WMST-L LOG9404B ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 04:46:16 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: recommended reading In-Reply-To: <199404071417.KAA22099@holmes.umd.edu> I'd like to recommed Women of the New Right by Rebecca E. Klatch, Temple University Press. It relates to serveral threads of discussion on this list, i.e. Schlafley, why conservative women reject feminism, the reputation of feminism, etc. It's a l987 book, but is still relevant. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 13:02:36 LCL Reply-To: RGINZBERG@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Ginzberg Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University Subject: Hostility vs Disagreement I think we've had this conversation before (in a slightly different context): the discussion about whether & what distinctions might ought to be made between hostility and disagreement. I think recent posts regarding the request for citations for a dissertation and the responses to that request, and the responses to those responses, should serve to remind us to keep this distinction (hostility vs disagreement) in mind. Surely it is *perfectly* legitimate for a person to disagree with another person about what sorts of requests are or are not appropriate on wmst-l without imagining that either of the people who disagree with one another is being/acting "hostile" toward the person or people with whom they disagree. It seems very chilling and sad when a list devoted to academic women's studies starts engaging in calling one another "hostile" just because of differences in opinion. I even saw some posts implying that disagreement with another member of wmst-l was tantamount to supporting patriarchy, or to mental ill health on the part of the person(s) presenting the disagreeing opinions. This cannot possibly be a position that any serious academic wishes to support, can it? A commitment to academic and intellectual integrity *MUST* allow for disagreement between individuals, both about content and about process (if the two are separate). That is what distinguishes what we do from brainwashing, or from cult membership. Furthermore, a commitment to feminism or to feminist education, or even to sisterhood cannot POSSIBLY imply that everybody making such a commitment must support every act and every belief of every other feminist, or feminist academic, or sister, can it? Real sisters are not yea-sayers (in my experience). Real sisters challenge one another when they think it is the right thing to do, and really GREAT sisters do this even when it is hard, and would be easier not to. Isn't that part of "sisterhood"? If that now constitutes patriarchal hostility, then I'm about ready to bail out of this boat. ----------- Ruth Ginzberg (rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu) ------------ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 8 Apr 1994 18:37:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L archives (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Here is section 10, about the WMST-L logfiles: 10) "I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS. I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT I'VE MISSED ON WMST-L DURING THE TIME I'VE BEEN GONE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACCESS PREVIOUS MESSAGES?" [also useful for new subscribers] Yes. All WMST-L messages are automatically archived. The 1991 archives are arranged in monthly logs; beginning in Jan., 1992, the logs were changed to a weekly format. To find out what logs are available, you can send LISTSERV the following command: INDEX WMST-L . You'll then receive a list of the available logs. To obtain the logs, send LISTSERV the following command: GET WMST-L [filename] where [filename] is the name of the log file you want. For example: GET WMST-L LOG9105 will get you the May '91 log (9105 refers to the 5th month of 1991). LOG9106 is the June log, LOG9107 the July log, etc. (It's possible that the wording of your request may take a slightly different form, depending on your mail system, but what you want is WMST-L LOGxxxx.) Warning: some of these logs are LARGE; the June '91 log is almost 500K. As a result, you may not be permitted to get more than a few logs on any given day (the current limit is 20 files or 2M - i.e., 2000K). Because of the logs' unwieldy size, the format was changed to weekly beginning in 1992: WMST-L LOG9201A is the log for the first week in January '92, WMST-L LOG9201B is for the second week, etc. To learn how to search the logfiles for specific subjects, read the file SEARCH LOGFILES (send message GET SEARCH LOGFILES to listserv). ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 01:09:09 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Paige - Georgia Southern University Subject: Re: Amazons in literature Hi--I know this is late, and I suppose, purposely so. I send this merely for your general information as I think you may find this interesting. David Storey's play called HOME has a reference to sailing "up the Amazon." Undoubtedly, the reference is meant to connote "vagina." It is associated with women, but not necessarily those who are lesbian. I would have to look at the text again. I do know that the impotent men in the play like to brag that they have been able to make the voyage, taking pictures of the "excursion"--a kind of reminder or "wishful thinking" attempt of proving the men's manhood. The play is fascinating. I delivered a paper on the sexual perversions of the play, voyeurism, masochism, etc. It was a fun paper and a fun conference. I intend to work on it and send it out for publication. Linda Rohrer Paige internet: lpaige@gsvms2.cc.gasou.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 08:43:53 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "J. MASON-GRANT" <42131_3645@UWOVAX.UWO.CA> Subject: Canadian porn law Lise Gotell recently wrote about her developing critique of the Butler case in Canada --- and the intervention by LEAF. In my view, the current cufuffle regarding the Butler case is "about" interpretation more than anything else --- interpretation of the decision itself, interpretation of the "anti-porn" position on pornography, and interpretation of pornography itself. Let me give you an example: Lise Gotell implied in her post that the Butler decision referred to porn as "dirt for dirt's sake". Well, yes, that line is in there... but the decision does not LEGITIMATE that perspective as justification for action against porn. On the contrary, on my understanding, the decision does the opposite. Historically, obscenity law DOES define obscenity in terms of "community moral standards" and the evils of "sexual explicitness". What the Butler decision argued is that the prevention of dirt for dirt's sake is NOT a valid reason to limit freedom of expression. This UNDERMINED the tradition focus on sexual explicitness and the purported "offence" to community moral standards of porn or erotica; in fact, the Butler decision shifted the justification for placing limits on freedom of expression from "sexual explicitness" to the harm to women caused by degrading and violent pornography. The link between the language of the Butler case and anti-pornography analyses of porn is apparent: anti-porn feminists (of the Dworkin/MacKinnon/Susan Cole variety) ARE NOT anti-sex --- they are anti-harm. And the harm is defined in terms of the eroticization of domination and subordination. On this interpretation of the Butler decision, officers of the State have no business seizing materials that are merely "explicit"; such seizures could only be defended on the basis that the materials in question eroticized violence or domination/subordination, and were thereby degrading to a group of people. The problem, of course, is that this decision leaves the action against harmful materials in the hands of the State, e.g., in the hands of homophobic officers of the State, who INTERPRET the decision in homophobic ways. The Dworkin/MacKinnon/Cole argument never did have faith in the State; that analysis provides an arguement for placing the action against harmful porn in the CIVIL law, and thus in the hands of the person(s) being harmed. Anyone doing work on this complex issues will, I'm sure, be concerned to have a clear understanding of the arguments of all sides --- the issue is, I think, far more complex than some people are implying. For a careful account Dworkin/MacKinnon analysis of porn as it translates into the Canadian context, see Susan Cole's PORNOGRAPHY AND THE SEX CRISIS (Toronto: Amanita Press, 1989). For an account of the above reading of the Butler case, see Jillian Ridington, "The New Pornography Debate: Can We Talk?", HERIZONS 7(4):17ff. Joan Mason-Grant Department of Philosophy University of Western Ontario London, ONT jmg@uwovax.uwo.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 10:45:45 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Manlowe Subject: self-help alternatives I've recently written an article for CRITICAL MATRIX that is based on interviews with women (incest survivors with eating "disorders") who have participated in 12-step programs for their "recovery." I've been asked by the editor to list alternatives to 12-step groups for women who are uncomfortable with the patriarchal/Christian focus of 12-step programs. Can anyone out there help me think of programs/authors (besides Charlotte Davis Kasl) offering a feminist perspective to "recovery"? Thanks. Respond privately please (and I'll compile a list for those interested). JManlowe@Aol.Com Jennifer Manlowe ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 13:13:04 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Pauline B. Bart" Subject: victory Those of youwho heard Margaret Jensvold at my panel at last years NWSA, and those who didn't, wil be pleased to learn that she won her su it against NIMH AKA National Institute of More Harrassment. Her damages aren't clear yet, but its terrific news. It was in one of the law reporters-ask a feminist law professsor you know--I'll try to get the cite-my informant isn't home now) We'll see how much she gets in damages. She had a very good support group in D.C. which helped her go through all the stress. FXinally I have a chance to give some good news. Pauline B. Bart U17334@UICVM.UIC.EDU (University of Illinois at Chicago) AKA (also known as) Cassandra / Iphigenia Don't kill the messenger! ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 18:14:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L policy on announcements (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Here is section 12, about the list's policy concerning job and conference announcements (and others): ******************* 12) "MY UNIVERSITY HAS A JOB OPENING. CAN I POST AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WMST-L?" WMST-L welcomes the posting of job and conference announcements, calls for papers, and the like, as long as the announcement has some connection to Women's Studies. Announcements without such a connection should NOT be sent to WMST-L. The wish to reach more female candidates, however laudable, is NOT adequate reason to post non-Women's-Studies announcements. Heavy mail volume is a persistent problem on WMST-L; the list cannot accommodate the increased volume that a more liberal posting policy would bring. (Keep in mind that each year, there are literally thousands of academic job openings. Most institutions wish to show that they have tried to reach female and minority applicants. Whereas some commercial publications charge hundreds of dollars to carry even a small ad, WMST-L is free. Thus, unless we restrict postings, the list is likely to be INUNDATED with job announcements.) ************************ Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 9 Apr 1994 20:12:27 -0400 Reply-To: ae743@freenet.carleton.ca Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Hunt Subject: young heroines I am giving a summer course on developing a feminine perspective in the high school literature program. I am looking for post 1980 novels that feature strong young female protagonists to add to my fairly extensive bibliography. English and Australian titles especially welcome. Jacquie Hunt ae743@freenet.carleton.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 08:54:42 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lise Gotell Subject: Re: canadian Butler decision re pornography In-Reply-To: Message of Sat, 2 Apr 1994 10:35:52 CST from More on Butler. In response to the comment that the targeting of gay/lesbian sexual materials preceded the SCC Butler decision -- this is indeed true. Nevertheless, it is also true that the Canadian obscenity law pre-Butler had been challenged from many sides and lacked legitimacy. Many social groups, from the 1970s on, had been arguing for obscenity law reform, albeit from perspectives -- civil libertarian, feminist anti-pornography, moral conserv- ative -- and Canadian federal governments had made at least five attempts to pass new legislation on pornography. Butler, by importing feminist anti-porn rhetoric into the definition of criminal obscenity, has the effect of giving a new legitimacy to a law that lacked legitimacy, of providing a new and moderni zed rationale to a law rooted in a conservative sexual morality. In addition, in the decision, the SCC affirmed that the standard for determining obscenity is a national community standard and that what is obscene is that which prom- otes "anti-social" behaviour. This invites those who apply this law [i.e. police, customs officials, provincial attorneys general and the lower courts] to target those sexual voices that challenge dominant sexual norms -- including feminist and lesbian voices. Re. conflict between feminist and gay interests, I would like to think that feminists and gay activists share the objective of challenging the dominant construction of sexuality. Lesbians can be feminists too and many lesbians who are also feminist have felt the obscenity chill brought about in the wake Butler. Finally, re. MacKinnon ordinance. While it is true that MacKinnon has a cogent crtique of state censorship and that this was the premise of the Minn. ordin- ance, it would seen to me that her position is quite inconsistent. After all, MacKinnon was herself involved in writing the feminist organization LEAF's factum in Butler [a factum which wholeheartedly endorsed state censorship through a criminal obscenity regime]. In addition, on her recent speaking tours and in her recent book "Only Words" MacKinnon lauds Butler, a decision which upholds state censorship. More food for thought, Lise Gotell, Inst. for Feminist Legal Studies, Osgoode Law School, Toronto, Canada. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 10 Apr 1994 11:30:02 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dawn Atkins Subject: Rosie the Riveter Several people asked about the film, -The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter- It is distributed by Direct Cinema Ltd. 1-800-525-0000. They also have many other films on women's issues. Dawn Atkins Body Image Task Force spirit@armory.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:49:00 GMT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elaine Sisson Subject: Re: immigrant domestics I'm afraid I can't help you very much on references for your work but I am worki ng on the emigration of domestic servants from Ireland during (particularly) the first decade of this century. A lot of my research has centred around the acquisition of domestic skills (Schools for Domestic Economy) etc which seemed to precede women's emigration... I'm most interested in your topic -- perhaps you have looked at Irish women? If you have a quiet moment I'd love to hear about your work. Regards, Elaine Sisson Trinity College Dublin. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:33:03 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kathleen Marszycki." Subject: query on Atwood I'm putting together an exhibit on women's journeys in fact & fiction for the library and would like to use the following quote from Margaret Atwood as a transition piece linking the factual and the fictional: "If you decide to enter the page, take a knife and some matches, and something that will float. Take something you can hold onto, and a prism to split the light and a talisman that works, which should be hung from a chain around your neck: that's for getting back." What is the citation? Please respond privately. Thanks in advance for any help on this-- Kelly kathleen.marszycki@mail.trincoll.edu Trinity College, Hartford, CT Kelly kathleen.marszycki@mail.trincoll.edu "If you decide to enter the page . . ." (Margaret Atwood) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:35:08 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolyn Kost Subject: petition for email privacy for you to consider (fwd) From: IN%"Andrew.L.Daitsman@DARTMOUTH.EDU" "Andrew L. Daitsman" 10-APR-1994 07:27:32.65 To: IN%"CHILE-L@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU" "Multiple recipients of list CHILE-L" CC: Subj: petition for email privacy for you to consider (fwd) Return-path: <@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU:owner-chile-l@UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU> Received: from UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU by fair1.fairfield.edu (PMDF #3113 ) id <01HAZMGB5OSW9GVHAK@fair1.fairfield.edu>; Sat, 9 Apr 1994 23:37:30 EST Received: from UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU by UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 0030; Sat, 09 Apr 94 22:37:09 CDT Received: from UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UTARLVM1) by UTARLVM1.UTA.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 0538; Sat, 9 Apr 1994 22:37:05 -0500 Date: 09 Apr 1994 22:40:04 -0400 (EDT) From: "Andrew L. Daitsman" Subject: petition for email privacy for you to consider (fwd) Sender: Discussion Regarding Chile To: Multiple recipients of list CHILE-L Reply-to: "Andrew L. Daitsman" Message-id: <01HAZMGBOPLU9GVHAK@fair1.fairfield.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Recibi esto de un amigo, para su mayor informacion. ?Que dicen los expertos en computacion entre nosotros? --------- This message is about Clipper, a proposal which would allow the government to peek at our ***PRIVATE*** email. Please read it, and if you are opposed to Clipper, please sign the electronic petition and help stop this thing. Please forward this to everyone you know... this is important! For those of you who don't know, Clipper is a proposal circulating in the government right now whereby the government will require that all methods of encrypting data (including e-mail) have a 'backdoor' of sorts so that the government will be able to decrypt and read the data. As you may have guessed, this is an infringement on your right to privacy. Below are details on a petition against Clipper, and how to sign your name to it. Please read. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Petition to Oppose Clipper Please Distribute Widely On January 24, many of the nation's leading experts in cryptography and computer security wrote President Clinton and asked him to withdraw the Clipper proposal. The public response to the letter has been extremely favorable, including coverage in the New York Times and numerous computer and security trade magazines. Many people have expressed interest in adding their names to the letter. In response to these requests, CPSR is organizing an Internet petition drive to oppose the Clipper proposal. We will deliver the signed petition to the White House, complete with the names of all the people who oppose Clipper. To sign on to the letter, send a message to: Clipper.petition@cpsr.org with the message "I oppose Clipper" (no quotes) You will receive a return message confirming your vote. Please distribute this announcement so that others may also express their opposition to the Clipper proposal. CPSR is a membership-based public interest organization. For membership information, please email cpsr@cpsr.org. For more information about Clipper, please consult the CPSR Internet Library-FTP/WAIS/Gopher CPSR.ORG /cpsr/privacy/crypto/clipper The President The White House Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: We are writing to you regarding the "Clipper" escrowed encryption proposal now under consideration by the White House. We wish to express our concern about this plan and similar technical standards that may be proposed for the nation's communications infrastructure. The current proposal was developed in secret by federal agencies primarily concerned about electronic surveillance, not privacy protection. Critical aspects of the plan remain classified and thus beyond public review. The private sector and the public have expressed nearly unanimous opposition to Clipper. In the formal request for comments conducted by the Department of Commerce last year, less than a handful of respondents supported the plan. Several hundred opposed it. If the plan goes forward, commercial firms that hope to develop new products will face extensive government obstacles. Cryptographers who wish to develop new privacy enhancing technologies will be discouraged. Citizens who anticipate that the progress of technology will enhance personal privacy will find their expectations unfulfilled. Some have proposed that Clipper be adopted on a voluntary basis and suggest that other technical approaches will remain viable. The government, however, exerts enormous influence in the marketplace, and the likelihood that competing standards would survive is small. Few in the user community believe that the proposal would be truly voluntary. The Clipper proposal should not be adopted. We believe that if this proposal and the associated standards go forward, even on a voluntary basis, privacy protection will be diminished, innovation will be slowed, government accountability will be lessened, and the openness necessary to ensure the successful development of the nation's communications infrastructure will be threatened. We respectfully ask the White House to withdraw the Clipper proposal. ---end of forwarded message-- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 16:52:27 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marjorie Fish Subject: Canadian pornograpy law Subject: Canadian Pornography laws (I've been away from e-mail for a month, and I have read WMST postings only up to March 29. I apologize in advance if any of the following submission is already out-dated by later contributions.) See "Liberty Under Attack -- by Equality?" (pps. 41-44) by Steven Hill in the August 1993 issue of the _activist men's journal: news and views for profeminists_, PO Box 85541, Seattle, WA 98145. I give the address because this journal is a tiny, xeroxed quarterly that has a subscribers list of about 60 and may be difficult to get except by writing to the editors; Steve Hill is one. Here is a quote from the December 1993 issue of the same journal on this topic: "Since the passage of civil rights anti-pornography legislation in Canada, civil libertarian opponents have been vociferous in their attacks, claiming that the law is being used to single out and censor lesbian/gay bookstores. Considering the source, you were right if you were suspicious of these reports. The AMJ has been busy trying to track down information regarding this matter. We're printing in this issue a column from the _Toronto Star_ which tells a different story, namely that harassment of Canadian lesbian/gay bookstores is the result of Canada's customs laws, which pre-date the civil rights legislation. We urge you to use the information in this column to write letters to the editor to refute the civil libertarian misinformation whenever it pops up in your local area, and in any national magazines to which you subscribe/read. Please forward any related info you find to the AMJ." The article is by Michele Landsberg, _Toronto Star_, Dec. 14, 1993. In this article Landsberg says: " ... a disastrously misleading article by Leanne Katz appeared in the NYT alerting Americans to a supposed reign of terror up here in Canada since the dreaded 'Butler decision.'' Butler, Landsberg goes on, was "an extraordinary breakthrough -- a unanimous decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, in February, 1992, that defined pornography from a feminist point of view. According to Butler, material that shows sex with actual violence, uses children, or is degrading and dehumanizing to women (i.e. that shows women enjoying pain, humiliation, rape, cruel and violent bondage, or sexualised racism) is to be considered harmful to women's safety and equality." In the next paragraph she notes that long before this decision police and customs had targeted gay and lesbian porn under the "Criminal Code obscenity guidelines." In the rest of the article she talks about the knee-jerk reaction of the Toronto police who "consistently make the law look bad by applying it like total jerks". She describes a single seizure of a lesbian sado- masochistic magazine with a Canadian circulation of 40 that was charged under Butler and got a conviction. She says this is the "only Butler-related charge against gay, lesbian or artistic material since the Supreme Court desision" and quotes a Revenue Canada spokesman Michel Cleroux who says the customs office is still using the 1991 guidelines and sees no need to incorporate Butler. Landsberg argues this shows that neither customs nor the cops understand "the new harms-based definition." There are other paragraphs about the retaliation against Catherine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin from all sides including "anti-censorship feminists and gays and mainstream free-speachers and pornographers". When, and if, Butler were understood and enforced, she concludes "artists and serious writers will rejoice, because Butler allows more freedom than the old interpretation of the Criminal Code." This is a long posting but, I thought it best to give as much information as possible since I doubt that the values in contention are going to become less confrontational in the future and people on this list may want to examine, or ask their students to examine, this issue more. I learned about the issue last summer while doing research on feminist bookstores in the US and Canada with my partner, John Winder. We got two very interesting and very different opinions from two guys in Canada. One was an alternative bookstore owner, a man who told us that there is another case being brought by a feminist bookstore in Vancouver called Little Sisters. The other view was from a pro- feminist male activist who said the first guy was a pro-S&M libertarian who uses a pro-feminist posture to promote a masculinist agenda. I left the US shortly after these two interviews and have not had a chance to follow up on the Little Sisters information. Does anyone on the list know more?? I am preparing a second posting to inquire about feminist bookstores and will give more background on that research, if there is interest, later. MFISH@LEON.NRCPS.ARIADNE-T.GR ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 09:53:51 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Goldman Subject: "Dreamworlds" cite Quite a few people requested the cite that I was looking for so I thought I'd post it to the list: > > > The particular article that I was looking for is by Laurie Meeker (I > > > don't have the title) and appeared in the Visual Anthropology Review > > > 9(1):123-130. Ruth Goldman American Studies University of New Mexico rgoldman@cybele.unm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 07:56:22 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Jennifer New (S&T OnSite)" Subject: Re: young heroines Jacquie-- Please share your bibliography when complete! Also, it's not a novel, but how about Robin Davidson's account of crossing the Australian desert on camel, TRACKS... --thanks ---------- From: Jacqueline Hunt To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L Subject: young heroines Date: Saturday, April 09, 1994 8:12PM I am giving a summer course on developing a feminine perspective in the high school literature program. I am looking for post 1980 novels that feature strong young female protagonists to add to my fairly extensive bibliography. English and Australian titles especially welcome. Jacquie Hunt ae743@freenet.carleton.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 10:07:37 MST Reply-To: brounanc@ux1.isu.edu Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Nancy J. Broughton" Organization: Idaho State University Subject: HELP: survey I'm forwarding this for a colleague who is not a list subscriber. Please respond to her at the indicated address. njb STRUGGLING LIBRARY SCIENCE STUDENT NEEDS HELP! I am doing a research paper on how people are using the Internet. I desperately need demographic data to include. I would be extremely grateful to all who take 5 minutes to fill out the following survey and e-mail it back to me at: higgjane@isu.edu CITY/STATE: _______________________ AGE: __ under 18 __ 19-35 __ 36-45 __ 45-55 __ 55-65 __ over 65 EDUCATION (Check highest degree only): __ High School Graduate __ Vo-Tech Degree __ Bachelor's Degree __ Master's Degree __ PHD __ None of the above OCCUPATION: __ Business (any kind, e.g., service, professional, etc.) __ Self employed __ Education __ Government __ Student __ Other PRIMARY USE OF THE INTERNET (Check 1-3 catagories): __ Discussion Lists __ Special Interest Groups __ E-Journals __ E-Newsletters __ Usenet Newsgroups __ E-Mail __ Special Projects Janet Higgins Systems Department Idaho State University Library Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8089 (208)236-2697 higgjane@isu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 09:55:30 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: SUE MANSFIELD Subject: SO. CAL. WOMEN'S STUDIES CONFERENCE The Fourth Annual Southern California Women's Studies Conference will be held Saturday, April 30th, 1994 at U. C. Irvine - Social Science Hall. Pre-registration deadline has been extended to forms post-marked April 15th. Focusing on "Feminist Dialogues Across Disciplines: Students and Teachers Learning Together," the conference will open with a keynote lecture by Sandra Harding, Professor of Philosophy at Delaware and UCLA, and author of the recently publishes "Whose Science? Whose Knowledge: Thinking from Women's Lives." The conference closes with an evening performance by AKUYOE of her own dramatic performance: "Spirit Awakening," which tells the story of a childhood which began in Africa and ended in New York. The L.A. Times has said that the piece "lifts the solo dramatic genre to heights barely reached." Registration and coffee begin at 8:30; the opening plenary at 9 am; Workshops are scheduled for 10:15; 1 pm and 2:30 pm. The Afternoon plenary at 4 pm will feature a student panel and panel-audience dialogue. Luncheon will be covered as part of the pre-registration charge which is $15 for students; $30 for faculty/staff & community. About 30 workshops are schedule - as well as a display of Francis Pohl's "Tailgate" artistic presentation which will be housed at th nearby Women's Resource Center at Irvine. Registration forms require the following information: Name, Address, City, State, Zip Code and phone [ ] Student $15 _____ [ ] Faculty/staff/community $30 _____ [ ] T-shirt order $12 _____ Circle size: M L XL XXL XXXL [ ] Additional donation _____ TOTAL _____ Please check if you need a vegetarian lunch [ ] [ ] I plan to attend the evening performance [ ] I will not attend the evening performance. Send this information with your check to Feminist Dialogues Across Disciplines Women's Studies, 403 SST University of California Irvine, CA 92717 Checks should be made payable to ASUCI/WSSA. For further information, call 714-856-4234 Directions to conference: From 405 FWY take Jamboree exit; turn towards ocean. Continue on Jamboree to Campus Drive, turn left. On Dampus Drive, cross University Drive and continue to Bridge Road, turn right to enter the UCI campus. Make an immediate left on Pereira Drive. The nearest available parking to Social Science Hall is Lot 1. Parking permit is $2.00 a day on weekends. Hope to see you there for a wonderful day! Sue ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 12:43:50 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sarah Bingham Subject: Re: HELP: survey I'm forwarding this for a colleague who is not a list subscriber. Please respond to her at the indicated address. njb STRUGGLING LIBRARY SCIENCE STUDENT NEEDS HELP! I am doing a research paper on how people are using the Internet. I desperately need demographic data to include. I would be extremely grateful to all who take 5 minutes to fill out the following survey and e-mail it back to me at: higgjane@isu.edu CITY/STATE: Farmville, VA_________ AGE: __ under 18 __ 19-35 X_ 36-45 __ 45-55 __ 55-65 __ over 65 EDUCATION (Check highest degree only): __ High School Graduate __ Vo-Tech Degree __ Bachelor's Degree __ Master's Degree _X PHD __ None of the above OCCUPATION: __ Business (any kind, e.g., service, professional, etc.) __ Self employed X_ Education __ Government __ Student __ Other PRIMARY USE OF THE INTERNET (Check 1-3 catagories): X_ Discussion Lists __ Special Interest Groups __ E-Journals __ E-Newsletters __ Usenet Newsgroups _X E-Mail __ Special Projects Janet Higgins Systems Department Idaho State University Library Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8089 (208)236-2697 higgjane@isu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 13:45:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: inforM update: diversity report The following directory has been added to the inforM Online Women's Studies Database: Educational Resources/Women's Studies/Gender Issues/ Women in the Workforce/Diversity in the Workforce "The Changing Face of the Federal Workforce: A Symposium on Diversity," a report by the Merit Systems Protection Board, is now available on inforM. To access the inforM database, telnet or gopher to INFORM.UMD.EDU. (If you do not know how to telnet or gopher, contact a local computer wizard, or try typing "telnet inform.umd.edu" or "gopher inform.umd.edu" at the main prompt of your computer account). Hit return to set the default terminal type or type "?" for a list of choices. Use either your arrow keys or number keys to select -> 4. Educational Resources 17. Women's Studies The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to send files to their e-mail accounts. After selecting a file, press "m". The system will then prompt you for your email address. The inforM system is also accessible by anonymous ftp. FTP to INFORM.UMD.EDU. Login as "anonymous", and use your mail address as a password. Choose the "inforM" directory by typing "cd inforM". The command "cd [directory name]" will change the directory. The commands "dir" or "ls" will display a list of files in that directory. Use the command "get [filename]" to download a file into your account. The directory pathname for the Women's Studies Database is "inforM/Educational_Resources/WomensStudies". Your local Gopher System may be set up to automatically link to the Women's Studies Database. Check the "Other Systems" or "Other Gophers" directory or ask your system administrator for help. Even if you do not have real Internet access, it is still possible to get files from inforM. If you are interested in this option, please email me and I will forward a file written by Mark Whitis that explains how to do this. Please remember that the system is case sensitive. Anything that appears in quotes must be typed exactly as it is here. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Paula Gaber inforM, Room 4343 Coordinator, Women's Studies Database Computer Science Center gaber@inform.umd.edu University of Maryland (301) 405-2939 College Park, Maryland 20742 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 13:50:44 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shauna Lee Manning Subject: mentoring progs for women students From: UMBSKY::SHAUNA "Shauna Lee Manning" 11-APR-1994 09:45:22.75 To: MX%"listserv@umdd.umd.edu" CC: SHAUNA Subj: mentoring programs for women students I am posting this to the list for a student in the Women's Studies Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston. UMass Boston is a commuter school with a non-traditional studentbody: older adults, veterans, disabled individuals, prison-release programs, etc. THis student, Mary Preskenis, is a woman who began her academic career after her six children were raised and is working to help other women successfully complete a college degree. She would like some advice/feedback on the Mentoring Program that she is working on for our university. Below is her message: The Women's Mentoring Program at the University of Massachusetts Boston, a commuter college, is focused on the non-traditional student. Its purpose is to encourage, support, and empower women to develop a stronger sense of self-esteem and to help them move forward toward their career goals through education. Questions to members of WMST-L: 1. Do you have a program of this nature? If so, what is the success rate? 2. What is your mission statement and how is it structured? 3. How do you match the women and have there been any problems? 4. How is the program funded? Do you get outside grants and are there any funds available for this purpose? Please send replies to SHAUNA@umbsky.cc.umb.edu with the header MENTORING and she will see that I receive your response. Thank you in advance. Mary Preskenis ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 13:31:51 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: joan r saks berman Subject: Re: self-help alternatives In-Reply-To: from "Jennifer Manlowe" at Apr 9, 94 10:45:45 am Betty Tallen has written a lesbian-feminist critique of AA and 12-step programs. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:36:31 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joy Lintelman Subject: Re: immigrant domestics d. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 13:07:35 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Weinstone Subject: princeton eng. dept. I've been accepted at Princeton (English dept) and was wondering if there are any wmst-l subscribers in the dept. who would share their experiences with me. Please send messages to syd@igc.apc.org Thanks, Ann Weinstone ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 14:56:33 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Marilyn P. Safir" Subject: Re: women speaking from behind a screen In-Reply-To: <9404071919.AA07881@mx2.u.washington.edu> I thought it might be of interest to the list to hear of another woman who spoke frome behind a screen. In fact she was forced to do so. Prof Nehama Liebowitz -a noted Torah scholar had been giving courses to American Rabbis who were in Israel for short periods of time. I should note that she was in her late 60's or 7o's when the following occurred. When the ultra orthodox rabbinical Authorities heard about her lecture series they demanded that she talk from behind a screen. These rabbis beleive that a woman should not be seen or even heard because of the terrible effects it will have on her male listners. As a compromise - they were willing to let her address her audience from behind a screen. If I remember correctly she refused and her lectures were canceled. Marilyn Safir safirm@u.washington.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 17:00:40 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: stott@UTDALLAS.EDU Subject: Gender-coded language in evaluations I would appreciate suggestions on the following two issues: 1) References to studies that detect gender-related differences in the kind of words, phrases or metaphors used in any evaluative or review setting for men and women, such as letters of recommendation, blind reviews of articles for journals, grant proposals, promotion and tenure reviews and teaching evaluations. 2) Helpful information on setting up a women's center in a science and technology-dominated small public university without a women's studies major. In particular, I'd appreciate arguments for instituting such a center on the grounds that it can promote the hiring and retention of women faculty and help to counter or correct for hostility towards women and women's studies. Feel free to reply off-list and thanks in advance for sharing your experience. Deborah Stott University of Texas at Dallas STOTT@UTDALLAS.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 20:19:50 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Michael Current Subject: Re: self-help alternatives In-Reply-To: <199404111937.PAA25224@holmes.umd.edu> from "joan r saks berman" at Apr 11, 94 01:31:51 pm joan r saks berman writes: > > Betty Tallen has written a lesbian-feminist critique of AA and 12-step > programs. Can anyone provide a full(er) reference for this? Response by private e-mail or to the list, as you will. I'm still a bit confused as to the exact policy, since I'm new here. Thanks, Michael -- ---------------------------Michael J. Current---------------------------- mcurrent@picard.infonet.net -or- @ins.infonet.net -or- @nyx.cs.du.edu Specializing in Philosophy, Queer Studies, Depression, & Unemployment :) 737 - 18th Street, #9 * Des Moines, IA * 50314-1031 *** (515) 283-2142 "AN IMAGE OF THOUGHT CALLED PHILOSOPHY HAS BEEN FORMED HISTORICALLY AND IT EFFECTIVELY STOPS PEOPLE FROM THINKING." - GILLES DELEUZE -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 22:06:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Laura.Julier" <21798JUL@MSU.BITNET> Subject: Summer of '95 - on our own In-Reply-To: The letter of Monday, 7 March 1994 12:26pm ET Donna Phillips: I've tried writing to you at d.philli@msuacad.morehead-st.edu but the message comes back undeliverable. Please write me at the address below--so that I might be able to reach you that way. Laura Julier 21798JUL@msu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 21:27:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "tonight, tonight, won't be just any night..." <0231722@NORTHWEST.MISSOURI.EDU> Subject: PORNOGRAPHY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE Members of WMST-L: I am conducting an independent study and have an undergraduate research grant for next fall, and the topic I am researching is the relationship between pornography and domestic violence. If anyone has any references linking these two topics, or just a suggestion for me to pursue, would you please be so kind as to pass the info along to me? Please respond privately, and I will be glad to hear any ideas you might have. Thank you! --Natalie E. Banks NWMSU Maryville, MO 0231722@NORTHWEST.MISSOURI.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 11 Apr 1994 20:13:23 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Linda J. Shepherd, Ph.D." Subject: Women scientists in 1900 I am in the process of writing a novel about a woman physicist that takes place around 1900-1910. Several questions have cropped up and I'm not sure where to find the answers. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Does anyone know: 1) Where there any women authors published in the journal "Annalen der Physik" prior to 1906? 2) I know single women were permitted in Swiss universities, but were married or pregnant women allowed to attend university math or physics classes in Switzerland then? (Austrian high schools and universities banned all females until 1899) 3) Were there any women teachers of math or physics in Switzerland (high school or college) then? Please respond privately to ljsheprd@halcyon.com. Thanks for your help! Linda J. Shepherd, Ph.D. ljsheprd@halcyon.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 08:59:00 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Robert Haas (ENG)" Subject: Re: PORNOGRAPHY AND DOMESTIC VIOLENCE In-Reply-To: <199404120227.WAA28263@holmes.umd.edu> On Mon, 11 Apr 1994, tonight, tonight, won't be just any night... wrote: > Members of WMST-L: > I am conducting an independent study and have an undergraduate research > grant for next fall, and the topic I am researching is the relationship > between pornography and domestic violence. If anyone has any references > linking these two topics, or just a suggestion for me to pursue, would > you please be so kind as to pass the info along to me? Please respond > privately, and I will be glad to hear any ideas you might have. > > Thank you! > --Natalie E. Banks > NWMSU Maryville, MO > 0231722@NORTHWEST.MISSOURI.EDU Natalie, Ellen Willis' book *No More Nice Girls:Countercultural Essays* publilshed by Wesleyan University Press, 1992 doesn't connect pornography and domestic violence, but she does chart the different ways feminists have talked about pornography over the last few decades. The book is collection of articles she wrote for *Village Voice* and it's very readable and is worth your time. Good luck on your project. Lynda Haas Univ of South Florda haas@chuma.cas.usf.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 08:59:29 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Bixby Subject: lesbain resources I am a faculty liaison for the newly formed 10% Society on campus. Gay, lesbian and bi-sexual students have been meeting off campus in a support group setting for nearly a year. We have a core curriculum that addresses all sorts of diversity issues and the students and I are going to meet with the Director to lobby for including sexual orientation in the dialogue. I would like to offer some concrete suggestions to him in the way of short stories, plays or medium length texts. Do any of you have ideas, especially relating to lesbian and bi-sexual women? Please respond privately. Thank you Barbara Bixby Political Science Carthage College Kenosha, WI 53140 brb@cns.carthage.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 09:07:49 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Bixby Subject: women & politics texts I am a bit out of the loop on new publications. I am wondering if there are new texts (in the past 2 years) on women and politics that people have used and have had a favorable response to. I have used Tilly and Gurin, Women Politics and Change, and West and Blumberg, Women and Social Protest and like them both. Do you know of anything that helps focus on Third World women? Please respond privately. Barbara Bixby Carthage College brb@cns.carthage.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 10:23:19 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "linda l. anderson" Organization: Yale University Subject: body memories i am looking for an accessibly written article on the theory that memory can be stored in the body (on a cellular level, in the muscles, etc.) and that deep breathing exercises or vigorous exercise (or even sex) can sometimes dislodge these memories in the form of emotional release or actual pictorial images. specifically as it applies to survivors of childhood abuse (physical/sexual/emotional). please respond privately. thanks linda l. anderson (lla@yalevm.cis.yale.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 10:55:37 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: DORIS RUCKS Subject: Re: HELP: survey I'm forwarding this for a colleague who is not a list subscriber. Please respond to her at the indicated address. njb STRUGGLING LIBRARY SCIENCE STUDENT NEEDS HELP! I am doing a research paper on how people are using the Internet. I desperately need demographic data to include. I would be extremely grateful to all who take 5 minutes to fill out the following survey and e-mail it back to me at: higgjane@isu.edu CITY/STATE: _Allendale, MI_________ AGE: __ under 18 19-35 __ 36-45 __ 45-55 __ 55-65 X_ over 65 EDUCATION (Check highest degree only): High School Graduate __ Vo-Tech Degree __ Bachelor's Degree __ Master's Degree _X PHD __ None of the above OCCUPATION: __ Business (any kind, e.g., service, professional, etc.) __ Self employed _X Education __ Government __ Student __ Other PRIMARY USE OF THE INTERNET (Check 1-3 catagories): __ Discussion Lists __ Special Interest Groups __ E-Journals __ E-Newsletters __ Usenet Newsgroups X_ E-Mail __ Special Projects Janet Higgins Systems Department Idaho State University Library Pocatello, Idaho 83209-8089 (208)236-2697 higgjane@isu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 11:20:38 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Julia Hanigsberg Subject: call-body anthol Susan Bordo has written some interesting stuff on this topic. You might want to approach her directly. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Julia E. Hanigsberg Columbia University School of Law 435 West 116th St. New York, NY 10027 e-mail: hanigsbe@lawmail.law.columbia.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 09:39:33 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bev Wessel Subject: Reunion at U. Wash. W.S. The Women Studies Program at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington is looking for past graduates, instructors, supporters and other friends who have participated in our program to join in our 25th anniversary celebration/reunion to be held June 17 and 18 in 1995 on the University of Washington campus. If you or someone you know fits this description please e-mail or write to us with your name and address and we will send you more information. Even if you cannot attend, we are still interested in hearing from you because we are collecting information about what people with degrees in Women Studies are doing today. Please note: This event is in June 1995, not this year. We're planning well in advance in order to make this a big event. Bev Wessel, Program Coordinator Women Studies Program GN-45 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 wessel@u.washington.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:22:54 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Tamm Sissac Subject: Re: body memories In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 12 Apr 1994 10:23:19 EDT from Linda, Please post the citations you find to this list or send them to me privately if you prefer. Good good day Tamm Sissac LSSISS@lsuvm.sncc.lsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:13:39 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolyn Kost Subject: little red riding hood From: IN%"FEMREL-L@MIZZOU1.BITNET" "Open discussion of women, religion, and feminist theology." 11-APR-1994 19:59:53.22 To: IN%"FEMREL-L@MIZZOU1.BITNET" "Multiple recipients of list FEMREL-L" CC: Subj: HERE'S a fairy tale.... Return-path: <@YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU:FEMREL-L@MIZZOU1.BITNET> Received: from YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (MAILER@YALEVM) by fair1.fairfield.edu (PMDF #3113 ) id <01HB27BDVT5C9JDAHO@fair1.fairfield.edu>; Mon, 11 Apr 1994 19:56:48 EST Received: from YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@YALEVM) by YALEVM.CIS.YALE.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 7692; Mon, 11 Apr 1994 19:48:40 -0400 Date: 11 Apr 1994 16:26:32 -0400 (EDT) From: Cynthia Melcher Subject: HERE'S a fairy tale.... Sender: "Open discussion of women, religion, and feminist theology." To: Multiple recipients of list FEMREL-L Reply-to: "Open discussion of women, religion, and feminist theology." Message-id: <01HB27BODKPA9JDAHO@fair1.fairfield.edu> Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-To: femrel-l@mizzou1.bitnet From: MX%"22016@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA" 11-APR-1994 16:03:50.50 To: CMELCHER CC: Subj: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge politically correct (fwd) Return-Path: <@mvsa.admin.ucalgary.ca:22016@ucdasvm1.admin.ucalgary.ca> Received: from MVSA.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA by FSCVAX.FSC.MASS.EDU (MX V3.3 VAX) with SMTP; Mon, 11 Apr 1994 15:59:23 EDT Received: from UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA by MVSA.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA (IBM MVS SMTP V2R2.1) with BSMTP id 5190; Mon, 11 Apr 94 12:16:06 MST X-Delivery-Notice: SMTP MAIL FROM does not correspond to sender. Received: from UCDASVM1 (22016) by UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA (Mailer R2.07) with BSMTP id 4136; Mon, 11 Apr 94 12:15:48 GMT Date: Mon, 11 Apr 94 12:15:16 MDT From: "Ian P. Mitchell" <22016@UCDASVM1.ADMIN.UCALGARY.CA> Subject: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge politically correct (fwd) X-MX-Warning: Warning -- Invalid "To" header. To: Fun, Fun, Fun <22016@ucdasvm1.admin.ucalgary.ca> From: Ian P. Mitchell *** Resending note of 94-04-11 10:17 From: soc.culture.british (oxymoron time, eh? hahahahhhhaaaaa) From: Michel Fougeres Newsgroups: soc.culture.british,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.french Subject: Le Petit Chaperon Rouge politically correct > Little Red Riding Hood - A Politically Correct Fairy Tale > by Jim Garner > copied by Andy Tiarks April 24, 1993 > originally appeared in "Comic Relief" April, 1993 > > There once was a young person named Red Riding Hood who > lived with her mother on the edge of a large wood. One day her > mother asked her to take a basket of fresh fruit and mineral water > to her grandmother's house -- not because this was womyn's work, > mind you, but because the deed was generous and helped engender a > feeling of community. Furthermore, her grandmother was not sick, > but rather was in full physical and mental health and was fully > capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult. > So Red Riding Hood set off with her basket of food > through the woods. Many people she knew believed that the forest > was a foreboding and dangerous place and never set foot in it. Red > Riding Hood, however, was so confident in her own budding sexuality > that such obvious Freudian imagery did not hinder her. > On her way to Grandma's house, Red Riding Hood was > accosted by a Wolf, who asked her what was in her basket. She > replied, "Some healthful snacks for my grandmother, who is > certainly capable of taking care of herself as a mature adult." > The Wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a > little girl to walk through these woods alone." > Red Riding Hood said, "I find your sexist remark > offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your > traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which > has caused you to develop your own, entirely valid worldview. Now, > if you'll excuse, me I must be on my way." > Red Riding Hood walked on along the main path. But, > because his status outside society had freed him from slavish > adherence to linear, Western-style thought, the Wolf knew of a > quicker route to Grandma's house. He burst into the house and ate > Grandma, an entirely valid course of action for a carnivore such as > himself. Then, unhampered by rigid, traditionalist notions of what > was masculine or feminine, he put on grandma's nightclothes and > crawled into bed. > Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said, "Grandma, > I have brought you some fat-free, sodium-free snacks to salute you > in your role of a wise and nurturing matriarch." > From the bed, the Wolf said softly, "Come closer, child, > so that I might see you." > Red Riding Hood said, "Oh, I forgot you are as optically > challenged as a bat. Grandma, what big eyes you have!" > "They have seen much, and forgiven much, my dear." > "Grandma, what a big nose you have -- only relatively, of > course, and certainly attractive in its own way." > "It has smelled much, and forgiven much, my dear." > "Grandma, what big teeth you have!" > The Wolf said, "I am happy with who I am and what I am," > and leaped out of bed. He grabbed Red Riding Hood in his claws, > intent on devouring her. Red Riding Hood screamed, not out of > alarm at the Wolf's apparent tendency toward cross-dressing, but > because of his willful invasion of her personal space. > Her screams were heard by a passing woodchopper-person > (or log-fuel technician, as he preferred to be called). When he > burst into the cottage, he saw the melee and tried to intervene. > But as he raised his ax, Red Riding Hood and the Wolf both stopped. > "And what do you think you're doing?" asked Red Riding > Hood. > The woodchopper-person blinked and tried to answer, but > no words came to him. > "Bursting in here like a Neanderthal, trusting your > weapon to do your thinking for you!" she said. "Sexist! > Speciesist! How dare you assume that womyn and wolves can't solve > their own problems without a man's help!" > When she heard Red Riding Hood's speech, Grandma jumped > out of the Wolf's mouth, took the woodchopper-person's axe, and cut > his head off. After this ordeal, Red Riding Hood, Grandma, and the > Wolf felt a certain commonality of purpose. They decided to set up > an alternative household based on mutual respect and cooperation, > and they lived together in the woods happily ever after. ============================================================================= Souvent le Vice re'ussit a` s'approprier la re'compense de la Vertu -- Ian P. Mitchell, Research Analyst Faculty of Graduate Studies University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:49:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christine Smith Subject: class on erotica A few weeks ago, I posted a message asking how to conduct a class on erotica in my Female Sexuality course. I'd like to thank everyone who responded for their suggestions. I just finished the class, and thought I'd let everyone know what I did and how it went. First, we had done classes on women as objects and pornography. I put erotica written by women on reserve (from Serious Pleasures, Erotic Interludes, Touching Fire, and Black Erotica), and to make sure they read it, told them the must turn in a paper on the readings (how they felt about them). Because the class is large (37 students, which can be inhibiting when talking about sex), I had them get into groups, and discuss 1) their reactions to the erotica, and 2) what is erotica. Then as a class, we discussed their reactions, and what they felt erotica was, was it different from pornography? We had a consensus on some things, that at least in their readings there tends to be more context, focus on feelings and thoughts, recognition of a partner as more than an object. They also felt the erotica was more realistic, because people had fears, inadequacies. We didn't reach a consensus on how it differs from porn, or if it even is different. Pretty much like the debates going on now. As we were discussing, I passed around books on erotica written by women, as well as an Eve's Garden catalogue (which elicited numerous giggles). I did have a problem getting visual erotica. I did have a condensed version of the Kama Sutra, and recommended that they watch Henry & June. We did talk about how women-centered erotica would look. I think not having visual erotica was actually good, because I think they would have been extremely embarassed to look at it in class. They could do the erotic readings in private. Also, I tried to locate a film called "Peril or Pleasure: Feminist-Produced Pornography", but as unsuccessful. The library at Good Vibrations gave me some numbers, but I couldn't find anyone that had it. Again, thanks to everyone who responded. All in all, the class was a sucessful one. Christine Smith csmith@vms.cis.pitt.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 13:50:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Petrie Subject: Research subjects for dissertation on anorexia A doctoral candidate in English, I'm writing my dissertation on anorexia. I'm including interviews of/gathering stories by women who have defined themselves or been defined as anorexic (now or in the past). I would appreciate hearing from anyone who is willing to participate in this project. Participating would mean filling out a questionnaire (via e-mail or regular mail) or being interviewed by phone -- your choice. Everything is confidential and transcripts of the interview/copies of the questionnaire will be mailed to you for approval. PLEASE RESPOND PRIVATELY TO: petr0013@gold.tc.umn.edu Include your name and how you want to be contacted: e-mail, mail or phone. Be sure to leave appropriate addresses and numbers. I will contact interested people individually. Anyone interested in learning more about my project or resources I'm using should feel free to contact me as well. Thank you. Mary Petrie Commission on Women petr0013@gold.tc.umn.edu 626-8780 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:10:13 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Georgia NeSmith Subject: reference book on database searches I happened across a wonderful reference book for research in women's studies recently. This is: _Women Online: Research in Women's Studies Using Online Databases_, ed. by Steven D. Atkinson and Judith Hudson (New York: Haworth Press, 1990). I managed to pick it up for only $13.50 used. While it was written for librarians, I'd recommend purchase (not just library, but personal) for anyone who does women's studies research and particularly for those who have students doing research papers outside their own immediate area of expertise. It is particularly useful for helping people figure out productive search terms for the different databases in different fields. This is also useful for people (like me) who are still essentially stuck with the old paper indexes, as most of the on-line databases are electronic versions of the paper ones. Topics of various chapters include: women in biomedical databases, women in news and popular databases, feminist perspectives through cited reference searching, lesbians online, women of color in online databases, women in developing countries, women in sport . . . etc. For those who want to know -- the dissertation just went off for intermediate deposit this afternoon and with hired help from the UI School of Journalism's terrific graduate secretary (a male, by the way), I expect to make final deposit without too much trouble. Thanks again for all the support people gave me. Georgia NeSmith gnesmith@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 14:07:28 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristine Thompson Concordia College Subject: Summer housing in D.C. A student of mine is looking for an affordable room in Washington D.C. She will be arriving May 9 and staying until mid-August. She has an internship on "the HILL" so convenient access to the metro is a plus. If you have any suggestions or if you are trying to sub-let please reply privately to: Kris Thompson Kthompson@vax.cord.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 17:59:47 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Kay Schleiter Subject: goals I will soon begin a 3-year term as a director of Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. I am planning to meet with the steering committee to discuss goals. I would appreciate hearing the goals other programs are working towards, not only for new ideas, but also to put our own goals into a broader context. Any other advice would also be greatly appreciated. Mary Kay Schleiter mks@cs.uwp.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 23:28:47 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katrina Schlunke Subject: Details of U.K WStudies conference? please? Dear All, Could anyone who knows please send me details of the Women's Studies Conference in the U.K this year. When? Where? Registration details? Cost? Address? thank you Katrina k.schlunke@nepean.uws.edu.au ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 23:37:12 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: new list of possible interest to wmst-l folk INTVIO-L on LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU or LISTSERV@URIACC.BITNET The INTVIO-L list will serve as a networking system devoted to all aspects of family violence. While various other lists may explore the topics of child abuse or violence within the family, the intimate violence list is unique in that it serves a wide range of areas that constitute the definition of inimate violence. Our list is designed to encompass all areas of interest regarding family violence rather than limiting discussion to one interest. While welcoming responses generated from research as well as intervention perspectives, the intimate violence list will consist of discussion and debate concerning the following topics: physical child abuse, sexual child abuse, child neglect, spousal physical violence, spousal sexual violence, psycological abuse and dating violence as well as any other areas of intimate violence that subscribers may wish to explore. The intimate violence list was developed by the Family Violence Research Team at the University of Rhode Island and we are interested in all aspects of the research and intervention of intimate violence. To subscribe, send the following message on the first (and only) line of text to LISTSERV@uriacc.uri.edu (or LISTSERV@URIACC on BITNET): subscribe INTVIO-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname (At least two "words" are needed for the name but one could be an initial such as in P. Smith). Eg. SUB INTVIO-L Pat Smith We look forward to hearing from you. Owner: FAMVIOL@URIACC.URI.EDU or FAMVIOL@URIACC.BITNET ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 23:42:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Seymour House Organization: University of Otago Subject: syllabi I am introducing Catholic women authors in a literature course at a seminary (!) next fall and I would welcome any suggestions for texts-- poetry, prose, drama. Primary concern is that religious issues figure prominently in the writing. Thank you. Seymour House Shouse@gandalf.otago.ac.nz ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 07:45:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: women & politics texts In-Reply-To: <199404121411.KAA00934@holmes.umd.edu> try: The Women's Movements of the US and Western Europe: consciousness, political opportunity, and public policy, edited by Mary F. Katzenstein and Carol M. Mueller from Temple U. Press ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 08:52:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Stacie Renfro In-Reply-To: <199404130329.XAA08305@holmes.umd.edu> from "Katrina Schlunke" at Apr 13, 94 11:28:47 pm cancel subscription ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 09:48:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: rh19 Subject: Petition Earlier I sent a message to this list about an up coming UMCP Senate hearing on Domestic Partner Benifits.(partners of non-married employees) There is a hearing this Friday at which time petitions will be registered. The meeting is at 12:30 in the Md. Room at Marie Mount. I am asking for those of you who support benifits for ther partners of non-married emplyees at UMCP to have access to recreational facilities and childcare and recommendations to the regents and State that all beniits should be help by these individuals to complete the petition. Please send it to me at 2304D Benjamin Campus. I will take it along with many others to the hearing. If you have further questions, as a member of the Campus Human Relations Committee, I will be glad to answer them. Thank you. .............................PETITION..................................... I am in favor of the Senate recommendations to extend recreational and child care benifits to domestic partners of UMCP employess. Further, I support the recommendations to the Regents and the State for full benifits to these individuals. Signed____________________________________________________Date _________ Ruth Heidelbach, Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction University of Maryland, College Park 20742 301-405-3127, rh19@umail.umd.edu, Fax 301-314-9055 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:26:13 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Felicia Bender Subject: Re: syllabi In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 12 Apr 1994 23:42:33 -0400 from A wonderful place to start might be with Hrothvita of Gandersheim, a German nun who is billed in theatre history (as we know it) as the first woman playwright. She wrote quite a few plays. They are readily available at university libraries-- they are quite religious in content, but very in- teresting in how she deals with her subject matter. Good luck with the course! Felicia Bender c391738@MIZZOU1 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 09:13:19 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Marilyn P. Safir" Subject: Re: Details ofAustralian WStudies conference? In-Reply-To: <9404130329.AA16550@mx3.u.washington.edu> The Sixth Internatinal INterdisciplinary Congress on Women: Women's Worlds is schedulded for February, 1996, follow the Fifth which was held in Costa Rica in 1993. It its to be held in Adalaide Univesity. Do es anyone have more specific information that could be posted to the list? Marilyn Safir safirm@u.washington.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 10:21:35 MDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Mitchell Subject: Expanding Your Horizons Greetings - I need a favor from other women on the Internet: This Saturday, April 16, the EXPANDING YOUR HORIZONS program, hosted by the University of Texas at El Paso, will entertain 300 8th grade girls by introducing them to careers in Science and Engineering. As you all know, the crucial recruitment of young women into non-traditional science fields happens when they're 13 and 14. At this age we need to expose them to career opportunities, trigger their imaginations, encourage them to visualize themselves doing these kinds of work, AND get them to take those high school Math classes. I'm doing sessions on Computer Science - Data Communications specifically - and I'm going to introduce them to the Internet. WILL YOU SEND US MAIL? Mail to YM@CS.EP.UTEXAS.EDU (This one address goes to all 50 girls) MAIL BEFORE FRIDAY NIGHT, APRIL 15th. 1) Say hi - and encourage them. 2) If you work in a science or engineering field, please tell them, and say a few words about your work. 3) If you live/work internationally, please take a moment to write us. I think they will be startled and tickled that they can get mail from Indonesia or Germany! 4) Many of the young women will be Hispanic. You're welcome to write in Spanish if its your language. Brief is all thats asked for. I really want them to feel the power of the Internet and the amount of support and encouragement thats available. They will be able to print and take home some of the messages. Maybe you could take a second and do it now, so you don't forget? Gratefully, Katherine A. Mitchell Computer Research Laboratory New Mexico State University Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003 505-646-6429 (Office) 505-646-5466 (Main lab number) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:26:00 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Chris Jazwinski Subject: Status of Women Reports Last month I asked list subscribers for information on status of women reports at their academic institutions: "The feminists at my institution are trying to convince our administration to support and fund a status of women report (like the Stanford report and other similar). I would very much like to know if those of you at academic institutions have had such a report done in recent history. I'd also like to know when was it published, was it a one-time report or is it recurring. Finally, if you could send me a copy or tell me how I could obtain a copy from your institution, I'd be eternally grateful." I would like to stress that there is a great deal of empowerment of women involved in getting such a report done at your institution. Issues addressed include promotions, pay, sexual harassment, ccurriculum, existence and support of women's studies programs, etc. These reports can cover women across the spectrum: faculty, staff, students, administrators. A status of women report is essential in getting your institution to engage in a dialogue and moving towards positive social changes. It's just so easy for everyone especially those in power to prtent that sexism doesn't exist or that things have improved enough for women. IF YOU HAVE INFO ABOUT STATUS OF WOMEN REPORTS AT YOUR INSTITUTION, PLEASE RESPOND. I CAN COMPILE AGAIN IN A MONTH OR SO. THANK YOU. I obtained a number of leads for which I'd like to extend my heartfelt thanks and have been able to obtain the following reports or reports in progress: 1. Ledwitz-Rigby, F. The second annual report on the status of women at the University of British Columbia, 1993. 2. Grand Valley State University climate study questionnaire, 1994. 3 Title IX: Report on the status of women at Florida Atlantic University, 1972-1992. Reports have also been done at the following institutions: 1. Report to the faculty senate ad hoc committee on the status of university women. Sangamon State University, 1989. 2. Report of the provost's committee on the recruitment and retention of women faculty. Stanford University, 1993 3. Penn State University 4. Gender bias study report. Minnesota Inter-faculty Organization, 1994. Report in a nonacademic setting: 1. State of Wisconsin report of the governor's task force on the glass ceiling initiative, 1993. The following are very useful references for preparing a study and report: 1. Shavlik, D. L. and Touchton, J. G. (1992). The new agenda for women revisited. 2. Caplan, P. J. (1992). Lifting a ton of feathers: A woman's guide to surviving in the academic world. Toronto: University of Toronto Press. Chris Jazwinski Professor of Psychology St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN 56301 612-255-3271 JAZ@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:48:17 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Ting Subject: netiquette request Can people who are cross-posting and forwarding things please edit the routing information? I don't want to discourage cross-posts, I just think they would be more effective if readers didn't have to scroll through several screens of routing info to get to the post. Your local computer support people should be able to show you how to do this (assuming that your mailer program allows you to). Many thanks. Jennifer Ting Department of American Civilization Brown University jen <--> st403328@brownvm <--> st403328@brownvm.brown.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:34:17 MST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Mark Sandilands; ph:403-329-2404" Subject: query about child abuse research I know women's studies is not directly pertinent to child, but I've looked and have not found such a list or a newsgroup. Does anyone know of one? If not is there interest in one? My current question is about public surveys related to the issue of child abuse. Is there anyone out there who has done evaluation research of child abuse prevention offices or societies? Are there survey instruments you know of? Obviously I am being drawn into doing such a survey and would be grateful of any assistance or suggestions offered. _______________ _ Mark Sandilands --\____/ \ ___ Dept of Psychology / | | | \ University of Lethbridge / __| CA [_> - = Lethbridge*, Alberta--------------\ \ <| Canada, T1K 3M4 ----------------> \\__*____ / e-mail: Sandilands@hg.uleth.ca | | Voice: 403-329-2404 \_ USA _\\ FAX: 403-329-2555 \\-__/ _ \ \/ | ---^--- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:21:56 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristine Thompson Concordia College Subject: Bringing Babies to Work I read an article in the Christian Science Monitor last week about the merits of women returning from maternity leaves with their babies. Some business have found this to be a very positive experience. After reading this I was reminded of a problem last year that a colleague experienced last year when HE returned to his office last year with his newly adopted 7 month old baby. This colleague was a professor of history who did not want to abandon his course with only 6 weeks left in the semester. The baby arrived with 2 days notice and a month or so early. Neither the department nor the college had any policy addressing this. The child attended class only on occassion but was around the department offices often. There were no complaints by students or other faculty - though some expressed concern that the academy was not a very good place for a baby. Some thought that the professor could not do his job properly. Others thought the baby would suffer. Others even went so far as to say that it would be ok for a mother to bring her child but that the father really had no business carting the baby to the office. This seems like such hypocrisy. The father's department chair told him that the baby could no longer come to the office. The mother taught 133% time at a different institution. She did not face the same pressure from her chair so the mother took the child even though she had the heavier load. The irony of the situation is that the Chair who banished the baby claims to be an advocate of the rights of women! I am putting this on the 'net for some general impressions about the appropriatness of a. the chair's actions of banishing the baby b. the father's action of bringing the baby to school I hope this is an appropriate issue to be discussed here. Kris Thompson kthompson@vax.cord.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 12:54:30 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Peggy Beemer Subject: Re: Bringing Babies to Work This posting touches on an important issue. I think that if the professor has the baby/child in the office and can perform all the necessary functions of her/his job, there is no problem and it's nobody's business but their own. Kids in class, if they're not disruptive, are OK. I myself never have done this, but, then, my kids are little and rambunctious. My students (men and women, albeit 95% of them women) bring their kids in all the time when they have child care fall through; my only problem is that it always seems to fall on the day when we're covering materials which I would hesitate to present in front of MY kids (eg., human sacrificial rites among the Mexica, the importance of the sexual relationship between Radha and Krishna...) Nonethless, I would only tell a student s/he could not bring a child into my class if I thought that child could in some way be hurt by what went on in there, or if the kid had been historically disruptive in my class. That has never happened. I think parents with kids in these contexts are generally hypersensitive to any disruptive behavior on the part of the child, and behave accordingly to control them when necessary. As for the difference in treatment of father and mother on the job, surely by now we all know that this is jive. Parents are parents and if they're responsible ones, they have shared rights, too. The chair who told your colleague he had to leave the baby home gets the thumbs down from me, with a possible discrimination investigation. Possible mitigating circumstances do need to be considered, though, for instance, whether the prof. was actually able to do his work, and whether the baby's presence ACTUALLY (not just in their imaginations, since they don't like kids) interfered with other people working. (For instance, if the baby screamed with colic from noon until 8PM, as did my sister's daughter, I can see that it would make working impossible for everybody in the area.) No policy should exist which eliminates the possibility of parents bringing their kids to school; each case should be judged individually. Peggy Beemer Religious Studies, Cal State Univ., Chico PBeemer@oavax.CSUChico.edu ________________________________________________________ To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L From: Women's Studies List on Wed, Apr 13, 1994 12:26 PM Subject: Bringing Babies to Work I read an article in the Christian Science Monitor last week about the merits of women returning from maternity leaves with their babies. Some business have found this to be a very positive experience. After reading this I was reminded of a problem last year that a colleague experienced last year when HE returned to his office last year with his newly adopted 7 month old baby. This colleague was a professor of history who did not want to abandon his course with only 6 weeks left in the semester. The baby arrived with 2 days notice and a month or so early. Neither the department nor the college had any policy addressing this. The child attended class only on occassion but was around the department offices often. There were no complaints by students or other faculty - though some expressed concern that the academy was not a very good place for a baby. Some thought that the professor could not do his job properly. Others thought the baby would suffer. Others even went so far as to say that it would be ok for a mother to bring her child but that the father really had no business carting the baby to the office. This seems like such hypocrisy. The father's department chair told him that the baby could no longer come to the office. The mother taught 133% time at a different institution. She did not face the same pressure from her chair so the mother took the child even though she had the heavier load. The irony of the situation is that the Chair who banished the baby claims to be an advocate of the rights of women! I am putting this on the 'net for some general impressions about the appropriatness of a. the chair's actions of banishing the baby b. the father's action of bringing the baby to school I hope this is an appropriate issue to be discussed here. Kris Thompson kthompson@vax.cord.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 14:23:51 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: joan r saks berman Subject: Re: Details ofAustralian WStudies conference? In-Reply-To: from "Marilyn P. Safir" at Apr 13, 94 09:13:19 am Is the February date definite? I seem to remember that the woman who will be coordinating it saying that it will probably be in April, since that is when her campus has a break, and the facilities will be available. Otherwise, I have no other specific info, but will look forward to receiving it. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 13:42:09 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marilyn Edelstein Subject: Re: syllabi Two obvious choices, at least in the 20th century: Flannery O'Connor (any of her stories or novellas, but particularly _Wise Blood_ and "A Good Man is Hard to Find," which deal explicitly with religious issues; her essays also explore the "Catholicness" of her work) and Katherine Anne Porter (particularly her short fiction). Both of their work is in a lot of anthologies and there are several collections of both of their work. Hope this is useful for your course on Catholic women authors. Marilyn Edelstein, English, Santa Clara U, California medelstein@scuacc.scu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 14:40:57 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Matthew Lindstrom Subject: call for papers > > CALL FOR PAPERS > >"EXPLORING THE CHALLENGES OF CONFLICT: ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE 20TH >CENTURY WORLD" > >AN INTERDISCIPLINARY GRADUATE STUDENT/FACULTY SYMPOSIUM >Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ >November 4-5, 1994 > >The them of the fourth annual NAU Graduate Student Interdisciplinary >Symposium (GSIS) is CONFLICT IN THE 20TH CENTURY. GSIS organizers invite >graduate students and faculty to attend and to submit abstracts of papers you >would like to present at this year's symposium. > >possible topic areas include, but are not limited to: > >Conflict and Community in Urban Areas >Violence and Non-violence as Means of Social Change >Power Relations: Social, Economic, and/or Political >Environmental Conflict >"Legitimate" Violence: Language, Institutions, and/or War >Gender Conflict >Technologies for Violent and Non-violent Uses >Crime and Societies Response to Crime >Racial and Ethnic Identities and Conflict >International Conflict >Conflict as Witnessed in Art, Music, or Literature > >THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS AUGUST 1, 1994 > >Please send abstracts and requests for additional information on the symposium >to: Matt Lindstrom, Co-Chair, GSIS > Department of Political Science, NAU Box 15036 > Flagstaff, AZ 86011 > (602) 779-5695 > Email: MJL1@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.ECU > >THANKS, MATT ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 19:02:43 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Hyacinth Organization: University of Canterbury, NZ Subject: Re: battery and pornography link Whoops! Sorry I missed my cue, I'll have to pay more attention in future. Always a good place to start - Catherine MacKinnon TOWARD A FEMINIST THEORY OF THE STATE especialy parts 7 'Sexuality' and 11 'Pornography: On morality and politics'. The link between battery and pornography is via the eroticization of domination. There is quite a lot of literature on this subject and I'll post more references later when I've waded through what I have. For now, the footnotes to part 7 suggest you will find what you want in these articles (but read MacKinnon!); Lederer, L (ed) TAKE BACK THE NIGHT: WOMEN ON PORNOGRAPHY. N.Y: William Morrow, 1980. Dworkin, Andrea PORNOGRAPHY: MEN POSSESSING WOMEN. N.Y: Perigree, 1981. Linda Lovelace & Michael McGrady ORDEAL. Secaucus, N.J: Citadel Press, 1980. Bogdanovich, P THE KILLING OF THE UNICORN: DOROTHY STRATTEN, 1960-1980. N.Y: William Morrow, 1984. Langelan, M 'The Political Economy of Pornography' AEGIS: MAGAZINE ON ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, 32 (August 1981): 5-7 Leidholt, D 'Where Pornography Meets Fascism' WIN NEWS, March 15, 1983, pps 18-22. Donnerstein, E 'Erotica and Human Agression' in AGGRESSION: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL REVIEWS (ed) R. Green & E. Donnerstein. N.Y: Academic Press, 1983. idem, 'Pornography: It's Effects on Violence Against Women' in PORNOGRAPHY AND SEXUAL AGGRESSION, (ed) N. Malamuth & E. Donnerstein. Orlando, Fla.: Academic Press, 1984. Finn, Geraldine 'Against Sexual Imagery, Alternative or Otherwise' (paper presented at Symposium on Images of Sexuality in Art and Media, Ottawa, March 13-16, 1985) Russell, Diana E. H. 'Pornography and Rape: A Causal Model' POLITICAL PSYCHOLOGY 9, 1988,, pps 41-74. McManus, M (ed) FINAL REPORT OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S COMMISSION ON PORNOGRAPHY Nashville: Rutledge Hill Press, 1986. Morgan, Ellen THE EROTICIZATION OF MALE DOMINATION/FEMALE SUBMISSION Pittsburgh: Know, 1975. Stanko, E INTIMATE INTRUSIONS: WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE OF MALE VIOLENCE. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. Also, perhaps in Russell, Diana E H SEXUAL EXPLOITATION: RAPE, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARRASSMENT. Beverley Hills: Russell Sage, 1984. D. Russell & N. Van de Ven CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL. Millbrae, Calif.: Les Femmes, 1976. Another must is Kate Millett SEXUAL POLITICS Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1970. That's quite a few so maybe you could let me know if you want more? Christine Greenfield phil020@csc.canterbury.ac.nz ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 19:26:47 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Senior, Amanda T." Subject: request:feminazis I have come across a phrase "feminazi" through casual conversation, and I'm looking for literature or information on this topic. Please send anecdotal stories and/or bibliographies to Amanda Senior at the following address: x7mp@slumus.bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 19:27:23 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christina Paolucci Subject: Re: request:feminazis try Rush Limbaugh! ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 21:15:00 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Wendy Burton Subject: syllabi In-Reply-To: <199404130342.XAA08734@holmes.umd.edu> A recent request for suggestions for a Catholic women authors literature course reminded me of a wonderful book I found in Cambridge several years ago. It may still be in print. I would recommend it: O'Faolain, Julia. 1985. *Women in the Wall*. London, Virago Press (Virago Modern Classic No 170). I hope you will post to the list when you have completed your search. Good luck with this syllabus; it sounds interesting. Wendy Burton (burton@fvc.bc.ca) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 00:43:25 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susanne Luhmann Subject: WS conferences Europe Does anybody know about interesting WS conferences held in Europe this summer (especially Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, UK). I'd appreciate any information!! Thanks for your time. Please respond privately. Susanne Luhmann luhmann@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 21:55:55 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Madelyn Detloff <6500MAD@UCSBUXA.BITNET> Subject: new e-journal seeks reviewers (fwd) CALL FOR REVIEWERS *Queer-e* -- a new electronic journal devoted to the accessible, provocative and interdisciplinary examination of issues of importance to gay, lesbian, bisexual and otherwise queer communities -- is seeking reviewers. Persons interested in in reading and commenting upon work submitted for publication should respond privately (please do not reply to this list) to Caitlin Fisher at catlin@polsci.yorku.ca or Todd Karges at tckarges@watarts.uwaterloo.ca. Please include a brief description of your academic and/or activist interests and recent work in your reply. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 23:36:24 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "RACHEL F. MAGDALENE" Subject: Re: body memories In-Reply-To: <199404121427.KAA01151@holmes.umd.edu> from "linda l. anderson" at Apr 12, 94 10:23:19 am Apologies to list for this posting, but my private mail response was returned undeliverable. Linda, I would be interested in the responses to your posting about body memories. You might look in the journal *Dissociation* from the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociative Dissorders out of Chicago. Body memories are common among dissociatives. I haven't kept up with all the articles but this might contain some. Rachel Magdalene University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Internet: rmagdale@diana.cair.du.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 01:42:03 EDT Reply-To: reimann@access.digex.net Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Resent-From: Carl Reimann Comments: Originally-From: Carl Reimann From: Carl Reimann Subject: NEW: HEP3-L - Higher Education Database HEP3-L on LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU or LISTSERV@AUVM The Higher Education Database is an Internet resource in which individual people interested in and knowledgeable about higher education issues are described in a succinct and consistent format which facilitates networking and searches for expertise. The database will be stored in a mailing list format, which means that you can subscribe to hep3-l@american.edu and recieve database entries as they are added. For related discussion you may join sister list heproc-l@american.edu. There are two to choose from; send the appropriate command: SUB HEP3-L Name1 Name2 SUB HEPROC-L Name1 Name2 in the body of a message to either LISTSERV@AMERICAN.EDU (Internet) LISTSERV@AUVM (Bitnet) For information about becoming listed in or making use of the database contact the owner. Owner: Carl Reimann reimann@access.digex.net ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 23:51:40 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "RACHEL F. MAGDALENE" Subject: Re: Women with disabilities In-Reply-To: <199402100507.AAA22085@umd5.umd.edu> from "Peggy Quinn" at Feb 9, 94 06:46:23 pm Apologies to List but my private message bounced back Peggy, I will fill out your questionnaire. Send snail mail to: Rachel Magdalene 2295 East Iliff Ave., 105 Denver, CO 80210 Rachel Internet: rmagdale@diana.cair.du.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 07:02:50 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: request:feminazis In-Reply-To: <199404140001.UAA16486@holmes.umd.edu> i think its from rush lembough (sp) On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Senior, Amanda T. wrote: > I have come across a phrase "feminazi" through casual conversation, > and I'm looking for literature or information on this topic. Please > send anecdotal stories and/or bibliographies to Amanda Senior at the > following address: x7mp@slumus.bitnet > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 07:45:47 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nijole Benokraitis Subject: Re: query about child abuse research There's a new list on "all aspects of the research and intervention of intimate violence." To subscribe--LISTSERV@uriacc.uri.edu (or LISTSERV@URIACC on Bitnet): subscribe INTVIO-L [your name] The owner is famviol@uriacc.uri.edu or famviol@uriacc.bitnet. I haven't tried it; just received the information on another net. niki Benokraitis ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 08:03:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: baby in office the real question is whether the secretaries mind babysitting. i hope daddy offered to pay them or the student worker who took care of the kid while dad was in class. i suspect the chair asked dad not to bring the kid in at the request of the secretaries who don't have the authority to tell the prof they don't have time to watch baby. I've had people bring kids to class and they have uniformly been well behaved. that's a lot different from leaving a child to wander the offices while there's no adult supervision. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 15:03:22 MET-1 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ronald Camstra Subject: CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR ABSTRACTS At the University of Amsterdam the International Conference 'BUILDING IDENTITIES. GENDER PERSPECTIVES ON CHILDREN IN URBAN SPACE' will be held from 11-13 April 1995. Children use space and space shapes children, but so far little attention has been paid to the wishes and demands children have on their environment. Aim of this conference is to highlight the relation between children and urban space. How can space contribute to the development of children? Special attention is requested for the construction of gender identities and the development of girls. Papers are invited on the following subjects: theory and methodology, ideology and concepts of child education, policy and design, networks and space/time behaviour, and knowledge and geography education. In the programme the contribution from both developed and developing regions will be represented. It includes keynote speeches, workshops, a public debate, exhibitions and excursions. Abstracts for papers can be sent in until 15 September 1994. More information: P.O.Box 16625, NL-1001 RC Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 20 6247743. Fax: +31 20 6384608. Email CAMSTRA@IVIP.FRW.UVA.NL ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 08:27:49 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Caroline Brettell Subject: Re: Bringing Babies to Work In-Reply-To: <199404131754.NAA13053@holmes.umd.edu> As long as the baby did not interfere with the work responsibilities of the father, what is the problem; and what a wonderful role model that father was setting for students and future fathers! More power to him; the chair needs to adjust to the modern world! Caroline Brettell ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 09:09:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Virginia Sapiro Subject: Re: request:feminazis I remember running across the term, "feminazi" in Britain at least a year before I heard it in the U.S.; I think I read it a couple of years ago in something like the conservative journal _The Spectator_. Virginia Sapiro sapiro@polisci.wisc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 10:46:31 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "linda l. anderson" Organization: Yale University Subject: internship money i have a student -- african american women's studies major -- who has been offered an internship without pay at the center for women's policy studies in washington, dc. she is looking for "startup" money to get her there and situated in housing. any ideas? respond privately please. linda l. anderson (lla@yalevm.cis.yale.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 11:15:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 conference (UK), 2 jobs The following three announcements may be of interest to WMST-L subscribers: 1) Conference: W.S. in an International Context (U. of Portsmouth, UK) 2) Job: Coordinator, U. of Iowa Women's Resource Center 3) Job: Asst. Prof., School of Education & Integrative Studies (inc. W.S.) (Cal St Poly. U.) For more information, please contact the people mentioned in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu **************************************************** 1) Women's Studies in an International Context: Debates and Controversies. Annual Women's Studies Network (UK) Association Conference. 8-10 July 1994, University of Portsmouth Speakers include: bell hooks, Rosemary Auchmuly, Beverley Skeggs, Bunie Matlanyane-Sexwale, Diana Leonard, Iram Siraj-Blatchford, Caroline Ramazanoglu, Elzbieta H. Oleksy, Jinna Smejkalova- Strickland. Requests to: Cynthia Dutfield, University of Portsmouth, School of Social and Historical Studies, Milldam, Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3AS ********************************************************* 2) POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Coordinator, Univ. of Iowa Women's Resource & Action Center (WRAC) WRAC, established in 1971, offers feminist programs and services. WRAC works with individuals within the university, community and throughout the state to eradicate barriers such as sexism, racism and heterosexism. The Coordinator is responsible for the direction, coordination and administration of activities, specialized services and programs of the WRAC. The coordinator acts as an advocate for women's concerns and serves as a liaison between the WRAC staff, advisory board and student services administration. Candidates should have demonstrated involvement with feminist issues and activism, administrative experience (paid or unpaid) and ability to interact with individuals of diverse identities. A bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Some knowledge of, or experience with, complex organizations is desirable. Screens begins immediately; the search will continued until a qualified candidate is appointed. Send nominations or letters of application, resume and the names and address of 3 references to: Sondra Smith, Search Committee Chair; 114 Jessup Hall; The University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA 52242- 1316 The University of Iowa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information about WRAC, phone 319-335-1486 or send E-mail to lkroon@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu ************************************************************** 3) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND INTEGRATIVE STUDIES Position: Tenure Track, Assistant Professor The School of Education and Integrative Studies is seeking a candidate in one or a combination of fields related to education, humanities or social sciences with leadership potential to assist in developing and teaching in an innovative academic program dedicated to multiculturalism, interdisciplinary curricula and active student learning. Position Description: The successful candidate is expected to provide leadership and teach within two or more academic units_School of Education, Ethnic & Women's Studies, Liberal Studies and Interdisciplinary General Education. The position involves team teaching in thematic units through a question centered and interdisciplinary curricula. Qualifications and Experience: Ability to integrate knowledge of urban and international relations, diverse ways of knowing and learning, environmental issues, and the relationship of technology and human purpose into public school education highly desired. Teaching experience with culturally diverse populations and/or academic research on race, class and gender preferred. Experience in educational innovation, curriculum development, and interdisciplinary programs desired. Application: To be considered, request an application, send letter of interest, vita, 3 letters of reference and official confirmation of doctorate or ABD to Chair, School of Education and Integrative Studies Search Committee, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 West Temple Avenue, Pomona, California 91768, (909) 869-2307, FAX (909) 869-4747. All materials must be received by the deadline for examination by all tenured and probationary faculty of SEIS. Deliberations and consideration will begin June 10th and continue until the position is filled. Starting date: September 1994. AA/EOE Employer. The University hires only persons lawfully authorized to work in the United States. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 13, 1994 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:16:16 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Melissa Barth Subject: Request for Information I'm looking for policies and/or procedures regarding how other institutions handle/address anonymous complaints of sexual harassment. That is, what happens to complaints from individuals who come in to make a complaint but are unwilling for their name to be revealed to the person about whom they are complaining . . . and, in some cases, to *anyone* aside from the intake person. How does your institution deal w/ this situation? Do you process the complaint? How? Do you inform the person about whom the complaint was made? In what way is that information conveyed? By whom? What record(s), if any, are kept of the complaint? By whom? If anonymous complaints are not accepted, what is the rationale? What is the procedure for working w/ the person who has come in to complain if they are unwilling to put their name on the complaint? Thanks, Melissa Barth Director Office of Women's Concerns and Women's Studies Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 barthme@conrad.appstate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:50:41 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: DONNA PHILLIPS Subject: Re: Bringing Babies to Work In-Reply-To: <199404141329.JAA20761@holmes.umd.edu>; from "Caroline Brettell" at Apr 14, 94 8:27 am I just had to interject here - we have a faculty couple here at Morehead State University (KY) who share a position in the education department. They have three children and all three have become accustomed to spending time in the office which their parents share. The eldest now has a vita! He and his father presented a workshop at a national meeting on teaching children to use computers. They demonstrated the uses of some educational computer programs. If you ask this four year old, he will tell you he is a college professor! The couple are role models for many students on campus because they share the position and because both parents are so visable as parents. (Interestingly, female students bring up the 'father who has his children in his office a lot'. Males have never brought the subject up in my classes and females have never mentioned the mother, who shares the position. One step forward and two steps back? Donna C. Phillips d.philli@msuacad.morehead-st.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 09:29:48 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Theresa <60840883@WSUVM1.BITNET> Subject: Re: Bringing Babies to Work In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:21:56 EDT from In regards to Kris's information about babies at the office--particularly the university office, I find I have a lot to say. Over the past two or three years, many members of my department (English) have had babies enter their lives. We have never had a baby policy before, and hope we never need one. The mothers and fathers have felt free to bring their children to school, to their classrooms while they teach, to their offices while they work, and into the Writing Center where they tutor. The children all seem quite happy. In fact, none of these babies has gone through the fear of strangers stage; they are friendly to everyone since so many of us are willling to spend time with them. I think having babies around has been of benefit to most of us--sort of like the effect kittens have in retirement homes and hospitals for the terminal ly ill. Occasionally a baby cries; we all shut our doors and turn the music up or learn to adapt to the sound. No one has ever complained, amazingly enough, except the Colonel in the ROTC section that shares our building. We don't know what his problem was. I have personally felt that children at work (at least babies!) was a sign that women's liberation had really taken hold of our society. And I feel men should not be discriminated against on this point. Why should that man's poor over- worked wife carry the whole burden? If, as Kris says, the chair of the man's department has a problem with a man bringing a child to school, maybe s/he should pay the sitter now and pay for the rehabilitation of the child as a teen ager later? Children need to spend time with parents, and why not at the office? Maybe the world will become a nicer place if children don't feel they have been abandoned because parents need to be at work to eat. Sorry to rant, but how much hassle can a few babies be? Theresa ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 13:02:00 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "MARY L. ERTEL, SOCIOLOGY" Subject: "FEMINAZIS" Interesting, because this concept is one which I was going to ask the List's help on, also. The concept was certainly popularized by Limbaugh. If you get his first book from th^? Library, you will find two chapters relevant to the concept of feminazi. One on abortion, the other is also a woman's issue type title, perhaps even "feminazi." You should not have any problem identifying the chapters once you get the book. He has not been consistent on how he uses the term. At one time, it's those who are pro-choice; another, any feminist; another, those controlling mothers of feminism who dictate to us/the masses. However, Limbaugh himself quotes someone else as originating the term - I believe a California economist. If anyone has nay information on the origin of the term, I'd greatly appreciate it - including a hard copy of the original article. Finally: Limbaugh - who at least in his radio show credits himself for the popularity of Snapple - was in February named spokesman for the Florida Orange Juice Council (?exact group name?) - anyway, the same people who hired Anita Bryant. Last week, it was announced that O.J. sales had dropped off 6%. :-) Mary L. Ertel, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050 Internet ERTEL@CCSU.CTSTATEU.EDU CCSUA CSUSYS (both alternative address segment after @) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 13:13:10 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Deborah Subject: Re: Request for Information >From: IN%"WMST-L@UMDD.BITNET" "Women's Studies List" 14-APR-1994 12:26:41.60 >To: IN%"WMST-L@UMDD.BITNET" "Multiple recipients of list WMST-L" >CC: >Subj: Request for Information > >Return-path: >Return-path: WMST-L <@UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU:WMST-L@UMDD.BITNET> >Received: from Jnet-DAEMON by snycorva.cortland.edu (PMDF V4.2-11 #3312) id > <01HAS60IR9K08WWXF9@snycorva.cortland.edu>; Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:26:10 EDT >Received: From UBVM(MAILER) by SNYCORVA with Jnet id 6124 for > TAYLOR84@SNYCORVA; Thu, 14 Apr 94 12:26 EDT >Received: from UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (NJE origin LISTSERV@UBVM) by > UBVM.CC.BUFFALO.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 1489; Thu, > 14 Apr 1994 12:22:14 -0400 >Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 12:16:16 -0400 >From: Melissa Barth >Subject: Request for Information >Sender: Women's Studies List >To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L >Reply-to: Women's Studies List >Message-id: <01HB5YGZRHWE8WWXF9@snycorva.cortland.edu> >Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT >Comments: To: wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu > >I'm looking for policies and/or procedures regarding how other institutions >handle/address anonymous complaints of sexual harassment. That is, what >happens to complaints from individuals who come in to make a complaint but >are unwilling for their name to be revealed to the person about whom they >are complaining . . . and, in some cases, to *anyone* aside from the intake >person. > >How does your institution deal w/ this situation? Do you process the >complaint? How? Do you inform the person about whom the complaint was >made? In what way is that information conveyed? By whom? What record(s), >if any, are kept of the complaint? By whom? If anonymous complaints are >not accepted, what is the rationale? What is the procedure for working w/ >the person who has come in to complain if they are unwilling to put their >name on the complaint? > >Thanks, >Melissa Barth >Director >Office of Women's Concerns > and Women's Studies >Appalachian State University >Boone, NC 28608 >barthme@conrad.appstate.edu My name is Deborah Taylor and I'm a graduate student member of a student group which fights against harassment at SUNY Cortland. How we have recently started handling anonymous complaints is by gathering them and then confronting the harasser as a group. After we had received several similar complaints about the same professor, we wrote him a letter outlining those complaints. We sent copies to the chair of his department and the affirmative action officer. At first we were subtly threatened with a law suit and told we were "bad girls." When we ignored that, the harasser came to meet with us. In fact, the meeting just ended. We explained to him what was wrong about his behavior and that we would like to see it changed. He gave his version of the story. No faculty were involved. We purposely have limited our group to students. I hope this helps. Deborah Taylor Taylor84@snycorva.cortland.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 10:20:08 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Madelyn Detloff <6500MAD@UCSBUXA.BITNET> Subject: address for queer-e call if you are getting a bounce message when responding to the call for reviewers for queer-e, try the address caitlin@polsci.yorku.ca. i think i lefr the "i" out in the original post. or you can respond to me at 6500mad@ucsbuxa, and i will forward your request. madelyn ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 14:15:51 EDT Reply-To: Jean.L.Potuchek@cc.gettysburg.edu Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean Potuchek Subject: What do WS majors do after graduation? About a month ago, I asked members of the list for any information (especially systematic data) that they had on this question. What I mostly got in response were requests to share whatever I found out -- so clearly there is a need for us to collect this kind of information. Rebecca Alpert of Temple University kindly sent me an article that one of her students had written for the alumni magazine on just this question. Liz Tobin of Bates College noted that she hadn't had enough WS graduates to collect systematic data, but that one major is working for a battered women's shelter, one is working in a day care, one is entering graduate school in art therapy, one of working for a corporation in a fairly tradtional role, one is working for a politician. I usually say that women's studies prepares students for jobs in the same way most of the other humanities and social sciences do: students learn to read well, absorb and understand material, grasp the important points, do research and present it. These skills are important in law school, in business, in feminist organizations. Finally, Mary Ellen Reilly and Barbara F. Luebke of University of Rhode Island called my attention to their forthcoming book: WHat Can I Do With a Women's Studies Major. In it, we profile 89 graduates from around the country -- members of the first generation of students to graduate in women's studies. While it won't help you in April, we wanted you to know about it. It is being published by Teachers College Press, and is expected out before the end of this year. It is targeted to introductory WMS courses, for use by high school libraries and guidance counselors, for college career counseling offices, for programs to use in recruting, etc. --------------------------------------------- Jean L. Potuchek Women's Studies Gettysburg College jpotuche@gettysburg.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 16:15:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: {Beth Horlitz} Subject: Theodora, wife of Justinian My friend has 4 xeroxed pages on Theodora, the Byzantine Empress, but does not know the source which she needs to provide proper credit in her paper. They are pages 46-50. The header on the left hand page is Traditions Inherited and the header on the right hand page is Traditions Subordinating Women. Does this ring a bell with anyone. Her professor gave her the pages which someone else had given her. Thanks, Beth Horlitz Horlitz@Hartford.Bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 13:20:23 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Marilyn P. Safir" Subject: Selfadminsterd test of gender schema flexibility for adults Is anyone acquainted with a questionnaire that examines flexibility/rigity re gender schema ( am not looking for something like the BSRI.) Another possibility would be a short self administered test that examines in a more general fashion, cognitve flexibility/rigidity. Any suggestions would be welcome. Marilyn Safir safirm@u.washington.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 16:31:58 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Judith F. Clark" Subject: Re: Request for Information I believe that it is important for those concerned with issues of harassment of any kind to come forward honestly and be willing to put their names on the complaint. It seems as if one is unwilling to take full responsibility for one's charges otherwise...... judith f. clark ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 16:15:19 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Kroon Subject: Job Announcement POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Coordinator, Univ. of Iowa Women's Resource & Action Center (WRAC) WRAC, established in 1971, offers feminist programs and services. WRAC works with individuals within the university, community and throughout the state to eradicate barriers such as sexism, racism and heterosexism. The Coordinator is responsible for the direction, coordination and administration of activities, specialized services and programs of the WRAC. The coordinator acts as an advocate for women's concerns and serves as a liaison between the WRAC staff, advisory board and student services administration. Candidates should have demonstrated involvement with feminist issues and activism, administrative experience (paid or unpaid) and ability to interact with individuals of diverse identities. A bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience is required. Some knowledge of, or experience with, complex organizations is desirable. Screens begins immediately; the search will continued until a qualified candidate is appointed. Send nominations or letters of application, resume and the names and address of 3 references to: Sondra Smith, Search Committee Chair; 114 Jessup Hall; The University of Iowa; Iowa City, IA 52242- 1316 The University of Iowa is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women, minorities and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For more information about WRAC, phone 319-335-1486 or send E-mail to lkroon@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu Please feel free to cross-post this message. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 18:18:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allan Schramm Subject: Child Abuse List Mark, There are three new Lists that might be of interest to you re: your search for a List focusing on Child Abuse Research. The best is: Child-Maltreatment-Research-L Subscribe at Listserv@cornell.edu Also, Intviol-L via Listserv@uriacc.uri.edu And, EJINTVIO subscribe at Ejintvio-Request@uriacc.uri.edu The usual subscribe protocol...i.e., one line message in body of posting. --Allan Schramm, Oneonta, New York USA SCHRAMAN@SNYONEVA.CC.ONEONTA.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 23:35:22 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judy Evans Subject: Re: Request for Information In-Reply-To: <"leeman.yor.994:14.03.94.22.00.57"@york.ac.uk> Dear List Members, On Thu, 14 Apr 1994, Melissa Barth wrote: > I'm looking for policies and/or procedures regarding how other institutions > handle/address anonymous complaints of sexual harassment. That is, what > happens to complaints from individuals who come in to make a complaint but > are unwilling for their name to be revealed to the person about whom they > are complaining . . . and, in some cases, to *anyone* aside from the intake > person. I'd like to see a public (list) discussion of the issues raised by Melissa's posting - and take part when I'm awake (getting late over here). (I am trained though only the usual 2 x half-day training we get here. I no longer belong to our First Contact Sexual Harassment Network. At first that was by chance. But I believed then and do now that general harassment policies are necessary, that universities often ignore due process [in harassing people!] - but that doesn't mean someone accused of harassment shouldn't receive it.) I am pretty sure that all that can be done under our guidelines is to offer understanding. (A recent case that went to Court seems though it was very specific to reinforce that.) BTW this is a case of a person coming in. What about anonymous letters? Should they be kept? Judy Evans jae2@unix.york.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 20:11:06 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Ann Hinsdale Subject: Re: syllabi Mary Gordon's novels are "delicious" for exposing issues in Catholicism having to do with women (i.e., _Final Payments_, _Men and Angels_, _The Company of Women_). I would also recommend Anna Quindlan's _Object Lessons_ and while I don't know if Antonia White was Catholic, her novel _Frost inn May_ (1933) deals with a Protestant girl at the Convent of the Five Wounds (which is modelled on the boarding schools of the "Madames" of the Sacred Heart) that perfectly describes the ethos of Catholic boarding schools of the period. Mary Ann Hinsdale, College of the Holy Cross Hinsdale@HCACAD.HOLYCROSS.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 15 Apr 1994 15:43:33 +1200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: William Coats Subject: Re: Theodora, wife of Justinian >My friend has 4 xeroxed pages on Theodora, the Byzantine Empress, but does not >know the source which she needs to provide proper credit in her paper. >They are pages 46-50. The header on the left hand page is Traditions Inherited >and the header on the right hand page is Traditions Subordinating Women. >Does this ring a bell with anyone. Her professor gave her the pages which >someone else had given her. > >Thanks, > >Beth Horlitz Horlitz@Hartford.Bitnet A friend of mine- Paul Geddes- has informed me re: your inquiry on the Emperess Theodora that the source for info. on Theodora is the Latin author Procopius. Paul doesn't know who the translator of your pages is, but any edition of Procopius should be able to provide the references you need. The pages you have may alternatively be from a book about Theodora by a modern author. If this is the case this author will have used Procopius anyway as his or her source and so any info. contained in the book you have will be contained within Procopius' own writings. Reading Procopius' own work will probably be beter as so much is lost in modern translation. GOOD LUCK!!!