Course: Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies

Introduction and Syllabus
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Welcome to Introduction to Gender and Women Studies!
You can find our course syllabus at this link. I'll update the course readings and schedule periodically, and, while I'll always inform you of any changes, be sure to check the syllabus periodically to make sure that you're completing weekly readings and assignments.
Readings are organized on our Moodle Site by week. To find a particular reading or check on assignments, simply look under the relevant week heading.
Email (jnhines@bsc.edu) if you have questions or drop in on my office hours (Mondays 10-11 in Humanities 308). I'm also available to meet with you by appointment.
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  Manifesto
  
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  Future Feminisms
  
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Introduction

What is GWS? What is feminism?

Read in class: “Feminist Philosophy” (Section 1 “Introduction” & 2.1 “What is Feminism?”)
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(Links are at the top; pdfs are attached at the bottom of this page.)

February 8
Sappho, “A Poet in Fragments” & Poems pgs. 25-35 (pdf)
Enheduanna, “Hidden Women of History” & “The First Author” (pdf)
Joan W. Scott, “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis” (pdf)
February 10
Plutarch, Lives (selections)
“Rehabilitating Cleopatra”
“The Intersectionality Wars”
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  Scott, Gender
  
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  The First Author 2010 2011
  
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February 15
Introduction to Margery Kempe
Margery Kempe, The Book of Margery Kempe (pg. 3-15, 18-23, 90-95, 130-132)
February 17
Karma Lochrie, “Have We Ever Been Normal?”
Eleanor/John Rykener arrest record
“Coming Out: Queer Erasure and Censorship from the Middle Ages to the Present”
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  Lochrie, Normal
  
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February 22
Mary Wollstonecraft, Vindication of the Rights of Women (selections)
Hannah Moore, “Slavery, A Poem”
Angela Davis, Women, Race, and Class, Ch. 2
February 24
Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, pp. Intro. & 1-30
Angela Davis, Women, Race, and Class, Ch. 1
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March 1-3
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March 1
read: Mary Prince, The History of Mary Prince, pp. 31-71
*highly recommend: Saidiya Hartman, “Venus in Two Acts”
March 3
read: Sojourner Truth, “Ain’t I A Woman?” (both versions)

read: “Declaration of the Rights of Sentiments”
highly recommend: Angela Davis, Women, Race, and Class, Ch. 3
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March 8
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, pp. 1-56; I strongly recommend the intro as well
March 10
Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, pp. 57-112
optional: Adrienne Rich, “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence”
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March 15
read: NOW Statement of Purpose
read: Alice Echols, Daring to Be Bad (pgs. 23-50)
read: “The Waves of Feminism”
optional: Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique (selections)

March 17
read: The Combahee River Collective, “A Black Feminist Statement” (read the statement and the history section)
read: Audre Lorde, “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House”
highly recommend: Barbara Cameron, “Gee, You Don’t Seem Like an Indian from the Reservation”
**We're reading these three texts together because they were all part of the famous feminist essay collection, This Bridge Called My Back, which I strongly recommend and have attached a pdf of below!

Don't forget! Your manifesto is due by March 19 at midnight.
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  FeminineMystique
  
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  Lorde The Masters Tools
  
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  Cameron, Reservation
  
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  Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua - This Bridge Called My Back Writings by Radical Women of Color-Kitchen Table Women of Color Press (1984)
  
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March 22-24
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Mental health break! No class.
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March 29-31
March 29-31
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March 29
watch: Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community (on library reserve, you can also access via Amazon or iTunes)
March 31
watch: The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (available on Netflix)
optional: Susan Stryker, “Transgender Feminism: Queering the Woman Question”
Hi all, I'm also linking here to a recent article on Alabama's anti-trans bill currently being debated: "Alabama Trans Youth."
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April 5
read: Alice Walker, “In Search of Our Mother’s Gardens” and “Everyday Use”
read: Gee’s Bend Quiltmakers (explore the site, look at the info page and pick out a couple of quilts to discuss)
April 7
read: Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, pgs. 1-100
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April 12
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, pgs. 100-188
April 14
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale, pgs. 189-289
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April 19
read: “#MeToo and Time’s Up” introduction
read: “The Next Wave of #MeToo”
read: Carmen Maria Machado, In the Dreamhouse (selection)
read: Kristen Roupenian, “Cat Person” (as with all of these, warning for discussion of sexual content and assault, but this story in particular is more graphic in its discussion)
recommend: Atwood faces MeToo backlash

April 21
read: “Body Privilege”
read: “Trans Students on US Campuses”
read: “How Black Lives Matter Came to the Academy”
highly recommend: Sarah Ahmed, On Being Included (read chapter 1, but the chapter on diversity is great too!)
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  Sara Ahmed - On Being Included Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life-Duke University Press (2012)
  
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April 26
read: Rebecca Solnit “Men Explain Things to Me”
read: Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist (selections)
read: Roxane Gay, "What Fullness Is." (based on today's discussion, I'm slightly changing our reading from Gay to add this article. If you like it, I highly recommend her essay collection Hunger.)
April 28
read: bell hooks, “Sisterhood is Still Powerful”
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Introduction and Syllabus

Essays (handouts and turn in)

AssignmentManifesto

AssignmentFuture Feminisms

Feb. 3

Feb. 8-10

pdfSappho, poems

pdfScott, Gender

pdfThe First Author 2010 2011

Feb. 15-17

pdfMargery Kempe excerpt

pdfLochrie, Normal

Feb. 22-24

pdfWollstonecraft Vindication

docHannahMoreSlavery

pdfDavis, ch 2

pdfDavis, Ch 1

March 1-3

pdfHartman, Venus in two acts

pdfDavis, Ch 3

March 8-10

pdfCompulsory heterosexuality and

March 15-17

pdfEchols, Daring to be Bad

pdfFeminineMystique

pdfLorde The Masters Tools

pdfCameron, Reservation

pdfCherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua - This Bridge Called My Back Writings by Radical Women of Color-Kitchen Table Women of Color Press (1984)

March 22-24

March 29-31

pdfStryker, Woman Question

Apr. 5-7

pdfWalker, "In Search of our Mother's Gardens"

pdfWalker, Everyday Use

Apr. 12-14

Apr.19-21

pdfmachado, dream house as prologue

pdfSara Ahmed - On Being Included Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life-Duke University Press (2012)

Apr. 26-28

pdfGay, Bad Feminist

pdfHooks, Sisterhood

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Assignment
Manifesto

Assignment
Future Feminisms

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Sappho, poems

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Scott, Gender

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The First Author 2010 2011

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Margery Kempe excerpt

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Lochrie, Normal

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Wollstonecraft Vindication

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HannahMoreSlavery

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Davis, ch 2

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Davis, Ch 1

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Hartman, Venus in two acts

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Davis, Ch 3

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Compulsory heterosexuality and

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Echols, Daring to be Bad

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FeminineMystique

pdf
Lorde The Masters Tools

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Cameron, Reservation

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Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua - This Bridge Called My Back Writings by Radical Women of Color-Kitchen Table Women of Color Press (1984)

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Stryker, Woman Question

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Walker, "In Search of our Mother's Gardens"

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Walker, Everyday Use

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machado, dream house as prologue

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Sara Ahmed - On Being Included Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life-Duke University Press (2012)

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Gay, Bad Feminist

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Hooks, Sisterhood