Monday October 21st
Minutes: N/A
Reading HW: Ch. 15-17
HW: Paper due.
Tuesday October 22nd
Minutes: Asma
Reading HW: Finish the Bell Jar
HW: What is the symbol of the bell jar? Does Joan exist? What future do you foresee for Esther as the novel ends?
Wednesday October 23rd
Thursday October 24th
Friday October 25th
Monday October 28th
Wednesday October 23rd
Minutes: Gurleen
Reading HW: Find an article of interest.
HW: Women's Wednesday! Select an article and provide a short analysis of its contents. Why does this article stand out to you? What are the implications of this piece? Why is it important for our class to address this issue?Thursday October 24th
Minutes: Chris
HW: How do these tropes influence our perception of female gender roles? Do you play video games? What is the experience of being a female gamer like? Why are the dynamics between male and female gamers so pronounced in the virtual world?
Friday October 25th
Minutes: Ida
HW: What parallels can you establish between "The Yellow Wallpaper" and "The Bell Jar"? How is illness depicted in both pieces? Why is Esther successful where the narrator of "The Yellow Wallpaper" is not?
Monday October 28th
Minutes: Othilla
Reading HW: Read up to page 33 The Handmaid's Tale
HW: What is different about this world? What is the society that Atwood has created?
This is a relatively recent post on a female gamer forum by a guy who got to experience the vitriolic misogyny of male gamers firsthand by playing while logged on under his wife's profile (he calls it a "gamer tag," I'm not a gamer so I'm not really sure what that is but I'm guessing it's like a user): http://flygirlgamers.com/game-on-ladies/
ReplyDeleteIt's nice to see people, especially men whom it doesn't ordinarily affect, recognize, understand and call out this crap.