WMST-L LOG9408B ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 10:11:17 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Debbie Anderson Subject: Re: request for hagiographies of "larger" women In-Reply-To: <199408042018.QAA17075@holmes.umd.edu>; from "Helen Ryan 335-5945" at Aug 4, 94 3:15 pm Sorry if I am duplicating these titles, I seem to have missed the original request. I can recommend two books and they are: Being Fat is Not A Sin by Shelley Bovey published by Pandora in 1989. Breaking all the Rules by Nancy Roberts published by Penquin. Both of these books were written by overweight women Hope this helps Debbie Anderson danderso@ccs.carleton.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 10:28:06 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: Re: request for hagiographies of "larger" women In-Reply-To: <199408081412.KAA18164@holmes.umd.edu> Debbie and list: On Mon, 8 Aug 1994, Debbie Anderson wrote: > Sorry if I am duplicating these titles, I seem to have missed the > original request. > I can recommend two books and they are: > Being Fat is Not A Sin by Shelley Bovey published by Pandora > in 1989. > Breaking all the Rules by Nancy Roberts published by > Penquin. > Both of these books were written by overweight women > Both those books are good. I just thought that Debbie and others on this discussion should be aware that the word "overweight" is offensive to those of us working on this issue. "over" "weight" Over whose weight? Over the mythical standard set by Louis Dublin of Metropolitan Life Insurance in the 1950s and based on biased and inaccurate research. Most people in the size acceptance movement prefer the word "fat." Because "Fat" is not a four letter word. It is only a bad word in this culture because we treat fat people badly. Fat, thin, short, tall -- these are descriptions not judgements. "Overweight" is a judgement -- and a negative one at that. If you just can't bring yourself to use the word "fat" yet, try "large." It certainly better than "overweight" or even worse, "obese." I hope this helps. This is NOT a flame. I am not angry. (Hard to tell on these things sometimes.) I just thought you should know since the work we are discussing is by people who would probably tell you the same thing. Dawn Atkins datkins@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu (Body Image Task Force & NAAFA member) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:31:53 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Ann J. Lane" Subject: graduate studies Hello! I am writing through Ann Lane (Director of WMST at UVA), but I am actually an undergrad student preparing to send out applications for grad school. I am double majoring in Psychology and Women's Studies and would like to continue combining these two interests in grad school. Can anyone help me with suggestions? I just finished reading Sandra Bem's book and am planning to apply to Cornell, but are there any other schools I should be aware of also? Thank you in advance for any help you can provide in this matter. Sarah C. Alexander undergrad student University of Virginia ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:39:13 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Ann J. Lane" Subject: graduate studies Hello! I am writing through Ann Lane (Director of Wmst at UVA), but I am actually an undergrad student preparing to send out applications for graduate schools. I am presently pursuing a double major in Psychology and Women's Studies and would like to continue pursuing both interests in graduate school. Does any one have any suggestions for me of where I might look? I have just finished reading Sandra Bem's book and am planning to apply to Cornell; but does anyone have any other suggestions? Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide! Sarah C. Alexander undergraduate student University of Virginia ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 12:03:16 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: LuAnn Beamer Subject: Re: graduate studies In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:39:13 EDT from I apologize to the list for this response...However, Sarah Alexander did not provide an e-mail address to respond to and the "stamped" address did not work. Sarah, Find out what gender & psych areas interest you and go to PSYCHLIT and look up those people's research and find out where they are. In addition, you could look at Women & Psych textbooks, which are loaded with research -- and find out where the researchers are whose work interests you. Here are a few: Half the human experience: The psychology of women (4th edition) by Janet SHibley Hyde, D.C. Heath, 1991 Women & Gender, a feminist psychology by Rhoda Unger and Mary Crawford, McGraw-Hill, 1992 The best advice I can give is to apply to PEOPLE, not schools. This way you are more sure of what you're getting into. Good luck. LuAnn Beamer, SUNY Albany Social/Personality grad student trying to do the same thing as you! ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 12:21:34 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sharon Rose Subject: Re: Help with Multiculturalism/Sexuality Workshop In-Reply-To: Message of Sat, 6 Aug 1994 11:23:27 EDT from Apologies for adding to the volume of the list, but I have a request on behalf of a friend of mine who wants to be out of town from August 26 to August 29. She is looking for an interesting workshop or conference that she could attend that weekend. Things that would interest her include women's issues (academic and non-academic), lesbian issues, multiculturalism, some types of self-help or self-discovery workshops, writing workshops, especially ones focusing on journaling or autobiography. If anyone knows of any possibilities for that weekend, please contact me privately. Thanks in advance, Sharon Rose (srose@utcvm.utc.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 13:09:42 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Chrys Ingraham Subject: marxist feminist archives Does anyone know of any sites where collections of materials from the 60s and 70s on marxist feminist activities/publications may be located? Please respond privately to Ingraham@ALBNYVMS. Thankds or Thanks depending on your spelling or typing aptitude. Chrys Ingraham Russell Sage College Sociology ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 13:16:38 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathy Burdette Subject: inforM update The following files have been added to inforM's Women's Studies Database: beyond separtism, dysfunction, and the left as we know it the cultural necessity of queer families gender slumming madonna's revenge marketing angry women girl clothes in a box tonya harding goes to berkeley shopping for a change: _The House of Mirth_ and _Paris is Burning_ The files are articles from the electronic journal Bad Subjects covering topics such as working-class women in the academy, fashion and lesbian identity, trans-gender people, men in feminism, etc. The files may be found in the directory: Educational Resources/Academic Resources by Topic/Women's Studies Resources/Reading Room/Academic Papers and Articles 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 3. Academic Resources by Topic 9. Women's Studies Resources The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to send files to their e-mail accounts. After selecting a file, either scroll to the end of the file or type "q", then 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 FTP pathname for these files is: inforM/Educational_Resources/AcademicResourcesByTopic/WomensStudies/ ReadingRoom/AcademicPapers 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. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Kathy Burdette inforM, Room 4343 Coordinator, Women's Studies Database Computer Science Center burdette@inform.umd.edu University of Maryland (301) 405-2939 College Park, Maryland 20742 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 10:42:15 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Ervin-Tripp Subject: postcript on graduate advice In addition, find out if the people are still where you thought they were. Now with the turnover in universities and colleges, students arrive to work with someone and find they are not there. Susan Ervin-Tripp ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 11:15:42 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Stacy Garber Subject: Tilting the Tower: Lesbians/Teaching/Queer Subjects After some negotiations, I was able to convince Routledge to offer a 20% discount on a book I edited for them, _Tilting the Tower: Lesbians/Teaching/Queer Subjects._ I hope it will be of interest to members of the list. Thank you, Linda Garber lglg@leland.stanford.edu Tilting the Tower: Lesbians / Teaching / Queer Subjects Edited by Linda Garber **20% DISCOUNT UNTIL SEPTEMBER 30, 1994 (when ordering please use this reference number: 42341)** Routledge, New York 29 West 35th St New York, NY 10001-2299 Tilting the Tower explores the status of lesbians and lesbian studies in the high school and university classroom and in the academy. Bringing together high school teachers, community college and four-year university professors, graduate students and tenured program directors, the volume documents the voices, personal experiences, teaching strategies and activist efforts to diversify the curriculum, the classroom and the campus. The contributors lesbian, bisexual, straight, women of color and white women write from a variety of political and pedagogical perspectives. The first part of the volume focuses on college and high school classroom settings. Practice-based issues critical to lesbians and to the teaching of lesbian studies are presented, including classroom dynamics, teaching methods, lesson plans, reading lists, teacher/student relationships, sexualizing the classroom, small-group pedagogy, consciousness-raising, anti-oppression education and being "out" in class. Several of the essays are content-based and discuss the problems and possibilities in including lesbian subject matter in literature, race/ethnicity, composition, history, classics and computer science courses. The second part of Tilting the Tower considers the broader policy issues affecting lesbian faculty and the institutionalization of lesbian and gay studies. Contributors detail struggles, strategies and survival tactics across a range of issues job security, institutional racism, developing lesbian-gay-bisexual studies programs, collegiality and the role lesbian studies can play in adding a "queer" dimension to the multicultural academy. Powerful, honest and committed, Tilting the Tower will be essential reading for anyone lesbian, gay, straight, bisexual concerned with lesbian and feminist practice, policies and politics in education. 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Date ___________ Signature (required) ___________________________________________ Name: _______________________________________________________ Institution: ___________________________________________________ Address: _____________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Telephone Number: ___________________________________________ Reference Number 42341 Prices are subject to change without notice. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 14:57:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lisa Ransdell Subject: Fem Lit Theory/Renaissance Drama I would appreciate suggestions on works of feminist literary theory that would would be helpful in an exploration of Renaissance drama from a feminist perspective. This is for a colleague of mine in the English Dept at Denison University. You may respond to her privately: McDonnell@cc.denison.edu Thanks ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 12:36:38 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: pstuckey@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU Subject: attributing gender to nature? Does anyone know of work being done on applying gender categories or gender metaphors to nature or the environment, especially using a comparative or cross-cultural methodology? For example, earth as "mother" is prevalent in our culture, but are there critical analyses of the implications of attributing gender in this way to parts of the cosmos--especially analyses that take into account social and cultural roles and contexts? The linguists work on language and gender attribution, but I would prefer not going the linguistic route. Although if anyone knows of particularly useful sources from that field (accessible to a nonlinguist) I would be grateful for those references as well. Also, does anyone know of a term that might be used to describe this process of gender attribution? The term "engendering" has been suggested to me, but it is coming to mean instead the process of inserting gender as a category of analysis into existing disciplines, rather than the process of attributing gender to things in the world around us. Many thanks for your help. Priscilla Stuckey pstuckey@violet.berkeley.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 15:51:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Laura.Thomas" Subject: Conference Centre for Women's Studies and Feminist Research The University of Western Ontario CONFERENCE K N O W I N G P O L I T I C S Between Feminist Theory and Feminist Activism October 27 - 30, 1994 London Convention Centre 300 York Street, London, Ontario, Canada Registration fee: employed...$50 unemployed, underemployed, student...$20 For information and registration materials please contact Centre for Women's Studies and Feminist Research The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7 Tel: 519-661-3759, Fax: 519-661-3491 E-mail: SSCLLT@UWOADMIN.UWO.CA ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 15:57:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: What to do if mail stops unexpectedly (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 the section dealing with what to do if mail stops unexpectedly or you get a message saying you've been set to NOMAIL: ************************ 7) "WHAT SHOULD I DO IF MAIL FROM WMST-L SUDDENLY STOPS?" Note: if you've arranged to receive WMST-L in digest form, skip to section C below. Otherwise, read on. A) If you receive a message from LISTSERV informing you that your WMST-L options have been set to NOMAIL, that means that mail from the list was repeatedly returned as undeliverable, probably because of a mail problem on your system. The fact that LISTSERV's notification reached you indicates that the problem was probably short-lived and is now resolved. You can set yourself back to MAIL by sending the message SET WMST-L MAIL to LISTSERV@UMDD (if you subscribed under a Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if you subscribed under an Internet address). If one address doesn't work, try the other. B) If you haven't received a notification, but you also haven't received WMST-L mail for a day, send the following two-word message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if you subscribed under a Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if you subscribed under an Internet address): QUERY WMST-L If you get back a message saying that you're not subscribed to WMST-L, send the QUERY WMST-L message to the other LISTSERV address (i.e., if you sent the message to LISTSERV@UMDD, try sending the same message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU). If your message is successful, you should get back a message from LISTSERV telling you how your "options" are set. The key part will look something like this: > > query wmst-l > Distribution options for Jane Doe , > list WMST-L: Ack= No, Mail= Yes, Files= Yes, > Repro= Yes, Header= Short, Conceal= No Your options may vary; the important part is Mail=Yes. If the reply from LISTSERV says Mail=Yes, contact your computer support staff to find out whether they're aware of a mail problem. If they don't know of any problem, contact me privately at KORENMAN@UMBC (Bitnet) or KORENMAN@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU (Internet). If the reply from LISTSERV says Mail=No, that means your subscription has been set to NOMAIL. The most likely explanation for its being set to NOMAIL is that mail started to bounce and so I or my assistant set your subscription to NOMAIL but the notification from LISTSERV bounced, too. In that case, contact your system's computer support staff to find out whether the problem has been solved. If it has, you can set yourself back to MAIL (see section A above). If they aren't aware of a problem, your best bet is to contact me privately. If you have questions or encounter problems, please write to me privately at KORENMAN@UMBC (Bitnet) or KORENMAN@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU (Internet). However, PLEASE TRY THE ABOVE STEPS FIRST!! Under NO circumstances should you send messages about your subscription to WMST-L. C) If you have arranged to get the WMST-L digest and you suddenly stop receiving copies, please write to Ira Gold at IGOLD@UMDD (Bitnet) or IGOLD@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet). In your message, tell him whether you receive your digests as files or as e-mail, and try to pinpoint as precisely as possible when you stopped receiving the digests. DO NOT SEND MAIL TO IRA GOLD UNLESS IT SPECIFICALLY CONCERNS A DIGEST PROBLEM! Messages about other problems should be sent to KORENMAN@UMBC (Bitnet) or KORENMAN@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU (Internet). ************************ Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 16:56:45 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christine Smith Subject: Re: postcript on graduate advice As someone finishing my Ph.D. is Social Psychology with an emphasis in Women's Studies, I would second LuAnn Beamer's advice to look for people, not programs. Here at the University of Pittsburgh, we do not have a formal Women's Studies grad program or WS concentration in psychology, but my faculty advisor does psychology/WS. When I was applying to grad school, I applied to work with certain people. Also, if you are interested in a particular topic, you might want to find out if the people you might want to work with are still working in that area. Just because they published some articles on the topic in 1988 does not mean that they are still researching/interested in that topic. Christine Smith csmith@vms.cis.pitt.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 20:21:45 -0500 Reply-To: korenman@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: User's Guide and Subscriber List on Gopher/WWW I am very pleased to announce that the WMST-L User's Guide and the list of WMST-L subscribers (to be updated more or less weekly) are now available on UMBC's gopher and the world wide web. This should make it much easier for you to find subscribers' email addresses and to consult the User's Guide without having to scroll through the entire document (the Guide is available both in its entirety and section by section). If you have full Internet access, you should be able to reach UMBC's gopher by typing the following at your basic system prompt: gopher gopher.umbc.edu That should take you to the UMBC main menu. Choose #6 (Academic Department Information/) by typing 6 (or moving the down arrow key to #6) and hitting return; then choose #9 (Women's Studies/), then #5 (WMST-L/). You can then choose from the following: --> 1. WMST-L Subscribers List. 2. WMST-L Users Guide(by section)/ 3. WMST-L Users Guide(complete). 4. What is WMST-L?. The list of subscribers is arranged by country, thus making it easy to see who is on the list from, say, New Zealand. If you want to look for a particular subscriber's email address, hit / (a forward slash); you'll either be prompted for a string to search for or you'll see the / sitting patiently at the bottom of the screen waiting for you to type the string to search for. IMPORTANT ---> On UNIX, searching is likely to be case sensitive: if smith doesn't work try Smith or SMITH (on my VAX/VMS system, case doesn't seem to matter). Also, on my system, the gopher search function simply gets me to the right screen, but it doesn't highlight the word I'm looking for; that may be true for you as well. Please be aware that the gopher search mechanism is rather primitive compared to what you may be used to. As far as I know, you can only search forward from where you are in the text; if you've already passed the name you're looking for, you'll be told "pattern not found" or some similarly frustrating message. For further instructions about using gopher, hit "h" when you're in gopher and you'll get a help screen. The list of subscribers and the User's Guide are also available on World Wide Web. For those of you who use WWW, the URL is http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/ . If you're unfamiliar with URLs and the like, forget about WWW and use the gopher directions above. Much of the Women's Studies section on UMBC's gopher and WWW is still unfinished, but the abovementioned WMST-L files are ready. If you have questions about how to use gopher or WWW, please ask your computer support staff, not WMST-L or me. If you have questions, corrections, or suggestions about the WMST-L files, please write to me privately at the address below. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 Aug 1994 20:24:41 18000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ken Winker Subject: Re: attributing gender to nature? In-Reply-To: <199408081937.PAA22600@holmes.umd.edu>; from "pstuckey@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU" at Aug 8, 94 12:36 pm Priscella: Not sure if this will work...but, how about the term genderpomorphism? I may not be real good at making up words, but my understanding of the term anthropomorphism seems to fit. For what it's worth. Ken Winker kw214@freenet.scri.fsu.edu Tallahassee, Florida -- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 00:05:15 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: joan r saks berman Subject: body image Another reference on the subject is *Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture, and the Body* by Susan Bordo, U. of Calif. Press. jberman@polaris.unm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 08:49:36 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: "Public intellectuals"--bah, humbug! Ooo, I am chewing up the carpet this morning! I just read a front page feature in the New York Times (Aug 9, 1994) by Janny Scott entitled "Journeys from the Ivory Tower: Public Intellectual is Reborn" in which she (?) describes Michael Berube as "one of a growing number of scholars who are trying to reach beyond the boundaries of academic life to speak to broader audiences on broader issues." The article goes on to discuss several male members of the academic community who are beginning to reach out beyond their small worlds into the public arena. The only women mentioned are Lynne V. Cheney, former head of the National Endowment for the Humanities under Reagan and Bush, and Patricia Meyer Spacks, professor of English at the Univer- sity of Virginia who is publishing a book on boredom. So what are we in women's studies? Chopped liver?? I think we should flood the New York Times with letters from women professors, intellectuals, academics of all stripes, and our irate male colleagues. When is the media going to learn that men are not the measure of the universe? Letters to the Editor The New York Times 229 West 43rd St. New York, New York 10036 Fuming in the Ocean State, Rosa Maria Pegueros PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU Dept. of History University of Rhode Island (401) 792-4092 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 09:41:29 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: WOKRIS@VAX1.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU Subject: Re: lady Ok, I must admit that I've only been skimming the "lady" stuff on the list but I ran across a reference last night regarding the use of lady and racism. The article is "The Metalanguage of Race" by Elizabeth Higgenblom. In "Signs" Winter 1992 - I appologize if the author's name or title is off as it's very early in the morning for me and the article is at my house rather than being in fron of me. I hope this is of some use. Thanks ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 11:23:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "J. Wittner" Subject: Re: marxist feminist archives One source is the Feminist Collection at Northwestern University. Judith Wittner. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 11:48:42 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: J D Ruelle Subject: Clare's Well in Minnesota Does anyone have the address or phone # for Clare's Well, a women's retreat center in Minnesota? Please reply privately, Many thanks. jdruelle@vax1.mankato.msus.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 13:26:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: teaching experience for WS (fwd) Diane Crowder is having trouble posting on WMST-L and has asked me to forward the following to the list. Joan Korenman ************************************************* Christine Morton asked about teaching experience and WST positions. I teach at a small liberal arts college where teaching is our primary criteria for hiring and tenure. I doubt very strongly if we would even consider an application from someone who had no teaching experience. That is probably true for our Sociology department as much as for WST. Consider the factors involved. WST programs now number in the thousands. Major research universities where pre-tenured faculty do mostly research number fewer than 100. Positions in WST alone (as opposed to shared positions in departments) are extrememly rare, so one will likely not get a position based solely on the strength of one's WST teaching/research. The odds are you will get a job which demands evidence of strong research abilities AND demonstrated ability to teach. This would be true not only at liberal arts colleges, but almost all state institutions as well. Add to this the fact that WST programs almost all emphasize a feminist commitment to teaching and mentoring students. I would conclude that a graduate student interested in WST should get as much quality teaching experience as possible, in addition to research abilities. While I don't place a lot of weight on TAships that just involve grading, I would never vote to interview a candidate with no teaching experience. Just my $0.02. Diane G. Crowder Cornell College Mt. Vernon, IA 52314 Crowder@Cornell-iowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 14:40:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Revision: Logfiles and past messages (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 the section dealing with the WMST-L logfiles and finding messages in them: 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 LOG9309a will get you the log for the first week ("a") in September 1993 (9309 refers to the 9th month of 1993). LOG9312b is the log for the second week ("b") in Dec. 1993 (December is the 12th month). (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 LOGnnnnl.) Warning: some of these logs are LARGE; log9309a is approximately 300K. 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). NOTE: logfiles from 1991 were issued monthly, not weekly. Thus, log9110 is the logfile for October 1991. 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: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 15:41:15 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: LuAnn Beamer Subject: no mail going on vacation set to no mail ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:46:04 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gaea Honeycutt Subject: FYI - ESEA Update The Elementary and Secondary Education Act was passed by the Senate last week. The WEEA Program received a budget of $5 million (same appropriation as the House version). Both houses will now send representatives to dileberate on ESEA in a joint committee to make changes and compromise on details. For more information, contact your representative, senators or the AAUW at 202/785-7722. Gaea Honeycutt Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Publishing Center Education Development Center, Inc. 55 Chapel Street Suite 275 Newton, MA 02158 800/225-3088 or 617/969-7100 WEEAPUB@EDC.ORG ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 16:07:51 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Silvia Jo Lesko Subject: CFP: HIV & ADOLESCENTS CONFERENCE TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY CALL FOR PAPERS/PRESENTATIONS/POSTERS National Conference on HIV & ADOLESCENTS: Building Consensus for Prevention March 24-25, 1995 Texas Woman's University will be hosting a national conference, HIV & Adolescents: Building Consensus for Prevention, on March 24-25, 1995 on the TWU campus in Denton, Texas. The conference aims to provide a forum for discussion on concerns and issues inherent in discussing adolescents and HIV. The target audience includes all in our communities who work with, or are responsible for youth: Teachers School Board Members Librarians Health Educators School Administrators Community based youth organizations School Nurses Social Workers Youth Ministers Guidance Counselors The concurrent sessions will be grouped around distinct tracks which will include: Introductory information on HIV Collaborative Efforts Advanced information on adolescents and HIV for health care providers HIV information sources and data retrieval Funding sources Helping parents teach HIV education Adolescent outreach by community based orgainzations HIV prevention strategies in the schools Reports/Updates on research projects Street outreach Adolescent HIV intervention models Church-based HIV education Profiles of currently funded programs Individuals (or groups) interested in submitting a paper, presentation, or poster presentation for consideration should use the following guidelines: -Please submit 8 copies of the abstract and indicate if you want to be considered for: Presentation Only, Poster Only, either Presentation or Poster - The proposal should be limited to one page abstract - The presenter's name, address, and affiliation should be submitted on a separate page (only 1 copy of this page is needed) - Proposals must be received no later than November 4, 1994 - Address proposals to: Silvia Jo Lesko Texas Woman's University Office of Continuing Education P.O. Box 22479 Denton, Texas 76204-0479 (817) 898-3411, Fax (817) 898-3416 We're also interested in your questions and /or advice to the larger theme. What topics do you hope this conference will address? What types of solutions are you looking for? Your issues/advice letters will guide our meeting plan- ning if received prior to November 4, 1994. Persons whose proposals are accepted are expected to pay all relevant conference fees. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 23:20:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 conference, 1 job opening The following two announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) Conference: Reclaiming Feminism: Voices in Dialogue 2) Job Opening: Associate: Research and Advisory Services For more information, contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc) *********************************************************** 1) Conference: RECLAIMING FEMINISM: Voices in Dialogue Thank you for your interest in what we hope to be the first annual conference organized by the Women's Freedom Network (WFN). WFN was founded early in 1993 in Washington, D.C. by a group of women seeking alternatives to both extremeist ideological feminism and anti-feminist traditionalism, and sharing a philosophy that defines women and men as individuals and not in terms of gender. We recognize that women vary greatly in economic status, family arrangements, educational attainment, cultural background, and personal preferences. We do not expect uniformity of opinion among women. Our committment to genuine diversity is reflected in our advisory board, where libertarians, liberals, communitarians, and conservatives are all active participants. Our conference "RECLAIMING FEMINISM: Voices in Dialogue" begins October 1 with a reception followed by dinner. Christina Hoff Sommers, author of Who Stole Feminism? will speak after dinner. On October 2, panel discussions include: "Feminism and the Law," "Men, Women, and Feminism," "Feminism and the Media" among other sessions. Nadine Strossen, President of the ACLU will speak at the lunch session. The meetings as well as the reception, dinner and lunch will be held at The American University in Washington, D.C. The conference concludes on October 2 at 5:00 P.M. The prices for participation are as follows: $200.00 includes lodging at the ITT Sheraton Washington and reception dinner, breakfast, lunch and admission to all conference sessions $100.00 includes the reception plus dinner, breakfast, lunch and admission to all conference sessions $50.00 includes admission to all conference sessions Students are not required to pay any fee. To receive more information about the conference and Women's Freedom Network call 1-800-575-3313 or (202) 885-2965. *************************************************************************** 2) JOB DESCRIPTION: ASSOCIATE, RESEARCH & ADVISORY SERVICES Catalyst is the national not-for-profit organization that works with business and the professions through research, advisory services and communication to effect change for women in the workplace. Founded in 1962, Catalyst offers services, programs, and resources that are individually tailored to corporate needs, from in-depth studies to one-on-one advisory services. Catalyst is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Not-for-profit organization seeking energetic professional with excellent interpersonal and communication skills and ability to organize information for work on team-based projects. College degree required. Experience in business, social research or consulting preferred. Responsibilities: Serve on ongoing Catalyst research and corporate advisory teams, assisting in the collection of both primary and secondary research information. Primary tasks include: - Identify, organize and summarize research information and workplace practices on a range of subjects such as professional women's networks, mentoring, sexual harassment, work/family issues and women's career advancement and mobility. - Respond to inquiries from corporate contacts and staff and follow up on requests for information. - Participate in all phases of Research & Advisory Services projects (e.g. project planning, collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative information, maintaining databases, drafting reports and other written materials). Skills: - excellent interpersonal skills - flexible, cooperative approach to working with others - able to work as a member of a team - ability to organize and abstract information - strong communication skills - comfortable interacting by telephone, making small-group presentations, and writing summaries of current information on specific subjects Qualifications: - college graduate - at least one year's experience in business or social research or consulting preferred - computer literacy; experience with Wordperfect and Lotus preferred Send resume and cover letter: Catalyst Attention: Marcia Brumit Kropf Vice President, Research & Advisory Services 250 Park Avenue South, 5th Fl. New York, NY 10003 (212) 777-8900 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 Aug 1994 23:09:31 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice Dawson-Threat Subject: Search, screen, and fire! This summer I have enjoyed being on the list and wanted to let people know that *I* have found the discussions very helpful. I have created folders and have begun to save notes that might come up for discussion in my fall W.S. classes, particularly the O.J. and Lady discussions. My friends who do not have this service have enjoyed hearing about the New Zealand, Australia, and Canadian perspective on this issue. This ability to get behind the CNN coverage and hear the uncut opinions of persons on this list, helped me to have a calmer perspective on the oj matter. This window to the world has helped me to keep a grip on my sanity as I live a somewhat isolated existence. I look forward to the fall and all 3000 of you becoming very active on the list. I hope I can manage all the mail. One thing bothers me about the list though. You are so harsh on the users it sets up an intimidating atmosphere and people seem insecure and uncertain when they write to the list. Ex: I don't know if this is appropriate, or I hope this is acceptable, etc. For a W.S. group I would expect to see more assurance and certainty in the communication and a sense of community. When I was uncertain about something I wrote to Joan to ask about the protocol and I waited two weeks for her response. (She was on vacation.) But that way I didn't have to write a timid letter to 3000 people. We should practice what we teach and do our research and go into these things in a confident and knowledgable way. Now for my request: The search: Does anyone know how to contact Anne Wilson Schaef? Sh e was in California but when I tried to reach her at her campus and through her book publisher in the Spring of '93 I was unable to locate her. When I completed my dissertation I was unable to give her proper citation on one of her pieces because it was unpublished. I wanted to let her know that. As women we can't get credit for citations if our work is not properly listed. The screen: Are there any Education, specifically higher education feminist on this list? If so please contact me privately as I would like to begin to dialog with a smaller circle of people on feminism and education. Thanks. The fire: I am furious about the bell hooks point of view printed in the Chronicles of Higher Education on July 13, 1994. Does anyone want to talk about it privately with me? I would like to send a response article to it, but I'm inexperienced at this sort of thing and will probably let it pass. Perhaps I can just vent privately through the list. Janice Dawson-Threat jthreat@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 09:21:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L files (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 11, about the WMST-L file collection: 11) "HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT FILES ARE AVAILABLE FROM WMST-L, AND HOW DO I OBTAIN THE FILES I WANT?" To find out what files are available, send LISTSERV the same command mentioned in the previous section: INDEX WMST-L. The list you'll receive from LISTSERV includes files as well as logs. To obtain the file(s) you want, send LISTSERV the following command: GET [filename] WMST-L where [filename] is the name of the file you want. For example: GET CROSSLST POLICIES WMST-L Note that [filename] consists of two words separated by a space and not a period. (Adding WMST-L after the two-word filename is optional; it simply makes sure that if two lists have a file with the same name, you'll get the right one.) NOTE: women's studies syllabi are contained in a subdirectory called SYLLABI, while feminist film reviews are to be found in a subdirectory called FILM. To find out what syllabi (or film reviews) the subdirectory contains, send LISTSERV the command INDEX SYLLABI (or INDEX FILM). To obtain the file(s) you want, send LISTERV the following command: GET [filename] SYLLABI or GET [filename] FILM If you are requesting a film review, be aware that the filename always takes the form FILM REVx (e.g., FILM REV25); the name of the film is NOT the filename! You can request more than one file at once; just be sure to put each request on a separate line. LISTSERV will then send the file(s) to you either in a mail message or in Netdata format. To retrieve files sent by LISTSERV in Netdata format, follow these instructions: If your e-mail address is on a VAX/VMS machine, when you get a message that one or more files have arrived at your e-mail address, you should type "RECEIVE *" (do not include the quotation marks) at the $ prompt. This command will put the file(s) into your main directory. You can then type "TYPE filename" (replace "filename" with the actual name of the file) to read the file. If it's a long file, you can read it more effectively by typing "TYPE/PAGE filename." If your e-mail address is on an IBM VM/CMS machine, either use your mailer front end or type RLIST and RECEIVE the file into your FLIST. Go into your FLIST to look at the file. If your e-mail address is on a different kind of machine OR you are using Profs or some other kind of similar mailing system, go ahead and try the above commands. If they do not work, CALL YOUR COMPUTER SERVICES OFFICE. The people there should be able to help you and/or give you a manual for your mailing system commands. ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 10:23:06 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: BETTINOTTI GIULIA Subject: love stories Any new releases on love stories, Harlequins historical romances and so on. Only new releases please (93-94). If you have any bibliographies, please send. Julia Bettinotti r31770@er.uqam.ca ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 10:27:03 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: BETTINOTTI GIULIA Subject: best-sellers written by women Preparing an Ma thesis on women's best-sellers in the last ten years. Any bibliography to suggest? Gaelle Jeannesson r31770@er.uqam.ca ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 10:10:00 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Sandra J. Winn Tutwiler" Subject: Re: Search, screen, and fire! In-Reply-To: <199408100411.AAA12688@holmes.umd.edu> Janice: I hope this is a private message. I'm new to this list, so, like the concern raised in your note, I hope I'm doing this correctly. About feminist in higher education--are you familiar with AERA Special Interest Group (SIG) Research on Women in Education? I mention this organization because it sounds like what you're looking for, and because the annual conference is being co-sponsored by my instution this year. What I really want to know is what infuriated you about bell hook's article. I will reread the article in the meantime. Sandra Winn Tutwiler sjtutwil@piper.hamline.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 11:22:47 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Robyn R. Warhol" Subject: body image I don't think anyone has mentioned an excellent book I've been reading: "Consuming Passions: Feminist Approaches to Weight Preoccupation and Eating Disorders." It takes a class- and race-sensitive feminist approach to the question of body image, and is especially geared toward feminist psychologists and activists. It has changed my way of thinking about the "tyranny of slenderness": for instance, I have come to realize that every time a woman says "I'm so fat; I've got to lose some weight" she is actively participating in the oppression of all women. The co-editors are Catrina Brown and Karin Jasper;it was published in 1993 by Second Story Press in Toronto. Robyn Warhol University of Vermont rwarhol@moose.uvm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 12:13:13 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margaret Porter Organization: University Libraries of Notre Dame Subject: Re: Search, screen, and fire! In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 9 Aug 1994 23:09:31 CDT from I, too, cannot quite understand the fury over the article by bell hooks. I did reread it just to make sure I hadn't missed something the first time. Margaret Porter porter.2@nd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 13:36:42 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Murphy Subject: feminist Biographical analysis I am applying for a NEH Summer Study Grant to analyze biographies and autobiographies of women who have served in the U.S. Congress. I appliee last year and the reviewers comments suggested that this was not a scholarly pursuit, and that biographies are "predigested", and thus of little intellectual gain or significance. What I need are a couple of references about biographies as a research tool to strengthen the proposal. I am a sociologist so this is somewhat out of my area, but I am proposing to evaluate the biographies in terms of what commonalities and differences these women had in their routes to office, experiences, impacts on legislation etc. Thanks, please respond privately to Murphy@uno.cc.geneseo.edu Pat Murphy ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 10:46:30 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Ervin-Tripp Subject: archives There is an archival collection which was made by Laura X of the Women's History Library in Berkeley, which is now on microfilm distributed to 400 libraries and available from Scholarly Resources as your librarian can tell you. The names of these are Women and Law, Women and mental Health, and Herstory (which contains serials). Northwestern has the hardcopy serials collection. The Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison has the pamphlets and bulletins that can stand on a shelf. The University of Wyoming has the file folders, clippings, and underground mimeographed newsletters. The categories to search that might involve socialist and marxist materials would be palitics, employment, law. Susan Ervin-Tripp psychology Dept University of California, Berkeley ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 13:29:00 MST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karla Walters Subject: "Lady" bibliography Many thanks to those who responded to my query on the usage of the term "Lady". I have compiled a list of suggested published sources. I would very much appreciate hearing from people privately if you have suggested additions or corrections. Armstrong, Nancy. Desire and Domestic Fiction: A Political History of the Novel. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1987. Cohen, Patricia Cline. "Safety and Danger: Women on American Public Transport, 1750-1850." In Gendered Domains: Rethinking Public and Private in Women's History, Essays from the Seventh Berkshire Conference on the History of Women. Eds. Dorothy O. Helly and Susan M. Reverby. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1992. 109-22. Cott, Nancy F. The Bonds of Womanhood: "Woman's Sphere" in New England, 1780-1835. New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, 1977. Davidoff, Leonore. The Best Circles: Society, Etiquette and the Season. London: Croom Helm, 1973. Dumonds, Va. The Elements of Nonsexist Usage: A Guide to Inclusive Spoken and Written English. Prentice Hall. Fraiman, Susan. Unbecoming Women: British Women Writers and the Novel of Development. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1993. Hill, Bridget. Eighteenth-Century Women: An Anthology. London: George Allen and Unwin, 1984. King, Florence. Confessions of a Failed Southern Lady. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985. Kramare, Cheris, and Mercilee M. Jenkins. "Women Take Back the Talk." In Women and Language in Transition. Ed. Joyce Penfield. Albany: SUNY Press, 1987. (Sorry, the author should be Kramarae) Kramarae, Cheris, and Paula A. Treichler. A Feminist Dictionary. Boston: Pandora Press, 1985. Kramarae, Cheris. Amazons, Bluestockings, and Crones. Rev. Ed. 1992. (I was unable to find further information). Lakoff, Robin. Language and Woman's Place. New York: Octagon Books, 1976. Marnard, Margaret. "A Dream of Fair Women." Art History (12.3) (I was unable to find further information). (Maynard should be the author's name above). Mill, John Stuart and Harriet Taylor Mill. Essays on Sex Equality. Miller, C. and K. Swift. Words and Women. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1977. Mills, Jan. Womanwords: A Dictionary of Words about Women. New York: The Free Press, 1989. Poovey, Mary. "Ideology and the Mysteries of Udolfo." Criticism 21.4(1979): 307-30. Poovey, Mary. The Proper Lady and the Woman Writer: Ideology as Stuyle in the Works of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley, and Jane Austen. Women in Culture and Society. Ed. Catherine R. Stimpson. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press, 1984. Prochaska, Frank K. Women and Philanthropy in Nineteenth-Century England. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1980. Putnam, Emily Jane. The Lady. Spender, Dale. The Education Papers: Women's Quest for Equality in Britain, 1850-1912. (Part of the Women's Source Library) London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. Spender, Dale. Man Made Language, 2nd ed. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1985. (The previous entry by Spender should be dated 1987). Summers, Anne. "A Home from Home-- me--Women's Philanthropic Work in the Nineteenth Century." In Fit Work for Women. Ed. Sandra Burman. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979, 33-63. Thorne, Barrie and Nancy Henley. Language and Sex: Difference and Dominence. Rowley, Miss.: Newbury House Publishers, 1975. Vance, Carole S. "Pleasure and Danger: Towards a Politics of Sexuality." In Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Seuxuality. Ed. Carole s. Vance. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987. 1-27. Veblen. Thorstein. The Theory of the Leisure Class. (1899). Webster, Paula. "The Forbidden: Eroticism and Taboo." In Pleasure and Danger: Exploring Female Sexuality. Ed. Carole S. Vance. Boston: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1987, 385-98. Williams, Gail Ann. "Repeal the Law of Evolution." In Gloria Kaufman, In Stitches. 152. (No further information) Willstonecraft, Mary. A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Criticism. Ed. Carol H. Poston. New York: W. W. Norton, 1975. (Sorry, that last one should be Wollstonecraft)! Private replies to Karla Walters: kwalters@bootes.unm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 16:05:10 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nijole Benokraitis Subject: Re: Best Sellers by Women I don't remember the source (but any reference librarian would know), but there is an annual listing of best-selling books divided into such categories as fiction, nonfiction, the arts, hardcover, paperback, etc. It may be a more systematic way of drawing a sample for your MA thesis than asking for suggestions. It depends, of course, on the types of best-sellers you're working with. niki Benokraitis ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 14:44:27 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Short Kayann Subject: This Bridge publisher The publisher of This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color is NOT Aunt Lute in San Francisco but Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. Their address is POBox 908, Latham, NY, 12110. Their newest book is The Third Wave: Feminist Perspectives on Racism. My article, "Coming to the Table: The Differential Politics of This Bridge Called My Back," which examines the publication history of this groundbreaking anthology, will appear in Genders 20 this December with New York University Press. Kayann Short University of Colorado-Boulder shortk@spot.colorado.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 15:57:56 U Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Diane McGrath Subject: grad program? grad program? Does anyone know of a graduate program in which one can emphasize the study of Women in Developing Countries, particularly Central or Latin America? Thanks Diane McGrath dmcgrath@ksuvm.ksu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 20:49:17 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice Dawson-Threat Subject: women in higher education Thanks for your response about mean people on other list. I apoligize for not being on a lot of list to know how bad it can be. I started on the women's studies list this summer as my first exposure. This week I have signed up for a second list. As I grow more proficient I"ll probably have more to compare the list to, and then I'll know what you know. Thank you very much. When I asked about women in higher education I should have specified people employed in Colleges or Departments of Education, specifically higher education sections. However, I have enjoyed receiving notes (privately from people in other areas as well and I am responding to you). When I have completed reading all my mail I will write to the education based people privately because I want to talk about pedagogy, issues in higher education from a department point of view etc, political alliances or non-alliances between femininst and education departments which are predominately female but not femininst. Stuff like that. I have a Ph.D. in Higher Education and I am looking for people who are dual directed in their research and focus as I am. Keep those notes coming as I am screening, which people to network with. Thanks for your advice and I would appreciate hearing more about those list you have. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 23:38:50 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Corina Klies Subject: / / Bye dir ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 Aug 1994 23:43:27 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Corina Klies Subject: Research info. I will be doing a directed reading in feminist theory. One focus will be on contemporary third world feminist theory. I would greatly appreciate some good resources on this subject. Thanks in advance- Corina ********************************************************************** * Corina Klies "O, what's the matter here?" I'm tired of the * * cklies@delphi.com excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as * * you see fit. But get this through that I * * don't approve of what you did to your own * * flesh and blood. -10,000 Maniacs * ********************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:37:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: ad75 Subject: Re: Call for submissions In-Reply-To: <199408051631.MAA28139@holmes.umd.edu> I read your call for submissions and wanted to know if my situation applied to what you are looking for. I started off college as a Math major and attempted to "survive" that for two years before switching to English; I am now pursuing my PhD in English. But I was discouraged from my first love because I was not nurtured in that environment as a woman and especially as the only Black woman trying to major in Math. Let me know if this is along the lines of what you are looking for. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:41:52 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean Cishek Subject: Re: Movie Clips In-Reply-To: <199408051836.OAA29728@holmes.umd.edu> from "Lisa O. Terrell" at Aug 5, 94 12:33:33 pm I am putting the finishing touches on a course to assist women to assimilate into male-dominant workplaces by giving them tools to quickly understand and adapt to the existing communications culture. My collegue and I thought it would be fun to include some movie clips to demonstrate our points. We are looking for clips which show women in male-dominated work environments not being effective because of the communications 'gap' and also some where women are effective. Does anyone have suggestions? Interestingly, I recently saw an episode of Star Trek, Next Generation in which Counselor Troy told an android who had the option of chosing its gender that chosing gender meant deciding how you want people to relate to you. Thanks for your help Jean Cishek jcishek@sonalysts.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:14:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 CFP, 1 job, 1 request for proposals The following three announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) CFP: Critical Matrix 2) Job Opening: Communication Studies (inc. Feminist Theory) - Murdoch University (Australia) 3) Request for Proposals - Northern Arizona U. For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc) *************************************************** 1) *Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture* seeks new research, criticism, theory, and creative work in feminism and gender studies. The journal brings together scholarly articles, social critique, poetry, fiction, photo essays, and reviews that explore, redefine, or reach across traditional disciplinary and institutional boundaries. Edited by graduate students, guided by an advisory board of nationally recognized scholars, and published by the Program in Women's Studies at Princeton University, *Critical Matrix* solicits new work by authors at any stage in their careers, with or without academic affiliation. *Critical Matrix* is listed in *Feminist Periodicals*, *Women's Studies Abstracts*, *Ulrich's International Periodicals Directory*, and the *MLA International Bibliography*. DEADLINE FOR THE SPRING 1995 GENERAL ISSUE IS OCTOBER 15, 1994. Please send two copies of your manuscript along with a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Critical Matrix Program in Women's Studies 113 Dickinson Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 FAX: (609) 258-1833 Or contact Co-Editors Heather Hadlock and Cynthia Cupples by e-mail at MATRIX@PRINCETON.EDU. **************************************************************** 2) MURDOCH UNIVERSITY School of Humanities Communication Studies Program Perth, Westn Australia TENURABLE LECTURER/SENIOR LECTURER CULTURE & COMMUNICATION REF: EN0338J01 The Communication Studies degree program at Murdoch involves studies in Language & Discourse, Culture & Communication, and Media Production & Analysis. The program is seeking to appoint a Lecturer (Level B) in Culture & Communication. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate: - an ability to teach in Communication Studies with special emphasis on the areas of technology, gender and language. - a broad theoretical background in, and knowledge of, Cultural and Communication Studies. - a PhD in a relevant discipline. - a research capacity, including publications on topics concerning technology, gender and/or language. - evidence of quality teaching, ideally in the form of a portfolio - Feminist theory including psychoanalysis Women are especially encouraged to apply. The position is available from 1 January 1995. For further information and a copy of the selection criteria for the position please contact A/Prof. Alec McHoul, Tel: (09) 360 2735, E-mail: mchoul@murdoch.edu.au or Dr Krishna Sen, Tel: (09) 360 2188, E-mail: sen@murdoch.edu.au SALARY RANGE: Lecturer Level B $41,574 to $49,370 per annum, Senior Lecturer Level C $50,928 to $58,724 per annum. (Appointment is normally made at the minimum of the range.) Conditions include superannuation, long service leave, outside studies program, payment of fares to Perth for appointees and dependent families, removal and settling-in allowances. METHOD OF APPLICATION: Applications must address the selection criteria and include full personal particulars, details of tertiary qualifications and experience, academic transcript, research interests, a portfolio of teaching experience, current salary and the names and addresses, including telephone and fax numbers of three professional referees. An original plus two copies of an application are required. These are to be sent by mail, not fax or e-mail, to reach Joe Carheel, Peronnel Services Officer, Murdoch University, Murdoch, W.A. 6150, not later than 4.40p.m. Friday 14 October 1994. Late applications will not be accepted. ********************************************************************** 3) NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY REQUESTS FOR PROPOSALS SAFE LEARNING AND WORKING ENVIRONMENT PROJECT Northern Arizona University is preparing to introduce a new Safe Learning and Working Environment Policy to the university community. This policy encompasses all federal and state mandates with regard to prohibited discrimination and harassment and includes university policy on these issues and diversity as well. The university president, Dr. Clara M. Lovett, has committed to a training process that would include dissemination to the overall university community of over 2000 employees and 17,000+ students. To facilitate this project, Northern Arizona University is looking for a consultant or consulting team who can train approximately 50 university employees who will then be responsible for conducting half day seminars relating to the Safe Learning and Working Environment policy and the relevant legal and social issues contained within the policy. The consultant will be expected to prepare trainers to be effective and empathetic in a training setting. Minimum Qualifications for consideration include evidence of extensive training experience including first person and train the trainer, considerable knowledge of current discrimination and harassment regulations and guidelines and their application in both the learning and work setting, and familiar with an academic environment. Availability for at least three consecutive days in October with possibility of follow-up visits at later dates. To be considered for this project send a letter of interest, current resume/vitae, and names, addresses and phone numbers of five professional references to: Safe Learning and Working Environment Project, Barbara L. McCloud, PO Box 4083, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 86011. Qualified persons may also be required to submit video or other medium that demonstrates evidence of knowledge and experience in a training setting. If you are aware of an individual who matches these qualifications, please distribute this call for proposals to them. Proposals will be accepted until final consideration is made on September 6, 1994. Northern Arizona University is a state supported Doctoral II institution that was founded in 1899. NAU has a 730-acre campus located in Flagstaff, Arizona, a four-season mountain community of over 45,000. Flagstaff is located 140 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, in the Coconino National Forest at an elevation of 7,000 feet in the Colorado Plateau. At 12,633 feet, the nearby San Francisco peaks are the highest point in Arizona. The Grand Canyon National Park and many national monuments, forests, deserts, mountains, lakes, and varied cultural, geological and historical sites are within ready access of the campus. Northern Arizona University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Institution and encourages proposals from qualified women, minorities, veterans and persons with disabilities. *_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_*_* Please forward this to any interested group or list. Thanks in advance and if you have any questions regarding this message, please notify me at: TJL@A1.UCC.NAU.EDU Troy Lorents Northern Arizona University ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:27:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Job/Conference Announcement Policy (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:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select #6 (Academic Department Info), then #9 (Women's Studies), then #5 (WMST-L). Meanwhile, here is the section describing WMST-L's policy on job and conference announcements: ******************* 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: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 10:06:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: W: Incorrect or incomplete address field found and ignored. From: Julie Tharp Subject: Re: Movie Clips In-Reply-To: your message of Thu Aug 11 07:41:52 -0400 1994 For women who have trouble communicating in male-dominant workplaces: Big Business (with Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler) For women who communicate well in male-dominant workplaces: Baby Boom (with Diane Keaton) Other People's Money For women who start out having trouble but learn the ropes: Working Girl 9 to 5 Baby Boom is terrific for showing a woman operating extremely well within the setting but still having anxiety over her position there. I'd like to know how your course goes. We have a large health care community here and the women health care professionals complain regularly about how difficult it is to communicate with the doctors. I imagine it's largely a power issue, but, given that most doctors (here) are men and most "support" personnel are women, the split tends to be gendered. Julie Tharp jtharp@uwcmail.uwc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 09:56:58 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: W: Incorrect or incomplete address field found and ignored. From: Iana Pattatucci Subject: To former Math major now in English Your reply to my call for submissions was posted to the entire list and because you did not leave your e-mail address at the bottom, I have no way to contact you. Please e-mail me at either of the following addresses: Luciana%bchem.dnet@dxi.nih.gov -or- iana@glib.org For those of you who may be new or are not familiar with e-mail. If you press "r" for "reply", your message will be posted to the entire list. This may not be what you intend and members of the list typically have time constraints and cannot devote time to sifting through personal messages. My understanding of the accepted protocol is that messages should be signed with your e-mail address underneath. Replies should also contain subject headings relevant to the topic being addressed. As Joan has said countless times (*smile*), the has a large number of subscribers and all of us following a few simple guidelines will make the list useful for everyone. With that said, I apologize for sending a "clutter" message myself (*smile*). iana "Luciana%bchem.dnet@dxi.nih.gov" "iana@glib.org" ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:22:07 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Deborah B Stevens Subject: Henley citation I am working on a dissertation about women's ability to overcome childhood adversity, & as adults self identify as 'successful'. In the course of the lit review, I've been looking at the historical dichotomous positioning of women and men, and the implications to modern women. I want to use as a reference a piece by Henley in a bulkpack with no citation. I've been unsuccessful in finding it myself...hopefully, someone out there will be able to help. What I have is apparently from an edited book written 1988-1989, judging from the date of her references & the time at which I first read it. Henley, Nancy M. (date?). Ch. 3: "Molehill or mountain? What we know and don't know about sex bias in language" (pp. 59-78). In ?????? If you can assist, please respond privately to: Deborah Blair Stevens e-mail: stevensd@dolphin.upenn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:56:24 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marjanne Gooze' Subject: Re: This Bridge publisher In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 10 Aug 1994 14:44:27 -0600 from Dear Kayann, thank you for the revised version. I received it yesterday and se nt it off to Greenwood. They will then send me the manuscript. But I will sav e working on your chapter--turning it into "book print"---for last in the hope that the permission will still come in. As for publishers and detailed info. o n publications, they will not be included in contributors'descriptions of thems elves, or we would have 30 more pages!! to the book. I've started working on t hat part of the camera-ready, since we have so many revisions. Yours will be e dited to read something like "has written on _This Bridge Called My Back..." I 'll let you know if the permission (when??) it comes in. Marjanne Marjanne E. Gooze' Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Langs. University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Telephone: Office: (706) 542-2450; Home: (706) 549-2831 E-Mail: MGOOZE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 12:09:29 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marjanne Gooze' Subject: Re: This Bridge publisher In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:56:24 EDT from Sorry, this went to wrong addressee. Marjanne E. Gooze' Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Langs. University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Telephone: Office: (706) 542-2450; Home: (706) 549-2831 E-Mail: MGOOZE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:40:33 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: lisa giddings Subject: please unsubscribe please unsubscribe me from your list thanks lisa giddings giddings@unlinfo.unl.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 13:04:11 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jay Prosser Subject: How to find English\Women's\Cultural St. position in UK? I'm searching for starting lectureships in UK, tenable from autumn 1995. Apart from looking in Tuesday's Guardian Ed. Supplement, how does one go about finding out about positions? I've tried gopher on the 'net but most academic news networks do not service UK. Is there an equivalent server in the UK that I don't know about? What other (hard copy) publications should I be looking at? I'd be eternally grateful for any useful info. Please respond directly to me and not list. Thank you Jay Prosser ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 11:21:29 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Lisa O. Terrell" Subject: SAGE: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women Hi. I have another question for the group. I am trying to find a way to obtain a subscription to SAGE, a journal edited by Patricia Bell-Scott, Janet Sims-Wood, Lucille P. Fultz, Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Jacqueline Jones Royster, and Miriam DeCosta-Willis. If anyone could help me. Thanks again for the help with Kitchen Table Press. I have located their phone and fax numbers in Albany and have contacted them regarding ordering some books and posters. Lisa Terrell Univ. of Colorado - Boulder terrell@ucsu.colorado.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 13:13:10 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Andrea Austin <3AJA1@QUCDN.QUEENSU.CA> Subject: Re: Movie Clips In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:41:52 -0400 from On Thu, 11 Aug 1994 07:41:52 -0400 Jean Cishek said: > >We are looking for clips which show women in male-dominated work >environments not being effective because of the communications 'gap' and >also some where women are effective. Does anyone have suggestions? The sitcom, "Grace Under Fire," presents several episodes that deal with the situation you describe. I can't quite remember what it is exactly that she does, but I believe she's the only woman; one episode that stands out in my mind is the one where, although her relationship with her male co-workers is amiable, they get all joky-nervous when they find out that she's lactating, and then start to tell her false stories about their own parents (I think? sorry this is so garbled--I guess the episode doesn't stand out in my memory *too* strongly, after all.) Andrea Austin ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 13:39:51 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lisa Ransdell Subject: Movie Clips/working women Some other titles showing women coping with men and gender communication issues in the workplace: Valuing Diversity: You Make the Difference, produced by Copeland Griggs, 1987. This is a documentary, not a feature film, but it may be useful for your students. Shows women in business and manufacturing jobs dealing with all male environments, stereotypes about women workers, sabotage of women by male employees, as well as many issues pertaining to race, culture and a bit on sexual orientation. Combines scenes w/actors w/actual workers describing their experiences. I've been doing consulting work on diversity in the workplace and this is one of the best videos I've seen dealing w/ these issues. Norma Rae w/Sally Field might be a good choice. It's been a while since I've viewed it, but her character seems to struggle in her factory job both before and after she begins union organizing activities. Classic films: Woman of the Year, w/Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. An extremely successful and confident female exec has to be "put in her place" by her sportscaster husband for her unfeminine ways. Also Desk Set w/Spencer and Tracy and His Gal Friday w/Rosalind Russell and Cary Grant would be likely to have some scenes you could plumb. -- Lisa Ransdell Denison University Ransdell@cc.denison.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:50:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: RHODA UNGER Subject: Missing women? I distinctly remember reading an article about demographic studies showing that millions of females are missing from the world's population especially in Asia. I cannot remember the source, however, and the two sources that I have found: the UN's book on women in the year 2000 (1991) and Sen (1990) give radically different figures for the numbers missing. Does anyone know a veridcal source for this information with a figure I can feel safe about citing? Thank you. Rhoda Unger unger@apollo.montclair.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:38:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathy Burdette Subject: inforM update The following directory has been added to inforM's Women's Studies Database: Educational Resources/Academic Resources by Topic/Women's Studies Resources/Computing/Articles and Research Papers/ Arachnet Journal on Virtual Culture, Vol.2 No.3 The directory contains the following files: cross-gender communication in cyberspace guidelines for an intro to networking women in the province of newfoundland romance and the internet weavers of webs 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 3. Academic Resources by Topic 9. Women's Studies Resources The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to send files to their e-mail accounts. After selecting a file, either scroll to the end of the file or type "q", then 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 FTP pathname for these files is: inforM/Educational_Resources/AcademicResourcesByTopic/WomensStudies/ Computing/Articles+ResearchPapers/ArachnetJournal 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. +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Kathy Burdette inforM, Room 4343 Coordinator, Women's Studies Database Computer Science Center burdette@inform.umd.edu University of Maryland (301) 405-2939 College Park, Maryland 20742 =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:49:04 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Prof. Rega Wood" Organization: Saint Bonaventure University Subject: Mary Wollstonecraft Noticed an article by Mary Poovey on Mary Wollstonecraft (Women in Culture and Scoiety, ed. C. Stimpson) in a recent bibliography. Would be interested in more bibliography if someone has it at hand. Thanks Rega Wood ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 16:08:23 -0400 Reply-To: ao241@freenet.carleton.ca Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Scott Subject: Re: Movie Clips There is an OLD (circa 1974) Clint Eastwood film in which Eastwood, the tough cop, has a female partner. She wears high heels and a tight skirt and, needless to say, when the big chase scene takes place, she looks pretty silly -- but any woman watching can see immediately that it is not the woman who is silly; it is the people who put her into such a position wearing those clothes. Sorry I cannot give you the title, but hope this helps. Barbara Scott -- My skin stretches over the earth. I think of atlases and remember history and the future in the same moment. - Touch the Dragon - Barbara Scott ao241@freenet.carleton.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 15:14:27 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Crisis in Wmen's Studies Programs A few weeks ago, Rachel Cassell posted an appeal for advice about dealing with a leadership crisis in the Women's Studies Program deriving from a dispute with the Dean at Binghamton University. We are experiencing a very similar problem here at Iowa State University. As of August 20, we will have no Chair of Women's Studies; an Associate Dean in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, with no expertise in Women's Studies, will serve as Acting Chair--for how long, who knows? We are told that our present governance, organization, and administration have become too diffuse, so the LAS Dean has decided to administer the Women's Studies program from within the Dean's office. We now have no more secretary, no more course releases for the Women's Studies Chair, no more 20-member advisory board which included tenured faculty, adjuncts, graduate and undergraduate students, and the occasional interested community member. Instead, we will have a 4-6 person faculty curriculum or review committee with a token student member and a chair whose more limited role will replace that of Women's Studies Chair. The Dean's office, not the WS faculty, will henceforth conduct searches, make hiring and staffing decisions, schedule courses, advise students, spend what little supplies and services budget will remain with the program (if any), and so forth. We believe this is an unmanageable administrative plan, and worse, we believe it seriously infringes on the prerogatives of faculty to manage academic programs. We have protested, but to no avail. Like the Binghamton Program, at this point we are "stuck." To Rachel and your colleagues there, I offer commiseration. To the rest of the network, I want to point out that this "downsizing" and "reining in" of Women's Studies by the Dean's Office is happening in more than one institution. The Univ. of Oklahoma staved off something similar recently, and U.C.-Irvine's program has been forced to accept some similar changes. Are there other programs facing this kind of reorganization, imposed from the college or university administration, and justified in terms of efficiency and budget cuts? Is there some general action that might be effective? When the NWSA Conference was at ISU in June, I appealed to their governing body for some support, and a short resolution was passed. However, I don't think the letters of support that the adopted resolution called for were ever sent to our President, Provost, and Dean. I'd appreciate any suggestions: I have Beatrice Kachuck's response to Rachel, which was posted to the list. If anyone else has either helpful ideas or similar problems at your institution, please post to the list. Thanks. Kathy Hickok khickok@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 18:31:17 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: Re: Crisis in Wmen's Studies Programs I'm saddened by Kathy Hickok's report on the problems the Women's Studies Program is having at Iowa State. I was one of many who worked to establish that program in the mid-1970s. I wonder what kind of pressure we can put on the ISU and other hostile administrations. Perhaps Kathy could provide us with a generic letter that we could individually tailor to ISU administrators. If the Women's Studies Program has names and addresses of former graduates, perhaps they could be urged to write as well. Arnie Kahn fac_askahn@vax1.acs.jmu.edu fac_askahn@jmuvax ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 19:24:22 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nijole Benokraitis Subject: Re: Crisis in Women's Studies Programs Like other posters, I'm also dismayed (but not surprised) that Women's Studies are the first to go when there's a (real or imagined) budget crunch. I don't think writing protest letters would help, however. Both as a faculty member and ex-chair of our Soc Dept, what I've seen work is getting alums (and the Alumni Office) involved in protests. It doesn't hurt, of course, if the alums have contributed a few $$ over the last few years. I think, also, that having current student clubs organize the protests from alums (women and men) would be more effective than spearheading such efforts by faculty. niki Benokraitis ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:22:59 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Ervin-Tripp Subject: Re: To former Math major now in English Is it not the case in other systems, as it is in mine, that while r reaches everyone on the system, R reaches only the specific sender? susan ervin-Tripp uc Berkeley ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 17:33:47 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Ervin-Tripp Subject: bridge publisher according to library catalogue HAS THIS BOOK HAD SEVERAL INCARNATIONS? Our library has this listing: This bridge called my back : writings by radical women of color / editors, Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua ; foreword, Toni Cade Bambara. 1st ed. Watertown, Mass. : Persephone Press, c1981. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:37:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: "Reply" functions are not all alike Earlier this evening, Susan Ervin-Tripp asked: > Is it not the case in other systems, as it is in mine, that > while r reaches everyone on the system, R reaches only the specific sender? The answer, alas, is no. Not all systems work the way Susan's does. Indeed, I have accounts on three different systems, and none of the mail programs I use distinguishes between r and R. However, two of the three DO permit me to specify that I'd like my reply to go to the writer rather than to the list. One of the two (Pine, on UNIX) makes life easy by simply ASKING in plain English whether I'd like the reply to go to the "From" address rather than (or in addition to) the "Reply-to" address; the other, Ricemail on an IBM VM/CMS system, lets me send a reply to the "From" address by typing REPLY FROM at the command arrow--but there's no online documentation to tell you this. And the mail program on the third system, the one I use most often, offers no automated way for me to decide which address to reply to. If I want to reply to an individual when the "reply-to" line points back to the list, I have to set up a new message and type in the address. So I do. I'm replying to the list rather than just to Susan in the hope that some of the above information may be useful to others. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:09:49 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Arpad Subject: Re: Crisis in Wmen's Studies Programs In-Reply-To: <199408112016.QAA05007@holmes.umd.edu> from "kathleen hickok" at Aug 11, 94 03:14:27 pm This is written in response to the messages about crises in women's studies programs in Iowa and Binghamton. About eight years ago Bowling Green State University was in just such a situation. The president and the dean were not willing to support the program. We tried everything, but nothing worked. It occurred to me that as long as feminist faculty on campus were willing to support the program, the administration did not have to do anything. We were willing to put our time, energy, and careers into the program; why should they support a program that was obviously so "self-serving?" In other words, it seemed to me that, in supporting the program in such a situation, we were doing two self-destructive things: we were giving the administration an out (if we were going to support the program, why should they bother) and, in supporting an academic program that investigated our "selves" (afterall, all the women's studies faculty except two were women), we were only serving our own interests. My own resolution of the situation was to leave that university in protest. It helped the program temporarily--they received a few more resources. But I'm not sure that my analysis of the situation or my own action were a good answer. It does seem to me that we place ourselves in a double bind when we support an academic program that the university administration will not support. We relieve them of the responsibility. I argued then, and I still think it is a good argument, that if we all withdrew our support from the women's studies program, a university in 1994 would look pretty silly with no feminist\women's studies program or classes. I'd like some feedback on this since it still rankles for me personally. Susan Arpad (Susan_Arpad@CSUFresno.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 00:14:19 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side Subject: Re: Missing women? In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 11 Aug 1994 14:50:00 EST from This might be somewhat off base, but Neera Kuckreja Sohoni has an article in Ms. magasine, (Vol.5 No.1), the latest edition, I think, that is called "Where Are The Girls: There are fewer than there should be - an dnot just in India". She cites the shortage of girls in Western cultures, including the U.S. Katherine Side klside@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 21:36:05 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: MARY ANN IRWIN Subject: Linking Ph.D. Programs and Possible Future Employment In-Reply-To: <199408120138.VAA08043@holmes.umd.edu> I would appreciate your reaction to a colleague's suggestion that, in trying to get into a direct-Ph.D. program somewhere next fall, I focus on universities where I can also get a job teaching--not just as a TA while studying, but afterwards, as an associate or assistant professor. He also argued that, if I applied to mid-Western schools, I would have a better shot at both getting in _and_ getting hired than, say, if I applied to "prestige" schools in California (where I currently live). What do you think? Do universities hire their own graduates, right out of Ph.D. programs? And does it only happen in Ames, Iowa, or Lansing, Michigan, not Los Angeles or San Diego? Please reply privately to: Mary Ann Irwin, mirwin@mercury.sfsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 06:52:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Julia T Wood Subject: Re: Missing women? Marilyn French documents a number of incidents and even norms for violence, including killing, against women in her 1992 book: THE WAR AGAINST WOMEN. Summit Julia Wood UNCCH ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 20:19:53 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nijole Benokraitis Subject: Re: Crisis in Women's Studies Programs, part 2 I don't know anything about the advisory boards as Iowa State or other institutions where Women's Studies programs are being raped because of "financial exigencies" so I apologize for my next few statements if they're groundless. However...last year when the MD Board of Regents annihilated over 100 programs (including our dept), the majors/programs that were reinstated had (in my opinion) the following characteristics: 1) The President was savvy enought to build "bridges" with other colleges/universities and show that the program served many students at many institutions; and/or 2) Even if the President didn't give a damn, the programs that survived seemed to be those with an advirosy board that was made up of "real" people in the community who lobbied and used their clout (e.g., bankers, high-ranking people in criminal justice, successful real estate agents, well-known car dealers, etc) to reinstate the programs. I think that Women's Studies Programs should be much more political in wooing people to advisory boards who have economic and plitical clout. Respected scholars are NOT important on advisory boards, in my experience, because decision-makers d KNOW AND OFTEN DON'T CARE WHO THEY ARE. NO, I'M NOT YELLING, BUT EVERYTHING IS IN CAPS AND I'M GETTING CRAZY SYMBOLS, SO I'LL SIGN OFF. HMMM..... NIKI BENOKRAITIS ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 07:34:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Scott Winkler Subject: This Bridge Called My Back, editions The first edition of _This Bridge..._ was published by Persephone Press. The second edition was published by Kitchen Table/Women of Color Press. I believe there is a statement about this in the new forward of the second edition. (My copy is lent out at the moment.) Barbara Scott Winkler, WVU; WINKLER@wvnvms.wvnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 07:21:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Scott Winkler Subject: Third World Feminist Theory A key anthology is _Third World Women and the Politics of Feminism_ edited by Chandra Mohanty, Ann Russo and Lourdes Torres. Barbara Scott Winkler, WVU. WINKLER@wvnvms.wvnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 07:48:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Scott Winkler Subject: Women's Studies Programs survival strategies I think Niki Benokraitis comments on putting influential community people on advisory boards is important, especially those with connections to state legislatures as well as funding sources for programs in state universities/colleges. Back in the 1970s when the University of Minnesota's program was in jeopardy Anne Truax of the Univ. Women's Center did some rallying of state legislature friends. This produced immediate results, although with ruffled feathers. At San Francisco State Nancy McDermid in a similar situation rallied key women fundraisers in the city, also with good results. We can't afford to lose or ignore these community ties. Putting structures in place ahead of time, I believe, is best strategy. Barbara Scott Winkler, WVU WINKLER@wvnvms.wvnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:28:11 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Re: Linking Ph.D. Programs and Possible Future Employment I thought I'd better answer this query by posting to the list, instead of privately, because Mary Ann Irwin's query seems to imply that Iowa State, in Ames, Iowa, routinely hires our own Ph.D.s. I am not sure about the sciences, but I can tell you that the humanities and social sciences virtually NEVER hire our own Ph.D.s, even if we have a qualified Affirmative Action candidate! Once in awhile, someone will be offered a few semesters of teaching part-time on a temporary or adjunct basis, but not a position as an assistant professor. So I think it is a misperception that by getting your doctorate in the Midwest you have a better chance of being hired by your own degree-granting institution. I'd be amazed to find that any of the other Big 8 or Big 10 or Big 12 (or Big Whatever) institutions routinely hire their own grads. Am I wrong? Kathy Hickok, Iowa State. khickok@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 11:04:27 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice Dawson-Threat Dear Miriam, I'm in Ames, Iowa. I have done the ta thing, then become hired as a temporary and even though I represent two minority groups (race and gender) I can't even get hired in Ames, Iowa! The person who gave you that advice was a man! Think about it now! He's telling you how things operate for some people in the species or how some things operated in the old days, but honey, they're not happening for a whole lot of us now. Decide on the institution you want because you want the degree. Worry about the employment part after you have the paper in hand. You'll have plenty of roadblocks to clear before you actually job hunt. Also don't plan on living in the community you study in. I have watch 55 people in came into my Ph.D. program during the 6 years I was here (all African American) and they are all working somewhere else. Yet our institution says they can't find qualified minorities. These were 55 people some who had families. So the entire community has lost out on their departure. So Miriam, just take it one step at a time, one day at a time. There's a lot of road between the start and the finish. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:51:37 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: your mail In-Reply-To: <199408121605.MAA15140@holmes.umd.edu> more and more people are getting 'trapped' in temporary positions that turn out to be a series of temporary positions. get the degree at a good school with a good reputation and worry about employment when you get there. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 12:55:29 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Murphy Subject: job opening for fall From: UNO::MURPHY "Pat Murphy" 12-AUG-1994 12:49:39.82 To: IN%"sws-list@listserv.ncsu.edu" CC: MURPHY Subj: job for fall the Sociology Dept. at SUNY Geneseo, has a 1 year position, due to a medical leave. The courses for fall are: Black women, Intro to Sociology of the Third World and Race and Ethnic Relations. Classes Start Aug 30, for more information contact Becky Glass, Acting Chair, Department of SOciology SUNY Geneseo, 716-245-5335. Geneseo is a selective liberal arts college about 30 miles South of Rochester NY. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:18:45 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Marilyn P. Safir" Subject: Moving Message Dear E-Mail Colleagues and Friends; I wanted to let you all know that I am returning to Israel on August 16th. You will be able to reach me by either bitnet or internet. My ID for both is: RSPS332 - for Internet: @UVM.HAIFA.AC.IL for Bitnet: @HAIFAUVM. My snailmail address is> Marilyn P. Safir, Ph.D.; Department of Psychology; University of Haifa: Haifa, 31905; Israel. (The zip should always appear BEFORE Israel - also please write "Air Mail" when using regular stationary - the Post Office often ignores the increased postage and sends mail by surface - 2/3 mos.) My fax at the U.: 972-4-240966; tel.#: 972-4-240929 or 240921 for messages. My home phone#: 972-4-245223. Looking forward to continued connections- Marilyn Safir (safirm@u.washington.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:19:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Von Bakanic Organization: College of Charleston Subject: Re: job opening for fall The college of Charleston has a one year opening for fall 94. Yes that right in two weeks! The posistion requires someone with an advanced degree in sociology. We will consider ABD. We had someone back out of their contract at the last minute. Contact George Dickinson Dept of Sociology & Anthropolgy College of Charleston Charleston, S.C. 29424 803 953-5738 FAX 803 953-5824 _____________________________________________________________________ Von Bakanic (803) 953-7105 Dept. of Sociology internet address: College of Charleston bakanicv@cofc.edu Charleston, S.C. 29424 $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 14:30:56 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nina Aguilar Subject: global lists (fwd) Forwarded message: >From nwa Fri Aug 12 12:54:37 1994 Subject: global lists To: femrel-l@mizzou1.missouri.edu (Women/Religion/Feminist Theology) Date: Fri, 12 Aug 94 12:54:37 EDT X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL6] Forgive me for asking mundane stuff. . . did we get the address for the Global List of Listservs on this list? I got three different global lists, but the "Full Address" for each is, by way of example, "WMSPRT-L@UBVM" That's all! Help? Answer privately, if this is a stupid question. Nina the Confused Nordic Librarian nwa@melhcsd.corp.harris.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 18:20:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Scott Winkler Subject: Midwest doctorates The experience at Univ of Michigan, Ann Arbor is the same as that reported by Kathy Hickok at Iowa State: Michigan does not hire its own with a few exceptions: I know of two individuals who had one-year visiting appointments, filling in for someone on leave. The policy is so informally acknowledged that when a real exception was made in the case of a noted history prof it was remarked on. winkler@wvnvms. wvnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 23:04:38 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marjanne Gooze' Subject: Re: Linking Ph.D. Programs and Possible Future Employment In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 12 Aug 1994 10:28:11 LCL from I don't know what field the query related to but in general departments rarely hire their own graduates. I often tell students considering Ph.D. programs, wh o are reluctant to move to another part of the country, that your best bet on l anding eventually closer to home, may just be to study out of the area. Some p rofessional publications list dept. faculties with each person's degree-grantin g school listed in () following the name. This will give you an idea of which programs are favored by specific departments, i.e. a dept. may have 3 graduates from Princeton,4 from Madison, etc. In most job searches, mobility is often t he key. This places often an extra burden on women, who may be "tied" to a geo graphical location for family reasons. This partially--only patially--accounts for all the women in "instructor," and "lecturer" jobs, even those with Ph.D's Marjanne E. Gooze' Dept. of Germanic and Slavic Langs. University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602 Telephone: Office: (706) 542-2450; Home: (706) 549-2831 E-Mail: MGOOZE@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 01:00:09 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Robin Yaffe HPERD Subject: Re: Linking Ph.D. Programs and Possible Future Employment In-Reply-To: <9408120438.AA09249@moe.coe.uga.edu> from "MARY ANN IRWIN" at Aug 11, 94 09:36:05 pm As a doctoral student at the University of Georgia, with a Master's degree from the University of Nebraska (an example of a Midwestern University), I can tell y ou that it is unusual, even in the midwest, to get hired by the university that granted your doctorate. At Nebraska I had the pleasure of serving on several graduate faculty committees (as a student rep.) and this discussion came up as I was looking for a doctoral granting instituition. Everyone I talked to aboutt his told me I would not get hired there unless I went somewhere else and came ba ck. I am hoping this will happen. As a native Californian myself, I love Nebra ska and would like ot return there in a year or so. Good luck to you. Choose a great university and worry about the job later. Robin Yaffe ryaffe@moe.coe.uga.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 15:35:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lee Ann Banaszak Subject: Historical Stats on Women in Europe Hi, I hope there is someone on the list that might be able to help me. I am looking for statistics in European countries in 1900 (or thereabouts) which would tell me the percentage of students in institutions of higher education who were women. I am particularly interested in the Scandinavian countries. Does anyone know of any sources which might be helpful? Please respond privately. Lee Ann Banaszak LAB14@psuvm.psu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:08:47 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: davidyag@VIOLET.BERKELEY.EDU Subject: grad.sch.search II (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 1994 17:07:09 -0700 (PDT) From:melisbee@violet.berkeley.edu To: davidyag@violet.berkeley.edu Subject: grad.sch.search II (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 1994 22:12:21 -0600 From:melisbee@violet.berkeley.edu To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: grad.sch.search II Hello, Today was a sad day as I frequented my e-mail, finding not a response to my plea for recommended MA programs focusing on women poets. I want to apply for a graduate degree for F/SP '95/'96 [MA, PhD, Graduate Certificate -- what does this mean? -- etc.]. I want to receive this degree in a women's studies program, but my emphasis will be on women poets. Can anyone recommend a school/program where my objectives may be realized???? You can respond to my e-mail: melisbee@violet.berkeley.edu Thank You! Melissa Burr ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 Aug 1994 13:01:39 -1000 Reply-To: Mala Chakravorty Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mala Chakravorty Subject: Re: attributing gender to nature? In-Reply-To: <9408081950.AA06043@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> On Mon, 8 Aug 1994 pstuckey@violet.berkeley.edu wrote: > Does anyone know of work being done on applying gender categories > or gender metaphors to nature or the environment, especially > using a comparative or cross-cultural methodology? For example, > earth as "mother" is prevalent in our culture, but are there > critical analyses of the implications of attributing gender in this way > to parts of the cosmos--especially analyses that take into account social > and cultural roles and contexts? > On Thurs, 11 Aug 1994 E.Pascoe@city.ac.uk wrote I am looking for info on ecofeminism . . . Some interesting work in this area has been done by Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies. Some of their books are 1. Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India, by Vandana Shiva 2. Closer to Haome: Women Reconnect Ecology, Health and Development Worldwide, edited by Vandana Shiva 3. Ecofeminism, by Vandana Shiva and Maria Mies I hope that this information is of use to both of you Mala Chakravorty University of Hawai'i ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 11:32:19 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Laurie Perkins Subject: movie clips Barbara Scott mentioned an early (1974) movie in which Clint Eastwood's partner wore tight skirts and high heels. I can't help with the title either; but perhaps Barbara is thinking of the movie in which Tyne Daly is the partner. It is the second Magnum Force (Inspector Callahan) movie, I think. If someone is looking for the movie perhaps that will narrow it down. Laurie C34870LP@WUVMD ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 11:41:49 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Laurie Perkins Subject: crisis in women's studies programs Susan Arpad suggests that withdrawing support from Women's Studies programs might force the administrations of universties to support those programs themselves. My fear would be that withdrawal of support by feminists would be construed by administrators as proof that women's studies is a "dead" subject, and that women had finally recognized that women's studies is not a discipline worth pursuing. Wouldn't administrators just sigh with relief that they no longer had to deal with those strident, pushy feminists anymore? Wouldn't they then just get on with teaching the canon? Would the fact that a university didn't have a women's studies department hurt enrollment enough to make the admini- stration take notice? I would like to hear that my fears about this are exaggerated. Laurie C34870LP@WUVMD ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 Aug 1994 17:05:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: sj26 Subject: Re: Search for feminist analyses of transference/countertransference In-Reply-To: <199408051421.KAA26443@holmes.umd.edu> >Can anyone recommend feminist analyses of psychological transference or >countertransference? I'm a nonspecialist (field, English) who needs to >read up on these for a writing project, and my bibliographical searches >have yielded nothing helpful so far. > >Thanks for your help. Please respond privately unless you think the >subject is appropriate for the whole list. > >Lisa Jadwin >jadwin@sjfc.edu > To Lisa Jadwin >From Susan Jenson Re: Feminist analysis of transference/countertransference As a non-specialist also, but one who has an interest in the topic, I can recommend 3 texts, all with case studies, the first being slightly dated and with less of a feminist slant. Check also psychology periodicals indices, under the topic--did not see anything of note in the last volume of Psychology Abstracts I checked. I would appreciate a private reply on sources you turn up as well. I will be on vacation 8/15-8/22, and will let you know if I think of other titles. Margaret I. Little Transference Neurosis and Transference Psychosis, Towards Basic Unity (N.Y. Jason Aronson, 1981) Anne E. Bernstein, M.D. and Gloria Warner, Women Treating Women, Case Material form Women Treated by Female Psychoanalysts (N.Y. Internat. Univ. Press, Inc., 1984) Doris Fernstein, Norbert Freedman, & Betsy Distler, eds. Female Identity Conflict in Clinical Practice (Northvale, N.J. Jason Aronson, Inc.) All are titles that appeared under computer bibliog. search under Psychoanalysis, Female, Transference and/or Countertransference. I hope this will be helpful. Regards, Susan Jenson sj26@umail.umd.edu >