do you think this means? How does the genre of a birth plan attempt… Read More Owens Writing Childbirth
This week, we’re reading Nancy Hartsock’s essential reading, “The Feminist Standpoint Developing the Ground for a Specifically Feminist Historical Materialism” from Feminism and Methodology. One of the following discussion questions may help you formulate your response: Hartsocks’s reliance on Marxist theory may be off-putting for some of you. How and why does Hartsock justify Marxist… Read More Hartsock and Feminist Standpoint
We’re watching Paula Stone Williams’s TEDTalk, “What My Gender Transition Taught Me about Womanhood” As we watch her talk, please take notes and consider the following questions: Williams argues, “There’s no way he can understand it because it’s all he’s ever known. And all he ever will know.” What do you think of her claim? Why… Read More Williams about Womanhood
We’re watching Michael Kimmel’s TEDTalk “Why Gender Equality Is Good for Everyone — Men Included.” Please take some notes throughout the talk and keep the following discussion questions in mind: Early in his talk, Kimmel asks “What do men have to do with gender equality?” What do you think? Kimmel claims “Privilege is invisible to those… Read More Kimmel Gender Equality Good for Everyone
Today we’re reading Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s New York Times opinion piece, “How Do I Define My Gender if No One Is Watching Me?” As you read their article, consider the following questions: How does Marzano-Lesnevich’s pandemic experience free them from gender binaries? What is your response to Mx. Slarii’s argument: “I don’t think cis people understand… Read More Marzano-Lesnevich | Define My Gender?
Today we’re reading Meghie Rodrigues’s article for Nature, “How Climate Change Could Drive an Increase in Gender-Based Violence.” As you read this article and discuss in your small groups, please consider the following questions: What are some of the reasons that climate change leads to gender based violence? Can you think of other reasons not… Read More Rodrigues Climate Change & Gender Violence
Today we’re reading “Chicago’s Forgotten Pro-Choice Warriors” by Marcia Froelke Coburn in Chicago Magazine. As you read the article, please keep the following discussion questions in mind: What facts from this story surprised you? What do you think about the network that formed to provide women with access to abortions? What can we learn from… Read More Coburn ProChoice Janes
Today, we’re reading Hayley Krischer’s “Beyond Androgyny: Nonbinary Teenage Fashion” from The New York Times. As your read this piece, consider the following discussion questions: Now that the 90s and early aughts are back, how does this influence fashion today? Why is nonbinary fashion important? How do you treat your gender in how you dress?… Read More Krischer Beyond Androgyny Fashion
Let’s read Katelyn Burns’s Vox piece, “The Rise of Anti-Trans ‘Radical’ Feminists, Explained.” As you read, consider the following questions: Burns begins with an anecdote about Aimee Stephens and her court case. How does this set the stage for the rest of the article? What do you think of the case? What do you think… Read More Burns Explains TERFs
Let’s checkout Ione Gamble’s article, “How Feminist Zine Culture Has Evolved,” for Vice. As you read the article, consider the following discussion questions: Gamble opens with a claim that zines are thriving while more mainstream magazines are dying. Why do you think this is happening? What do zines offer that large-scale popular magazines can’t? Why… Read More Gamble Feminist Zine Culture Evolved
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