WMST-L LOG9410A ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 08:20:21 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dennis Fischman Subject: Re: Seeking info. on "Defending Our Lives." In-Reply-To: <199409302225.SAA62237@acs3> The phone number for Cambridge Documentary Films is (617) 354-3677. Dennis Fischman dfischmn@acs.bu.edu (617) 776-4701 home (617) 353-2907 work "Ph.D. in changing the world" ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 08:29:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Format for WMST-L 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:". 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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is the section that describes the preferred format for messages you send to WMST-L: ******************** 1) "IS THERE A PREFERRED FORMAT TO USE FOR MESSAGES SENT TO THE LIST (I.E., TO WMST-L@UMDD OR WMST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU)?" Yes. First of all, ALWAYS put your name and e-mail address at the end of every posting. (It is important that people be able to contact you privately if they wish, and some mail systems do not identify the writer anywhere in the header.) Also, please include a meaningful subject heading, so that people will know whether your message deals with a topic of interest to them. (MANY people automatically delete messages with no subject heading or with one that doesn't interest them.) Finally, if you are replying to someone else's posting, BRIEFLY quote or summarize that posting before you offer your reply. Doing so will make your message clearer and avoid confusion. (New subscribers are continually joining the list; they may not have read the original message. And since a number of topics are often being discussed on the list at any given moment, even long-time subscribers may not remember what prompted your remarks unless you remind them.) NOTE: if you're replying to a long message, do NOT quote it in its entirety! Include just a few relevant lines. ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 10:47:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Vienna Panel on Women & Media: Prep for Beijing Ana Sisnett has sent the following message to me; I thought it would be of general interest to people on WMST-L, especially those thinking of attending the Beijing conference. Please direct all inquiries to the people named at the end of the announcement, not to WMST-L or me. More information about the Beijing conference may be found in a compilation of WMST-L messages called BEIJING CONFRNCE available from LISTSERV@UMDD or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU. Send listserv the message GET BEIJING CONFRNCE [note strange spelling]. DO NOT HIT REPLY!!! Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************** FIRE--Feminist International Radio Endeavor at Radio For Peace International/ APDO 88/ Santa Ana, Costa Rica TEL: (506) 249-1821 FAX: (506) 249-1095 Dear Friends, Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE) and Technomama/Foundation for a Compassionate Society are organizing a panel on women and media to take place during the NGO Forum at the European-North American regional PrepCom this October 13-15 in Vienna. Called RAISING OUR VOICES: Feminist Communication Strategies, panelists will recommend strategies toward the year 2000, based on their diverse experiences in the decade since Nairobi. We hope the panel will highlight the diversity, creativity, and successes of women's communication strategies in challenging the globalization and multinational control of media, and ongoing male domination. Key topics include: strengths and weaknesses of alternative and mainstream media as tools for activism; equality of access to technologies, training, and decision-making; and media and sustainable human development. It will also be an opportunity for all of us gathered in Vienna who are interested in media issues to organize for China and focus our strategic priorities regarding media in the final conference document. We invite panelists and audience members to bring papers and declarations on media from their local, regional, and international work for distribution. In addition to the panel, FIRE and Technomama will be coordinating a live broadcast for the three days of the NGO Forum (like FIRE's daily broadcast from the World Conference on Human Rights last year in Vienna). EVERYONE IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE!!! Please let us know ASAP if you are planning to attend the Vienna Prepcom. Looking forward to seeing you there, Jeanne Carstensen / FIRE 506-249 18-21 (tel) / 506-249-1095 (fax) Ana Sisnett / Gisele Mills Technomama/ Foundation for a Compassionate Society (512) 472-1043 (fax) technomama@igc.apc.org (e-mail) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 17:44:24 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: Body Image Several months ago I posted about a body image books list I had available on line. I received hundreds of requests for the book list and am still receiving requests. Because of the interest, I have made another of the Body Image Task Force handouts available online. This one is called "Weight Loss and Your Health" and goes into why diets don't work, the physical effects of weight loss, information about normal eating and the myths around being "overweight." If you would like a copy of this file or the book list, feel free to send a direct request to me for it. DO NOT send the request to the list. Dawn Atkins datkins@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 1 Oct 1994 23:10:02 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Wayne Subject: Women's University In-Reply-To: <9410012227.AA08879@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca> A collegue has mentioned to me that she had heard about a women's university in Belgium. Would anyone know if there is either a women's university or some sort of prominent women's studies department/program or anything else about this? Thank you in advance - please respond privately, Linda Wayne bones@bosshog.arts.uwo.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 10:11:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Difference bet. LISTSERV & WMST-L (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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is the section describing when you should send messages to LISTSERV rather than to WMST-L; it includes instructions for unsubscribing: 2) "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTSERV@UMDD AND WMST-L@UMDD? HOW DO I TELL WHICH ADDRESS TO USE?" WMST-L@UMDD (or WMST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU on Internet) should be used ONLY for messages that you wish to send to all WMST-L subscribers. Messages concerning your WMST-L subscription should be sent to LISTSERV@UMDD (or, on Internet, LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU). For example, send the following messages to LISTSERV, not WMST-L, when you wish to Subscribe to WMST-L SUB WMST-L Your Name Cancel your subscription: UNSUB WMST-L [don't give name] Stop receiving mail temporarily: SET WMST-L NOMAIL [For digest, see Start receiving mail again: SET WMST-L MAIL info below] See who is subscribed to WMST-L: REVIEW WMST-L NOTE: If you subscribed under a Bitnet address and sent your subscription request to LISTSERV's Bitnet address (LISTSERV@UMDD), you must send ALL subsequent mail to the list's Bitnet addresses. Similarly, if you subscribed under an Internet address and sent your subscription request to LISTSERV's Internet address (LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU), you must send ALL subsequent mail to the list's Internet address. If you try to set your subscription to NOMAIL or you try to signoff and are told you don't have a subscription, chances are you are sending your request to the wrong address for LISTSERV. Simply try the other address. (See also section 4) Also, none of the above applies to the WMST-L digest. To stop the digest, send the following command to LISTSERV: AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . To start the digest again, the command to LISTSERV is AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE . If you wish to unsubscribe AND stop the digest, send listserv a two-line message: UNSUB WMST-L on one line, AFD DEL WMST-L package on the other. See section 6 for more information about the digest. For more extensive information about LISTSERV commands, send LISTSERV the following two-word message: INFO GENINTRO. You'll receive a file entitled LISTSERV.MEMO. (See section 11 for how to retrieve files sent to you in Netdata format.) If you have a question about your subscription that you want a human being to read, do not send it to either WMST-L or LISTSERV. Instead, send it to the list owner, Joan Korenman [KORENMAN@UMBC (Bitnet) or KORENMAN@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU (Internet)]. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 12:29:11 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ellen Greenblatt Subject: OutWrite '95 I have been asked to distribute the following information as widely as possible, apologies for any inconvenience duplicate messages may cause. On the weekend of March 3-5, over 2,000 writers, editors, booksellers and readers will gather again in Boston to explore the creative and political issues facing our communities. O U T W R I T E ' 9 5 ----------------------- Join us to see our history and our future being written! _____________________________________________________________________ Bromfield Street Educational Foundation and Gay Community News present OUTWRITE '95 the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered writers' conference Friday - Sunday, March 3 - 5, 1995 Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers Boston, MA Participants include: * Alison Bechdel * Norman Wong * Stephen McCauley * Steven Corbin * Makeda Silvera * Donna Minkowitz * Joan Larkin * Neil Miller * Pat Powell * Juan Palomo * Leslie Feinberg * Bernard Cooper * Jackie Woodson * Kate Rushin * Sarah Schulman * MiOk Song Bruining Featuring: Keynote addresses from Tony Kushner and Linda Villarosa The Audre Lorde Memorial Lecture by Cherrie Moraga Special performance by Luis Alfaro Discount airfares are available through Yankee Clipper Travel. Call Jim Boin at (800) 624-2664 (outside continental US call (408) 354-6400). Lodging is available at the Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers. Special room rate for OutWrite '95 is $85 for singles, and $95, $105, $115 for doubles, triples, and quads, respectively. (Staying at the Park Plaza helps defray conference costs). To receive this rate, make your reservations by February 9. Call (800) 225-2008 or write the Boston Park Plaza and Towers, 64 Arlington St., Boston, MA 02116. The Park Plaza is a union hotel and is accessible to the mobility impaired. The Park Plaza is a few blocks from the Back Bay Amtrak Station. From Logan Airport, take the Blue Line to the Green Line. Exit at Arlington St. ******************************************************************** Register before December 31 to receive a special rate of $50 (registration will be $55 after January 1 and $60 at the door; no mail registrations will be accepted after February 10). A limited number of registration scholarships are available. To apply, send a one-page letter to the address below describing yourself and why you want to attend OutWrite '95. Applications must be received by December 1. Please indicate need for ASL interpretation. Send registration and payment to: OutWrite '95 25 West St. Basement Boston, MA 02111 For more information call (617) 426-4469. Name____________________________________________________________________ Organization____________________________________________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________ City________________________________ State_______________ Zip___________ Phone: Day ( ) __________________ Evening ( ) ___________________ I have enclosed $ _________ for _______ registrations and a tax-deductible donation of $ __________ Payment: ______ Check or money order made payable to OutWrite '95 or ______ Mastercard ______ Visa Acct. # ______________________ Expiration date _______________________ Signature _____________________________________________________________ ************************************************************************** SESSIONS Saturday: 9-10:30 am 11 am - 12:30 pm 3 - 4:30 pm 5 - 6:30 pm Sunday: 9 - 10:30 am 11 am - 12:30 pm PANELS Over seventy sessions on a variety of topics. WRITING WORKSHOPS Sign up for sessions with one of your favorite writers. Bring some writing and a pen. CONVERSATIONS Hear noted authors banter with each other about a myriad of subjects. ROUNDTABLES Join informal discussions on a variety of creative, cultural and political concerns. READINGS Listen to the OUTSPOKEN series of 70 established and emerging writers, curated by Michele Karlsberg. CAUCUSES AND SPECIAL MEETINGS Time will be available for groups to discuss, plan, and organize. EXHIBITS Visit tables from over 30 booksellers, periodicals, video and film makers, and other organizations. The Legendary "Out Is In" Dance Party, time and place TBA. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Some of the OutWrite events being planned include: Opening Reception Friday, 6 - 7:30 pm Opening Plenary Friday, 8 - 10 pm Poetry Slam Friday 10:30 - 12 am The Audre Lorde Memorial Lecture Saturday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm Closing Plenary/ Performance Sunday, 1:30 - 2:30 pm ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 22:54:00 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "M.Dale" Subject: academic sexual correctness From: BEACH1::WINS%"" 30-SEP-1994 20:05:12.74 To: DALE CC: Subj: announce Return-Path: Received: from beach1.csulb.edu by beach1.csulb.edu with SMTP ; Fri, 30 Sep 94 20:04:49 PST Date: 30 Sep 94 20:03:00 PST From: "BarryM.Dank " Subject: announce To: "dale" From: BEACH1::WINS%"" 26-SEP-1994 19:51:55.91 To: CASE CC: Subj: announce Return-Path: Received: from beach1.csulb.edu by beach1.csulb.edu with SMTP ; Mon, 26 Sep 94 19:51:49 PST Date: 26 Sep 94 19:47:00 PST From: "BarryM.Dank " Subject: announce To: "case" Announcing the formation of a new subscribed list on the subject of academic sexual correctness(ASC-L). ASC-L is an outgrowth of CASE (Consenting Academics for Sexual Equity). CASE was founded in early 1994 by both professors and students to combat a concerted "feminist" campaign against students and professors who had become involved in an intimate(romantic) relationship. CASE involvement dealt with only one small area of the current emphasis on sexual correctness in academia. Consequently, the need for a network that focused on all aspects of academic sexual correctness became apparent; the ASC-L is a response to that need. ASC-L will encompass all aspects of campus sexual control issues- irrespective of their ideological origins. We are concerned with all aspects of campus sexual harassment issues; all aspects of campus sexual consent issues; all aspects of attempts to regulate sexual content of speech on campus; all aspects of attempts to regulate sexual content of course materials; all aspects of attempts to regulate material of any sort that is held to be sexually offensive; all aspects of sexual discrimination issues, irrespective of the subjects of the discrimination. It is our goal that the existence of ASC-L will ultimately help foster a campus climate which would be incompatible with the intrusion of institutional authority to regulate sexual matters simply because they are sexual or because they are held to give sexual offense. The principles of consent, privacy and academic freedom are the core principles which have motivated the founding of ASC-L. For persons wishing to subscribe or have more information on ASC-L, please post request@beach1.csulb.edu Barry Dank, Moderator ASC-l ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 2 Oct 1994 23:20:38 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lois Amy Leveen Subject: Grad Les-Bi-Gay Studies Conference QUEER FRONTIERS, the 5th annual national l/g/b graduate student conference, will be hosted by the university of southern california, los angeles, on march 23-26, 1995. Through panel presentations, performances, conversations, and cultural events, QF offers a forum for imagining further horizons in lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender debates throughout the disciplines. While California and the West have served in European American history as the mythic and actual frontier, we hope to broadly engage and question the mythic trajectory from ethnic, queer, and other perspectives. This conference invites students, activists, performers, and artists from all disciplines to engage in collective discussion of new approaches to queer worldmaking in its broadest, most inclusive sense. Alternative presentation formats are encouraged. The conference planning committee requests proposals (1-2 pages) for papers and presentations that discuss, interrogate, and contest issues of alternative sexuality. For a complete call for papers - and an attractive QF poster - or to submit a proposal, please contact QUEER FRONTIERS, 420 Taper Hall, University of Southern California, University Park, LA CA 90089-0354. Deadline for submission of proposals is December 16, 1994. The conference committee hopes this year's conference will continue to draw scholars from an increasing number of disciplines and home campuses. Please take a few minutes to forward this message to any individuals, groups, newsletters, bulletin boards, etc., on-line or otherwise, where you think it might be read by interested graduate students. Thank you for helping us reach as many potential presenters and attendees as possible. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 14:08:31 AST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: PAULA CHEGWIDDEN Organization: Acadia University Subject: women and food seminar I teach a course called 'Food as a Social Issue' which does not deal as much with women and food as I would wish. Could I have responses to that request sent to the list so that I could see them as well? Thanks! paula.chegwidden@acadiau.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 13:49:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Hinchliffe Subject: Religious Studies Position In-Reply-To: <9410020647.AA25722@unixg.ubc.ca> University of British Columbia The Department of Religious Studies invites applications for a tenure-track position in Religion and Culture in Western Traditions (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) beginning July, 1, 1995 at the level of Assistant Professor. Only those possessing a PhD and showing a clear promise of excellence in teaching and research will be considered. The applicant should have a strong background and proven research interests in one or more of the following areas (1) Religion and the Arts (art and iconography; architecture; music, dance), (2) Religion and Literature (poetry; novel; drama; etc.), (3) Religion and Society (gender;tolerance/intolerance; etc). Salary will be commensurate with experience. The position is contingent on budgetary considerations. UBC welcomes all qualified applicants, especially women, aboriginal people, visible minorities, and persons with disabilities. In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada. Applicants should send complete dossiers (including relevant publications, if any), and arrange for letters from at least three professional referees to be sent, to: Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Religious Studies, E270-1866 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z1. Closing date for applications is November 30, 1994. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 13:14:09 -0500 Reply-To: Stacey Robertson Sender: Women's Studies List From: Stacey Robertson Subject: Locating S. Faludi Does anyone know how to contact Susan Faludi for speaking engagements? Please respond privately. Thanks. Stacey Robertson Women's Studies, Bradley University smr@bradley.bradley.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 13:36:00 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Owen Re food: the movie Eating is a must. Also Babette's Feast ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 11:39:30 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolynn StewartMiddleton Subject: research help I am looking for the names of Chinese American, Japanese American and Native American female authors who are contemporaries of Ntozake Shange, Nicholasa Mohr, Jessica Hagedorn and Sandra Cisneros. Please respond privately to C. Stewart Middleton UWashington, Seattle zora@u.washington.edu Thanks ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 21:07:10 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Varley Subject: Laws on marital rape I seem to remember seeing a message on marital rape laws in the US on the list within the last month or two. Could anyone tell me if there are/were any parallels in the USA to a situation which existed in England before the 1990 ruling removing husbands' exemption from rape charges: namely, that before this ruling, judge's approaches to charges of rape within marriage were affected by whether or not the man and woman were living together at the time? Ann Varley +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Dept of Geography University College London 26 Bedford Way London WC1H 0AP e-mail: avarley@geog.ucl.ac.uk ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:11:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: when NOT to send mail to WMST-L (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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is one of the most important sections, on when to reply PRIVATELY: ******************* 3) "WHEN SHOULD I REPLY PRIVATELY RATHER THAN TO WMST-L?" WMST-L is set up so that replies will automatically go to all subscribers. If you respond to a WMST-L message by hitting a reply key or typing "reply," everyone will read your response. This is appropriate when the contents are likely to be of interest to a number of subscribers (most suggestions for reading lists and teaching strategies fall into this category). However, if you are writing to request a copy of a paper someone has mentioned, please send your request PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Similarly, comments directed at a particular person (e.g., "Right on, Rhoda. Good point," or "Thanks for the info," or "What a horrendous experience that must have been. I don't know why people do such things," or "Hi, Jane, I'm glad to see you've joined the list. Write to me," etc.) should be sent PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Also, short general statements of approval or disapproval (e.g., "Hooray! I'm glad someone finally said that!" or "I can't imagine how anyone can believe such nonsense") should NOT be sent to WMST-L. One further note: the above sorts of messages are OMITTED from the WMST-L digest. If the person you're trying to reach is one of the hundreds who reads WMST-L in digest form, she/he will not see the message if you send it to WMST-L. ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 15:37:11 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allyn Lord Organization: University of Arkansas Subject: Position announcement From: NAME: Gretchen Mieszkowski TEL: (713) 283-3384 UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON - CLEAR LAKE Assistant Professor of Women's Studies The University of Houston-Clear Lake announces a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level in Women's Studies and Behavioral Sciences (Psychology, Sociology, or Anthropology) to begin September 1, 1995. The position requires a doctorate and excellence in both teaching and research. The successful candidate will perform administrative duties in support of Women's Studies, teach an Introduction to Women's Studies course as well as courses in the candidate's primary discipline. Applicants with non-western teaching and research interests are welcomed. UHCL is an upper-level university (teaching junior, senior, and master's degree students), adjacent to NASA-Johnson Space Center. Send letter of application, with vita, 3 letters of reference, and supporting materials to Professor Hilary Karp, Women's Studies Search Coordinator, Box 416, UH-Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Boulevard, Houston, TX 77058-1098. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until February 15, 1995. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 17:26:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 job, 1 institute (Black WS), 2 cfp The following four announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) Job opening: Asst. Prof. (spec: women's writing) (U.Oklahoma) 2) Summer institute: Black Women's Studies (Hawaii) 3) CFP: Queering the Gaze (London) 4) CFP: Hastings Women's Law Journal For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Thanks. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ********************************************************** 1) JOB ANNOUNCEMENT Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Composition, Rhetoric and Literacy. Area open. Preferred: twentieth-century; cultural studies; women's writing; computers and writing. Position to begin August 15, 1995. Ph.D. required. Dissertation in the field required. Publications desirable. Teaching assignments in our graduate program in Composition, Rhetoric and Literacy, and in our three-track undergraduate program (Writing; Literature; Critical Theory/Cultural Texts). Send vita, dossier, and writing sample to Eve Bannet, Chair, English Dept., 760 Van Vleet Oval, Room 113, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019-0240. Screening will begin December 1, 1994 and continue until position is filled. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. **************************************************************************** 2) 7th INTERNATIONAL CROSS-CULTURAL BLACK WOMEN'S STUDIES SUMMER INSTITUTE JULY 16-27, 1995 Honolulu, Hawai'i "Pacific Women: Culture, Identity, and Self-Determination" This Summer Conference presents an opportunity for women of diverse cultures and their organizations to interact on global concerns pertinent to their ways of life prior to the Fourth UN World Conference on Women in Beijing, China in September 1995. Issues to be addressed at the Institute are the contemporary impact of racism, colonialism, and Western influences on culture, employment, housing and the environment as well as social institutions, including the family, education, and health especially in the Pacific. We will also examine strategies women are using to achieve a nuclear-free and independent Pacific, comparing them to other strategies for sovereignty, reparations and self-determination worldwide. Emphasis will be placed on celebrating women's leadership in progressive movements of the Pacific Islands region, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas; and on training in personal decolonization, spiritual healing methods, media imaging, communications networking, group goal-setting, and consensus and coalition building. The Institute includes a ten-day seminar, workshops, public forums, visitations and cultural events. Pacific Region Hosts: Women for Hawaiian Sovereignty (Hawai'i) * International Women's Energy Action Network (Samoa) * Fiji Women's Rights Movement (Fiji) * Palau Resource Institute (Palau) Registration information available after September 15, 1994. CONTACT: International Cross-Cultural Black Women's Summer Institute Information Headquarters Medgar Evers College/ CUNY 1150 Carroll Street Brooklyn, NY 11225 USA Attn: Dr. Andre Nicola McLaughlin, Int'l Coordinator FAX: (718) 270-5126 Please mention "TECHNOMAMA INTERNET POST" Thank you very much. ************************************************************************ 3) Call for papers--Assn of Art Historians Papers are sought for a session at the 1995 AAH conference in London, England entitled "Queering the Gaze." This interdisciplinary session will look at the issue of same-sex viewing in the visual arts, both historically and in contemporary society. The session seeks to explore the rise of a Queer aesthetic on two levels: first, the projection backwards of Queer interpretive strategies onto art made before the rise of the modern gay movement; and second, analysis of modern art in which both maker and viewer/critic are working in awareness of Queer perspectives. Papers are particularly invited that address tendencies to "Queer" the work of the past by artists who did not, or would not, self-identify as working in a gay/homoerotic vein, as well as papers exploring Western and non-Western objects in the broadest sense (environment, film and video, etc.). British Academy funding may be available to cover travel costs. Please submit proposals or make enquiries by e-mail or in writing to J.C. Steward, Curator, University Art Museum, UC Berkeley, 2625 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720. ********************************************************************* 4) CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS The Hastings Women's Law Journal invites you to become part of our community by submitting your articles for publication in upcoming volumes 6:1 and 6:2. The Hastings Women's Law Journal was established in 1989 to serve students, academics and professionals in the legal community. The Journal is committed to publishing legal scholarship which address topics about women and other communities historically underrepresented or denied a voice in legal discourse. Therefore, while we emphasize traditional legal articles, book reviews and commentaries, the Journal's diverse format also includes personal narratives, fiction and poetry. For example, the Journal has published articles on such diverse topics as: clemency for battered women who kill their abusers; gender-based preemptory challenges; Myra Bradwell's struggle for women's equal rights; in-vitro fertilization surrogacy; maternal rights and prenatal abuse; and several law and literature pieces. Our upcoming volume 5:1 is entirely dedicated to examining some of the complex issues surrounding the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We would like to hear from you. The Journal currently publishes two issues per year. Subscriptions cost $25.00 per year (foreign subscriptions are $27.00) and are renewed automatically. If you have questions or comments, please feel at liberty to call us at any time at (415) 565-4870 or e-mail our Production Editor, Raegen Rasnic, at raygin@netcom.com Hastings Women's Law Journal University of California, Hastings College of the Law 200 McAllister St. San Francisco, CA 94102 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 19:46:29 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side Subject: Re: Seeking info. on "Defending Our Lives." In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 30 Sep 1994 14:45:26 -0400 from In reply to the query regarding the film about women who kill their partners: try "Women Who Kill" available from the National Film Board, Studio D Productions, Canada. This is just ahunch, but if it's not the same film that we were thinking about, at the very least, it is a film on the same topic. Katherine Side klside@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 3 Oct 1994 16:57:57 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margo Okazawa-Rey Subject: Contact for MH Washington thanks to all who replied! I'm set now. margo ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 00:11:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Yvonne Klein Subject: Women & WWI I am seeking to replace "Testament of Youth" as text in an undergraduate course. I am looking for an autobiography or autobiographical novel which might illustrate the impact of the Great War on women's lives. It should be relatively readable and certainly available. Please send any suggestions privately to: YKlein@dawsoncollege.qc.ca. Thanks very much. Yvonne Klein ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 08:13:59 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Bellanca Subject: Sally Ride Does anyone know how to contact Sally Ride (the astronaut) for speaking engagements? Please respond privately to : bellanca@max.physics.sunysb.edu Thanks, Jo Bellanca Department of Physics SUNY at STony Brook ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 08:32:56 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Bellanca Subject: Negotiating Pregnancey into a Contract I have recently been invited to apply for a tenure-track junior faculty postion in physics at a small, prestigious liberal arts college of which I am an alumnae. Apparently, now is the time to be a women in physics if you are interested in teaching and doing research at a small liberal arts college, as I know of at least three other such colleges which are actively searching for women physicists. I am in my last year of my dissertation, and the college has offered to postpone the position for a year if I get the job so that I can complete a postdoc. My question(s) for the list center around negotiating the contract, but in particular around setting terms for the possible event of having children in my life. I am 28, and had planned to have my first child (potentially) during the second year of a future postdoctoral position. I plan to pursue an active research and teaching career, but I would like to avoid going crazy due to the conflicting pressures of having and raising young children and trying to win tenure as a junior faculty. I would appreciate any advice, anecdotes, experiences, etc. that people could share with me. I would like to ask for three months off following the birth of my first child, plus a reduced teaching load for the first 6 months or year afterwards. Is it possible nowadays to ask for a year extension for the tenure clock? My advisor suggests that I be assertive but that I only ask for what the college itself can give me. He thinks that asking for an extension for the tenure clock actually falls under the jurisdiction of the American University Assoc (?) or some other such organization. Are there ways around that? Can I ask them to stop the tenure clock? Are these negotiations politically wise? Will I need more time? As a scientist and junior faculty member, my energy and time will be in demand not just from teaching, committees, etc, but from the large amount of work that it takes for setting up a new lab, getting the equipment operating, etc. Please respond privately, or to the list if you think your contribution is relevant to all. Thanks, Jo Bellanca bellanca@max.physics.sunysb.edu Department of Physics SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:16:04 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: STRETCH OR DROWN/ EVOLVE OR DIE Subject: Antioch women's Studies in Europe I am posting the following distress call for JoAnn Wallce, director of the Antioch College Women's Studies in Europe program. Please direct all replies to her at the following email address: jraw@college.antioch.edu NEEDED IMMEDIATELY Women's Studies faculty person to take over program in Europe. On September 30, the Director of the ANtioch Women's Studies in Europe program found it necessary to return to the U.S. for medical reasons. The students are in Berlin with a very capable assistant and the ANtioch resident director for Germany. We need a person with credentials in WS theory and practice to accompany the students for the remainder of the program. Responsibilities will include seminars/discussions of lectures, site visits and interviews in Berlin (16days) Poland (8 days) Hamburg (6 days) Amsterdam (14 days). A Four week research and study period in London ends with oral presentations and evaluations. Salary negotiable. All travel expenses covered. Please contact JoAnn Wallace or Idella Burmester at 1-800-874-7986 or e-mail jraw@college.antioch.edu Any suggestions would also be greatly appreciated. JoAnn Wallace Antioch Education Abroad ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:27:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: "Returned mail: insufficient permission" Hi. As those of you who have posted messages lately may know, there's a defective mail system somewhere that is sending a message to each person who posts on WMST-L. The subject header says Returned mail: insufficient permission. IGNORE THIS MESSAGE!! All it means is that your message DID get posted on WMST-L but did not get delivered to one subscriber whose mail system isn't working right. I'm trying to track down the source of the problem. I appreciate those of you who have written to alert me to the problem. However, there's no further need to write to me about this. I'm doing all I can to correct the problem, but it may take a while. In the meantime, if you get messages from mailer-daemon with the "insufficient permission" subject header, just delete them. Best wishes, Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 11:34:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Salter Subject: 13th Century artist I am requesting information for a friend who is not subscribed to the list. She is looking for any references for a 13th century artist. (She has searched all the resources available through the Dallas Public Library and the SMU library and I have searched via Gopher with no success.) The artist is Sabina von Steinbach. She was a sculptor, who worked on the south portal of the Strasbourg Cathedral. The date of this work was approximately 1225 to 1245. Any suggestions of references with information about this artist would be greatly appreciated. Please reply privately to: mjs6320@dcccd.edu. Thank you in advance for any assistance you may be able to offer. Jo Salter MJS6320@DCCCD.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 12:35:24 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "L. THIELEN-WILSON" Subject: false memory conference A conference description for "memory and reality: reconciliation (scientific clinical, and legal issues of false memory syndrome) was posted to wmst-l last week (i think). It included a "definition" of "false memory syndrome". Does anyone know whether this definition is endorsed by the APA, or is it the definition which the conference organizers and some of the partici- pants came up with? I know that the APA had formed a task force over a year and half ago to review the research on memory, repression, and suggestibility. I find it difficult, having reviewed a substantial portion of the literature myself, that the APA would find enough "evidence" to support the creation of yet another "syndrome", or if they did, that they would define it in the way the conference description suggests. So, can someone please tell me: has the APA accepted (and defined) the notion of "false memory syndrome". Thanks in advance. Leslie Thielen-Wilson LTHIWIL@uwovax.uwo.ca ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 13:01:27 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Heather Fitz Gibbon Subject: On-Site Day Care A number of faculty members at my institution are exploring the possibility of establishing an on-site day care center serving faculty, staff and students. We are in the process of gathering data from other colleges and universities about their facitilities, the costs, and the difficulties of running such a program. If any of your institutions have on-site day care programs, or even day-care reimbursement programs, I would appreciate hearing about the details of your program. I am especially interested in learning about how the program was established and what difficulties (especially political) were encountered on the way. Please respond to me privately. Thanks in advance for your time. Heather M. Fitz Gibbon Department of Sociology and Anthropology College of Wooster Wooster, OH 44691 (216)263-2371 HFITZGIBBON@WOOSTER (bitnet) HFITZGIBBON@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU (internet) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 10:01:36 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Huckle Subject: harassment response PENNY'S POST ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT GENERATED INTERESTING RESPONSES. The following email post was circulated to the entire faculty in the College of Business Administration (80 total). The purpose of forwarding this story > was to raise consciouness and not to call attention to any event or individual in the college. I've been fascinated by the responses. My non-scientific assessment is that the issue still touches nerves in academia. POST FORWARDED TO COLLEAGUES: I received the following on my e-mail. I hesitated to forward it to you all but felt it was important enough to do so. I hope you will not be offended by it and that it may provide thought food for someone. Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 02:07:49 -0400 (EDT) >From: PNEWS Subject: Not all men harass: men as allies for women... To: pnews@igc.apc.org [******PNEWS CONFERENCES*******] Men who say that they care about women have a responsibility to take action when it comes to sexual harassment. It's NOT ENOUGH to sympathize with women who are being harassed, or to make sure one never does it oneself, or agree philosophically that women should have the fundamental human right to do their jobs or take a class or walk down the street unmolested. It is time for men to deal with their co-workers, buddies, fathers, sons and brothers. Every harasser is surrounded by men in his life - men he respects and relies on - men who know injustice when they see (or hear) it and can take steps to end it. If you are male, stopping sexual harassment begins with actions as simple as not laughing at sexist jokes, not smiling at comments that put women down, and not letting harassers interpret your silence as approval for what they do. Speak up! It may feel awkward or embarrassing to let a friend or co-worker know you don't like his comments or behavior toward women, but you can do it, and do it successfully. (Think how much more uncomfortable and difficult it is for the woman who is on the receiving end of those remarks or actions). It's a disservice to every woman around when men who know better take the easy way out by remaining silent in the face of sexism. In fact, because most harassers are extremely sexist, they are actually more likely to respect men's opinions than women's. For that reason, it's important for men who object to sexual harassment to make it clear that they themselves do not admire or condone this behavior. If your friend Joe makes a crack about Shirley's breasts, your disapproval may carry far more weight with him than the fact that Shirley is offended by what he said. Joe doesn't care about Shirley's feelings and rights, but he does care about being respected by other men. And that means that YOU have real leverage in changing his obnoxious behavior. So when you speak up, speak on your own account - say that YOU think Joe is out of line (not just that Shirley doesn't like it). Instead of casting yourself in the traditional and somewhat sexist role of Shirley's 'protector' by speaking for her, communicate the message that YOU no longer consider harassment acceptable behavior. Here's a good example in which one man did exactly that: ---------------------------------------------------------- THE RAPE JOKE I'll never forget the first time I heard a man confront another man. It was 1985. I was thirty-five years old, one of two senior women in the division, and known as the office feminist. I walked into the front office of my section one afternoon and heard Doug, one of the senior analysts and the office lech, telling a rape joke to a group of the guys just around the corner in the office. It was a really stupid and insulting joke about an older woman who was so desperate for sex that when she was raped, she asked to rapist to come back. Not very funny, to say the least. I don't think rape jokes are amusing anyway, but I found that particular joke really inexcusable (one of my aunts was raped, in her own kitchen, when she was in her sixties, by a man who broke into her house). None of the guys saw me come into the office. The women who worked in the front office, Sally and Mary Lou, looked embarrassed and very uncomfortable, but they were just sitting at their desks, not saying anything. I decided I had to confront Doug and put a stop to this. But then, just as I was about to step around the corner and break it up, I heard Sam, one of my co-workers, cut Doug off at the knees. He said, "That's not funny. I don't like it, and I don't want to hear that kind of crap again". He didn't say that Sally wouldn't like it, or Mary Lou would be offended (Doug knew that - he LIKED to make the women uncomfortable). Sam spoke up for himself: he said that HE didn't like it. Doug shut up in a hurry. The women almost cheered - talked about it for days. I realized that it was the first time in my life that I'd ever seen a man confront sexism on the job. Sam and I have been friends ever since. _____________________________________________ Sam's confrontation was effective: simple, direct, and strong. It embarrassed Doug, and made Sam a local hero to the women that Doug had been harassing. Because even decent men have been silent around this kind of behavior for so long, Sam's response came as a surprise to everyone involved - to the women, to the men in the group, and most of all to Doug himself. Sam very neatly overturned Doug's sexist assumptions about his male listeners. Instead of going along with the good-ol'-boy camaraderie Doug expected, Same raised the psychological ego- risks involved for Doug in this kind of sexist behavior and made it clear on the spot that Doug could not count on his approval for rape jokes. By challenging the joke so clearly, Sam not only turned the tables on Doug but showed the other guys how it could be done. When men like Sam speak up, they can make a profound difference in the daily level of workplace sexism women face. *********** End forwarded item *********** Bill PENNY'S COMMENTS:> Approximately 80 people received the forwarded e-mail message. 20 of these do not know how to use their e-mail and never read it. 10 of the 60 or so who read it reacted positively either by sending me a message or talking to me in the mailroom or at lunch. Of the 10 three were men and seven were women. The women generally thanked me for sending the message and in some cases talked a little about experiences here in the College of Business -- student and staff etc. One women who teaches in IDS said she intended to duplicate the memo and share it with her students in class. The three men said in a sense "right on" One thanked for a positive action he could take when confronted with harrassing situations. Another said he thought it was definitely something we need to more aware of. The third indicated that his positive response was facilitated by the fact that he has a daughter who is her first year of college and he has a much better understanding of these issues because of encounters she has had. Five men actually responded in a defensive way, others responded but not directly. For example, many of my "friends" will now call to my attention the fact that I am "harrassing" them if I say something which was heretofore regarded as friendly jest. I am now asked more frequently if x is harrassment which it usually is. But the five overtly negative reactions to the message from male colleagues gave the following rationale: 1. We cannot use what you suggest on the boat. It wouldn't be any fun and the women wouldn't like it either. They like our humor and we drink alot. 2. Another for some reason started to talk about Lorena Bobbitt. I assume he wanted the shoe to be on the other foot but not in a particularly positive way. 3. Another said he couldn't do that because the other men would think less of him as a person. He would not want to offend his colleagues. 4. Another accused me of sitting in judgment and not having the right to do that. 5. Another said he didn't think e-mail should be used in this way because it really does not apply to everyone. FROM PWRIGHT@SCIENCES.SDSU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 14:43:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Robin Ikegami Subject: novels on movements of social change Can anyone recommend novels by American women of color dealing in some significant way with movements of social change. I know of Walker's Meridian and Bambara's The Salt Eaters, but I'm sure there are many others out there. Please send suggestions privately; I'll post a complete list in a few weeks. Thanks! ikegami@xavier.xu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 15:28:29 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: NANCY GRACE Subject: Re: On-Site Day Care Heather, THis is great. Are you in touch with the staff group that tried the same thing several years ago. I think we desperately need day-care, but there are tremendous roadblocks in place. Have you considered a cooperative effort with local social service agencies like Community Action? Funding might be more readily available through these sorts of groups than through the college. Let me know what happens and if I can help in anyway. Nancy ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 17:59:50 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Travers Subject: Paper Assign. Suggestions I would like to assign a short paper for my Women and Amer. Ed. course on a noted feminist in this field, contemporary or historical. But I don't want just a regurgitation of dates, career milestones etc. Does anyone have any suggestions regarding a creative assignment on researching and writing a short paper of this type? Please respond privately to: Agtravers@AOL.COM Thank you. Ann ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 21:07:56 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: Re: false memory conference To my knowledge the APA task force investigating memories of child abuse recovered during therapy has yet to provide its final report. APA has certainly not endorsed "false memory syndrome" as a syndrome or anything else. The conference to be presented at Johns Hopkins that has been widely advertised on "False Memory Syndrome" has not been co-sponsored or otherwise endorsed by APA. It is sponsored by the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, which was started by parents of individuals accused of child abuse. The issue of "recovered" memories is very complicated. I suggest that it's far too early to come to any exteme conclusion about their veracity. Arnie Kahn fac_askahn@vax1.acs.jmu.edu fac_askahn@jmuvax ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 20:17:16 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: Women and Politics PLEASE NOTE: I am posting this for a member of our faculty who is not on WMST-L, Do NOT respond to the address this came from. Her address is listed at the end of the post. Call for Course Syllabi on Women and Politics. The American Political Science Association in collaboration with the Women's Caucus is publishing a collection of syllabi for courses on Women and Politics. This project follows the very successful panel at the 1993 APSA meeting on teaching Women and Politics. Although the subfield is relatively new, political scientists have taught a wide variety of courses under this title. The syllabi collection will be of interest, not only to those active in the field who want to keep up with the rapidly expanding materials in the area, but also those who did not have the privilege of taking such as course as an undergraduate or graduate student, or specializing in it as a graduate student or faculty member, and who would like to offer a Women and Politics course for the first time. I am particularly interested in syllabi that include innovative projects or assignments, make use of film and video sources, and contain a comparative or international focus. I seek those syllabi that reflect a broad definition of politics and exhibit an understanding of the category women that is inclusive. I am interested only in classes for undergraduates, but I welcome syllabi for broad introductory courses as well as more advanced senior seminars. Although the size of the volume permits the inclusion of only a few complete syllabi, I am especially interested in including parts of more specialized syllabi or units of courses (such as women and political parties, feminism as a social movement, violence against women worldwide, or feminist political theory). I welcome submissions of syllabi or units that contain pairings of chapters or articles that work well together and cover important topics that regularly published general texts on Women and Politics exclude. I also hope to include a bibliography on building a Women and Politics library. Please send to: Women and Politics Syllabi c/o Sheila Mann American Political Science Association 1527 New Hampshire Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20036 Selection begins on December 15, 1994. For additional information contact the editor: Sally J. Kenney, Political Science, University of Iowa, 310 Schaeffer Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242. Phone (319) 335-2217. E-mail: sykenney@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 18:42:47 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Madelyn Detloff <6500mad@UCSBUXA.UCSB.EDU> Subject: poetry about Salvadoran women In-Reply-To: <199410050117.VAA15316@holmes.umd.edu> Years ago I ran across a poem for two voices: one rich, one poor central american woman. The poem was very moving and I would like to use it to illustrate a point in a WMST lecture. Does anyone recall the title and or author of the poem? I first saw the poem in conjunction with a CISPES workshop in 1987. Thanks for any help you can give me. Sorry to clutter up the list with a bibliographic-type request. Please respond privately. Madelyn Detloff 6500mad@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 22:07:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Who may post 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:". 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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is the section explaining who may post messages on WMST-L: 4) "I'VE TRIED TO POST A MESSAGE TO THE LIST, BUT I RECEIVED A MESSAGE BACK SAYING THAT I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. I'M A SUBSCRIBER--WHY WAS I TOLD I'M NOT AUTHORIZED?" Only people whom the LISTSERV software recognizes as subscribers can post messages on WMST-L. To subscribe, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): SUB WMST-L Your Name (e.g., SUB WMST-L Jane Smith). If you've already subscribed to WMST-L and you run into problems, chances are that you subscribed under a different address than the one from which you sent your recent message--e.g., you subscribed under your Bitnet address and then sent a message from your Internet address. The LISTSERV software recognizes subscribers by their e-mail address. If you subscribe under a Bitnet [or Internet] address, you have to send all messages to LISTSERV and WMST-L from that same address. If you are unsuccessful posting a message to the list's Bitnet address, try sending the message to the list's Internet address. If your e-mail address has changed since you subscribed, please contact me PRIVATELY (not via a message to WMST-L). ****************** Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 21:05:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: GENGLER Subject: Re: On-Site Day Care Sorry to post this to the whole list, but there was no address at the end of Heather's posting... Heather, I know that at the University I attend (Southern Connecticut State U.) there is on-site day care. But unfortunately I don't know much about it. Here's what it says in the handbook: Southern's on-campus Child Care Center provides a quality nursery school environment designed for three- and four-year old children of people affiliated with the University - students, staff and faculty. The center follows the University calendar, including both summer sessions. It is open Monday to Friday. Full-day and half day morning and afternoon schedules are available. Your child's schedule can be tailored to meet your needs. Call (203) 392-5420 for details. Hope this helps!! Greta gengler@smtpgate.phc.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 4 Oct 1994 23:54:43 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gail Stygall Subject: Sexual Orientation & Language Use In-Reply-To: <199410050208.WAA16117@holmes.umd.edu> I will be teaching a course on Language and Gender during the winter quarter and I would like to include work on language and sexual orientation, in course focused primarily on women and language. I have already mined the Linguist archive at U. of Mich, checked our on-line catalogs and databases, and I'm not coming up with much of substance. Is anyone aware of studies (sociolinguistic and/or discourse analytic) of language use in gay and lesbian communities? I will be happy to post to the list if there is interest, but please reply privately if you know of potentially useful materials. Thanks! Gail _______________________________________________________________________________ Gail Stygall stygall@u.washington.edu English, GN-30 (206) 685-2384 University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 07:59:24 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "MARY L. ERTEL, SOCIOLOGY" Subject: strawman/woman, straw feminist (backlash) For those of you following this thread, you may be interested in a clipping I just came across. It's Ellen Goodman's column dated February 1, 1994, entitled "Keep an eye out for the straw feminist." Goodman refers to the aftermath of the Bobbitt situation, and the straw feminist who gleefully contemplates more castrations. Goodman further notes that while the straw man was as easily defeated as he was constructed from the nearest haystack, the straw feminist has emerged twenty-odd years ago "... like Eve out of the extra rib, or at least excess stuffing, of the straw man." The straw feminist was sighted bra burning at the Miss America pagent, hating men, driving all women from their happy homes and into the work force, had an abortion as casually as she had a tooth pulled, was hostile to family and wanted all children warehoused in "government-run, day-and-night care." Also, "At times, the straw feminist was painted slightly pinko by the anti-communists and (oops, "or") rather lavender by the anti-lesbians." "This creature was most helpful for discrediting real feminists but also handy for scaring supporters away. Whenever a woman stuck up for her rights, she could be asked through narrowing eyes, 'You're not one of those feminists, are you?'" Thus the modest response, ... "I'm not a feminist but..." Of course, if anyone bothered to investigate, this feminist would be found to be made substantially of straw, rather than reflect the reality of the situation Interesting commentary extending from this thread, hum? Mary L. Ertel, Associate Professor, Sociology Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050 ERTEL@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU or ERTEL@CSUSYS.CTSTATEU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 09:09:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: SueBD@AOL.COM Subject: Re: Defending our Lives Hi, everybody I have lost the name of the person who was looking for information on the video "Defending our Lives" (great video!) but I just saw it in a WS class yesterday. If you Email me privately I can put you in contact with our speaker, who should be able to tell you where she got the video originally. Sue Boettcher ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:47:33 AST-3ADT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joanne Gallivan Organization: UCCB.NS.CA Subject: Call for Papers CALL FOR PAPERS 1995 INSTITUTE Of The Canadian Psychological Association's SECTION ON WOMEN AND PSYCHOLOGY (SWAP) You are invited to submit proposals for the Twelfth Institute of the Section on Women and Psychology (SWAP). The Institute will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 1995, the day immediately preceding the Canadian Psychological Association's Annual Meeting, to be held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. The theme is Hard Times: Women's Suffering, Women's Resilience, & Women's Coping. Hard times seems to be a particularly appropriate theme for a meeting in the Maritimes. On Canada's east coast, hard times are a way of life: current difficulties are exacerbated by reductions in federal government transfer payments, the loss of fisheries, and cuts in social and health programs. The ability of women to adapt, to cope, and our resilience in responding to life stressors is the focus of this year's Institute. A primary goal of the Institute is to recognize, discuss, and analyze the impacts of hard times on women's lives and to acknowledge and value the diverse ways women respond and adapt to difficult life circumstances. The Institute will focus on feminist approaches to psychological theory and research, therapy, teaching, and to our professional lives and professional development. Original research papers, symposia, panels, round-table discussion, or workshops (research, theory development or clinical practice) are welcome. We expect the presentations to cover a broad range of topics. These may include, but are not limited to the following: counselling women (in hard times) cuts in universities (e.g. effects on women scholars, women students, women staff, Women's Studies, etc.) cuts in government (any and all levels) programs & services economic hard times (government deficits and debts) homophobic appeals to "family values" services (e.g. availability and affordability of daycare; accessibility or lack thereof to abortion services, etc.) the neoconservative agenda (how it affects women in the home, in the workplace, etc.) the backlash against feminism un/employment violence against women diversity - class, race, & ethnicity stress & coping NOTE: Proposals on topics other than the conference theme but pertinent to the Psychology of Women will be considered. Format Please submit, for proposals of all types, the following: 1. A cover sheet listing the title of the proposal, the author's name(s), professional affiliations, addresses and phone numbers. For a symposium, names of moderators and/or discussants should be included with those of the presenters. 2. Three (3) copies of a 200-300 word abstract/summary with title. For a symposium, the submission should include a separate abstract for each of the presentations within the symposium. 3. The amount of time you will require for your presentation should be indicated. Single papers should not exceed 30 minutes. Symposia, panel discussion or workshops should be limited to 1.5 hours. 4. Audio-visual requirements, if any. 5. Two (2) stamped, self-addressed envelopes with each submission. Blind Review: All submissions will be subject to blind review. To ensure unbiased selection of proposals, please restrict any identifying information to the cover sheet. Who May Submit Proposals: Anyone may submit a proposal regardless of sex or membership (or lack thereof) in SWAP or CPA. Submissions by people in disciplines other than Psychology are welcome. Deadline: Proposals must be received by January 6th, 1995. Notification of decisions will be made as soon as possible. Forward Your Proposal To/Or Make Enquiries of: Colleen MacQuarrie or Heather Walters Psychology Department Simon Fraser University Burnaby, B.C. V5A 1S6 Fax: (604) 291-3427 e-mail waltersa@sfu.ca Phone: (604) 291-3354 (messages only) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:08:11 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Linda B. See" Subject: Re: Paper Assign. Suggestions In-Reply-To: <01HHVYTHPRC2003JNJ@UOFT02.UTOLEDO.EDU> Ann - How about asking them to write in the voice of the woman they choose to study? Ask them to have the subject report in her own words, as if she were writing her memoirs, how she choose her career, how she felt about the obstacles she faced, what gave her motivation to continue, how she felt about her accomplishments, etc. The effort to write in the woman's own voice might encourage them to be more reflective about her. Linda B. See, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, Ann Travers wrote: > I would like to assign a short paper for my Women and Amer. Ed. course on a > noted feminist in this field, contemporary or historical. But I don't want > just a regurgitation of dates, career milestones etc. Does anyone have any > suggestions regarding a creative assignment on researching and writing a > short paper of this type? > > Please respond privately to: Agtravers@AOL.COM > > Thank you. > > Ann > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 10:19:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Laura.Thomas" Subject: Knowing Politics 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 Speakers include: Lorraine Code (York), Margaret Conkey (Berkley), Maria Lugones (SUNY Binghamton), Kathleen Mahoney (Calgary), Sheila McIntyre (Queens), Patricia Monture-OKanee (Saskatchewan), Glenda Simms (President,Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women), Ruth Tringham (Berkley), Aritha van Herk (Calgary) For information 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 ----------------------------------------- Registration Form KNOWING POLITICS: Between Feminist Theory and Feminist Activism October 27-30, 1994 London, Ontario, Canada Please duplicate for additional registrations. _________________ ___________________________________________ Name Daytime Telephone/E-Mail Address/Fax Number _________________ ___________________________________________ Organization Street Address __________________ _________________ __________________ City Province Postal Code FEES (Canadian $) __ I enclose $50 for registration fee __ I enclose $20 for registration fee for unemployed, underemployed, student IN ADDITION... __ I enclose $10 for the October 28 lunch __ I enclose $15 for the October 28 buffet supper __ I enclose $10 for the October 29 lunch __ I enclose $25 for the October 29 dinner __ Vegetarian Preferred TOTAL ENCLOSED (make cheque or money order payable $_______ to the Centre for Women's Studies) Return to: "Knowing Politics" Centre for Women's Studies and Feminist Research The University of Western Ontario London, Ontario N6A 3K7 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:10:07 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Heather Tapley Subject: Help Wanted: International Women/Novels Course HELP WANTED: Need suggestions/comments about proposing course that emphasizes international women's voice. (A few authors have already been chosen: Buchi Emecheta and Hanan Shaykh, for instance.) Problems arise when attempting to incorporate North American writers/history (about which instructor is more knowledgeable). In essence, suggested direction/theme most welcome. Please email privately. Thank you. Heather Tapley Tapley@maine.maine.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 11:05:04 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Heather Fitz Gibbon Subject: Re: On-Site Day Care Thanks Nancy--we are in touch with the past group, though all but one are now gone from the college. We are also thinking about contacts with other organizations. I am not optimistic about the success of this, but it is a rallying cry worth shouting! Thanks for your support. Heather M. Fitz Gibbon Department of Sociology and Anthropology College of Wooster Wooster, OH 44691 (216)263-2371 HFITZGIBBON@WOOSTER (bitnet) HFITZGIBBON@ACS.WOOSTER.EDU (internet) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 09:09:00 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Kidd Subject: Re: Food and Culture Course Someone suggested using Henry Jaglom's movie "Eating" as a way of incorporating women's experience into a course on food and culture. I just wanted to second that idea. Many viewers are unaware of the fact that, months before filming began, Jaglom asked all the actresses to begin keeping journals to record their thoughts and feelings about food and eating. Then, during the actual shooting, he just asked them to talk. Much of the dialogue was thus unscripted--straight from (dare I say it?) the gut. My only criticism of the film is that it includes no fat women--but that, too, says something about the culture, doesn't it?! He may have been making a point by excluding their voices from the discussion and their bodies from the scene. Included in the scene, but mystified about the discussion, are two voices of relative "sanity"-- one is a black woman, content with her body and unconflicted about eating, and the other is an older woman (played by Candace Bergen's real-life mom) who belongs to a generation less obsessed by these matters than our own. But they speak as individuals more than as token, or representative voices (which is another strong point, I think). I believe that the movie is available on videocassette (it should be by now--it ran in mostly "artsy" theatres and dropped from sight about a year ago). Does anyone have info on where to buy/rent "Eating"? --Karen Kidd kkidd@rocky.claremont.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 13:27:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Sydney Weinstone Subject: address for bell hooks Could someone please send me a mailing address for bell hooks? Thanks, Ann Weinstone weinstne@princeton.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 14:32:07 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: greta gaard Subject: Re: Sexual Orientation & Language Use In-Reply-To: <199410050654.BAA19250@ub.d.umn.edu> Be sure to consider the text which began a conversation on this topic: Judy Grahn's Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds. On Tue, 4 Oct 1994, Gail Stygall wrote: > I will be teaching a course on Language and Gender during the winter > quarter and I would like to include work on language and sexual > orientation, in course focused primarily on women and language. I have > already mined the Linguist archive at U. of Mich, checked our on-line > catalogs and databases, and I'm not coming up with much of substance. Is > anyone aware of studies (sociolinguistic and/or discourse analytic) of > language use in gay and lesbian communities? I will be happy to post to > the list if there is interest, but please reply privately if you know of > potentially useful materials. Thanks! > Gail > _______________________________________________________________________________ > Gail Stygall stygall@u.washington.edu > English, GN-30 (206) 685-2384 > University of Washington Seattle WA 98195 > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 18:32:27 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ann Travers Subject: Spanish Translation - essay title Could someone help me with the translation of an essay title which discusses the experiences of being Chicana and struggling to get an education? The title is "Canto, locura y poesia". Many thanks in advance. Ann Please respond privately to: Agtravers@AOL.COM ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 18:16:29 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Freeman Subject: lesbian/feminist histories I am currently beginning work on local history of lesbian feminist community/ies in Cincinnati in the 1970s. I'm wondering if anyone else is doing similar work or is interested in a dialogue on this subject. In particular, I am exploring the relationship between community and political activism. My project is interdisciplinary, so I would welcome suggestions or ideas from any perspective! Susan Freeman FREEMASK@UCBEH.SAN.UC.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 5 Oct 1994 19:34:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: how to stop mail temporarily (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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is the section that explains how to stop WMST-L mail temporarily: ****************** 5) "I'M GOING ON VACATION FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. CAN I STOP MAIL WHILE I'M AWAY, OR DO I HAVE TO UNSUBSCRIBE?" You can stop mail temporarily (except for the digest) by sending the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if you subscribed on Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if you subscribed on Internet): SET WMST-L NOMAIL [NOTE: NOMAIL is one word] When you want mail to start arriving again, send the following message to the same address: SET WMST-L MAIL If you want to stop the DIGEST, even temporarily, you have to send the message AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . To re-start it, send the message AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE (and ignore the request that you establish a password). Note: BE SURE TO SEND THESE MESSAGES TO LISTSERV, NOT TO WMST-L! Also, if you receive a message back telling you you're not a subscriber, see section 4) above. ****************** Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 07:32:16 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dorothy Miller Subject: Research on African American & Native American cultures I plan to do some research on cultural differences in community caretaking prac tices. Can someone tell me where to find the location of what might be consider ed the major research centers/archives on African American culture, Native Amer ican culture(s), and gay and lesbian communities? Please reply privately. Thank s. dcmiller@twsuvm Dorothy C. Miller, Associate Professor, Center for Wome n's Studies, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67208 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:20:16 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: William Deeds Subject: suggestions for a Town Meeting This year at Moravian College we have begun a series of "Town Meetings." One day each term will be devoted to a campus wide exploration of a topic of interest. Students can earn 1 credit hour for attending three town meetings and 2 credit hours for attending six town meetings while they are at Moravian. This Fall we will discuss issues of race, and in the Spring semester we will focus on gender issues. My questions to members of this list are related to the Spring Town Meeting on gender issues. Certainly we want both male and female students to attend the Spring Town Meeting. Many of our women students will be interested, but we hope to get the men to attend as well. Are there ways to frame the appropriate questions that members of list have found to attract both male and female traditional age college students? Also any suggestions for possible moderators or speakers for this event would be welcomed. Please respond to my individual e-mailbox (deeds@moravian.edu) unless you think the response would be of general interest. Both Stacey Zaremba (our Women's Studies coordinator) and I will attend the Gender Issues in Higher Education conference in Burlinton, VT in two weeks so if any of you will be there and want to provide us with suggestions, we would look forward to meeting with you. Thank you in advance for any assistance. Bill Deeds Associate Dean of the College & Associate Professor of Psychology Moravian College Bethlehem, PA 18018-6650 (610) 861-1348 deeds@moravian.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:58:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Robin L. Roth" Subject: need help I am starting a study of Psycholinguistics. Can anyone tell me a good place to start? Who are the "experts"? Should I be reading anyone in particular? Should I be contacting anyone or anyplace in particular? Please respond privately, thanks. Judith LES_ROTH@FLO.ORG ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:55:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Mail clutter? Try the edited digest (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 Academic Department Info (currently #5), then Women's Studies (currently #9), then WMST-L (currently #5). Meanwhile, here is the section that describes the EDITED digest. It is NOT the same as the mindless clump of messages provided in most lists' digest option. 6) "DOES WMST-L EXIST IN A DIGEST OR INDEX FORMAT?" Yes. If you choose the digest option, each day you will receive anywhere from one to five files containing most of the WMST-L messages of the past day (messages that should not have been sent to the list to begin with are omitted). Related messages will usually be put in the same file, and each file will begin with a table of contents. The digest reduces both mail clutter and, usually, mail volume. (Please note that this is NOT the huge, unselective bundle of messages that many listserv digest features provide. Do NOT use their digest command.) If you would like to receive the daily digest file rather than individual mail messages, you should send the following 2-line e-mail message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if your WMST-L subscription is under your Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if your subscription is under your Internet address): AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE SET WMST-L NOMAIL Note: If you've subscribed on Bitnet, the digest may arrive as a file rather than as an e-mail message. If you don't know how to receive a file, see section 11 of the WMST-L User's Guide or ask the computer support people at your institution. If you'd prefer to receive the digest(s) inside mail message(s), alter the abovementioned AFD ADD statement to read as follows: AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE F=MAIL . However, even if you receive the digest(s) as mail messages, YOU CANNOT REPLY AUTOMATICALLY! If you wish to reply to a message in the digest, you must start a new message and address it either to WMST-L or to the individual. Also, LISTSERV may ask you to set up an AFD password. You're best off not doing so. Finally, if at some point you wish to STOP receiving the digest, either temporarily or permanently, send LISTSERV a message that says AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . If you wish to unsubscribe AND stop the digest, add a second line that says UNSUB WMST-L . If you find the amount of mail from WMST-L daunting, even in digest form, you can arrange to receive just an Index of the day's WMST-L messages; the Index includes the name/email address of the writer, the subject header she/he has provided, the number of lines, and a message number for each message. It is send out shortly after midnight (Maryland time) and looks something like this: Index Date Size Poster and subject ----- ---- ---- ------------------ 06154 02/26 8 From: JLONG@SUVM.BITNET Subject: lesbian reference work 06155 02/26 7 From: Amy Kastely Subject: Women's Centers 06156 02/26 40 From: dklein@TRITON.UNM.EDU Subject: Menopause refs 06157 02/26 19 From: Phyllis Holman Weisbard Subject: menopause 06158 02/26 17 From: P_CAPLAN@UTOROISE.BITNET Subject: library research vs asking the list For more detailed information about the INDEX option, see the WMST-L User's Guide. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 13:31:27 E Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margaret Gannon Subject: Attacks on Sadkers Has anyone any information responding to the attacks on the Sadkers? Margaret Gannon, IHM Gannon@ac.marywood.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:00:51 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Meg Gillis Subject: Re: suggestions for a Town Meeting I tried to reply to you personally with this question but your mailing address was not clear to me. Perhaps because I am a new user, I am unfamiliar with a two-part address --sorry? Regardless, I'm interested in getting information about the Gender Issues in Higher Education Conference in Vermont. I have attended the past two years, but did not get information re: it this year. Would you please post the information for me. Thanks. I'm also very interested in the responses you get with regard to the Town Meeting on Gender Issues. I hope these responses will be sent via the WMST mail. MGILLIS@MECN.MASS.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 11:09:54 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cecilia Julagay Subject: class exercise & research help: mail order brides Hello, my name is Cecilia Julag-ay. I am a graduate student (ABD) in the sociology dept at UC Riverside and a lecturer at CSU San Bernardino. On first subscribing, I found the archives to be very helpful, especially the archive giving suggestions for class exercises. I would like to add another: In a class titled "Sex Roles" I had students break into groups (making sure there was one male per each group - as so often happens males were not well represented). Using the background of Halloween coming up and the idea of "playing" a person of the opposite sex for a party I had each group come up with suggestions for helping someone "be" another sex for a party. A lively discussion followed regarding what was biological or socialized, what behaviors were feminine, what masculine. All in all, almost everything that I planned to cover that first day were brought up in the discussion. In addition to teaching, I am working on my dissertation, and would appreciate any information others may have on the mail order bride industry, especially as it is practiced between the U.S. and the Philippines in particular, or Asia in general. Sometimes the mail order bride business is also referred to as "introduction services." I can be e-mailed at JULAGAY@UCRAC1.UCR.EDU -Thanks, Cecilia ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:51:34 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Robin A. Sheets" Subject: positions in Women's Studies and science I am the new director of the Center for Women's Studies at the University of Cincinnati. We have strongly established courses in humanities and social sciences at the graduate and undergraduate levels. However, our institution is heavily weighted toward science, engineering, and technology. I would like to bring WS into dialog with the sciences and at the same time prompt the University to develop programs for women science students. My goal is to add a new tenure-track position in "Women and Science" that is half-faculty and half-administration. As an academic administrator, the person would initiate mentoring programs for women science students and plan summer institutes for teachers and/or high school students. As a faculty member, she would design new courses that could be taught through Women's Studies, such as "Introduction to WS for Science Students" and/or other new courses that could be cross-listed with another discipline, such as biology. I am interested in knowing if anyone has developed such positions on her or his campus. Please reply privately. Thanks. Robin Sheets Robin.Sheets@UC.EDU tel: (513) 556-6776 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 14:34:51 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: barbara dibernard Subject: call for papers grad/undergrad conference Call for Papers NO LIMITS: Reclaiming Women's Voices A Regional Conference Sponsored by the Women's Studies Association of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln March 3-4, 1995 No Limits is an annual conference dedicated to crossing boundaries between disciplines and exploring a wide range of women's issues. We invite proposals from undergraduate and graduate students as well as members of the community on any topic related to women's issues, lives, and culture. Creative writing, visual arts, film, music, performance and academic papers are welcome. Please submit one 500 word abstract outlining your proposed presentation by Thursday, December 1, 1994 to No Limits Conference c/o Women's Studies Program University of Nebraska-Lincoln 337 Andrews Hall Lincoln, NE 68588-0303 Inquiries: 402-472-9392 E-mail: kmapelbl@unlinfo.unl.edu No e-mail abstracts please Notifications sent January 15, 1995 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 15:48:00 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: CHADEN CARYN Subject: Negotiating pregnancy provisions into contracts Before you ask for anything "extra" in your contract, check out the benefits package that you get as an employee. At DePaul, for example, maternity leave is under the "disability" section and entitles you to three months paid leave. As you can imagine, there are problems with that (what if you adopt? what about fathers, etc.), but you never know what kind of benefits any particular institution does or does not provide until you check. As far as turning off the tenure clock, I know that at DePaul it is possible to turn it off for one year if you are gone for a term. So that suggests to me that AAUP guidelines provide for that possibility. Hope this helps. Good luck, and congratulations on finding employment! Caryn Chaden DePaul engcc@orion.depaul.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 17:34:49 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lydia Hamessley Subject: Distinguished Chair in Women's Studies Position Open 1995-1996 JANE WATSON IRWIN DISTINGUISHED CHAIR Women's Studies, Hamilton College, is pleased to invite applications and nominations for the 1995-96 Jane Watson Irwin Distinguished Chair in Women's Studies. The Irwin Chair is a visiting professorship endowed for the purpose of serving the needs and interests of women at Hamilton College. Area and rank are open; salary is commensurate with experience. For 1995-96 we are especially interested in candidates from the Sciences or Arts/Theatre/Music. Teaching load and other responsibilities are negotiable. Please send a letter of application, curriculum vitiae, and names of three references to: Margaret Gentry, Jane Watson Irwin Search Committee, Hamilton College, 198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323. Application deadline is November 15, 1994. Hamilton College is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women, especially women of color, are encouraged to apply. You may direct questions, but please not applications, to: Margaret Gentry via e-mail. mgentry@itsmail1.hamilton.edu Office phone: (315) 859-4285. Please circulate this announcement to other lists that you feel may be interested, in particular any women in science or women in the arts lists. Thank you. Lydia Hamessley lhamessl@itsmail.hamilton.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 20:01:51 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynn Schlesinger Organization: SUNY at Plattsburgh, New York, USA Subject: Re: Attacks on Sadkers Date sent: 6-OCT-1994 20:00:44 What attacks on the Sadkers, please explain! I attended a workshop some time ago that they ran and thought they were excellent... Lynn Schlesinger ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 19:40:04 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: More Body Image Files Well, back by popular demand. I have now managed to put together a list of body image files that I can send by e-mail. As well as a list of files about Goddess/Pagan issues. Rather than fill the list with this, send me a request of either the Body List or the Pagan List or both, and I will mail them to you. Dawn Atkins datkins@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 21:25:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Feminist Activist World Wide Web page The following announcement by Sarah Kye Stapleton-Gray appeared yesterday on the Usenet newsgroup soc.feminism: > I have written a Web page for feminists who are political activists. > There are some great pages for women's studies and women in general, > so I concentrated on one that linked you to resources on the Internet > if you are an activist. I am looking for comments and suggestions. > > The topics I have included are: > > Communicating with other Feminists > Current Feminist Issues: News and Resources > Women's Organizations > Feminist Resources > General Resources for Political Activists > TAKE ACTION: Suggestion for current feminist action > > You can connect to the page by: > http://www.clark.net/pub/s-gray/feminist.html > > > Sarah Stapleton-Gray, sarahg@netcom.com I've taken a look at Sarah's Web page and am impressed by how much useful information it contains. If you don't know how to access the World Wide Web, you might try typing "lynx" (omit the quotation marks) at your system prompt and see what happens. If you get a menu of some sort, your arrow keys should help you move from one highlighted item to the next, the space bar will move you down a page, ? will bring a help screen, and q will make you quit. If this works, you can try typing "lynx http://www.clark.net/pub/s-gray/feminist.html" (no quotation marks) and see whether you can reach Sarah's Web page. If none of this works, or for more information, ask the computer support people at your institution. They're the only ones who will know what is possible on your system. Please don't write to WMST-L asking for more information. Sarah Stapleton-Gray is not a WMST-L subscriber and won't see your message unless you write to her privately at sarahg@netcom.com Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 08:53:22 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Concert/conference: Women Composers Tomorrow, October 8, 1994, there is an all day conference entitled: "Success and Solution: Integrating the Works of Women Musicians into the Main- stream Music Curriculm," coordinated by Lakshmi Sadasiv. The conference will be held in the Fine Arts Recital Hall, 9am - 5 pm, at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. The fee, which includes lunch, is $25 general, $15 students. At 7 PM, there will be a FREE chamber concert of the works of Amy Beach, also in the Fine Arts Recital Hall. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 08:00:19 EWT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Consuelo Lopez Springfield Subject: self-love book for black women I have come across a useful self-help SELF-LOVE: DEVELPING AND MAINTAINING SELF-ESTEEM FOR THE BLACK WOMAN by Rosenna Barkari which can be purchased by contacting Karibu Publishing, 503 S. 16th St., La Crosse, Wi. 54601 The book was written for women "at large" and deals with relationships, sexuality (very good part), healing past hurts, etc. Consuelo Lopez Springfield cspringf@ucs.indiana.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 09:49:05 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helena Cochrane Subject: Reply to Spanish Translation - essay title In-Reply-To: <199410052234.SAA11956@holmes.umd.edu> The translation of "Canto , locura y poesia" would be something like " "Song, madness and poetry". Let me know if you need any other translations done. Helena Cochrane email ofhacochrane@cyber.widener.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:38:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer L Michael Subject: Re: More Body Image Files In-Reply-To: <199410070042.UAA15748@holmes.umd.edu> from "D. Atkins" at Oct 6, 94 07:40:04 pm I'd love to have a copy of the body image files. Many thanks in advance, Jenny jmichael@sas.upenn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 13:49:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: finleyn@EMAIL.UAH.EDU Subject: Help with Minor Proposal We are currently trying to get our Women's Studies Minor approved through committee channels. They are requesting some type of evidence that a WS minor will not only service current students enrolled at our university, but will also attract new students. Does anyone have any kind of evidence (statistical or otherwise) that women's studies programs attract new students to your schools? Respond to finleyn@email.uah.edu Thanks, Nancy Finley University of Alabama in Huntsville ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 15:01:19 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Fran Hoffmann Subject: Women & Sport Syllabi We are interested in developing a women & sport course for our curriculum and I find none on file in the syllabi collection. I would deeply appreciate receiving copies of syllabi in this area from w.s. colleagues willing to share them. Please send to: Fran Hoffmann, Inst. for Women's & Gender Studies, UM-St. Louis, 8001 Natural Bridge Rd., St. Louis, MO 63121. Many thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 20:28:55 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: JoAnne Myers Subject: Re: Help with Minor Proposal In-Reply-To: In reply to your message of FRI 07 OCT 1994 04:49:22 EDT We here at Marist are trying to get our Women's Studies minor recognized officially also, so we would be interested in sharing any information/experiences with you, Nancy at the U of Alabama or others with their respective programs. We feel that since this will be the fifth year Marist has hosted the Conference on Scholarship on Women & Society, we have set the groundwork of support for an interdisciplinary minor...(we did have to add scholarship into the conference title to satisfy some boys...). BTW, the call for papers for June's conference will be officially out next week, I'll post it here, also. ciao JAM