Going into Critical Feminist Studies, I expected that we would focus on a series of well-known feminists or perhaps organize the course under titles like “First-wave Feminism.” I expected structure as I have usually encountered it, in which each unit and reading builds toward some kind of conclusion that the professor wants students to reach. Critical Feminist Studies was nothing like that; the syllabus was malleable and generated more questions than it answered. Subsequently, the primary challenge of this semester was learning how to move away from the learning structures I am accustomed to and accepting the more feminist classroom practices we chose to enact. My definition of feminism has evolved parallel to this learning trajectory, but in reverse. While the way I learned shifted from rigid to more abstract, the way I understand feminism went from abstract to more concrete. Before taking this class, I thought about feminism in a general...
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Expanding the Conversation
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May 4 2012 - 9:22am
Teach-In: Expanding the Conversation
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Apr 26 2012 - 12:57am
Masculinity and Street Harassment
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Apr 21 2012 - 1:29pm
Fear
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Apr 9 2012 - 10:25am
Who Oversees the Nonprofits?
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Apr 2 2012 - 5:28pm
Urban Dictionary
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Mar 29 2012 - 1:29pm
Feminism and Female Suicide Bombers
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Mar 8 2012 - 4:19am
Addressing the problem of objectivity in film
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Feb 19 2012 - 3:46pm
Spivak is Frustrating
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Feb 13 2012 - 8:53am
Reading "Goblin Market" as a Feminist Text
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Feb 7 2012 - 1:14pm
What can be done about adolescent obesity?
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Dec 18 2009 - 8:01pm
Biology and Educational Philosophy
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Dec 18 2009 - 1:50pm
Sickle Cell Anemia
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Nov 9 2009 - 9:39am
Genetic Engineering: Why so Controversial?
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Sep 28 2009 - 8:20am
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