Introduction to the class – to key concepts – and to each other

Meet ONLINE @ 7 p.m.
Access online chats here through WebCT

Introductions

I will be emailing the class from time to time. I will use your CSUN emails to do so. IF you NEED me to use a different email, please email me separately (sheena.malhotra@csun.edu) with that information.

Online Responses to Introductions above – Due by June 8th, Wednesday by midnight.

Discussion Boards - Please post by June 9th - Thursday

SHIFTING THE CENTER - THEORY IN THE FLESH: WOMEN OF COLOR EXPERIENCE & IDENTITIES

Video at Library: A Place of Rage

This video will be reserved under this number: 83400

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec II – Merle Woo – Josephine and me – p.221-230
· Sec III – Susan Shown Harjo, “What do you want to be called?” – p.288-290
· Sec III – Joanna Kadi – “Letter to Hassan” – p. 291-292
· Sec III – Multiplicity – p. 340-341 [poem]

Discussion Board FOR SWSP Readings Above


Reader
· Donna Kate Rushin – The Bridge Poem [poem]
· Cherrie Moraga – La Guera
· Nellie Wong – When I was Growing Up [poem]
· Audre Lorde – Age, race, class and sex: Women redefining difference

Discussion Board for readings from Reader

Questions & Current Events Link

June 13th - Monday

REDEFINING DIFFERENCE: WHITE PRIVILEGE

Video at Library: Color of Fear.

This video will be reserved under this number: 84657

Online Links:
Peggy McIntosh Article

Meet ONLINE @ 7 p.m.
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Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III - Mab Segrest, On Being White and Other Lies (243-286)
· Sec IV - June Rostan, Inside-Out and Upside-Down:(505-510)
· Sec IV - Sheri Scott, Stolen Memory (546-555)

Reader:
· Peggy McIntosh – White Privilege and Male Privilege (also available online)
· Jo Carrillo – And When You Leave, Take Your Pictures With You [poem]

Questions & Current Events Link

INTERSECTIONS OF CLASS & POWER

Video at Library: Dam/Age

This video will be reserved under this number: 86365

DUE: Autoethnography Paper #1 – On RACE

Reader
· Arundathi Roy - The reincarnation of Rumpelstillskin
· Patricia J. Williams – Of race and risk
· Donna Langston – Tired of Playing Monopoly?
· Barbara Ehrenreich – The Silenced Majority
· Gar Alperovitz – Tax the Plutocrats
· Suniti Namjoshi – Magpie

Discussion Board for Readings on Class above


Questions & Current Events Link

June 20th - Monday

QUEERING THE SPECTRUM

Meet ONLINE @ 7 p.m.
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Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec III – Grace Poore - Three movements in a minor – p. 372-377

Reader
· Spargo: Foucault and Queer Theory. (Pp. 3-33).
· Judith Butler: Imitation and gender insubordination
· Amanda Udis-Kessler: Biphobia as a Crisis of Meaning
· Audre Lorde – The Erotic as Power


Questions & Current Events Link

Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec IV - Becky Thompson, Multiracial Feminism (397-424)

Reader
· Chandra Talpade Mohanty – Defining genealogies: Feminist reflections on being South Asian in North America
· Margaret Atwood – A woman’s issue [poem]
· Audre Lorde – The Art of Response [poem]

Discussion Board for Theory in the Flesh

Questions & Current Events Link

THE RACIAL AND GENDERED ASPECTS OF WAR – SPECIAL FOCUS

Video at Library – Hidden Wars of Dessert Storm

This video will be reserved under this number: 10338

Visit 2 websites that are anti-war and two websites that support the war before logging on to do the discussion boards.

DUE by TODAY: Response Paper # 2 –
On WAR.

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Sing, Whisper, Shout, Pray… Text
· Sec I: Suheir Hammad – First writing since - p.3
· Sec I: Barbara Lee – I’ve seen this war before – p. 13
· Sec I: Rosalind Pechesky – Phantom Towers… - p. 15
· Sec I: Lisa Albrecht – From the First Intifada to the Second Intifada – p. 103
· Sec I: Anonymous – Lurching through these frightening days – p. 116

Online

Link to Roy article: Instant Mix Imperial Democracy

Link to Walter Mosley article – An African American Appeal for Peace

Extra Credit Opportunity: Watch Farenheit 9/11 and write a one page reaction to it.

Questions & Current Events Link

Final Group Projects

War on Terror: Matt Osias, Hayde Cervantes, Cheri Mehdipour, Stephanie Costa
Gender, Race & Class on Television: Jillayne, Alicia, Ryanne
HIV-AIDS website: Rachel Wigle, Linda Martinez, Kendra Finn, Angela Doyle, Lori Volk
The price of Walmart: Margie Schubert, Iris Ibarra
Angelina Grimke: Dimitra, Maria, Fatima
Gender Roles in the Media: Evelyn, Kathy, Jackie
Media and Society: Salpie Markarian, Juliana Amiri, Annette Rose, Jaclyn De La Mora
War and Terrorism: Marla Bernstein, Brett Connors, Tonya Schmidt, Cara Burpee
Classless Carl's: Danielle Fries - Madeleine Kemiksizian - Teresa Worrell - Elaine Ruiz

Online Exam

Please take this exam on:

July 6th - Wednesday

OR

July 9th -
Saturday

ONLINE EXAM to be accessed through the WebCT site.
WebCT login

Your Online Exam will be available from 7-9 p.m. on Wednesday July 6th, OR from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, July 9th. You can choose to take on EITHER of those days.

Please make sure you are prepared (with books and notes, and a reliable internet connection) BEFORE logging in to the exam as you will be allowed ONLY ONE attempt at the exam.

You can access the exam by clicking on the "GRCS ONLINE EXAM" link once you log in to the WebCT class site (link on left).

The exam consists of Multiple Choice questions and Essay questions that will draw on the readings, class discussions and videos. You will be expected to demonstrate through your answers that you have engaged with the materials in a meaningful way and made connections between different texts.

You will have 1 hour to complete it. Please budget your time accordingly.

July 11th - Monday

Meet ONLINE @ 7 p.m.
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Reader
· Bell hooks – Love as the practice of freedom
· Marge Piercy – The Low Road [poem]
Wrap up discussion.