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Certainly not whose name or picture I was expecting to pop onscreen, but I don't object! I really don't have a firm grasp on the study of feminism or its history, apart from I (I'll admit it...) learned on wikipedia. I feel myself learning, although sometimes I find myself leaning against what we're reading and saying. I sometimes feel I have a Utopian view of feminism and gender; that is to say, sometimes I can't help but feel that we've achieved the goals our foremothers strove for. I think my upbringing and the Bryn Mawr bubble intertwine to cause these feelings. I've been taught to push controversy and dissent aside. I'm glad I'm learning that it's acceptable to disagree and be dissatisfied.

Acknowledging these feelings has made me want to face them head-on and defy them. Therefore, I would most like to focus on sexuality and intersex/transgender material in the next portion of our class. I feel I have been shying away from subjects that cut too close, but I really want to use this course as a way to build my own view of feminism, and understand how it affects me personally. Stryker, Butler, and Anzaldua all call to me as potential authors to focus on in these discourses.