========================================================================= Date: Sat, 14 Jan 1995 09:13:21 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean Noble Organization: [ The Blade - Toronto, ON - (905)-882-4800 ] Subject: Re: help with rage quote Kay, the quote "To be a conscious woman today is to be in a continual state of rage" sounds like it might be from Adrienne Rich's "Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence." It also sounds quite similar to a quote from "The Woman-Identified Woman" essay by the Radicalesbians in Out of the Cloests, although i think they say to be a lesbian is to be ina continual state of war, or something similar. Hope this helps. My best, jean noble. York University jnoble@blade.com ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 08:32:59 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Linda E. Jones" Subject: U of MN; Social Work Positions UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-TWIN CITIES SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK FOUR POSITIONS AVAILABLE I. Two positions: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, TENURE-TRACK: Position Openings for Fall 1995 A. Position Descriptions: The positions begin September 16, 1995. Up to two positions will be filled. At least one position will be in the area of social work practice. The duties include: teaching courses in the core MSW and PhD programs, including elective courses in the areas of direct practice or human services management; teaching in distance education and/or weekend MSW options; advising MSW and PhD students; participating in School of Social Work, college and university committees; and developing and implementing a research agenda. Salary is commensurate with experience. B. Qualifications: Master's degree from an accredited social work program, or a closely related field, and an earned doctorate in social work, or a closely related field, at the time of appointment (at least one graduate degree must be in social work); two years post master's practice experience; and teaching experience with positive evaluations. Candidates with MSW and 2 years post-MSW experience or Council of Social Work Education waiver are preferred. Teaching experience at the graduate level and a beginning record of publications are preferred. II. Two positions: EDUCATION SPECIALIST: Position Openings for Fall 1995 A. Position Descriptions: The positions begin August 16, 1995. Up to two positions will be filled. The positions are 10-months, anually renewable, academic staff appointments. The duties include: teaching courses in the core MSW program, including elective courses; teaching in distance education and/or weekend MSW options; advising MSW students; and participating in School of Social Work, college and university committees; There is no research or publication expectation for these positions. Salary is $34,000 minimum. B. Qualifications: Master of Social Work degree and one year of social work teaching experience is required. Preferred qualifications include an earned doctorate in social work or a closely related field; three years of social work teaching experience; experience with offering continuing education, off-campus course work, and/or distance education; advising experience; and administrative/management experience. III. APPLICATION The application deadline is February 1, 1995. To apply, send a letter of application, current curriculum vitae, three original lettters of reference (photocopies are not accepted), one or more sample publications, and teaching evaluations (other supporting materials will be accepted) to: Crissy Tomlinson, Search Committee Secretary School of Social Work 400 Ford Hall University of Minnesota 224 Church Street South East Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 For more information, contact Jeffrey Edleson, search committee chair (612-624-0079) Jean Quam, Director of the School of Social Work (612-624-4882); or 1-800-SSW-UofM (1-800-779-8636). The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 10:39:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L's job announcement policy In the last few days, there have been several announcements about job openings that had no clear connection to Women's Studies. Without such connection, the jobs should NOT have been advertised on WMST-L. Here is the policy from the WMST-L User's Guide: ******************* 12) "MY UNIVERSITY HAS A JOB OPENING. MAY I POST AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WMST-L?" WMST-L welcomes the posting of job and conference announcements, calls for papers, and the like, as long as the announcement has some connection to Women's Studies. Announcements without such a connection should NOT be sent to WMST-L. The wish to reach more female candidates, however laudable, is NOT adequate reason to post non-Women's-Studies announcements. Heavy mail volume is a persistent problem on WMST-L; the list cannot accommodate the increased volume that a more liberal posting policy would bring. (Keep in mind that each year, there are literally thousands of academic job openings. Most institutions wish to show that they have tried to reach female and minority applicants. Whereas some commercial publications charge hundreds of dollars to carry even a small ad, WMST-L is free. Thus, unless we restrict postings, the list is likely to be INUNDATED with job announcements.) ************************ Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 15:25:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: More new/changed/deleted lists Today, I made some further changes in my file of Women- and Gender-Related Electronic Forums. I added listings for 2 lists: FEMINISTS (different from the library list FEMINIST) and FRENCH-FEMINISM (which used to be IRIGARAY). I changed the entry for IRIGARAY and deleted the one for KRISTEVA, since it apparently no longer exists. Here are the two new entries: > FEMINISTS is a list where feminists can discuss feminist issues. > To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE FEMINISTS to MAILSERV@CYBERNET.ZA > [note: this address will change on or before 2/28/95]. > FRENCH-FEMINISM is a list for discussion of the work of > contemporary French feminists such as Luce Irigaray. Indeed, the list used > to be called IRIGARAY. To subscribe, send the message SUBSCRIBE > FRENCH-FEMINISM to MAJORDOMO@LISTS.VILLAGE.VIRGINIA.EDU . To get a copy of the entire file, send the message GET OTHER LISTS to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU or LISTSERV@UMDD.BITNET. If you prefer looking at the file on gopher, gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and choose Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then Electronic Forums of Interest to Women. For those of you who use the World Wide Web, the URL is http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html . Web users may also be interested in a new (indeed, still under construction) Feminist Mailing List Web Site whose URL is http://www.lm.com/~lmann/feminist/feminist.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 18:01:13 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nancy Goldstein Subject: PREVENT CONGRESS FROM KILLING THE NEH From: IN%"ap168@columbia.edu" "Ann Pellegrini" 11-JAN-1995 09:41:56.22 To: IN%"nlevene@fas.harvard.edu" "nancy levene", IN%"lemons@husc.harvard.edu" "elizabeth lemons", IN%"LAMBERTH@HUSC3.HARVARD.EDU" "david lamberth", IN%"GUGINO@husc3.harvard.edu" "jess gugino", IN%"NSHUMATE@smith.smith.edu" "nancy shumate" CC: IN%"ganthony@husc.harvard.edu" "greta edwards-anthony", IN%"GOLDSTEIN@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU" "nancy goldstein", IN%"ttrobert@husc.harvard.edu" "tyler roberts", IN%"linda_garber@csufresno.edu" "linda garber" Subj: NEH Return-path: Received: from bonjour.cc.columbia.edu by BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU (PMDF V4.3-10 #7331) id <01HLPRWGXMN49EG2TQ@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU>; Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:39:42 -0500 (EST) Received: by bonjour.cc.columbia.edu id AA22329 (5.65c+CU/IDA-1.4.4/HLK for nancy goldstein ) ; Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:39:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 09:39:15 -0500 (EST) From: Ann Pellegrini Subject: NEH X-Sender: ap168@bonjour.cc.columbia.edu To: nancy levene , elizabeth lemons , david lamberth , jess gugino , nancy shumate Cc: greta edwards-anthony , nancy goldstein , tyler roberts , linda garber Message-id: MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Howdy, one and all. I received the following forwarded message today and am putting the word out. Tell one, tell all. AP -------------------- Subject: NEH /NEA/PBS funding cuts Here is the news re Republican efforts to kill all funding for these (NEH/NEA/PBS) agencies by a simple majority vote on the Senate floor -- without going through a hearing process. My source for this information is Carl Woodring, who received a call with this news from Tom O'Brien, in the Grants office of NEH. He called Gingrich's office to find out what the hearing schedule would be and learned this news. O'Brien is less concerned wth House deliberations, where he believes it will be possible to work out an agreement for funding, though probably reduced, than he is with the Senate, where funding could disappear without anything more than a floor vote. If only for the record and possible future funding, I urge all to write appropriate senators to protest this plana to kill this funding without a hearing. Obviously we must all be extremely concerned at this news. It is crucial that we make our collective voice heard in support of the institutions which contribute so much to our disciplines. (This matter will bring us as close to unanimity as we'll ever get.) We in the academy have done badly at making our case to those in authority, especially in recent years. There has been much failure of the will. We need to write, not only to protest the funding cuts (though cuts will surely be made), but to protest the absence of open discussion on this crucial matter. This is a procedural scandal, and might well be pre-emptive for much that we care about, for years to come. If anyone who receives this mailing has a list of congressional e-mail addresses, it would be very useful to distribute it for the rest of us. We need to begin to be much more vocal with the new administration. (I'm sure that many would welcome all federal and state addresses as well; I would.) I can contribute GEORGIA6@HR.HOUSE.GOV (specify Newt Gingrich at the beginning of the message). ------------------------------- Write today! And right the right (that is, give 'em a left hook). --AP ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 15 Jan 1995 22:54:58 -0500 Reply-To: korenman@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: No political messages on WMST-L Earlier today, Nancy Goldstein forwarded to WMST-L a message about possible cuts to American governmental funding agencies. As important as this issue is to many of us, I must remind everyone that discussion of political issues and problems lies outside WMST-L's scope. Even without such issues, the often heavy mail volume on WMST-L poses a serious problem for many subscribers who have limited time, limited disk space, or limited funds (some subscribers must pay for each message they receive) . If we were to expand the list's focus to include political issues, many of these subscribers would be forced to unsubscribe. I do not want to see that happen. Thus, I am writing to ask that people not send political messages or replies to WMST-L. There are other lists--e.g., WOMEN@WORLD.STD.COM-- where feminist political discussions are welcome and appropriate. You can subscribe by sending the message SUBSCRIBE WOMEN to MAJORDOMO@WORLD.STD.COM. The Usenet newsgroup soc.feminism is another forum for discussions of gender-related political and social issues. If you don't know how to access Usenet newsgroups, ask your system's computer support staff for help. Thanks to the existence of WOMEN, soc.feminism, and other forums, each of us can tailor our e-mail to meet our needs and resources. Those who want to receive messages on a broad spectrum of gender-related societal issues can simply add a subscription to one or more of the lists that focus on such issues, thereby getting the messages they wish without imposing unfairly on others whose needs or resources are different. If you feel that WMST-L's limited focus on Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration does not meet your needs, you can unsubscribe by sending the message UNSUB WMST-L to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU or, if that doesn't work, LISTSERV@UMDD.BITNET. If you get the edited digest, you must add a second line that says AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE . If you have difficulties, write to me privately at the address in my signature. Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 08:07:15 CST Reply-To: "Helga.Hofmann" Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helga Hofmann-Weinberger Subject: Re: Question: Domestic Violence On Fri, 13 Jan 1995 11:28:13 -0500, SUSAN BARBER wrote: Is there an Internet discussion >group for professionals and academics who work in the field of >domestic or family violence? Thank you. I am interested in this too! Helga Hofmann-Weinberger Tel: +43 1 53410/487 A R I A D N E Fax: +43 1 53410/437 \sterreichische Nationalbibliothek E-Mail: hofmann@grill.onb.ac.at A-1015 Wien, Josefsplatz 1, Europe ariadne@grill.onb.ac.at ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 06:24:56 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "N.A. Slonneger" Subject: Re: Please resend girl bks info... -Reply In-Reply-To: In reply to your message of MON 09 JAN 1995 20:47:21 EST Thanks so much for resending the info... Nancy Slonneger ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 09:58:42 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Constance J Ostrowski Subject: Discussion list on domestic/family violence There is a good discussion list for professionals on intimate violence called INTVIO-L. To subscribe, send the standard LISTSERV subscription message (subscribe intvio-l yourfirstname lastname) to LISTSERV@URIACC.URI.EDU. Connie Ostrowski ostroc@rpi.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 10:00:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "IRENE HANSON FRIEZE. PSYCHOLOGY" Subject: Interpersonal violence list There is a list devoted to "Intimate Violence" that deals with domestic violence, as well as other forms of violence against women (and men, occasionally). To subscribe, write to INTVIO-L-Request@URIACC.URI.EDU !************************************************************ ! Irene Hanson Frieze, Ph.D. Internet: FRIEZE@vms.cis.pitt.edu ! Professor of Psychology, ! Women's Studies & Business Administration ! University of Pittsburgh Phone: (412) 624-4336 ! Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (USA) FAX: (412) 624-4428 !************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 12:24:35 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dianna Taylor Subject: Thank you Thank you to everyone on the list who responded to my request for information about responses to Karen Lehrman's article "Off Course." I received some very helpful information. Dianna Taylor ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 11:31:01 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Danielle Levine Subject: incorporating gender/ university curriculum I am presently doing research on incorporating gender into the university curriculum (from any discipline). I would be very greatful for any ideas or suggestions on where to find such information. Please respond privately, Danielle Levine Research Assistant University of Winnipeg Department of Political Science E Mail: DLEVINE@UWPG02.UWINNIPEG.CA ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 14:45:36 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kris Anderson Kay--The quote you inquired about on WMST-L is, as someone told you, a statement made by Robin Morgan in the film "Not a Love Story." She is not quoting anyone else; she is borrowing a quote from, I think, Eldridge Cleaver and modifying it to apply to women. You don't have the quote quite right; I think it's more like: "To be a woman (black) and to be conscious in America, is to be in a constant state of rage." She identifies the source of the original quote in the film. Kris Anderson ksa@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 18:55:48 E Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margaret Gannon Subject: Gender Bias Conference On March 31 the Women's Community Learning Coalition and Marywood College will present a day-long conference:"See Jane: Gender Bias in the Classroom." The conference will feature Myra and David Sadker, Sabrina Chapman and Shirley Brown. There will also be presentations by female students from all levels of education who have been trained to analyze the situations in their own classes. They will report on their findings. For more information contact gannon@ac.marywood.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 19:44:01 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karla Jay Subject: Positions Available Two positions are being advertised for Fall '95. Please address all queries to the department chair: 1. Composition specialist trained and experienced in the following areas: basic composition skills and pedagogy; remedial writing and courses; super- vising tutors and establishing goals. The person hired would be expected to help coordinate first-year composition and remedial courses, and act as a resource for the English faculty for the writing component of our four required English courses, including two sophomore literature courses. Knowledge of using computers in writing instruction is essential. PhD or equivalent in composition requried. Tenure track. Beginning Fall 1995. 2. Tenure track position available -- 16th century with ability to teach Shakespeare. Commitment to teaching composition necessary. PhD required. Tenure track. Beginning Fall 1995. Please write: Professor Sherman Raskin, Chair English Department Pace University One Pace Plaza New York NY 10038 Posted by Karla Jay Dept. of English Jay@Pacevm.dac.pace.edu or Jay@pacevm.bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 19:39:39 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Catherine M Orr Subject: FEMINISM & POP CULTURE I am going to be teaching an undergraduate (junior/3000) course entitled "feminism, politics and popular culture" and am looking for one or two primary texts that provide feminist responses to the ways in which feminism or feminist issues are represented in popular culture. For example, one of the texts I am considering is bell hooks' recently published _outlaw culture: resisting representations_ (routledge, 1994). In this book, hooks responds to katie roiphe's _the morning after_, camille paglia, tad friend's article on "do-me" feminism from _esquire_. I am also thinking about elayne rapping's _media-tions_. I would like to know about other texts by feminists and would especially love an anthology that covers a range of issues and includes various feminist cultural critics. Also, I am thinking that an anthology that covers basic feminist theories might be helpful given that not everyone taking the class will be familiar with the range of feminisms (marxist, psychoanalytic, equality, etc.) Does anyone have any ideas on one that is not too expensive?? I am going to frame the class around broad issues such as sexuality, sexual harrassment, feminist aesthetics, violence, women studies programs. The material that will determine the content will draw from a variety of media: madonna videos, hill/thomas hearings, "thelma & louise," advertising in women's magazines, poplar non-fiction (such as roiphe/hoff sommers/lehrman/paglia), "family values" debate at 92 republican convention, etc. I welcome suggestions on texts especially. Any other suggestions, hints, ideas, warnings, etc. about these or other issues would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks!!!! Please respond privately. catherine orr orrxx004@maroon.tc.umn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 21:35:13 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shirley P Brown Subject: Re: Gender Bias Conference In-Reply-To: <199501162354.SAA02325@holmes.umd.edu> from "Margaret Gannon" at Jan 16, 95 06:55:48 pm Dear Sister Margaret, I'm glad to see that you must have worked out the date with the Sadkers, but I'm quite a bit embarrassed to have equal billing with them on e-mail. I'm looking forward to the Conference. By the way, there was a message on one of the listservs that I subscribe to that the Republicans are going to try to gut NEH with a simple majority vote in Congress. At this point they are notproposing any hearings. Have you heard anything about this? Shirley ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 16 Jan 1995 21:35:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1992 logfiles to be moved As most of you know, the UMDD mainframe computer maintains logfiles containing all messages sent to WMST-L. These logfiles are retrievable and/or searchable (see section 10 of the WMST-L User's Guide for more details). I'm writing now to let everyone know that on February 1, the 1992 logfiles will be moved from UMDD to the Women's Studies Archive on InforM. They will still be accessible, but you won't be able to do the sophisticated searches on InforM that you can do on UMDD. Thus, if you anticipate searching the 1992 logfiles, do your searches before February 1. After that, you can find the logfiles on InforM: telnet or gopher to inform.umd.edu and choose Educational Resources, then Academic Resources by Topic, then Women's Studies, then Computing, then WMST-L, then Logfiles. (Whew!) Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 09:24:35 +0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: May Cohen Subject: URGENT - FEDERAL GOVT. DECISIONS (fwd) ----------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 12 Jan 1995 10:56:35 -0500 (EST) From: Jacqueline Stalker To: Wendy Robbins Subject: URGENT - FEDERAL GOVT. DECISIONS PLEASE CIRCULATE THE FOLLOWING AS WIDELY AND AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WE HAVE ONLY 4 WORKING DAYS TO AFFECT DECISIONS ABOUT OUR FUTURE Dear Friends and Colleagues, Right now the federal government is making important decisions about the future funding of women's organizations in Canada. These decisions could drastically alter the national women's "machinery" by affecting such groups as the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, which is a major source of feminist action research, and the Women's Program, which is a major source of funding for women's groups across the country. The federal government seems prepared to consult women's groups on key issues, such as the social security review, but these consultations will be all but pointless unless independent research and analysis can be done. Most women's groups feel that it is in our best interest to take concerted action immediately to preserve funding for our existing organizations. They are doing important work that, without them, would simply not get done. The position that Women's Studies programs on university campuses, created since the early 1970s, can now take over the role of advising government, co-ordinating action research, or providing funds is simply wrong. Our colleagues on campus tell us so; they, too, are being squeezed. Cabinet will be meeting to make final decisions about the Treasury Board's Program Review and the federal budget; this meeting is apparently scheduled for JANUARY 17th. THE TIME FOR ACTION IS TODAY. You, as an individual, and your organizations, can remind the government of their responsibilities for the advancement of women - as stipulated in various domestic and international legal documents - by FAXING, PHONING, OR E-MAILING a message to key people in the Liberal government. A sample letter is attached. A core list of names and numbers is being compiled and may be forwarded to you but don't wait. Start now and please contact your local MP as well. Together we stand. - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SAMPLE LETTER RE SUPPORT FOR WOMEN'S MACHINERY IN FEDERAL BUDGET Dear ..........., We, the women of Canada, together with men who support us in our work for equality, strongly recommend that you ensure stable and adequate funding for our national "women's machinery," and that you table a Federal Budget that is gender-sensitive and will not further disadvantage women. The future well-being of our country, and of the 52% of her citizens who are women, will be determined in large measure by the Federal Budget of 1995. We need hardly remind you that, while the United Nations Human Development Index ranks Canada as number one in the world, it drops us to ninth place when women are factored in - one of the biggest gaps in the world's rankings. The Government of Canada is legally obligated to promote the equality of women. These obligations are contained in international agreements such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), the Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women (FLS), and the recent Dec. 94 Summit of the Americas Agreements, as well as in domestic documents such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Organizations that are working to close this gender gap, including the Women's Program and the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, merit continued strong support from the Government of Canada. World attention will be focused on women's progress at the fourth UN World Conference for Women in Beijing in September 1995; and national attention will be paid in December 1995 to the 25th anniversary of the landmark Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in Canada. Women are key players in the economic recovery, particularly as small business entrepreneurs; key players in the field of health, as the vast majority of health care professionals and as the main health guardians at home; key players in education, as the majority of teachers and of students, and the list goes on. Where women are not the majority - far from it - however, is around the Cabinet table where the key decisions about the Federal Budget will be made in the coming days. We strongly recommend that you not repeat the mistakes of the previous government in dismantling any significant part of the women's machinery (we refer to the Court Challenges Program). Political and social judgements, as well as economic ones, must be made. We urge you to provide stable funding for our national women's machinery and to develop a Federal Budget that does not perpetuate inequality. At voting time, we will remember. (Your signature) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Thanks, to each person receiving this message, for your support and action. Please join us in getting the word out to as many people as possible by forwarding this information to YOUR friends and colleagues. We have only a few days to affect these hasty government decisions. Already, the Montreal Gazette has published the first "trial balloon," about "government cutbacks" to the Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women. Time is short and we must act immediately. Let's tie up the phone and fax lines to Members of Parliament? Let them hear from us so that they realize that we women ARE the majority of the Canadian population (and of the electorate!). Merci. Jackie Stalker ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 07:58:48 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Stockham Subject: Queen of Sheba Seeking sources of information either through women's studies or oriental/African studies/history areas on the Queen of Sheba, primarily folklore concerning her magical powers. This would be OUTSIDE what information is contained within Judeo-Christian literature, and occult popular fiction. Linda Stockham Departments of Anthropology & Geography California State University San Bernardino 5500 University Parkway San Bernardino, California 92407-2646 +1-909-880-5519 (vmm) lstockha@wiley.csusb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 18:05:57 EET Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "MAARET WAGER (SPSY)" Subject: RESEARCH ON ACADEMIC WOMEN Dear Colleagues, It is my pleasure to inform you of a social psychological research on academic women's identities. The publication is called "CONSTRUCTIONS OF FEMININITY IN ACADEMIC WOMEN: CONTINUITY BETWEEN PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL IDENTITY" by Dr. Maaret Wager. My attempt has been to explore the connection between our feminine identity and academic work. I found, for example, that women may have problems of identity in combining their aspirations for success in their profession with particular constructions of femininity. The resolution of the perceived dilemma between femininity and academic work is pursued in terms of endorsing the importance of the work, on the one hand, and in terms of aspiring to redefine the conceptions of femininity, on the other. Factors of professional interest (the humanities and the sciences) and motherhood (women with and without children) are differentially incorporated within those women's identities, too. For further information, please contact the author: Maaret Wager Dept. of Social Psychology P.O. Box 4 (Fabianinkatu 28) 00014 University of Helsinki Finland Tel. 358-0-1913715 Fax. 358-0-1912973 Email. Maaret.Wager@Helsinki.Fi The book can also be ordered from bookstore TIEDEKIRJA Kirkkokatu 14 FIN-00170 Helsinki Finland Fax: 358-0-635017 With best wishes to you all, Maaret Wager ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 12:20:56 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Catherine B. Roland" Subject: Re: 1992 logfiles to be moved In-Reply-To: <199501170238.UAA15012@comp.uark.edu> I need assistance in locating Dr. Sue Stickel, either at Eastern Michigan University now or just recently. I want to ask permission to use a scale she developed concerning career related differences between sexes for my research on self-efficacy and job satisfaction for women. Thanks. Catherine B. Roland, Ed.D. croland@comp.uark.edu 136 Grad Ed Univ. Arkansas Fayettevile, AR 72701, 501-575-3511 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 14:01:12 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dorothy Miller Subject: Position Opening I beg the pardon of those who have already seen this announcement, but I would like to submit our "new improved" expanded announcement that gives some informa tion about the university and the city. Also, if you send questions to me about the job on e-mail, PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS AND YOUR TELEPHONE N UMBER. I got an inquiry over e-mail and for some reason the response I send kep t coming back to me as undeliverable. CENTER FOR WOMEN'S STUDIES WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY FULL-TIME SENIOR POSITION Position: Associate or Full professorship. Applicants must have academic experi ence in Women's Studies. We seek applicants from a wide variety of focus areas, including but not limited to multicultural ethnicity, global studies, literary criticism, media and film, law, science, or ecofeminism. Expectation of rotat ing chairperson service. Ph.D. required. Candidates of color are strongly encouraged to apply. Department: The Center for Women's Studies is a twenty-three year old, autonomo us, interdisciplinary department that offers a wide range of courses for an und ergraduate major in either a humanities or social science track, and a minor. W omen's studies is also a strong component in the Master of Arts in Liberal Stud ies program. Faculty are actively engaged in research, teaching, and community activities. We have strong administrative support and positive ties with facult y across the campus in a variety of disciplines and schools. We also enjoy com munity support in the form of a Community Council of two hundred dues paying members and its Advisory Board which is actively involved with successful fund raising for the department. University: Wichita State is one of six state universities governed by the Kans as Board of Regents. It serves 16,000 students who come from every county in Ka nsas, nearly every state in the Union, and 70 foreign countries. The 550 teachi ng faculty provide instruction in seven degree granting colleges. Wichita State has an open, 330 acre campus and is the home of a renowned outdoor sculpture c ollection by internationally known artists. The City: The largest city in Kansas, metropolitan Wichita has a population of about 400,000. Wichita is known for its aircraft manufacturing and for the entr epreneurial endeavors, such as Pizza Hut, that began in Wichita. African Americ an, Native American, Hispanic, Asian American, and Middle Eastern groups are ty pical of Wichita's multicultural and ethnic diversity. The city is experiencin g a renewal in its downtown area with the development of new shops, restaurants , and cultural events. Application: Send cover letter and curriculum vita with names and addresses of three references to: Dorothy C. Miller, Chairperson, Center for Women's Studies , Campus Box 82, Wichita State University, Wichita, KS 67260-0082. The applicat ion deadline is March 1, 1995, or the first of each month until the positionis filled.AA/EOE If you have any questions about the position, department, etc., don't hesit ate to call me at (316) 689-3358 or e-mail dcmiller@TWSUVM. (If you contact me through e-mail, include your snail mail address and your telephone number.) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 16:54:11 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: lynette Felber Subject: call for papers The following announcement may be of interest to subscribers. CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and Philosophy of History invites inquiries and completed papers for a special issue on PERIODIZATION to be published in winter 1996. The special number will consider issues of periodization in literature and history including (but not limited to): periodization and Marxist or Foucauldian models of radical rupture; periodization and interdisciplinary studies and/or comparative literature; poststructuralist reactions against periodization; periodization and the concept of fin de siecle; gender, engendering, and periodization; historiography and periodization, periodization and the canon. Although not specifically a feminist journal, CLIO is as her name suggests, a feminist-friendly journal and is under new editorship. Deadline for special issue: October 1, 1995 Address inquiries or completed papers to Lynette Felber, General Editor CLIO, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499 Felber@CVAX.IPFW.INDIANA.EDU Fax (219)6985 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 16:48:23 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Bradley Subject: biographies of scientists Hi, Thanks to all of you who provided me with suggestions of biographies of scientists who are women. I'll pass on to you what I received: By far the most often mentioned book was by Evelyn Fox Keller, A Feeling for the Organism: The LIfe and Work of Barbara McClintock. 1993. Other books/articles/collections: History of Women and Science,Health and Technology: A bibliographic guide to the professions and the disciplines. Phyllis Holman Weisbard and Rime D. Apple. 1993. available free on request from Phyllis Holman Weisbard 430 Memorial Library 728 State Street Madison WI 53706 or gopher or telnet to WiscINFO.wisc.edu choose successively Library/ UW System Women's Studies Librarian's Office/ Wisconsin Bibliographies in Women's Studies/History of Women and Science American Women in Science: A Bibliographic Dictionary by Mart J. Bailey j(ABC-Clio 1994) S. Troemel-Ploetz 1990. Mileva Einstein: The Woman who did Einstein's Mathematics. in Women's Studies International Forum. Vol 13(5) 415-432. Sharon Bertsch McGrayne. 1993. Nobel Prize Women in Science Brick Lane Press/Carol Publishing Group. Carole Schmurak. Emmy Perry Carr. in British Journal on History of Chemistry (recent issue, specific title and date not given) Anne Sayre. Rosalind Keller and DNA. (suggested to be used with Watson's memoir The Double Helix) Alice Hypatia's Heritage (short bios of a # of women scientists) Ruth Bleier. Feminist Approaches to Science. Vera Norwood's Wmen and Nature. has bibliography of women naturists and scientists. Thanks! Karen Bradley bradley@henson.cc.wwu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 21:24:02 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Waterman Subject: looking for buckley debate video Happy new year to all, Roughly two weeks ago William F. Buckley moderated a debate on TV whose resolution was something like "the women's movement has been a disaster." I opted not to watch for various reasons, but have since been told that the exchange was reasonably substantive. Now I'm considering using it to provoke discussion in our reading discussion group, and a faculty member has expressed interest in using parts for a class if I can obtain a copy. I have no doubt there are many in the DC area--though in the meantime I'd also like to hear whether people feel it would work well as a learning vehicle. Please respond privately. Thanks! Susan Waterman Georgetown Women's Center watermas@guvax.georgetown.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 11:37:40 +0200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Tel 90-160 4459,fax 90-160 4582" Subject: AAUW fellowships Has anyone up-to-date information on American Association of University Women's international fellowships? There was a mes- sage related to AAUW early in January, but without any e-mail address one could use. As a non-American list member I would appreciate getting this kind of information to this list, and would be glad to distribute it here in Scandinavia. With best regards Liisa Husu ************* liisa.husu@vnk.mailnet.fi National coordinator of women's studies Council for Equality Box 267 Fin-00171 Helsinki Finland fax +358-0-160 4582 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 09:47:30 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katy Milligan Subject: Re: AAUW fellowships I'm sure many members of this listserve would appreciate information on these fellowships - I certainly would. Thanks, Katy Milligan --------------- Katherine J. Milligan 2118 Walnut Street #2M Philadelphia, PA 19103-4808 (215)587-9149 kmilli@ccat.sas.upenn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:00:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 3 more email lists I've just added three more email lists to the OTHER LISTS file of women- and gender-related electronic forums. The three lists are BEIJING95-L, DYKENET-L, and WHAM (a women's health list for activists). Here are the announcements I received (slightly edited). I know nothing more about these lists. For the complete OTHER LISTS compilation, send the message GET OTHER LISTS to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU . (Or, on WorldWideWeb, the URL is http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html ) Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) *********************************************************** BEIJING95-L (United Nations Conference on Women, Beijing, Sept 1995) It is our pleasure to announce the introduction of a new list: BEIJING95-L, UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON WOMEN, BEIJING, SEPT 95. BEIJING95-L is a fully moderated international electronic forum FOR WOMEN ONLY dedicated to the discussion United Nations Conference on Women which will convene in September 1995 in Beijing, China. It is hoped that BEIJING95-L will provide a network for women where we can exchange information concerning the upcoming conference. Topics include, but are not limited to: ** Pre-conference events (regional meetings, etc.) ** Prior U.N. Women's Conferences (Mexico City, 1975 and Nairobi, 1985) ** Travel and tour arrangements ** Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) information ** Caucuses ** International formal & informal reports on the current status of women ** Job, volunteer and organizational opportunities related to the conference ** Post-regional and post conference follow-ups. Although the origin of BEIJING95-L is the United States of America (more specifically: San Jose, CA) and the moderator in english-speaking, it is hoped that BEIJING95-L will transcend a northamerican-centric focus. Please feel free to post in English, Spanish, French, German, etc. If there is a call, language-specific lists may be created. A digest-form of the list is also in the works. If enough men are interested, a separate male-inclusive list may also be included. BEIJING95-L is not officially sponsored by the United Nations nor any organization--it is a labor of love born from the belief that the U.N. Conference on Women, Beijing 1995 will be a catalyst for women all over the world to lead humankind and creation into the 21st century! This list is also born from the frustration of the lack of media coverage of pre-U.N. Women Conference events (and women's issues in general) plus difficulty accessing direct information about the conference itself. It is also hoped, that the information provided on this list will enable as many women as possible from every conceivable background to attend the conference. For information, input, or if you are having technical difficulties, please contact the list moderator, Jennifer Gagliardi, gagliajn@netcom.com. Finally, BEIJING95-L is a FULLY MODERATED LIST. This means that each posting is screened--not to censor information--but mostly to protect the "women-only" cyberspace of the list, to control traffic, to promote netiquette, and to discourage flaming. Although making 'net friends/contact is highly encouraged, please "chat" off-list. Occasionally a posting may be returned with suggestions concerning netiquette(very very rarely, I hope!) Courtesy, accuracy of information exchanged, and having fun are paramount! To subscribe to BEIJING95-L please send a message to: address: LISTSERV@NETCOM.COM subject: (leave blank) text: subscribe BEIJING95-L First name & Last name (please, no initials) [NOTE from JK: if this doesn't work, try just SUBSCRIBE BEIJING95-L] Jennifer Gagliardi gagliajn@netcom.com ************************************************************************* >>>>info dykenet-l DykeNet is a DYKESPACE mailing-list... a dyke-positive, fascist-free place for "genetic grrls" and post-op TS wimmin who identify as dykes. DykeNet's purpose is to provide a forum where we can freely and unapologetically discuss topics relative to our lives as dykes -- seriously or humorously, one-lined or epic-length -- in an atmosphere that is cooperative and supportive. DykeNet is an exercise in FLAME-FREE dyke diplomacy, to provide a list where it is SAFE to post without the fear that a million and one other people are going to harrass and humiliate you for expressing your viewpoint on something. We work on discussing things, not on cramming ideas down each others' throats. It's a give-and-take scenario that takes some work, tact, and diplomacy sometimes... and it's not for everyone. Those joining DykeNet should be aware of this policy when they are subscribed. Membership is open to women only; this includes women of the dyke-identified XX chromosome sort, and post-operative TS women who identify as and live their lives as dykes. (TS issues unrelated to our lives as dykes are inappropriate for discussion on this list.) Anyone found to be male, or anything other than the above, may die a horrible mailing-list sort of death. Nope, DykeNet is not moderated. DykeNet is a CLOSED list! Subscription/ unsubscription requests are approved by your humble list moderators, and their decision is final. TO SUBSCRIBE: Send a mail message to listserv@netcom.com The first (not subject) line of the message should be subscribe dykenet-l TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Send a mail message to listserv@netcom.com The first (not subject) line of the message should be unsubscribe dykenet-l (Note that, for best results, you should save the address in your acknowledgement message and specify it if you need to unsubscribe.) ADMINISTRIVIA: Other administrative questions and requests should be sent to the e-mail address "dykenet-l-request@netcom.com". POSTING MESSAGES: To post to the list, just send your post to: dykenet-l@netcom.com Contributors to DykeNet are expected to be responsible in their contributions. Messages consisting primarily of terible, nasty personal attacks, or which have little or no relevance to the group or ongoing discussion(s) are inappropriate and may be grounds for immediate removal from the list. Play nice. :-) It is the policy of the maintainers not to release the names of recipients, and to attempt to keep the list private. However, e-mail is, by nature, not secure, so your mileage may vary.... Your benevolent List Moderators, Raelani and Teri [Last updated Tue Nov 15 11:12:53 1994] **************************************************************************** Subject: new feminist e-mail list: Women's Health Action & Mobilization (WHAM!) WOMEN'S HEALTH *IS* POLITICAL... ...and it takes political action to defend it. That's why Women's Health Action and Mobilization, the New York-based reproductive rights and women's health group, is proud to announce WHAM! Online, an electronic mailing list to keep feminist activists up to date on the latest in news, actions, and resources. Each issue will focus on what *you* can do to fight for women's rights and women's health. WHAM! Online will officially launch on January 22, the 22nd anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion (but didn't guarantee access to it). To subscribe, send the message "SUBSCRIBE WHAM yourfullname" (without the quote marks) to listproc@listproc.net. WHAM! is a direct action group committed to demanding, securing and defending absolute reproductive freedom and quality health care for *all* women. Call 212-560-7177 for more information. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:49:29 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jackie Wilkie Subject: Defending Our lives Last year I sent a request to our library to purchase the documentary DEFENDING OUR LIVES. I recently discovered that the film was not added to our collection when I went to get it to use in class. Does anyone have information on who distributes this film, if it is available in video format and where I might obtain it? I am located in Northeast Iowa, 52 miles from LaCrosse WI and 72 from Rochester MN as the nearest cities. If it is not readily available I would appreciate information on its distribution so I can once again attempt to get the library to purchase it. Jacqueline Wilkie Women's Studies Coordinator Luther College Decorah Ia Wilkieja@martin.luther.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 10:02:14 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Watson Subject: women and food Some time ago I asked for sources on women and food. I want to thank all who replied. My emphasis in my seminar is essentially on the positive constructive relationship between women and food. I will send a second posting which emphasizes the issues of disorders and body image which was sent to me by D. Atkins. Barbara Watson Women and Food (part I) Adams, Carol J. 1991. The Sexual Politics of Meat. A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory. New York: Continuum. Akeroyd, Anna V. 1991. Gender, Food Production and Property Rights: Constraints on Women Farmers in Southern Africa. In: Haleh Afshar, ed. Women, Development and Survival in the Third World. London: Longman. Berger, Pamela C. 1985. "Metamorphosis: From Goddess to Saint." From: The Goddess Obscured. Transformation of the Grain Protectress from Goddess to Saint. (Chapter IV) Boston: Beacon Press. (The godd ess as creator and protectress of food). Blum, Linda M. 1993. Mothers, Babies, Breastfeeding. Feminist Studies vol.19, no.2. Corrington, Gail Paterson. 1989. The Milk of Salvation: Redemption by the Mother in Late Antiquity and Early Christianity. Harvard Theological Review, vol.82, no. 4:393-420. Counihan, Carole M. 1988. Female Identity, Food and Power in Contemporary Florence. Anthropological Quarterly, vol.61, no.2:51-62. Curran, Patricia. 1989. Grace Before Meals. Food Ritual and Body Discipline in Convent Culture. Urbana. University of Illinois Press. Curtin, Deane W. and Lisa M. Heldke. 1992. Cooking, Eating, Thinking. Transformative Philosophies of Food. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. (contains a number of interesting pieces relevant to the topic). DeVault, Marjorie L. 1991. Feeding the Family. The Social Organization ofCaring as Gendered Work. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press. Ellis, Rhian. 1983. "The Way to a Man's Heart: Food in the Violent Home." In: Anne Murcott, ed. The Sociology of Food and Eating. Essays on the Sociological Significance of Food. Gower House, Croft, England. Engle, Patricia L., Charles Yarbrough, and Robert E. Klein. 1983. "Sex Differences in the Effects of Nutrition and Social Environment on Mental Development in Rural Guatemala." In: Mayra Buvinic et a l., eds., Women and Poverty in the Third World. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, pp.198-215. Food and Agriculture Organization. 1987. "Women in African Food Production and Food Security." In: J. Price Gittinger, Joanne Leslie, Caroline Hoisington, eds. Food Policy. Integrating Supply, Distri bution, and Consumption. Published by the World Bank. The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp.133-140. Hagaman, Barbara L. 1977. Beer and Matriliny: The Power of Women in a West African Society. Doctoral Dissertation, Cultural Anthropology, Northeastern University. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Harrington, Judith A. 1983. Nutritional Stress and Economic Responsibility: A Study of Nigerian Women. In: Mayra Buvinic et al., eds. Women and Poverty in the Third World. Baltimore: JOhns Hopkins Un iversity Press, pp.130-156. Hayden, Dolores. 1981. Public Kitchens, Social Settlements, and the Cooperative Ideal. From: The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighborhoods, and Citie s. Cambridge: MIT Press. (pp.150-179). Kadi, Joanna, ed. 1994. Food for Our Grandmothers. Writings by Arab-American & Arab-Canadian Feminists. Boston: South End Press. (Essays, poems, recipes). Kanafani, Aida S. 1983, "Food Rituals: General". From: Aesthetics and Ritual in the United Arab Emirates. American University of Beirut. (pp.: 11-27; women's food rituals at the southeast coast of Ar abia). Katona-Apte. 1975. "The Relevance of Nourishment to the Reproductive Cycle of the Female in India." In: Dana Raphael, ed. Being Female. Reproduction, Power, and Change. The Hague: Mouton Publishers. Kehoe, Alice B. and Dody H. Giletti 1981. Women's Preponderance in Possession Cults: The Calcium-Deficiency Hypothesis Extended. American Anthropologist, vo.83, no.3:549-561. Leonardi, Susan J. 1989. "Recipes for Reading." In: Mary Schofield, ed. Cooking by the Book. Bowling Green State University Press. Marshall, Lorna. 1976. "Plant Foods and Gathering". From: The !Kung of Nyae Nyae. Harvard University Press. (pp.92-107; women's gathering activities). Meadow, Rosalyn and Lillie Weiss. 1992. Women's Conflicts About Eating and Sexuality: The Relationship Between Food and Sex. Harrington Park Press. O'Laughlin. 1974. "Mediation of Contradiction: Why Mbum Women Do Not Eat Chicken." In: Michelle Z. Rosaldo and Louise Lamphere, eds. Woman, Culture and Society. Stanford University Press. Sered, Susan Starr 1994. "Food Rituals" From: Priestess, Mother, Sacred Sister. Religions Dominated By Women. Oxford University Press (selection, pp.133-138, discusses food and food preparation in th e ritual systems of women's religions). Simoons, Frederick J. 1961. Eat Not this Flesh. Food Avoidances in the Old World. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press (contains information on special food taboos for women). Skjonsberg, Else. 1989. Change in an African Village. Kefa Speaks. West Hartford, Conn.: Kumarian Press. (World Hunger Media Awards Best Book 1989). Thompson, Becky Wangsgaard. 1992. "A Way Outa No Way": Eating Problems Among African-American, Latina, and White Women. Gender and Society. vol.6, no.4:546-561. Walker, Caroline Bynum. 1987. Holy Feast and Holy Fast.The religious Significance of Food to Medieval Women. Berkeley: University of California Press. Warner, Marina. 1976. "The Milk of Paradise." From: Alone of All Her Sex. The Myth and the Cult of the Virgin Mary. New York: Alfred A. Knopf (chapter 13). Wiley, Carol A. (year?). Journeys to Self-Acceptance: Fat Women Speak. Williams, Brett. 1984. "Why Migrant Women Feed Their Husbands Tamales: Foodways as a Basis for a Revisionist View of Tejano Family Life." In: Linda Keller Brown and Kay Mussell, eds., Ethnic and Regi onal Foodways in the United States. The Performance of Group Identity. Knoxville: The University of Tennessee Press. Women, Ink. (a project of the International Women's Tribune Centre [IWTC]) 1989. Women and the Food Cycle. IT Publications. (Case Studies, for ex. grain processing, beekeeping). Wright, Anne L., Mark Bauer, Clarina Clark, Frank Morgan. 1993. Cultural Interpretations and Intracultural Variability in Navajo Beliefs About Breast Feeding. American Ethnologist, vol.20, no.4:781-7 96. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 14:06:11 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nancy Goldstein Subject: Jewish characters in the 19th-century novel From: IN%"jkgez@conncoll.edu" "Janet K. Gezari" 18-JAN-1995 13:45:42.05 To: IN%"GOLDSTEIN@BINAH.CC.BRANDEIS.EDU" CC: Subj: RE: This woman is looking for 19thc British and American novels with interfaith and/or Jewish characters, particularly ones that address the woman question.I wondered if perhaps one of you cou Hope that this excerpt from a letter to me from Janet Gezari is useful for the woman looking for 19th-century novels with Jewish/interfaith couples in them. As for Jewish characters in novels, the one who comes most easily to mind is the most obvious, the Princess from Daniel Deronda. She's based on Rachel Felix, also the model for Vashti, as is (I'm pretty sure) the actress in James's Tragic Muse. I've not read Disraeli, but I'd look at Tancred and the others. There's a book called Jews in the Victorian Novel by Anne Namann. Best, Nancy Goldstein goldstein@binah.cc.brandeis.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 12:39:54 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: beth Subject: Call for Papers (fwd) I've agreed to moderate a roundtable at the next "Sociologists Against Sexual Harassment" conference, in Washington DC, Sunday, August 20, 1995. The Conference theme is "Boundary Work: Linking Research, Legal and Counseling/Training Perspectives on Sexual Harassment". For more info. on the whole program, contact Jim Gruber, userk8sg@um.cc.umich.edu, Proposals for the main conference are due by Feb. 1st, 1995. The session I'm organizing is titled "Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assaults on Campus: Confronting the Continuum of Sexual Violence and Creating Coalitions". If you're interested in presenting on this, reply directly to me, at eribet@orion.oac.uci.edu I will most likely accept papers after Feb. 1st, since I agreed to this so late, but this deadline is desirable for me, if possible. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: "Chilly Climate" Fraternity Gang-Rape Sexual Harassment Policy and Prosecution Sexual Harassment and Assault Education Techniques Violence Against Women and Feminist Responses Confronting Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Classism, Ableism, Anti-Semitism, Ageism, Creating Truly Accessible Counseling and Education Services Legal Theory, Judicial Affairs, Civil Suits, etc. "Re-victimization" of Survivors in Investigations, or Campus Hearings Confidentiality and University Policies, Issues for Therapists ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 15:56:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 more e-list, 1 job The following two announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) Additional email list: SOCPOL-L 2) Job: Director of Women's Studies (U. of Oregon) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu ************************************************************** 1) SOCPOL-L "is an unmoderated list intended to complement the journal _Social Politics - International Studies in Gender, STate and Society_. Discussion Topics are the same as those for the journal: gender and social policy, citizenship, and the role of states in constructing and organizing relations in the family, workplace, and society. SOCPOL-L is not an online version the the printed journal, nor is membership restricted to journal subscriber. Members are encouraged to comment on articles that have arppeared in the printed journal, to raise new topics, to share research and teaching information.....etc . ." To subscribe, send the message SUB SOCPOL-L Your Name to listserv@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu listowner : Michale Boudreau m-boudreau@uiuc.edu (217)-244-7177 ************************************************************************** 2) DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON The University of Oregon Program in Women's Studies invites applications and nominations for the position of Director at the rank of Associate Professor, to begin September, 1995. The Women's Studies program is an active, rapidly expanding program, which offers an undergraduate minor and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies. About 40 faculty from nearly every School and College at the University participate in the program. Approximately 15 courses carrying Women's Studies credits are offered each quarter. The University of Oregon is a comprehensive research university and the only Oregon member of the Association of the American Universities. The university has over 16, 000 students and over 1,000 faculty. The 250-acre campus is located in the attractive university town of Eugene with a population of 114,000. The University, downtown Hult Center, and WOW Hall for the Performing Arts attract a wide variety of outstanding performers and artists to the community. Nearby rivers, mountains, and forests provide many recreational opportunities, like skiing, camping, biking, and canoeing. The beautiful Oregon coast is only a short drive away. Qualifications: Candidates must have a proven record of interdisciplinary scholarship, familiarity with feminist practice, and the ability to provide leadership and vision in the role of director. Especially desirable specialty areas are race, ethnicity, post-colonialism, queer theory, and feminist theory; but other specialties are welcome. Duties: The Director will administer the Women's Studies undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs, teach half time and develop new undergraduate and graduate courses. Applications: Applicants should send a letter of application and supporting materials, including a curriculum vitae, writing sample, at least three letters of recommendation, and appropriate course syllabi to: Search Committee Women's Studies Committee Women's Studies Program University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1298 Nominations may be sent via FAX 503 346-2040 or email mharvey@oregon.uoregon.edu. Deadline: February 15, 1995 Applications from all disciplines -- and minority candidates especially -- are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE ******************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 13:37:05 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Frann Michel Subject: five lesbian brothers In-Reply-To: <199501181802.NAA27466@holmes.umd.edu> Does anyone have information on how to contact the performance group the Five Lesbian Brothers? Please reply privately. Thanks. Frann Michel fmichel@willamette.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 18 Jan 1995 19:59:18 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Helen Conroy-Zenke Subject: Single Blessedness I've recently discovered as an historical note to a mystery (it is interim here) a reference to the Cult of Single Blessedness. The note states, "that a substantial number of mid-nineteeth-century American women chose to remain single, in order to pursue education and careers. As developed from 1810 through 1860, the main principles of single blessedness philosophy were to encourage the single life as a socially and personally valuable state and to inspire the search for eternal happiness through the acceptance of a higher calling than marriage." Has anyone come across this group in their research? I'm interested in the role of solitude and adult learning for women and would like to research this more. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. Mary Helen mhconroy@students.wisc.edu University of Wisconsin ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 07:48:55 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Anne M. Stockdell" Subject: AAUW Grants In-Reply-To: <9501181505.AA02791@gsusgi2.gsu.edu> To obtain information from the AAUW, you can write them at: Fellowships and Grants 2201 North Dodge Street P.O. Box 4030 Iowa City, IA 52243-4030 I know that they had a Nov. 15 deadline for 95-96 fellowship year; in July the new applications can be obtained by writing to the above address. I don't know if this is what you were looking for, but I have a pamphlet of information about *American* grants which I would be happy to photocopy and send to anyone interested. Anne Meade Stockdell engamsx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:50:27 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bea Jacobson Subject: Re: Single Blessedness Mary Helen, If you get any response to your query, I'd be interested in learning about this group. Thanks! Bea Jacobson bjacobsn@saunix.sau.edu St. Ambrose University Davenport, IA >I've recently discovered as an historical note to a mystery (it is interim >here) a reference to the Cult of Single Blessedness. The note states, "that >a substantial number of mid-nineteeth-century American women chose to remain >single, in order to pursue education and careers. As developed from 1810 >through 1860, the main principles of single blessedness philosophy were to >encourage the single life as a socially and personally valuable state and to >inspire the search for eternal happiness through the acceptance of a higher >calling than marriage." > Has anyone come across this group in their research? I'm interested in >the role of solitude and adult learning for women and would like to research >this more. Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance. >Mary Helen >mhconroy@students.wisc.edu >University of Wisconsin > > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:49:00 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean O'Barr Subject: Douglas' "where the girls are" i used Douglas in my intro ws class and it was very successful. the students liked having material they "knew" to analyze in new ways. it was "fun to read" from their point of view yet taught them serious analytic skills. i'd recommend it. jean o'barr ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 11:26:52 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joslyn Levy Subject: Heroes and Heroines Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. I will be following up on them over the next several months, and when I have a good list of references, I will share them with the list. If you have any further ideas, please let me knokw. Thanks again. Joslyn ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 09:38:54 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cathy Feldman Subject: Working Together, WT-L As an advocate for women's and workplace issues on the Internet, one of the projects we've begun is the Working Together, WT-L, listerv. Please join us. Working together we can make a difference. Cathy Cathy Feldman Moderator, Working Together, WT-L feldman@rain.org Working Together, WT-L, is a forum for women and men from all occupations who want to share information and experiences about the realities of working together. We go into work and family, gender and diversity, any aspect of our relationships on the job you think we should be dealing with. No matter what your role, from senior management to new hires on your first job, whether you are in business, science, education, white collar, blue collar, no collar, we need to hear from you. We need to know what you think about the critical workplace issues of our times. The greater the diversity of the people who participate, the greater the perspective we will bring to the challenge of solving our problems and building better lives for ourselves and our families. HOW TO SUBSCRIBE TO WORKING TOGETHER, WT-L To subscribe to the Working Together listserv, send an e-mail message to: Majordomo@rain.org and enter in the message area: subscribe wt-l The idea for Working Together, WT-L, was suggested by Cathy Feldman's books, "Two Years Without Sleep: Working Moms Talk About Having A Baby And A Job," and "The Men At The Office: Working Women Talk About Working With Men." Blue Point Books has posted excerpts online from the English and Spanish editions of "Two Years Without Sleep" and the English edition of "The Men At The Office" for WWW, Lynx, and Gopher users. Looking over this material will give you a good idea of what Working Together, WT-L, is about. These selections are available at the following addresses: WWW: http:www.rain.org/~bpbooks/mhp.html Lynx: http:www.rain.org/~bpbooks/lhp.html Gopher: gopher rain.org (Select Blue Point Books) To have information about our project and publications sent to you by e-mail, send an e-mail to bpbooks@rain.org. Enter in the subject area of your message: Info Blue Point Books. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 10:36:06 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolyn J Stefanco Subject: Looking for Course Evaluation Ideas In-Reply-To: <199501180225.VAA06967@holmes.umd.edu> Hello Everyone, The Women's Studies Program at Cal Poly is considering adopting a student evaluation form for Women's Studies classes. We're looking for form ideas and would appreciate any ideas or suggestions you may have. Thanks! Carolyn * Carolyn J. Stefanco, Director * * Women's Studies Program * * California Polytechnic State University * * San Luis Obispo, California 93407 * ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:40:27 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "(Lisa Logan)" Subject: rotating chair query i am teaching introduction to women's studies and am looking for ways to conduc t discussions with a group of 25. i understand that some members of this list use a "rotating chair" format, and i'd like to know how that works and what the guidelines are (or if there's an essay about it i could read). If other have suggestions about successful discussion formats, i'd like to hear them. right now i'm alternating between small and large group discussions, but would like m ore options. Thanks, Lisa Logan Kent State Univ./Stark Campus llogan@kentvm.kent.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 14:04:57 -0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Liz McMahon Subject: Journal evaluation Hi WMST-L. I will be teaching our Intro to WS course this spring (Lafayette College). We use journals in the class, which we have recently renamed Class Logs or Response Logs, in order to avoid some of the journal pitfalls of personal disclosure, etc., that have been amply discussed on the list. I DO NOT wish to restart that discussion. RATHER, I have a request: do any of you who assign journals/logs in class have a sheet that you use to help in grade assignment? I seem to remember someone writing about such a thing and have tried searching the log files, but could not locate it. What I am after would be something I could fill out for each entry specifying what I was looking for (analyses, connections between readings, whatever) to help the students to see why they got the grade I assigned for that entry. Please respond privately (mcmahone@lafayette.edu) and I will collect the responses; anyone who would like them can send a request. Thanks!! --Liz McMahon %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Elizabeth McMahon % Department of Mathematics % Lafayette College % Easton, PA 18042 % mcmahone@lafayette.edu % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 13:06:49 PST8PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Harriet Levi Organization: Clark College, Vancouver WA, USA Subject: International women-text I'm looking for suggestions for a text for my Women Around the World course. I am currently using two; Women Transforming Politics, and International Feminist Fiction. I teach at the Community College level. Has anyone used "The World of Women; in pursuit of human rights" by Janice Wood Wetzel? Please respond privately, thanks! ...................................................................... Harriet Levi Every society honors its Women's Studies live conformists Clark College and its dead Vancouver, WA 98663 troublemakers levihk@ooi.clark.edu help reverse the trend! ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 15:18:05 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Women's Studies Correspondence Subject: Position Announcement: Women's Studies at Oregon DIRECTOR OF WOMEN'S STUDIES THE UNIVERSITY OF OREGON The University of Oregon program in Women's Studies invites applications and nominations for the position of Director at the rank of Associate Professor, to begin September, 1995. The Women's Studies program is an active, rapidly expanding program, which offers an undergraduate minor and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies. About 40 faculty from nearly every School and College at the University participate in the program. Approximately 15 courses carrying Women's Studies credits are offered each quarter. The University of Oregon is a comprehensive research university and the only Oregon member of the Association of the American Universities. The university has over 16, 000 students and over 1,000 faculty. The 250-acre campus is located in the attractive university town of Eugene with a population of 114,000. The University, downtown Hult Center, and WOW Hall for the Performing Arts attract a wide variety of outstanding performers and artists to the community. Nearby rivers, mountains, and forests provide many recreational opportunities, like skiing, camping, biking, and canoeing. The beautiful Oregon coast is only a short drive away. Qualifications: Candidates must have a proven record of interdisciplinary scholarship, familiarity with feminist practice, and the ability to provide leadership and vision in the role of director. Especially desirable specialty areas are race, ethnicity, post-colonialism, queer theory, and feminist theory; but other specialties are welcome. Duties: The Director will administer the Women's Studies undergraduate minor and graduate certificate programs, teach half time and develop new undergraduate and graduate courses. Applications: Applicants should send a letter of application and supporting materials, including a curriculum vitae, writing sample, at least three letters of recommendation, and appropriate course syllabi to: Search Committee Women's Studies Committee Women's Studies Program University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403-1298 Nominations may be sent via FAX 503 346-2040 or email to mharvey@oregon.uoregon.edu. Deadline: February 15, 1995 Applications from all disciplines -- and minority candidates especially -- are encouraged to apply. The University of Oregon is an Equal-Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 17:18:11 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kris Anderson Subject: 1995 NWSA Conference Relocation 1995 National Women's Studies Association Conference NWSA and the Women's Studies Program at the University of Wyoming announce the relocation of the 1995 NWSA Conference to the University of Oklahoma. We sincerely hope that this change of site does not inconvenience you. We are pleased to announce that NWSA '95--"Women's Movements: Cultural, Intellectual, and Political (R)evolutions"--will take place as scheduled (June 21-25) at the University of Oklahoma in Norman. The move will make travel for most of you simpler and cheaper. The destination for those of you who are flying will be the Oklahoma City airport, which services seven major airlines and provides shuttles to Norman, just 1/2 hour away. Discounted airfares will be available through Priority Travel (1-800- 780--6960). Be sure to mention to them your affiliation with NWSA. Additional discounts are available for those who identify themselves as senior citizens. Norman is easily accessible by car via I-35 and I-40, and free parking will be available on campus. Plenty of affordable housing will be available both on and off campus. Details will be included in the Registration Brochure, which will be posted on WMST-L and mailed to NWSA members within the next month. We are very excited about the conference program, which--in addition to over 200 sessions on curriculum development and integration, feminist pedagogy, womenUs studies program development, feminist theory, lesbian and queer theory, popular culture, language and literature, social constructions of identity, politics, history, economics, and science and health --will include a keynote dialogue between bell hooks and Beverly Guy-Sheftall. Plenary sessions on Generations, Chaos and Order, the Politics of Survival, and Communities and Coalitions well include presentations by Louise Bernikow, Inez Telemantes, Mildred Jeffrey, Valerie Kameya, Chrystos, Andrea Nye, Cynthia Enloe, Bonnie Thornton Dill, Inez Hermandex, Ros Petcheskey, Betty Harris, Leslie Feinberg, Charlotte Bunch, and others. The conference will be enriched by a Film Series, Cultural Events Series, Writers Series, as well as art exhibits. Letters will be going out to presenters very shortly. Questions about the program should be addressed to me. Questions about housing, food, and local arrangements should be addressed to Betty Harris or Vivien Ng, co-site coordinators, at aa0383@uokmvsa.bitnet/405-325-0138. For information on membership or conference registration, contact Loretta Younger at the National Office (nwsa@umail.umd.edu/301-403- 0524/0525). We look forward to seeing you all in Oklahoma in June for what promises to be a great meeting. Kris Anderson NWSA Conference Chair ksa@iastate.edu 515-232-7242 (fax) 515-232-4631 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:11:40 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "BOGART, CATHY J" Subject: Re: Journal evaluation In-Reply-To: While this is not an evaluation form for journals, I found the following article extremely helpful in defining the objectives of journal assignments - when I taught the Psychology of Women last semester I used this article as a guideline for assessment: Berry, E. & Black, E. (1993). The Integrative Learning Journal (or, Getting beyond "True Confessions" and "Cold Knowledge"), Women's Studies Quarterly, 3 & 4, pgs. 88-93. Cathy ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 18:44:57 MST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cynders Subject: Re: women and food i dont see Kim Chernin's The Hungry Self on your list...you might want to check it out as well!! good luck ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 08:29:56 CST6CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kimberly J. Cook" Subject: Food and Women Teaching Statistics! Hi... After following the food and women discussions, I thought this might be of interest to many of you. It's lighthearted and sounds [tastes?] like good teaching to me. ------- Forwarded Message Follows - - - - - - - Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 11:38:41 -0700 Reply-to: Social Science Research Methods Instructors From: Joan Crowley Subject: Teaching Suggestion and Request for Help X-To: Methods Bulletin Board To: Multiple recipients of list METHODS Last year, in my graduate criminal justice statistics class, I modeled the bivariate normal distribution in bread dough. I draw a pretty good univariate normal distribution, but 3-d is beyond my capabilities. After made the distribution (easy--just make a little mountain), I used a pastry blade to show that any cross-sectional slice produced a normal distribution. After the demonstration, I used the departmental toaster oven and baked little loaves, which I served with butter and jam. The demonstration works best in a long class. I had a little over two hours. Set up the bread so that you do the demonstration at the end of the first rising. If you don't do bread, you can do the demonstration with play dough, but then you don't get to eat it. This year, I think I'll bring in the bread machine I got for Christmas. I firmly believe that feeding the body helps feed the mind, and that statistics classes should be as much fun as possible. The request for help: How does the bivariate normal distribution reflect the level of correlation between the two variables? That is, how would the three-dimensional distribution shift as the variables become more correlated? Can anyone suggest a book with illustrations? Thanks. Joan Crowley Department of Criminal Justice New Mexico State University jcrowley@nmsu.edu Martin L. Levin Voice Direct:601-325-7890 Professor and Head Voice Reception:601-325-2495 Department of Sociology, Anthropology FAX:601-325-4564 and Social Work Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 11:46:03 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elizabeth Bounds Subject: First Person Immigrant Narratives A student of mine is looking for first person accounts by contemporary first-generation immigrants (women)to the US. She is especially interested in accounts that demonstrate issues of access to economic resources/welfare/health care. Thanks for your help! Elizabeth Bounds Religious Studies Program Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061-0135 Phone: 703-231-7617 Fax: 703-231-6367 E-Mail: Elizabeth.Bounds@vt.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 10:55:56 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from PROFS to RFC822 format by PUMP V2.2X From: "stomko@wchester.bitnet" Subject: Grant Info *** Resending note of 01/20/95 10:44 List Members - Does anyone have information regarding Grants available for women who are planning on continuing their education? I seem to remember a Grant through Orville Redenbacher for women over the age of 35 who would like to pursue advanced degrees. If ANYONE can help me with any information along these lines please send a note to: stomko@wchester.bitnet Thank you all in advance for your help. - Sue Tomko ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 11:38:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Maria Pramaggiore Subject: info request I would appreciate bibliographical info on theories of gender and electronic communication (in terms of very recent technologies). My sense is that a lot of this work may be published in communications journals rather than feminist or Women's Studies journals, because I have found very few sources in the latter. I appreciate the help; please respond privately. Thanks! _________________________________________________________________ | | | Maria Pramaggiore maria_p@unity.ncsu.edu| | Department of English (919) 515-4138 | | North Carolina State University | |_______________________________________________________________| ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:10:18 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Re: Single Blessedness I very much doubt that there was any organized group in the 19th century calling itself The Cult of SIngle Blessedness. Mary Helen Conroy-Zenke does not say where this quote is from, but I presume someone is building on the phrase "The Cult of True Womanhood" (which was coined several decades ago to describe the social rules for middle-class women in the 19th century), and Mary Helen's source has simply coined this "Cult of Single Blessedness" phrase as a parallel formation in order to describe a phenomenon that is pretty well documented in the popular press in the 19th century. Any good (feminist) social history of 19th-century England or the U.S. should explicate it. In England, it is related to the demographics of "redundant women" who, statistically speaking, were unlikely to find husbands. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 12:11:32 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Re: Single Blessedness Sorry, I forgot to sign that last post about SIngle Blessedness. That was me, Kathy Hickok, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, responding to Mary Helen Conroy-Zenke. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:28:38 -0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Liz McMahon Subject: Journal Evaluation - suggestions? So yesterday, I asked for suggestions on a checksheet for evaluating journals/class logs. Lots of people responded with requests to send what I get, but only one person wrote me directly with a suggestion (get the students submit a list as an early assignment - might be a good source of ideas as well as a useful exercise for them. Thanks, Laura Kramer!). I like this idea but would still feel more comfortable with something to fall back on. So since no such thing seems to be out there, how about we start a discussion of what we'd put on such a checksheet, how we'd rate things, etc. I'll start: I did locate some very sketchy notes, though not the original message. I think it was from Georgia NeSmith, and my notes imply she might have suggested as things to check off: follows format specifications, follows directions and rate each as: below average, average, good excellent. I'd add: makes connections between readings, makes connections with class discussions. Any other ideas? I thank you for your help, and I know several others who would, also. --Liz %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Elizabeth McMahon % Department of Mathematics % Lafayette College % Easton, PA 18042 % mcmahone@lafayette.edu % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:36:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: lg71 Subject: Re: AAUW Grants In-Reply-To: <199501191257.HAA22057@holmes.umd.edu> Dear Anne: Saw your message re: a list of American grants sources. Did you say you'd be willing to copy and send??? God/dess bless you! If so, I would dearly like to receive a copy, and I'll owe you one! Thank you. Suzanne Gordon Address: 10307 Proctor Street, Silver Spring, MD 20901 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:38:27 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Anne M. Stockdell" Subject: Re: info request In-Reply-To: <9501201646.AA13391@gsusgi2.gsu.edu> Actually, I would like this information too Anne Meade Stockdell engamsx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Maria Pramaggiore wrote: > I would appreciate bibliographical info on theories of gender and > electronic communication (in terms of very recent technologies). My > sense is that a lot of this work may be published in communications > journals rather than feminist or Women's Studies journals, because I have > found very few sources in the latter. I appreciate the help; please > respond privately. > > Thanks! > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > | | > | Maria Pramaggiore maria_p@unity.ncsu.edu| > | Department of English (919) 515-4138 | > | North Carolina State University | > |_______________________________________________________________| > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:39:49 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Anne M. Stockdell" Subject: Re: info request In-Reply-To: <9501201646.AA13391@gsusgi2.gsu.edu> For all of you who have requested copies of the AAUW pamphlet I have, I will be copying it and mailing it out to you next week. Good luck in your search! Perhaps now is the time to scramble for the NEH grants while the are still around... Anne MEade Stockdell engamsx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 13:14:58 PST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judith Winter Subject: Re: info request (gender & electronic communication) >I would appreciate bibliographical info on theories of gender and >electronic communication (in terms of very recent technologies). My >sense is that a lot of this work may be published in communications >journals rather than feminist or Women's Studies journals, because I have >found very few sources in the latter. I appreciate the help; please >respond privately. > I responded publically, too, because others might want info. You'd want to get f-mail list. The purpose of this list is to generally facilitate discussion and information exchange on gender differences in use of computer communication, noting both the prevalent view that internetworking is a predominantly male domain, but also suggestions that females may in fact be better suited to computer-mediated communication. NOTE: This may be more theoretical/practical discussion than discussion of theories. send command: join f-email to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk In connection, Judith Winter island@whidbey.net ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:07:48 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Anderson Subject: immigrant women's accounts An especially good narrative of the life of a Mexican American woman is Fran Buss, ed., Forged Under the Sun/Forjada Bajo el Sol: The Life of Maria Elena Lucas. It poignantly demonstrates issues of access to economic resources, while also illuminating farmworker activism, the construction of oppositional religious beliefs, and family relations (including domestic violence). I have used it with undergraduates with great success. Karen Anderson History Dept. University of Arizona karena@ccit.arizona.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:08:01 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Georgia NeSmith Subject: evaluating writing My checklist for grading student writing was mentioned earlier in the context of a discussion of how to grade journals (or reasonable facsimiles thereof). I have NOT used this for grading journals because I haven't assigned journals -- primarily because I have difficulty grading them. I have enough trouble grading formal papers! What I have below is the grade checklist for what I have called "reaction papers" (i.e., they react to the readings and/or class discussion, selecting from questions I provide). These are formal academic papers and must meet academic standards, though I do allow for students to incorporate personal experience. I suppose it could be modified to be used for journal-type writing. I read the papers first, then go back through my gradesheet and circle in blue or black ink the evaluation term that fits best. Sometimes I will circle two (e.g., both good and excellent) if the student falls in between. For rewrites (required) I use the original grade sheet and check the new paper for improvements in the problem areas originally noted and circle in red ink the terms that apply to the improvements. Georgia NeSmith gnesmith@acspr1.acs. ============================================ Name:_______________________ React Paper # ______ WMS 101 Grade criteria (Reaction papers): Written work must demonstrate that the student 1. Effectively used relevant readings as assigned/chosen below average average good excellent 2. Can present information and ideas in a manner that a) is clear, well-organized, and thoughtful below average average good excellent b) is free of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure errors below average average good excellent c) follows specified format and length requirements. below average average good excellent 3. Is able to synthesize, summarize, and analyze significant quantities ofmaterial. below average average good excellent 4. Is able to develop an argument logically and to defend it with evidence below average average good excellent 5. Is conscientious about crediting the sources of her/his information and ideas below average average good excellent 6. Is conscientious about meeting specified deadlines. below average average good excellent Comments: ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 16:08:24 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jackie Wilkie Subject: Re: Single Blessedness In-Reply-To: <199501201814.NAA07876@holmes.umd.edu>; from "kathleen hickok" at Jan 20, 95 12:10 (noon) I too have never run across the phrase the Cult of SIngle Blessedness but I agree that it is clearly refering to the late nineteenth cnetury phenomoenon of women choosing not to marry which is well documented in CHapter 12 of Nancy Woloch WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE. Jackie Wilkie History Dept. Luther College Decorah, IA ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 19:02:35 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynn Schlesinger Organization: SUNY at Plattsburgh, New York, USA Subject: Re: Journal Evaluation - suggestions? Date sent: 20-JAN-1995 18:54:32 I am going to use journals in all my courses this semester, after having tried them sporadically in other semesters. Here are the guidelines I've given the students (some questions are based on Appendix A of the instructor's manual for Sources, Notable Selections in Sociology, edited by K. Finsterbusch and J.S. Schwartz, Dushkin, 1993). I'd be happy to share how this experience works out, including how I grade them (whether or not they address the questions below=a primary consideration). JOURNALS -- SOC 315, 341,495 Dr. Lynn Schlesinger -- Spring 1995 WHEN DUE: See syllabus for your particular class WHERE DUE: in my mailbox or under my office door HOW DUE: in a notebook, or cardboard envelope or other enclosure. Journals may be handwritten, but if they are please write EVERY OTHER LINE. If you type please DOUBLE SPACE. WHAT TO ADDRESS IN JOURNALS: In addition to any specific questions I may assign in class, each journal submission should include your reflections on what has gone on in class/in the readings between journals. The journal is an opportunity for you to 1. develop reading notes 2. test out ideas, ask questions 3. relate course material to everyday life. Effort is KEY. I am not so much interested in whether or not you are "right", but what sense you are making of the readings and other course materials, what doesn't make sense, etc. In discussing the readings please consider the following questions: 1. What are the main ideas? 2. What data does the author use to support the main ideas? (can you give 3 examples?) 3. What methods does the author use? 4. What theoretical perspective(s) does the author use or discuss? 5. Did you find any examples of propoganda, bias, faulty reasoning? 6. What is your overall evaluation of the reading? AND ***7. In what ways does the reading relate to other course materials, to other courses you've taken? The answers to #7 should become more developed as we progress throught the course! You may use your own or others' experiences as reference points, but 1. such reflections alone will not be a "complete" journal entry 2. if there is anything you do not want ______________, the TA, to read please say so ________________________________________________ I will be using the journals in: Sociology of Health and Medicine Contemporary Sociological Theory Senior Seminar: Gender and Disability and a research practicum...(all 4 students in the practicum are also in the senior seminar; we are completing a study of students with disabilties). Suggestions? Comments? Lynn Schlesinger Dept. of Sociology SUNY Plattsburgh Plattsburgh NY 12901 SCHLESL@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 17:25:37 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Gundersen Subject: single blessedness Lee Virginia Chamber-Schiller's book Liberty, A Better Husband: Single Women in America: The Generations of 1780-1840 has a first chapter called "Single Blessedness, Blessed Singleness: The Cult of Single Blessedness". The term "Cult of Single Blessedness" was coined by Chamber Schiller to match that of the "Cult of Domesticity" in order to describe the affirmation of single life given in many writings of women and often expressed as "better single than miserably married." The rest of her title came from an anonymous book of 1853 entitled "Single Blessedness". For those of you that wnat to follow up on this, look at chapter 1, pp. 18-28. The book was published by Yale in 1985. Joan Gundersen CSU, San Marcos jrgunder@coyote.csusm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 21:38:34 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christy L Minadeo Subject: journal writing evaluation I take a different approach to journal writing--that is, I see it as a safe place to explore ideas and questions without worrying about organizing one's thoughts. I use reading journals extensively, but I see them as a way for student's to think through some issue *on paper* before they come to class and try to discuss it. It helps avoid passive reading, and I think prepares students better for jumping in to class discussions. As a result, I don't care much for formal structure, mechanics, or even whether they got the answer "right." And I don't expect them to solve the problem by the end of the entry (I usually pose a question to get them analyzing a particular problem). I do collect entries, but randomly, a few at a time, to encourage (coerce) compliance with every requirement. I do not grade them, but instead ask further questions they might consider, and encourage them to move to the next step in analysis and comprehension. At the end of the semester, I ask for all entries to be collected in a portfolio, for which they must then write an evaluation. It's useful for them to see how their skills have grown, and also many of my students find writing in general to be a bit easier, having gotten into the habit. Christy Minadeo minadeoc@student.msu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 19:38:19 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Diane Gromala Subject: Re: info request In-Reply-To: <199501202047.PAA13686@holmes.umd.edu> I'd also appreciate this information. gromala@u.washington.edu > On Fri, 20 Jan 1995, Maria Pramaggiore wrote: > > > I would appreciate bibliographical info on theories of gender and > > electronic communication (in terms of very recent technologies). My > > sense is that a lot of this work may be published in communications > > journals rather than feminist or Women's Studies journals, because I have > > found very few sources in the latter. I appreciate the help; please > > respond privately. > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > | | > > | Maria Pramaggiore maria_p@unity.ncsu.edu| > > | Department of English (919) 515-4138 | > > | North Carolina State University | > > |_______________________________________________________________| > > > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 20:06:11 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Forrest Couch Subject: Looking for Women's Studies Programs I'm looking for a good women's studies program in the Palo Alto area. I have an Associate of Arts degree in Psychology and would like to get a bachelor's in Women's Studies. Are there any four year colleges out there that offer this? Thanks for your help. Teryn Prehm -- 1¾«˜ ******************************************************************** **** Forrest Couch The Harbinger Company 880 Echo Drive Los Altos, CA 94024 harbco@ix.netcom.com 415-941-4176 (voice) 415-948-1113 (fax) Computer-Based Instruction Design & Development for Industry. €˜ wÀ47 [ 4À4 @ ïóÜ[› ï` ïò[ Eï E0 \ø[è \² \\ø[ 4 4è \³ Ÿ; \² 7 Ÿ; È È Î` 4,9 €ÊÿÿÚÿÿ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 20 Jan 1995 23:40:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Heather McIver Organization: University of NC at Greensboro Subject: Re: Kinsey critiques So sorry to bother everyone with this, but I lost the requestees address! (Well, I, um, sort of deleted it...) Anyway, she was asking for references for feminist critiques of A. Kinsey's work, and I have found some more specific references than I have already given her (you) privately. Here goes: Shiela Jeffreys mentions him a few times in "anticlimax" and does a very good job of challenging the "the more sex the better" and "anything goes" views. Susan Brownmiller does some critique in "Against Our Will" (1975) and... MacKinnon speaks of him in her chapter in " Theories of Human Sexuality" edited by Greer and O'Donohue. She and Brownmiller point out his obscuration (?) of rape and child sexual abuse. What may prove most important, though, is A. Dworkin's "Pornography: Men Possessing Women" New York: Perigee, 1981, 179-198. Again--Good Luck! Heather McIver McIverh@iris.uncg.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 10:00:10 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lucy Candib MD Subject: single blessedness An entire book on this subject (which does not have "Cult of Single Blessedness in the index): Lee Virginia Chambers-Schiller: Liberty a Better Husband; Single Women in America: The Generations of 1780-1840. New Haven, Yale UP, 1984. -- Lucy M. Candib, M.D. Family Health and Social Service Center 875 Main St. Worcester, Massachusetts 01610 508-756-3528 lcandib@umassmed.ummed.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 13:00:14 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Maria Pramaggiore Subject: Gender/Elec Comm. Several people have indicated an interest in seeing the results of my inquiry regarding gender and electronic communication. I will post a bibliography (and any other pertinent information that list members have been so generous with) to WMST-L after I have compiled it, with the help of Beth Hardin here at NCSU. Thanks for your suggestions and references regarding gender, feminism and contemporary information/communication technologies and keep em' coming! Maria _________________________________________________________________ | | | Maria Pramaggiore maria_p@unity.ncsu.edu| | Department of English (919) 515-4138 | | North Carolina State University | |_______________________________________________________________| ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 14:57:13 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: "Linda Lopez McAlister, SWIP-L Moderator" Subject: FILM REVIEW ADDED: Erotique On Saturday, January 21, I broadcast a review of the film "Erotique" on the Women & Film segment of"The Women's Show" the feminist radio magazine produced by Dorothy Abbott on WMNF-FM (88.5) in Tampa, FL. It is now available for retrieval from the FILM FILELIST. To obtain this review send the following command to Listserv @UMDD (Bitnet) or UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): GET FILM REV132 FILM To obtain a list of all the film reviews available, send a message to the same listserv address that says: INDEX FILM To get more than one review, put each command on a separate line: GET FILM REV6 FILM GET FILM REV14 FILM GET FILM REV39 FILM The opinions expressed in these reviews were mine when I wrote the review and represent one woman's opinion at a particular time.We have over 3000 subscribers to WMST-L so there are probably 2999 other views. If you would like to share yours, please do NOT do so on the WMST-L itself, but send your messages to me personally at the addresses below. I have appreciated the feedback I've received. Thanks. Linda ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 13:31:26 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Todd Subject: Re: Journal Evaluation - suggestions? In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 20 Jan 1995 15:28:38 -0100 from A friend who helps run the writing center on our campus and I developed an in-class journal writing component when we taught one of our intro WS courses last year. In order to try to impose some kind of consistency on our grading, we designed the following grid, which has worked so well that I now use it for all writing assignments. We started by asking each other what we expected from students and how important each was to us. The model includes 4 parts of equal weight and a maximum of 3 points: 0-1-2-3 ANSWER/ASSIGNMENT [Did you answer the question you were asked/fulfill the assignment you were given: all parts?] 0-1-2-3 EVIDENCE [Did you support your statements with evidence from the readings/discussion/experience? This includes citations, examples, specifics to the assignment, and in the case of in-class journals, provides a check that the reading was done.] 0-1-2-3 ANALYSIS [Depth of argument/critical thinking/original ideas/logic/synthesis] 0-1-2-3 EXPRESSION [Style: coherence, organization, intro/conclusion, grammar] We actually draw a grid on the student's paper and write the word that indicates each category, followed by any comments particular to that component. The # of points go before it, added at the bottom. Maximum score = 12 A/ 11 = A- / 10 = B+ . . . . Students have responded very positively because the grading is so clear. I find this saves time and provides some consistency to what can become a very subjective process. Mary Todd Women's Studies The University of Illinois at Chicago u24930@uicvm.uic.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:02:16 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Patterson Subject: class of mostly male students Hello. I wonder if I might stimulate a discussion on the list by presenting my situation this term, and asking for the insights of experienced teachers on the list. I am in my third year of teaching Political Science at a private, mostly undergraduate institution in suburban Richmond. I teach some courses which are cross listed with Women's Studies, but my question concerns a 200 level course, Introduction to Public Policy. I have taught the course several times now, but find myself facing a section this term which is composed of 24 white men and one white woman. All are under age 22, and the majority are first and second year students. This raises several questions for me. First, what might explain the grossly imbalanced gender distribution? About 40% of our majors are female. The course is open for GenEd credit, or for students seeking electives. Second, given the class composition, what sorts of situations might I forsee, and how might I be proactive about them? I typically conduct classes with alot of collaborative activity, in small groups, in large discussion, etc., but discourage debates. In what format, and with what approach does one address the topic of welfare reform, for example, when the class is so composed? Third, I am concerned about the one young woman in the class. I appreciate your sharing experiences, comments, speculations, and tips. Incidentally, I have tried to rustle up some more students, and these efforts turned up 3 more men...I am starting to think that the larger electoral context is having a corrosive effect on the willingness of women to study politics, but obviously have insufficient data to support that view. Tricia Patterson Dept. of Political Science University of Richmond, Richmond, VA 23173 tpatterson@urvax.urich.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:09:11 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ramona Morris Subject: Re: incorporating gender/ university curriculum In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 16 Jan 1995 11:31:01 -0600 from Danielle, I am a doctoral candidate at York U (Toronto). My dissertation project examines the process of curriculum transformation. I would be very interested to hear about the work that you are doing. Ramona *+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+*+ Ramona Morris Dept. of Sociology, Small Groups Lab 2060 Vari Hall York University 4700 Keele Street North York, Ontario, Canada, M3J 1P3 REMORRIS@vm1.yorku.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 14:30:11 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Owen Subject: gre scores My school's graduate program is in the midst of a huge debate about the predictive value of the gre's. We are a minority institution with mostly Hispanic and women. The argument goes that the gres discriminate againist women and minorities hence should only be used as a supplement (if at all) to other admission criteria, such as letters of rec and personal experience. The other side fears a lowereing of standards in that anyone could in actuality be admitted. Does nayone have any experience with this issue? Psycpat@stmarytx.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:37:21 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ramona MOrris Subject: Re: incorporating gender/ university curriculum In-Reply-To: Message of Sat, 21 Jan 1995 15:09:11 EST from deepest apologies for sending private reply to whole list! Ramona ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 21 Jan 1995 16:43:27 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Fresco Subject: Re: gre scores >My school's graduate program is in the midst of a huge debate about the >predictive value of the gre's. We are a minority institution with mostly >Hispanic and women. The argument goes that the gres discriminate againist >women and minorities hence should only be used as a supplement (if at all) >to other admission criteria, such as letters of rec and personal experience. >The other side fears a lowereing of standards in that anyone could in >actuality be admitted. Does nayone have any experience with this >issue? >Psycpat@stmarytx.edu Here are two publications that will be of interest to you: "Trends & Profiles; Statistics about General Test Examinees by Sex and Ethnicity," (doc. no. RR-94-1) available from the Educational Testing Service "Sex, Race, Ethnicity, and Performance on the GRE General Test; a Technical Report" published for the Graduate Record Examinations Board by Educational Testing Service Karen Fresco Director of Graduate Studies Dept. of French Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign kfresco@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu