========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:35:54 +0200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Andrew Shields Subject: New Jersey suffrage I read the following in an article about Tom Paine in the TLS: "... the pathbreaking New Jersey law of July 2, 1776, extending the vote to female citizens--... the public controversy generated by the rescinding of the law in 1807." I have read quite a bit of material about the campaign for woman suffrage in the US, and there is an occasional mention of the New Jersey law, but I have never found any more detailed references to it? Does anyone know of an article or book about New Jersey's suffrage, both how it came to pass and how it later came to not pass? Thanks, Andrew Shields ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 11:37:07 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Gassner Subject: job search I'm hearing a querulous note in the voices of those who have been on search committees and have had to wade through mountains of "inappropriate" job applications, and I feel I must come to the defense of my fellow job seekers. We are being advised by faculty to (1) apply for all jobs for which we're even vaguely suited because (I'm paraphrasing here) "departments often don't know what they want until they see it"; and (2) apply even when we're early ABD for the experience of the search. Others on the list have spoken to the first issue. I don't know that there's any successful resolution to it except for a department that KNOWS what they want to be as specific as possible. But if you're advertising for a specialist in American lit with an emphasis in women's studies or queer theory or colonial lit, expect to get every Am. lit. person on the market to apply since we'll figure you're not sure what you want. The second issue is perhaps a function of a changing marketplace. My department has an excellent record for placements, the majority of whom have been hired ABD and have finished their dissertations either in the summer before starting a new job or the summer after. However, I think that's pretty much a thing of the past since the market is so glutted. I got a number of responses to my applications this year which said, "Thanks but we've have so many responses that we're automatically weeding out all who don't have the degree in hand." I suspect that a lot of other schools did the same without actually saying so. All of which is to say that a job search is a hellish process on both sides and maybe, just maybe, we're all doing the best we can with a vastly imperfect system. Perhaps we could discuss how to change the system, rather than venting at each other??? Jane Gassner jg0a@lehigh.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:52:28 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bob Bender Subject: Feminist Architecture For a student interested in creating women's space, anyone having suggestions about readings in feminist architecture and city planning please send them along. Thanks. Bob Bender ********************************************************************* * Robert M. Bender Internet: engbob@mizzou1.missouri.edu * * Director of Special Degree Programs Phone: 314-882-6060 * * Professor of English and Women Studies FAX: 314-884=5151 * * 308 Read Hall * * University of Missouri-Columbia * * Columbia, Missouri 65211 * ********************************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 11:55:15 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "barbara A.lakes" Subject: Social Science Credit for Intro. W.S. The Women's Studies Program at Berea College is proposing social science distribution creidt for its intro. to Women's Studies course. If your institution offers such credit, please let us know and if possible send a course syllabus and any information on social science research projects. Please send to Barbara_A.Lakes@berea.edu or to Office of Women's Studies, CPO 2183, Berea College, Berea, KY 40404. Thank you. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 7 May 1995 23:15:23 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Donna L. Sollie" Subject: Textbook on female sexuality I am looking for a supplementary textbook on female sexuality to be used in a graduate human sexuality course. The course includes a major emphasis on sexual dysfunction and therapy, as well as an emphasis on current research and theory on male and female sexualities. I have used Lonnie Barbach's book For Yourself and would like to get a more updated book for the class. ANy suggestions? Please reply to: dsollie@humsci.auburn.edu Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 10:44:38 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Betty J Glass Subject: Re: audiovisual resources In-Reply-To: <199505081558.LAA26102@holmes.umd.edu> I've come across the following international audiovisual women's studies directory/filmography, which may be of interest to various faculty and librarians on the list, FYI: _Powerful Images: A Women's Guide to Audiovisual Resources_ Rome: Isis International, 1986. ISBN: 88-85840-00-0 Topics covered include: racism, migrant workers, sex roles, prostitution, child care, aging, reproductive rights, women's history, domestic violence, women and war, labor and economics issues, and literacy Materials covered include videocassettes, 16mm films, and slideshows. Betty glass@UNR.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 14:01:57 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: steve grubman-black Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality In-Reply-To: Message of Sun, 7 May 1995 23:15:23 CST from D. Sollie recently requested materials for use with students learning about treatment issues with sexuality. I too would be interested in finding out some current literature; my purpose is to assimilate it in a special topics WMS course, addressing enforced silences and "natural" recovery of childhood sexual victimization. Thank you. Steve Grubman-Black sdgbbgs@uriacc.uri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 13:19:00 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: joAnn Castagna Subject: more on when people apply for jobs some recent messages have indicated one of the ironic?paradoxical? aspects of the current situation--some committees don't want to look at abds, but others (i'm pretty sure) are wary of the "stale" phd, especially with new phds arriving every year. so, the hiring window becomes very narrow. i know of some people who delayed the phd defense after not getting a job, so that they could arrive at the next year's market looking not as if they'd been passed over.... have i missed any discussion of the jobs that don't get filled because departments don't continue to look after they've been turned down? the urging to job seekers not to apply for everything needs to be balanced with a plea to those with positions to think about what they will do if the candidate to which they offer a job turns them down. every year some candidates are offered many more convention intervies, on-campus visits, jobs, than the one the take. and what happens to the jobs they turn down? an adjunct is hired and next year the department starts all over again, often by-passing the adjunct for the next "star"--who will also turn down more jobs than she/he takes. jane gassner suggests talking about the process: it is interesting that although it looks like academic departments have a long time to fill positions (i.e. they start looking a year before the job begins), the process is compressed in strange ways. many job seekers have probably received form letters talking about "we had to winnow 400 applications in 10 days" because the deadline for application was that close to the time when convention interviews had to be scheduled. (and can that kind of time-compressed winnowing mean anything except looking at where and with whom the seeker's grad work was done? and maybe a look for publications?) discussion of this thread on the list has amply demonstrated the general unhappiness about the process, but is there any way to transform it??? joann castagna joann-castagna@uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 11:51:14 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Tania Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality In-Reply-To: Message of Sun, 7 May 1995 23:15:23 CST from Sexual Salvation by Naomi McCormick does a nice job synthesizing emirical resea rch on women's sexuality within the theoretical framework of the feminist sex d ebates. :):):):):):):):):):):):):):) Tania Israel Arizona State University TANIA.ISRAEL@ASU.EDU :):):):):):):):):):):):):):) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 15:35:23 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "NAOMI B. MCCORMICK" Organization: SUNY at Plattsburgh, New York, USA Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality >Subj: Textbook on female sexuality > > >I am looking for a supplementary textbook on female sexuality to be used in >a graduate human sexuality course. The course includes a major emphasis on >sexual dysfunction and therapy, as well as an emphasis on current research >and theory on male and female sexualities. I have used Lonnie Barbach's >book For Yourself and would like to get a more updated book for the class. >ANy suggestions? Please reply to: > >dsollie@humsci.auburn.edu > >Thanks. Hi. Perhaps you'll be interested in my recent book, Sexual Salvation. It is a feminist book on women's sexuality. I'll send a little electronic blurb to the list next; for more information, please feel free to contact the publisher (Greenwood); I'll provide the telephone # on the next listing. Naomi ****************************************************************** Naomi B. McCormick Dept. Psychology State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY 12901 USA @@@@@@@@ @@ @@ Telephone (518) 564-3076; 564-3382 @@@ (A A) @@@ FAX (518) 564-3397 @@@ L @@@ % \ {} / % E-mail MCCORMNB@SNYPLAVA.BITNET ---- MCCORMNB@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU | | /******\ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 15:44:16 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "NAOMI B. MCCORMICK" Organization: SUNY at Plattsburgh, New York, USA Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality >I am looking for a supplementary textbook on female sexuality to be used in >a graduate human sexuality course. The course includes a major emphasis on >sexual dysfunction and therapy, as well as an emphasis on current research >and theory on male and female sexualities. >ANy suggestions? Please reply to: > >dsollie@humsci.auburn.edu > Hi to everyone from Naomi Here is the blurb on my book I promised for the list: ******** Naomi McCormick, President of The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the Department of Psychology, State University of New York-- Plattsburgh, is pleased to announce the November 1994 publication of her new book, _Sexual Salvation: Affirming Women's Sexual Rights and Pleasures_ (ISBN: 0-275-94359-3) by Praeger (Wesport, CT). This well-researched trade book illuminates the wide- ranging experiences that women of all ages, ethnic groups, and sexual orientations have had with sexuality and intimacy, linking both radical and liberal feminist scholarship with woman- affirming social science research and psychotherapeutic work. The cost of this 304 page hard-cover book is $22.95. In addition to forewords by Elizabeth Rice Allgeier and Albert Ellis, there are chapters on: The Search for Sexual Salvation; Lessons in Seduction; Love and Intimacy; Lesbian and Bisexual Identities; Women Sex Trade Workers; Sexual Victimization and Pornography; Woman-Affirming Models of Sexual Fulfillment; Sexual Rights and Pleasures in the Next Century. For more information about this book, please contact Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 88 Post Road West, P.O. Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881-5007, U.S.A. For book information, 24 hours-a-day, call toll-free: 1-800-225-5800. Customer Service: Telephone (203) 226-3571; FAX (203) 222-1502. ****************************************************************** Naomi B. McCormick Dept. Psychology State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY 12901 USA @@@@@@@@ @@ @@ Telephone (518) 564-3076; 564-3382 @@@ (A A) @@@ FAX (518) 564-3397 @@@ L @@@ % \ {} / % E-mail MCCORMNB@SNYPLAVA.BITNET ---- MCCORMNB@SPLAVA.CC.PLATTSBURGH.EDU | | /******\ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 15:42:15 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Ann Rosenfeld Organization: East Tennessee State University Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality In-Reply-To: Message of Sun, 7 May 1995 23:15:23 CST from Good luck in finding something on female sexuality. I teach it in the medical s chool and I might as well be teaching Ancient Atlantean. Start with Our Bodies Ourselves, and our bodies growing older. Look at the Canadian Family Physician (Journal) it had a whole journal on this about 3 years ago. From there you would either have to go to Feminist Psycho therapy which of ten spends more time on aberrancy than normalcy. - let me/us know if you find s omething ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 13:50:55 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Deborah Jean Brasket Subject: Re: Feminist Architecture In-Reply-To: <199505081554.LAA12171@holmes.umd.edu> I'd be interested in any reading in this subject as well. Please respond privately unless you feel this would be of appropriate interest to the list Deborah Brasket dbrasket@oboe.aix.calpoly.edu On Mon, 8 May 1995, Bob Bender wrote: > For a student interested in creating women's space, anyone having > suggestions about readings in feminist architecture and city planning please > send them along. Thanks. > > Bob Bender > ********************************************************************* > * Robert M. Bender Internet: engbob@mizzou1.missouri.edu * > * Director of Special Degree Programs Phone: 314-882-6060 * > * Professor of English and Women Studies FAX: 314-884=5151 * > * 308 Read Hall * > * University of Missouri-Columbia * > * Columbia, Missouri 65211 * > ********************************************************************* > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 16:02:07 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jackie Wilkie Subject: Musica Femina I sent this message yesterday but it doesn't seem to have made it through so I am trying again. If you get two messages to this effect I apologize. I have programed a performance of MUSICA FEMINA, a classical guitar fulte duo which performs music in the Western Classical Tradition by women composers who worked from 1600 to the present. They anticipate performing at Luther OCt. 3 and soemplace in Fort Wayne Indiana thereafter. In my last communication with the tour organizer she indicated that they may have to cancel if they do not fill their "dance card" so to speak in this midwestern tour. Out of self-interest and because I think this performance, lecture, masters class extravaganza would be relevant to the programs of many people on this list, I am sending this message. I know that they ahve performed at Gettysburg to rave reviews and recently at the University of Iowa. If you are interested you can contact Musica Femina, P.O. Box 15121 Portland Oregon 97215 (503) 233-1206. I assume that if this message is inapropriate the list managers will eliminater it, maybe that is what happened to my previous message. But actually I think there are Nisse (little norwegian elves) in my cyberspace. -- ********************************************************** Jacqueline Wilkie + Women's Studies Coordinator Luther College + Associate Professor of History Decorah, IA + wilkieja@martin.luther.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 17:30:13 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ellie Amico Subject: intro class Two videos that work wonderfully in intro class are "Still Killing Us Softly" on images of women in advertizing, and "Dreamworlds"--a heavy-duty look at women's image on MTV--this one is a doozy, and no one will leave unmoved. Preview it 1st though, and warn students it won't be pretty. Ellie Amico Heartwell@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 17:33:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: the elves did it Jackie Wilkie writes: > I assume that if this message is inapropriate the list managers > will eliminater it, maybe that is what happened to my previous message. But > actually I think there are Nisse (little norwegian elves) in my cyberspace. Jackie's second explanation (the elves did it) is the more likely one. Please understand that NO ONE sees WMST-L messages ahead of time (except maybe the elves :-) ).. I see messages only after they've been received and distributed by the software that handles such things. Thus, there is no way that I can censor messages (or save you from embarrassment if you send a message to the list by accident). The edited digest is a different matter, but that's not what Jackie is referring to. Also, if you aren't sure whether a message has already appeared on WMST-L, you can EASILY find out by sending a database search message to LISTSERV. I do this frequently, and I generally receive the information I need in about a minute. If I wanted to find out whether a message I sent to the list yesterday was distributed, I'd send the following seemingly arcane but actually simple message to listserv: // Database Search DD=Rules //Rules DD * Search * in WMST-L since 95/5/7 - where sender contains korenman Index Print /* Many database search formulas are described with remarkable clarity by WMST-L subscriber Jacquie Hunt in a file called DUMMY GUIDE. To get it, send the message GET DUMMY GUIDE to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU. I find these searches so helpful that I keep a template in my files that I just fill in as needed and send off to LISTSERV. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 17:55:38 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Debbie Kay Krueger Subject: Feminism What is your definition of feminism in a few sentences? e-mail dkrueger@tenet.edu Thank you for any input you might have. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 18:06:44 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Debbie Kay Krueger Subject: feminism What is your definition of feminism in a few sentences? Thank you for any input you might have on the subject. e-mail: dkrueger@tenet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 13:45:43 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Randi R. Warne" Subject: Elizabeth Minnich Date sent: 8-MAY-1995 13:44:08 Thanks to everyone who sent me information on how to reach Elizabeth Minnich. A colleague at UW System was also looking to contact her, so your responses were doubly helpful. Randi Warne University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI 54901 Bitnet - Warne@oshkoshw Internet - Warne@vaxa.cis.uwosh.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 19:24:08 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Warning -- RSCS tag indicates an origin of $SMTPSRV@UMDD From: Michele Forte Subject: conference I will be in Laramie, WY at the end of June and understand there is an NWSA conference there. Could anyone provide me with the dates and a way of obtaning more information? Pleaase respond privately unless this is a germane topic for the list. Thank you in advance - Michele mf7175@cnsvax.albany.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 17:10:56 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Ruth Dickstein, University of Arizona Main Library" Subject: Introductory texts I have been asked to send this message to the list. We have already looked at the article in the last Feminist Collections about introductory textbooks, but would like hearing from people who have used other texts in their Intro to Women's Studies classes. I would appreciate hearing which Introduction to Women's Studies text people have found useful. I have been using Freeman's 4th edition for several years and would like to try another text. Please respond to myrad@ccit.arizona.edu because I am currently not on WSt-list. Thank you. Myra Dinnerstein Women's Studies Douglass 102 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 20:28:18 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christy Hammer Subject: Re: Feminism I've always been partial to Patricia Ireland's line that feminism is the radical belief that women are people, too. I also say that the Holy Trinity of feminist battles have always been: equal pay, reproductive rights, child care. You should collect all the definitions of feminism you receive and message them all together for us! ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 20:33:30 -0500 Reply-To: korenman@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: definitions of feminism???? I'm sorry to be a wet blanket, but I'd like to remind WMST-L subscribers that this list is primarily intended as a tool for people involved professionally with Women's Studies. Such people presumably know what feminism is, and know, too, that they can find definitions of feminism in just about every introductory Women's Studies text. Thus, messages that ask out of the blue for definitions of feminism do not belong on this list and should not be replied to publicly. The welcome letter makes this point quite clear: > WMST-L is intended primarily to serve the academic and professional > needs of people involved with Women's Studies as teachers, researchers, > librarians, and/or program administrators....Moreover, since WMST-L is > intended primarily as a professional tool, messages from novices and > others seeking explanations or rationales for feminism or for Women's > Studies do not belong on the list. The list's heavy mail volume presents a serious problem for many subscribers. Please do not create additional volume by sending or responding publicly to inappropriate messages. There are MANY lists where one can ask how to define feminism, and under some circumstances, such questions might well belong on WMST-L, but the recent query seemed to be the sort of question a novice would ask to spur discussion. Especially in view of the heavy mail volume of the past week, I'd say that the last thing the list needs is either novice questions or spurs to discussion. Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County Bitnet: korenman@umbc * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 21:54:52 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Roberta Lamb Subject: Re: intro class In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 8 May 1995 17:30:13 -0400 from The National Film Board of Canada, Studio D has produced many films that are wonderful for women's studies classes. Having just finished marking many, far too many, 1st year final exams, I am brain dead, but I'll try to get a list of the most useful. These are the same folks who put out "Company of Strangers" (under a different title in the states); "forbidden love"; another film on gay &lesbian youth; a series on black women in Canada; "Abortion stories North & South";and-- the latest project is to turn Carol Shields "Stone Diaries" into a film. Seeing as how this is V-E day-- there's also a film on women in WW2. I think it's called, "and we could dance." NFB is a great resource. Roberta Lamb lambr@qucdn.queensu.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 20:14:19 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sonja Streuber Subject: Re: intro class In-Reply-To: <199505090204.WAA02149@holmes.umd.edu> What about the movie _She must be seeing things_? It's a movie about a lesbian relationship, maybe a little heavy on the cliche-side, but with a thorough theoretical approach. Works well as an introduction to feminist readings of Lacan (for example the Grosz-book). Teresa de Lauretis talks about this movie in her first chapter of _The Practice of Love_ and develops an interesting theory of female sexuality around it. Sonja shstreuber@ucdavis.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 16:41:51 E Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gabriell Meagher Subject: Porn industry info, please In-Reply-To: <199502252049.PAA22691@holmes.umd.edu>; from "Joan Ariel" at Feb 25, 95 12:48 pm I will be teaching a course with a colleague next semester called the Political Economy of Women, to upper level under graduates in Economics, political science and Women's Studies. I need some information about pornography AS AN INDUSTRY. My colleague will talk about the ethical an dpolitical issues involved, and I would like to complement this by talking about who makes a buck producing pornographic material, who organises the industry and who works in it etc. Any references to writings dealing with this subject would be greatly appreciated. Private replies could be put together for posting to the list together. Thanks, \ Gabrielle Meagher email gabriell@sue.econ.su.oz.au Department of Economics, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:05:04 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Re: Porn industry info, please In-Reply-To: <199505090643.CAA09414@holmes.umd.edu> There's a great movie, probably not dated though from 1981, from Studio D in Canada, by Bonnie Sherr Klein, called about the sex industry. Highly recommended. Liora Moriel University of Maryland at College Park lioram@wam.umd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:42:58 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Re: audiovisual resources Isis's book, Powerful Images, is very good but be forewarned - it is extremely out of date. Even though it was published in 1986, the information in it is actually from 3-4 years prior. I remember looking through it when it came out and finding that the address for our organiztion was wrong and many of the titles were no longer in our collection. But, as far as I know, there is no newer version! Debra Zimmerman Women Make Movies wmm_nyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:42:10 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kathleen T. Smith" Subject: 1st person fiction In-Reply-To: <199505081539.LAA04891@holmes.umd.edu> To those of you who responded to my request, many thanks. Particularly to those who recommended _Smilla's Sense of Snow_, which I have recently finished, thanks again. Here are the results; some of these books I have not looked at yet, so I do not know if they are truly 1st person voices. I eliminated those that I knew were not: Cold Sassy Tree, Olive Ann Burns Ceremony, Leslie Marmon Sika A Lost Lady, My Antonia, Willa Cather Death of an Ex-Minister, Nawal El Sadawi The House of the Star, Clarice Lispector Several books by Ursula LeGuin A Severed Head, Iris Murdoch Before and After, Rosellen Brown Herland, Charlotte Perkins Gilman She Has No Place in Paradise, Nawal El Sadawi Interview with the Vampire, The Vampire Lestat, Anne Rice My Cousin Rachel, Daphne Du Maurier Psion, Catspaw, Joan D. Vinge Bone Dance, Emma Bull Being Alien, Sword Dancer, Rebecca Ore Sword Singer, Jennifer Roberson Written on the Body, Jeanette Winterton (androgynous) In The Country of Last Things, Paul Auster The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Ernest J. Gaines The Murder of Alfred Einstein, Todd Gitlin Delores Claiborne, Stephen King Staring at the Sun, Julian Barns Band of Angel, Robert Penn Warren Friday, Robert Heinlen Mating, Norman Rush Two Women Wieland, Charles Brockden Brown The Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All, Allan Gurganus Killing Mr. Watson, Peter Matthiessen (switches voices) The Number of the Beast, Heinlen Rite of Passage, Alexei Panshin I apologize for incorrect spelling of titles and names. But I am greatly appreciative to everyone for their suggestions and their interest. Kathleen T. Smith ksmith@beta.centenary.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 09:07:07 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Re: intro class Women Make Movies distributes many National Bd of Canada Films, including "Forbidden Love", which was mentioned in a previous message. We also have an excellent film by Ngozi Onwurah on representation of Black women's sexuality in film and popular culture. It uses clips from "Vamp" and other Hollywood films. It's called "And Still I Rise". The National Film Board of Canada has an office in New York. "Killing Us Softly" is a classic film and is available from Cambridge Documentary Films and 'She Must Be Seeing Things" is available from First Run Features in New York. Please send us an e-mail with your address if you'd like a catalogue of WMM films. Women Make Movies wmm_nyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 14:30:02 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Anne McLeer Subject: Re: Porn industry info, please On Tue, 09 May 1995 Gabriell Meagher wrote: >I will be teaching a course with a colleague >next semester called the Political Economy of Women, >to upper level under graduates in Economics, political science >and Women's Studies. I need some information about >pornography AS AN INDUSTRY. My colleague will talk about >the ethical an dpolitical issues involved, and I would like >to complement this by talking about who makes a buck producing >pornographic material, who organises the industry and who works in >it etc. > >Any references to writings dealing with this subject would be >greatly appreciated. Private replies could be put together for >posting to the list together. >Thanks, \ >Gabrielle Meagher email gabriell@sue.econ.su.oz.au >Department of Economics, >University of Sydney, >NSW, 2006, Australia Have you read "The Prostitution of Sexuality" by Kathleen Barry - published this year(don't have publication details on me right now but could get them.) Anne McLeer ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 10:02:11 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nancy morse-kelly Subject: films for marriage and family This summer I am teaching a [upper level sociology] Marriage and Family course. Since the time is collapsed (13 weeks into 5!), I will need to rely on film. I would appreciate suggestions for films which are sensitive to gender/power dynamics in the family -- as well as any experience, suggestions, successes you may have had in using them in the classroom. Please respond to me at v1958g@vm.temple.edu Thanks for your help -- nancy morse-kelly ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 07:27:20 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sonja Streuber Subject: Re: intro class In-Reply-To: <199505082132.RAA27137@holmes.umd.edu> There's also a movie out called _Stripper_, a documentary about striptease dancers preparing for a nationwide contest, with interviews etc.. It doesn't have any sex in it; it's just a splendidly made documentary. Unfortunately, I found it in the seedy section of my favorite video store. It should have been in the documentary part. Loved the movie! Sonja shstreuber@ucdavis.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 10:35:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carole Myscofski Subject: Campus Safety I have just been appointed to a committee to review our universtiy's sexual assault policy, with the plan to improve the procedures and hence improve safety on campus. I would appreciate ANY help with this--your experiences with such policies, pitfalls to avoid, successes to follow--as well as advice on related issues such as education programs on alcohol abuse and rape awareness, and monitoring fraternity life. PLEASE REPLY PRIVATELY to me, Carole Myscofski--myscofsk@titan,iwu.edu. Copies of sexual assault/misconduct policies would be great. Send to me at Women's Studies Program, Illinois Wesleyan University, P.O. Box 2900, Bloomington, IL 61702. Thanks in advance for your thoughts. Carole Myscofski WS Program IWU ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 10:40:37 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carole Myscofski Subject: Campus Safety Please note that my correct email address [for sending thoughts and info about sexual assault policies] is myscofsk@titan.iwu.edu Thanks. Carole Myscofski WS-Illinois Wesleyan University ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 11:41:38 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dena Taylor Subject: Re: conference The NWSA conf. has been moved to Norman, OK ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 12:20:49 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Incorrect WMM address Apolgies to those of you who have tried to contact Women Make Movies to get a copy of our 1995 catalogue and have not been able to send messages. I inadvertantly put an underscore in our address (wmm_nyc) which does not register! The correct address is wmm nyc@aol.com. If you send us another message with your mailing address, we'll be happy to send you one. If you have any special interests (feminism is way too broad for us, no pun intended) please let us know and we'll put you on a mailing list to receive information on new releases. Again, apologies to those of you who were unable to get through - but it was great to find out so many are interested!! Debra Zimmerman wmm nyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 11:05:03 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: BixbyBarbara%faculty%Carthage@CNS.CARTHAGE.EDU Subject: lesbain/bi/gay sources My school has a 4 semester core sequence that deals with diversity. One area where we have have been lacking is sexual orientation. I am looking for pieces (short stories or novels) that either portray lesbian/bi/gay people, culture and history in a positive way or essays that deal with queer theory that, with some help from faculty, would be accessible to students. Some of the obvious are Ruby Fruit Jungle, On Becoming a Man or Adrienne Rich's important early essays in SIGNS. Suggestions that focus on class and race within the gay community would be especially helpful. I subscribed for a while to a wonderful discussion list of on gay issues-I think within the teaching field, but dropped out and lost the address. If anyone knows what I am refering to pls send me the address! thanks in advance. pls respond privately. If anyone would like a list of what gets sent to me, I would be happy to pass it on. Barbara Bixby Dept of Poltical Science Carthage College Kenosha, WI brb@cns.carthage.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 16:44:50 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Celia Jenkins Subject: peer counselling in schools re abuse issues. We are radical feminist researchers/lecturers at the University of Westminster, UK, and we would like to conduct comparative research on peer counselling for secondary school pupils around abuse issues. In particular, we would like to find out more about the New South Wales Standing Strong initiative and whether it is still operating in schools. If anyone knows about this and could give us any information and a contact name and address, we would be very grateful. Also, any information about current research on peer abuse and counselling. Please contact Celia Jenkins and Lynne Harne, Jenkinc@westminster.ac.uk. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 14:33:37 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Hayley E Wood Subject: Alice Echols? Does anyone have the current academic address for Alice Echols who wrote _Daring to be Bad_? We'd like to add her to our readers list. Thanks, and please respond privately to the address below. Hayley Wood, NWSA Journal, UNH hew@christa.unh.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 14:45:24 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jonathan Darr Subject: Re: intro class I second the post from the people at Women Make Movies. I have dealt with them for several conferences/symposia I produced and have had absolutley no problems. They are a wonderful resource and should be utilized by the Women's Studies community. This is not an endorsement or commercial-- just valuable advice from someone lucky enough to have found the right people on the first try. jondarr@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 16:35:04 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gail Dines Subject: Re: Porn industry info, please i am doing research on the same topic and i am having a very difficult time finding anything. one place which is useful but is mainly about england is Catherine Itzin's book called something with pornography in the title. my research is on Playboy and I have published an articel in my book Gender, race and class in the media edited with Jean Humez (Sage, 1995). I also included some articles from women who have worked in the indusrty. The problem with the so called porn debates is that few take seriously the notion that pornogrpahy is an industry with its own relations of production. i have to say that from my research these relations are amongst the most exploitive in the capitalist world (and that is saying something given the current state ofcapiltalism). hope this helps. gail dines ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 15:42:06 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ellen Keith Subject: criteria or policy statement for courses We have a Women's Studies minor, only a few years old, at our school, a private, rather conservative Catholic university. It consists of an intro class and other courses that are cross-listed to other disciplines (i.e., Feminist Criticism in English, Renaissance of the Healing Arts in Nursing, Feminism and Ethics in Philosophy). Our coordinator is about to solicit new courses from faculty members and so our Advisory Council is refining the criteria for courses appropriate to Women's Studies. Presently we have a statment that reads in part, "A substantial amount of the course should focus on women; it is not usually advisable just to label an old course `Women and . . .' solely because women are mentioned in it." The Advisory Council met yesterday and started to struggle with the words "substantial amount" wondering if we should change the wording so it is more concrete. We are also struggling against the some faculty and student resistance to the word "feminism." Does anyone have a policy statement or criterial they could share with us? This is my first posting to a listserv, so I am uncertain if this is a topic where responses are of interest to everyone on the list or if people would prefer to respond to me privately. Thank you for your help. Ellen Keith Saint Xavier University ellenkeith@vaxd.sxu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 16:04:35 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Vibs Petersen Subject: Re: Feminist Architecture Feminist Aesthetics, ed Gisela Ecker. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985 has an article by Christiane Erlemann "What is Feminist Architecture?". I recommend it and the volume for a European (German espec.) look at Women, the arts, and aesthe- tics I hope this helps Vibs Petersen Director of Women's Studies Drake University. vp0992r@acad.drake.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 17:06:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WS policy statements and other files Ellen Keith sent a message earlier today asking for policies about what makes a Women's Studies course. Since many new subscribers have joined WMST-L since the last time the question was asked, I'll post my answer to the list rather than privately to Ellen. WMST-L has MANY files that people may find helpful, including one called CROSSLST POLICIES that deals with exactly the question Ellen asks. CROSSLST POLICIES consists of a number of policies that Women's Studies programs have in place to determine whether to count the course as a WS course (often, this means whether to add a WS crosslisting--hence the filename). To get a copy of this file, send the message GET CROSSLST POLICIES to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU. If you'd also like a list of what other files are available, add a second line to your message that says simply INDEX WMST-L. If you send the message INDEX WMST-L, you'll be sent a copy of the WMST-L filelist. There, the entry for CROSSLST POLICIES file will look like this: * Policies for cross-listing courses with Women's Studies CROSSLST POLICIES ALL OWN V 79 436 92/12/07 20:41:03 The filename consists of the first two words in uppercase letters. You just send the message GET [WORD1 WORD2] to LISTSERV, where WORD1 and WORD2 are the first two words in uppercase letters. NOTE: women's studies syllabi are contained in a subdirectory called SYLLABI, while feminist film reviews are to be found in a subdirectory called FILM. To find out what syllabi (or film reviews) the subdirectory contains, send LISTSERV the command INDEX SYLLABI (or INDEX FILM). You send for specific syllabi or film reviews in the way described above for CROSSLST POLICIES . If you are requesting a film review, be aware that the filename always takes the form FILM REVx (e.g., FILM REV25); the name of the film is NOT the filename! You can request more than one file at once; just be sure to put each request on a separate line. NOTE: Many WMST-L files (and a lot more!) are also available via ftp and gopher in the Women's Studies archive on InforM, the University of Maryland's Online Information Service. Telnet or gopher to inform.umd.edu . Select Educational Resources, then Academic Resources by Topic, then Women's Studies. The Women's Studies archive contains a goldmine of online information about women. Do have a look! [Yes, I just sneakily included section 11 of the WMST-L User's Guide] ******************* Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 17:21:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Vera Chouinard Subject: Re: Incorrect WMM address In-Reply-To: <199505091622.MAA07531@holmes.umd.edu> I am very sorry to post this to the list but haven't been able to contact Women Make Movies even with the corrected e-mail address. Could someone provide a regular mailing address? Many thanks, Vera On Tue, 9 May 1995, Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com wrote: > Apolgies to those of you who have tried to contact Women Make Movies to get a > copy of our 1995 catalogue and have not been able to send messages. I > inadvertantly put an underscore in our address (wmm_nyc) which does not > register! The correct address is wmm nyc@aol.com. If you send us another > message with your mailing address, we'll be happy to send you one. If you > have any special interests (feminism is way too broad for us, no pun > intended) please let us know and we'll put you on a mailing list to receive > information on new releases. > > Again, apologies to those of you who were unable to get through - but it was > great to find out so many are interested!! > > Debra Zimmerman > wmm nyc@aol.com > ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 18:20:12 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Diane L. Fowlkes" Subject: arch-conservative women I am just catching up on mail on this bulletin board and see that Kim Loutzenhiser Pohle recommended my book. Thanks. The reason I am writing everyone is that I want you to have the correct title and spelling of my name so that you can find the book! It's Diane L. Fowlkes, _White Political Women: Paths From Privilege to Empowerment_ (Univ of Tenn. Press, 1992). To tell you the truth, I have been frustrated as well by the fact that this university press apparently has not advertised this book in women's studies outlets or sent ads to departments. I hope those interested will follow up on Kim's and now my note. Diane L. Fowlkes Director, Women's Studies Institute Georgia State University Atlanta, GA 30303 wsidlf@gsusgi2.gsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 18:36:05 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cheryl Sattler Subject: A Search for Narratives on Domestic Violence (fwd) I'm not sure whether I never sent this or if it just got lost in our collective job anxiety. At any rate, I'm looking hard for folks who are DV survivors, shelter workers, or who came to the DC rally and saw the Clothesline Project. Here's the original message... Cheryl Sattler csattler@cap.gwu.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 20:21:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Cheryl Sattler To: wmst-l@capaccess.org Subject: A Search for Narratives on Domestic Violence I've just begun a new book (my second) on domestic violence shelters as educational spaces (and particularly feminist educational spaces) for women. I am looking for first-person narratives from shelter workers (volunteers, staff); people who have seen the clothesline project (I'd be interested in hearing from the students who are making the paper T-shirts too); and women who have been shelter residents. If you fit any of the above categories, or know of individuals who do, please contact me!! I've been working with shelters for several years, but since moving to DC I've had to re-build all of my contacts. I'm casting the net wide..I'll look forward to hearing from lots of you. Thanks. Cheryl Sattler csattler@cap.gwu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 15:46:07 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Spider Granddaughter Subject: transforming the job search process While I have no specific ideas re: the process of the job search, I do have a suggestion for where the humanities might find models for the remodelling, so to speak. In the hard sciences, they do not do things at all the way we do in English. I'm not certain how different the process is, but my partner is in biology and thought our whole system inefficient, costly, and destined to let the "shit float to the top." So, maybe we should really look around at other hiring practices and see what happens? No one, based on the recent discussion, seems happy with the current model....not even the administration! ********************************* *Theresa Thompson * Out flew the web, and floated wide, *Washington State University * The mirror crack'd from side to side, *Pullman, Washington 99164 * "The curse has come upon me!" cried *email: ttheresa@wsunix.wsu.edu * The Lady of Shalott. ********************************* ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 19:17:25 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Melinda R. Michels" Organization: The American University Subject: Lesbian issue of Canadian Law Journal I accidently deleted the information about the lesbian issue of the Canadian law journal--if someone could please forward that information to me privately, I would appreciate it. Thanks in advance, Mindy Michels mm4407a@american.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:52:26 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jamie Grant Subject: Summer/Fall Internships The Union Institute Center for Women, an academically-based women's center devoted primarily to coalition work between scholars and activists has several available internships for Summer/Fall 1995. Researcher/Writer, Capital Area Women's Studies Leadership Group CAWSLG is a coalition of women's studies and women's centers directors within the DC-based Consortium of Universities. The Consortium represents Women's and Gender Studies programs at 19 Capital area colleges and universities. Create a database/sourcebook serving faculty and students affiliated with the Consortium and demonstrating an interest in Women's and Gender Studies. Organizer, Kitchen Table Press Natl. House Party Campaign Assist in a national, grassroots fundraising campaign to benefit one of the primary resources for women of color. Locate House Party Hosts, update materials, etc. Mentors, Youth PEACE Youth PEACE, a DC-based violence reduction and education advocacy project aimed to empower youth in the District's Wards 6-8. Interested persons with a PhD in Psychology or a Masters in Social Work and/or Counseling are needed 1 hour per week to supervise peer mediators. FOR MORE INFORMATION and descriptions of other positions, contact Jaime Grant, director, Center for Women. E-mail: grant@tmn.com or (202)667-1313. 1731 Connecticut Ave., NW, #300, WDC 20009 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 11:13:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jamie Grant Subject: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press Join The Union Institute Center for Women and the Kitchen Table Press Transition Coalition to secure the future of one of the primary resources for women of color. Founded in 1981 by Audre Lorde and Barbara Smith, Kitchen Table is committed to publishing and distributing the writing of Third World women of all racial/cultural heritages and sexualities. As hub organizers for the Transition Coalition, the Center for Women is in our 2nd of a 3 year national fundraising campaign for the Press. Over $150,000 has been raised to date with over $25,000 collected through our grassroots, house party campaign. Over 25 parties have been scheduled through Fall 1995. House Party Hosts, sponsors, and volunteers are needed at all levels. Upcoming parties will be held in Washington, DC; Rego Park, NY; Brooklyn, NY; and several other areas. TO GET INVOLVED: Contact Tricia Bonica, Center for Women, for a start-up organizing kit. E-mail: grant@tmn.com or (202)667-1313. 1731 Connecticut Ave., NW, #300, WDC 20009 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 11:21:47 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lucy Katz Subject: student conferences Has anyone ever run a student women's studies conference? We are planning one in the spring - a Saturday event with academic and non-academic sessions and panels, plus crafts, film, and other events. Any ideas or lessons from experiences would be truly appreciated. I am wondering especially whether calls for submissions will work, how early annoucements should be sent, how big a turnout we can expect, how to get mailing lists, and whether and how much we should charge. Many thanks Lucy Katz, Fairfield University LVKATZ@FAIR1.FAIRFIELD.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:22:18 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Coleman Subject: call for essays I am currently gathering essays for a collection entitled "Finding Voice/Building Community: Women's Life-writing." The intention is to trace through four centuries (late 16th to present) the variety of voices which emerge in British, Canadian, and American women's life-writing and more specifically to define their strategies for negotiating isolation and for connecting with real or perceived readers with whom they experience "community." Please respond PRIVATELY, not to the list. Thanks. -- Linda S. Coleman Eastern Illinois University cflsc@eiu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:29:52 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Chris Jazwinski Subject: Re: criteria or policy statement for courses >We have a Women's Studies minor, only a few years old, at our school, a >private, rather conservative Catholic university. Presently we have a >statment that reads in part, "A substantial amount of the course should focus >on women; it is not usually advisable just to label an old course `Women and . >. .' solely because women are mentioned in it." The Advisory Council met >yesterday and started to struggle with the words "substantial amount" wondering >if we should change the wording so it is more concrete. We are also struggling >against the some faculty and student resistance to the word "feminism." > >Does anyone have a policy statement or criterial they could share with us? This is an important question. I don't have a written policy for you. However, I think that the vast majority of course content in a women's studies course should be about women. When a person teaches a botany course, the course should focus on plants, etc. etc. I deal with this issue in my psychology of women course. SOme of the students feel uncomfortable about studying women exclusively. We have to work through this issue sometimes. Resistance to the word "feminism" could be dealt with maybe by defining it. Then you could replace that word some of the time with the definition. Chris Jazwinski, Ph.D Department of Psychology St. Cloud State University St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 http://www.stcloud.msus.edu/~jaz ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 12:15:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Marie E. McAllister" Subject: NYC Women's Studies orgs. Starting this fall, I'll be an independent scholar (between jobs) living in New York City. I'm looking for NYC Women's Studies organizations open to independent scholars . . . something on the order of the wonderful Penn Mid-Atlantic Seminar, run out of the Univ. of Pennsylvania, which sponsors lectures, discussions, etc. I'm primarily interested in academic feminist opportunities, college-based or otherwise. Please send suggestions and names of contact people before 5/20 to: mcalliste@ucis.vill.edu Thanks! Marie E. McAllister, Villanova University ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 12:17:40 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Murphy Subject: Rosie the Riveter I have some money to spend before the fiscal year runs out and would like to buy Rosie the Riveter. Is it out in video (instead of film)? Where can I order it. I checked the WAVE catalogue and numerous references around here with no success. I also have had not luck getting to women make movies using their corrected address. I am also lookiing for videos on women and politics, contemporary or historical. If you have a favorite please e-mail me directly. Thanks, Pat Pat Murphy Assistant Professor of Sociology SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, N.Y. 14454 716-245-5324 Murphy@uno.cc.geneseo.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 09:47:57 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beverly Johnson Subject: Re: Textbook on female sexuality In-Reply-To: <199505081709.NAA25967@holmes.umd.edu> helen Singer Kaplan book on sex therapy perhaps... Bev Johnson Center for Women's Health Research SM-23/U of WA/Seattle,WA 98195 On Sun, 7 May 1995, Donna L. Sollie wrote: > I am looking for a supplementary textbook on female sexuality to be used in > a graduate human sexuality course. The course includes a major emphasis on > sexual dysfunction and therapy, as well as an emphasis on current research > and theory on male and female sexualities. I have used Lonnie Barbach's > book For Yourself and would like to get a more updated book for the class. > ANy suggestions? Please reply to: > > dsollie@humsci.auburn.edu > > Thanks. > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 13:36:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WS Fulbright Grants in Europe Listed below are opportunities for Women's-Studies-related Fulbright Grants in the following countries: Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Italy, Portugal, and Switzerland. A much more extensive listing is available on World Wide Web at the following URL: gopher://198.80.36.82:70/00s/education/fulbright/lecture/usgrants/region/ we-awrd.txt [I couldn't fit the URL on one line, but it should all be typed together with no spaces. The "we-awrd.txt" should come IMMEDIATELY after region/ . Also, I think the term "G courses" below refers to graduate courses, but I'm not sure. ] For more information, please contact the people named below or check the WWW announcement. Please do not contact WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu OPPORTUNITIES FOR FULBRIGHT SCHOLARS 1996/97 WESTERN EUROPE AND CANADA AUSTRIA Up to 4 research awards, up to 13 lecturing/research awards, and 1 distinguished lecturing award, as listed below, subject to the availability of funds. Lectures are in English unless otherwise noted. Some German language ability is generally helpful; for most research projects fluency will be required. CIES program staff: Richard Pettit, 202/686-6240, we4@ciesnet.cies.org Christina Borgeest, 202/686-6244, we7@ciesnet.cies.org Lecturing/Research Awards Sociology/Women's Studies. Teach G courses in women's affairs. Preferred topics include women's studies and feminist research. Teaching load of approximately 6 hours per week. Coordinating Office for Women's Affairs, University of Linz. Four months, starting late 9/96 (preferred) or 3/97. (Award code #6557) BELGIUM/LUXEMBOURG CIES program staff: Jean McPeek, 202/686-6241, we2@ciesnet.cies.org Michele Irwin, 202/686-6231, la7@ciesnet.cies.org Lecturing Awards American Literature. Teach 1 advanced UG course in 20th-century American and British drama (expertise in American drama is required, expertise in British drama a plus, but not absolutely necessary). Approximately 2 hours of teaching per week. Lecturer would also be expected to advise students, serve as a member of the reading committee for licence dissertations in American literature, present a paper on a topic relevant to his/her area of expertise to a university-wide audience, and support the activities of the newly created Women's Studies Center. Instruction is in English, but basic conversational French highly desirable. Universite Catholique de Louvain. One semester, beginning 9/96. (Award code #6560) ITALY Up to 20 awards: 8 distinguished lecturing awards, 2 senior research awards open to any field, 2 senior lecturing awards, 4 junior research awards, and 4 travel-only awards. Lecturing is in English. Owing to budget uncertainty, the number and periods of some grants may be reduced. For awards below that indicate host institution, additional information is available from CIES. CIES program staff: Renee Taft, 202/686-4010, mesa5@ciesnet.cies.org Sone Phanthavong, 202/686-4009, mesa6@ciesnet.cies.org Research Awards Any Field. Approximately 2 awards for senior scholars to conduct research in any specialization. Preference will be given to projects in the humanities or social sciences. Applications in the fields of Italian literature, art history, culture, contemporary history, politics, society, literary theory, philosophy of language, women's studies, and visual aesthetics are particularly welcome. Applicants are strongly encouraged to arrange affiliations appropriate to the proposed endeavor, and to submit documentation demonstrating access to archives, individuals to be interviewed, and Italian institutions. Six months, between 9/96 and 8/97. (Award code #6624) Lecturing Awards American History. Teach UG/G courses in history of the American South from the colonial era to the present. Participate in seminars, advise doctoral students, and help supervise student theses. Preferred fields of concentration include social, urban, ethnic, women's, agricultural, political, African-American, and African-American women's history of the South, as well as the history of slavery and comparative popular movements. Advise doctoral candidates on research and consult on curriculum development. Appropriate for established scholar (associate or full professor) with at least 5 years of teaching experience. Lectures are in English, but knowledge of Italian is helpful. Department of Modern and Contemporary History, University of Genoa. Five to 6 months, starting 1/97. (Award code #6633) American Studies. Participate in the interdisciplinary program in American studies and lecture to and advise advanced UG and doctoral candidates. Preferred fields of concentration are American literature, intellectual, political, and social history. Strong interdisciplinary approach in American studies is emphasized. Possibility of lecturing at other universities. Opportunity to collaborate in ongoing faculty research, although this is not a requirement of the award. For established scholars (associate or full professor) with experience in teaching and advising G students. Lectures are in English, but knowledge of Italian is helpful. Department of American Studies, University of Rome. Six months, starting 1/97. (Award code #6634) PORTUGAL Lecturing Awards American Studies. Teach G courses in American literature and American studies. Preferred areas include literary theory, comparative literature, philosophy, humanities and discourse analysis, women's studies, and film. Preferred topics within literary theory include poetry and representation, the new criticism, theories of literary history, and ancient rhetoric. Some public lecturing and work on G committees expected. Teaching load of 1 graduate course (4 hours) per week. Passive knowledge of Portuguese preferred but not required. Moderate reading knowledge of either French or Spanish would be helpful. School of Letters, University of Lisbon. Three months, beginning 2/97. (Award code #6670) SWITZERLAND One lecturing/research award from the 6 listed below for one semester. Instruction is normally in English. However, German or French language ability may be required, depending on assignment. CIES program staff: Richard Pettit, 202/686-6240, we4@ciesnet.cies.org Christina Borgeest, 202/686-6244, we7@ciesnet.cies.org Lecturing/Research Awards Sociology/Gender Studies. Teach advanced UG and G courses in sociology and gender studies. Supervise postgraduate program in gender studies. Teaching load of approximately 4 hours per week. Basic German is desired. Department of Sociology, University of Bern. One semester. (Award code #6698) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 12:52:52 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nuzhat Abbas Subject: Re: films for marriage and family there's a film by an indian american film maker -Indu Krishnan--i forget the name. you can get it from women make movies in new york. nuzhat ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 14:12:24 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Resent-From: Roberta Lamb Comments: Originally-From: BAINESB@QUCDN.QueensU.CA From: Roberta Lamb ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Hi Roberta, Could you send this information on to the person asking for it, because I'm not yet skilled enough: the issue on Lesbianism, Feminism and Law appeared yesterday on my desk and the citation is - Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, volume 7, No. 2, 1994. (I note the year it was supposedly published, but it really did only arrive yesterday.) If she wants a subscript- ion, it is available from: CJWL, P.O. Box 450, Station A, 575 King Edward Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1N 6N5 at a price of: Student/low income-$21.40, individual-$42.80 Can, add $10.00 for USA and make cheque payable to Canadian Journal of Women and the Law. There are two issues a year. Bev. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 14:19:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jessica Schiffman Subject: Re: criteria or policy statement In-Reply-To: The letter of Wednesday, 10 May 1995 12:16pm ET Our policy is that the central focus of the course must be on women or gender. In order to monitor this, we require course syllabi for any new courses (or old ones that we suspect may have veered off track). It's rarely an issue though, since most people self eliminate if the course does not fit the policy. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 15:31:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jessica Schiffman Subject: WMST Honor Society Is anyone out there aware of a national women's studies honor society? We are preparing to graduate our second batch of women's studies students since the major was instituted in fall of '93. As I was recommending outstanding students for various awards I realized that, while other disciplines have their own national honor societies that exemplary students can be inducted into, women's studies does not (to my knowledge). If such a society does not exist, are others interested in exploring the possibility? Does anyone have expertise in how to go about doing so? Jessica.Schiffman@mvs.udel.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 14:22:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Phyllis Holman Weisbard Subject: Re: Rosie the Riveter The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter is distributed on video by Direct Cinema, P.O. Box 10003, Santa Monica, CA 90410. 800-525-0000. The reason it isn't in WAVE: WOMEN'S AUDIOVISUALS IN ENGLISH is that Rosie was done in 1980 and WAVE only covers material issued from 1985-1990. We are hard at work on the next WAVE, which we hope to issue by the end of 1995. Phyllis Holman Weisbard (608) 263-5754 Women's Studies Librarian pweis@wiscmacc (Bitnet) University of Wisconsin System pweis@macc.wisc.edu (Internet) Room 430 Memorial Library 728 State Street, Madison, WI 53706 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 15:47:24 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lesley Pease Subject: 40s murder case: Clara Edwards, Muncie Indiana Dear readers, We're looking for information on a U.S. murder case from the 1940s: a woman named Clara Edwards murdered her abusive husband. Took place in Muncie, Indiana ("Middletown"); apparently generated a lot of publicity. Reference comes from Andrea Walsh's book: Women's film and female experience, 1940-1950. (1984) On a broader level, we're looking for material dealing with woman battering/domestic violence in U.S. during the WW II period. If you have any information, please send email to me (address below). THANKS !! Lesley Pease ldpease@hawk.syr.edu Syracuse University Library Syracuse, NY 13244-2010 USA ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 16:21:37 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: danielle salus Subject: Re: student conferences One idea might be to call the Women's Studies Department at Duke University - they have done several conferences, and they may be able to give you some ideas/answers to your questions Has anyone ever run a student women's studies conference? We are planning one in the spring - a Saturday event with academic and non-academic sessions and panels, plus crafts, film, and other events. Any ideas or lessons from experiences would be truly appreciated. I am wondering especially whether calls for submissions will work, how early annoucements should be sent, how big a turnout we can expect, how to get mailing lists, and whether and how much we should charge. Many thanks Lucy Katz, Fairfield University LVKATZ@FAIR1.FAIRFIELD.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 16:42:22 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katie Ward Subject: Re: Social Science Credit for Intro. W.S. "barbara A.lakes" writes: > >The Women's Studies Program at Berea College is proposing social science >distribution creidt for its intro. to Women's Studies course. If your >institution offers such credit, please let us know and if possible send a >course syllabus and any information on social science research projects. >Please send to Barbara_A.Lakes@berea.edu or to Office of Women's Studies, CPO >2183, Berea College, Berea, KY 40404. Thank you. All of the Ky community colleges that offer WS, offer two courses WS 101 and WS 102. One of these, I forget which one has a social science orietation; the other has a humanities orietation and includes more literature. I would contact all of the community Colleges under UK's directions. WKU also accepts WOMN 200 Introduction to WS and WOMN 400 Western Feminist Tthought for general education credit under Category C Social and Behavioral Sciences. Until last May I was Director of WS. I am retiring July 1 because of health problems (BC). Also ten days ago I took a very bad fall at school, smack on my face in the parking lot. I did not know I was falling, so I did nothing to protect myself; as a result this is my first day home post-op for facial surgery, and my mind is not too clear. However, if you call the W.S's office, 502-745-6477 and ask for Jimmie Price (female), she will be glad to send you info. If Jimmie is out ask for Sharon Walker, the secretary. If you have any problem getting the syllabi you want, let me know. I should be more active in a few days. Katie Ward, English Dept, WKU , Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 e-mail wardcc@wkuvx1.wku.ede ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 21:53:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WS student responses on WWW Professor Rosanne Potter of Iowa State University has asked me to post the following message on WMST-L. She is not a WMST-L subscriber, so please address comments to her privately. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************** I've just put a journal of student writings composed for a Women's Studies Course, WOMEN'S DIARIES, JOURNALS AND LETTER, out on the Internet. My students wrote daily responses to their readings of: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, selected letters Hester Thrale Piozzi, selections from Thraliana Frances Burney d'Arblay, selections from Journals Isabella Bird, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains Anne Frank, The Diary of a Young Girl Colette, My Mother's House Colette, Sido May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude Audre Lorde, The Cancer Journals Audre Lorde, Sister Outsider Anais Nin, Henry and June Sylvia Plath, The Journals of Sylvia Plath They then edited and submitted their best responses to editorial boards composed of their classmates who chose the best of the best for inclusion in the class journal. There are thirty-eight essays by eighteen students on these ten women writers in the journal which is available at the URL address: http://www.public.iastate.edu/~rgpotter/homepage.html Rosanne G. Potter Professor English/Women's Studies Iowa State University rgpotter@iastate.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 20:51:32 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Deanna Zachary Subject: Patsy Mink, welfare, and her amazing daughter Last year i worked as a Congressional fellow (gal?) for Pat Schroeder in DC and had the opportunity to hear Patsy Mink. She is a good speaker but i don't remember it in too much detail. (But it was a short speech in the context of a much larger conference on women, welfare and poverty). I do however, very clearly remember her excellent legislation on welfare. She did a wonderful job of creating legislation on welfare and poverty issues-very progressive and forward thinking. The really fascinating Mink however, is her daughter Wendy Mink (Gwendolyn Mink) professor of political science at the University of California Santa Cruz. She wrote her dissertation on race and ethnicity in American politics and about how racism had much more to do with the divisions in American society than we ever give it credit in understanding American political development (debunking the big guys in the literature on American politcal development). It was never publsihed however. But her fabulous article on racism and the foundation of welfare in the early 20th century can be found in Linda Gordon's edited volume on "Women, the State and Welfare"- it is called "The Lady and the Tramp: Gender, Race and the Origins of the American Welfare State"-Best thing i have ever read on welfare and racism in American politics. One of the best things I have ever read period. She is a pretty reserved speech giver-but an amazing mind. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 23:49:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Winkler Organization: West Virginia Network Subject: Women's Studies Honor Society This is in response to Jessica Schiffman's inquiry - I thought it might of interest to entire list. Yes, there is a Women's Studies Honorary: Iota, Iota, Iota. Metropolitan College of Denver, I believe, is the Alpha chapter. West Virginia University students have applied to be Beta chapter. I don't have address off-hand, but can get if need. WINKLER @wvnvms.wvnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 15:15:29 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katrina Schlunke Subject: Re: Women in Mexico Please unsubscribe from list ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 01:34:00 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Anthony Perkins Subject: Re: Women in Mexico You can use command just UNSUB wmst-l to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU or LISTSERV@UMDD (try the other one if one of those doesn't work) like when you subscribe these message last time. If you still don't understand about that please read again USER GUIDE, That is first message when you received in this mail. APerkins@fmi.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 09:12:49 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Amal Amireh Subject: CFP: Politics of Reception In-Reply-To: <199505110354.XAA06996@BU.EDU> The Politics of Reception Submissions are sought for a collection of essays tentatively titled The Politics of Reception: Third World Women in a Transnational Frame. The volume will focus on the problematics of reading and writing about third world women's oral, written, and visual texts. The editors are interested in how these texts are produced and received within cultural institutions of both the first and the third world. Articles that address the following issues are particularly welcome: the politics of publishing and reviewing third world women, the pedagogical implications of teaching their texts, power and the (re)production of knowledge in a global economy, the othering of third world women, translation as rewriting, and third world women's texts and the making of the postcolonial/ multicultural/ feminist canon. Please send two-page abstracts by 30 June 1995 to Amal Amireh, Dept.of English, 236 Bay State Road, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 fax 617 739-1894 aamireh@acs.bu.edu OR Mona Fayad, Dept.of English Salem State College Salem, MA 01970 MFAYAD@mecn.mass.edu. Amal Amireh aamireh@acs.bu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 10:35:56 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Re: criteria or policy statement for courses At Iowa State, we require that course content be at least 50% women, and that the course be taught from a feminist or nonsexist perspective. We review syllabi and meet with instructors before crosslisting a new course. Informally, we also check to see if class, race, and sexual orientation are appropriately covered brefore approving a course. If not, we make some suggestions to the instructor and/or department. Kathy Hickok ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 10:16:26 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: cheshire calhoun Subject: crosslist policies For Ellen Keith and others currently working on crosslist policies: We have just completed a semester long process of drafting a WS cross-listing policy and getting it approved by a large number of individuals and committees (some of whom objected to an emphasis on feminist perspectives, and some of whom objected to any reference to specific pedagogical styles). We drew in part on WMST-L's file of cross listing policies. Below is the final policy: CRITERIA FOR CROSS-LISTING COURSES WITH WOMEN'S STUDIES Courses containing information on women, mothering, gender, etc. are not automatically assumed to be Women's Studies Courses. 1. The course content must clearly reflect and acquaint students with recent scholarship on women, gender, and/or feminist theory. Traditional texts, when used, should be put into a dialogue with some feminist perspective (i.e., a proactive approach to women's lives) that would problematize them. 2. Race, class, ethnicity, sexual orientation and other systems of domination inflect how one experiences gender, subordination, and agency. A Women's Studies course uncovers, rather than ignores or dismisses, these differences. 3. A Women's Studies course should do one or more of the following: a) critically examine cultural assumptions about gender (as well as race, class etc.). E.g., the gender assumptions in the traditional methodologies, theories, and research of particular disciplines b) explore the production of different knowledge, art, literature, and so on reflecting women's gendered, raced, classed, etc. experiences. c) equip students to identify and critically analyze systems of domination that constrain women's lives. d) focus on providing information about women, their psychology, biology, roles, experiences, history, and contributions Although pedagogical style is not a criterion for cross-listing, Women's Studies courses generally aim to encourage student participation and active learning consistent with feminist pedagogy. c_calhou@colby.edu (207)872-3594 Philosophy, Colby College, Waterville ME ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 11:07:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: American Studies/WS syllabi sought I have been asked by a former WMST-L subscriber to post the following request for American Studies syllabi and course materials, including Women's Studies materials with a strong U.S. component. I'd like to piggyback onto this request and ask that if you send Women's Studies syllabi electronically to the USIA, please also send copies to me for inclusion in the WMST-L syllabi collection (but please DO NOT send syllabi to me to forward to the USIA. The address to use for USIA is found at the end of the message.) Many thanks. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ******************************************************** ANNOUNCING A NEW AMERICAN STUDIES INITIATIVE AT THE USIA For Immediate Release: The US Information Agency is undertaking a new American Studies Initiative in connection with its WEB/Gopher page, to place the latest curricular information at the finger tips of scholars, teachers, and students worldwide. Five years ago, the Division for the Study of the U.S. within the USIA organized a syllabus project in American Studies, directed by Professor Alan Davis of Temple University. Scholars from all over the U.S. were asked to donate their American Studies syllabi to the project, and the office received hundreds of responses. These materials have recently been made available to the Salzburg Seminar, in Austria, for use in American Studies workshops, but the original intent was to make the material available to Fulbrighters going overseas who were being asked to teach courses outside their routine teaching duties. The materials would function as a teaching resource for those who could not otherwise get such materials on short notice. Now these syllabi are out of date, and we are hereby calling for the academic community to respond again to this "call for materials." With the new technology available, we have the capability to expand our reach even further, making available world-wide materials that would otherwise simply not exist. These materials will be available to anyone with Internet/e-mail access. Users without access to Gopher or the web will be able to acquire the syllabi easily by sending simple commands via e-mail to a file storage facility. With this project we are looking to expand our reach in another way: we'd like to have scholars of American Studies contribute their materials from wherever they teach, whether in the U.S. or outside. We are especially keen to see materials from all regions of the world, where ever there is an interest in the study of the U.S. We particularly encourage materials that call for a comparative approach, either between the U.S. and one other country, or placing the U.S. in a context among several countries or within a region. By American Studies, or the Study of the U.S., we mean all disciplines that have a major U.S. component, including political science, history, literature, economics, business, cultural studies, women's studies, African American studies, music, law, architecture, geography, urban history, material culture, interdisciplinary American studies, ethnic studies, immigration, among many others. The idea is for this resource to be both inclusive and expansive. The syllabus archive will be housed and made available in two locations: (1) the raw files will be placed on a file server associated with H-AMSTDY; (2) the archive will also be made available on the World Wide Web in enhanced electronic form through the American Studies Electronic Crossroads (ASEC), the WWW site for the American Studies Crossroads Project. All contributors to the archive will receive notice at an appropriate time about where the files are and how one can get access to them. Please forward this message to your colleagues who might also have an interest in contributing to this project. If you would like to contribute material to this archive, please follow the steps listed below. 1. Submit a cover page indicating name, address, institution, position, phone, fax, and e-mail address, and a list of academic specialties and interests. 2. Submit a syllabus (with any collateral material, including exams, bibliography, position papers, lecture notes, definitions, annotations--whatever you use in class that either exists in electronic format, or can be scanned into such a format), one that includes a descriptive title, name of instructor, date of course, and a paragraph placing the course within the context of the departmental or interdepartmental curriculum. Remember that the more useful syllabus will be the one that is clear and specific to audiences beyond your classroom. 3. If possible, submit these materials on disk (WP5.1 is the preferred format) as well as in hard copy format. Or, you can send them to me over the Internet. Send materials to: Dr. Andrew M. Lakritz, Scholar-In-Residence Division for the Study of the U.S. United States Information Agency 301 Fourth Street SE, Room 252 Washington, D.C. 20547 (Telephone) 202-619-5951 (FAX) 202-619-6790 e-mail--> ALAKRITZ@USIA.GOV ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 10:38:52 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kathleen hickok Subject: Re: Women's Studies Honor Society Are you sure this WS honor society Barbara Winkler described isn't a joke, or a self-parody? It seems humorous to me that a WS honor society would call itself "I, I, I" (Iota Iota Iota). That's not MY idea of feminism, for sure.... Kathy Hickok ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 11:52:25 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: myers Subject: menopause list Last week sometime, a new subscriber mentioned that she was in a discussion group called Menopause. Could that person let me know how I cd. subscribe to that group. I would also be interested in hearing about any other groups to do with women's health--I teach a course here at McGill for the School of Nursing and the Centre for Research and Teaching on Women. A reminder--the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research Conference is taking place here in Montreal June 2-4. For more information send me a message at cxlm@musica.mcgill.ca. (Leslie Myers). ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 12:40:43 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: MENOPAUS and other lists > Last week sometime, a new subscriber mentioned that she was in a > discussion group called Menopause. Could that person let me know > how I cd. subscribe to that group. I would also be interested in > hearing about any other groups to do with women's health--I teach > a course here at McGill for the School of Nursing and the Centre > for Research and Teaching on Women. Information about a vast number of women-related lists--including MENOPAUS (misspelled to reduce it to 8 characters), BREAST-CANCER, OB-GYN, OVARIAN-CANCER, WMN-HLTH, several nursing lists, and others concerned with women's health--is contained in the WMST-L file OTHER LISTS. You can get it by email by sending the message GET OTHER LISTS to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet). This file is also available on gopher and on the World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and from the menu, choose Academic Department Information, then Women's Studies, and then Electronic Forums for Women's Issues. On WWW, the URL is http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/forums.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 12:57:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "beatrice w. dierks" Subject: Re: WMST Honor Society In-Reply-To: <199505101932.PAA20879@holmes.umd.edu> I received a blurb on Iota Iota Iota in the fall of 1994. It says, "III is the academic honor society for the field of women's studies. The purpose of this organization is to encourage and support scholarship and excellence in women's studies. III is named for the ancient goddesses Inanna, Ishtar, and Isis." signed by the alpha chapter of this newly formed honor society. Additional info at: Institute for Women's Studies & Services Metropolitan State College of Denver Campus Box 36 P.O. Box 173362 Denver, CO 80217-3362 Bea Dierks, Asst. Coord Wake Forest U. Women's Studies ( bdierks@wfu.edu ) "Power concedes nothing without struggle." --Frederick Douglas ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:30:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lisa M Coleman Subject: CFP (fwd): Contemp. Interdisciplinary Studies (fwd) Forwarded message: From comgrads@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Wed May 10 16:18:24 1995 Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 16:18:05 -0400 Message-Id: <199505102017.QAA08398@beauty.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Errors-To: svarallo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: tschumac@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Originator: comgrads@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Sender: comgrads@lists.acs.ohio-state.edu Precedence: bulk From: Thomas Schumacher To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: CFP (fwd): Contemp. Interdisciplinary Studies (fwd) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Deparment of Communication Graduate Students Forwarded message: >From owner-deleuze-guattari@jefferson.village.virginia.edu Tue May 9 16:49:24 1995 Date: Tue, 9 May 1995 15:05:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Jon Beasley-Murray To: marxism list , Deleuze-Guattari list Subject: CFP (fwd): Contemp. 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Conduites is an attempt to provide a forum for critical reflection on these contemporary issues. Conduites is accepting papers for the Fall 1995 issue. We invite papers on topics in aesthetics, feminist theory, technology, cultural studies, post-colonial theory, and literary criticism. The theme of the next issue will focus on apocalyptic tropes in philosophy, the arts and sciences,a nd social sciences, as we approach the fin de millennium. All interested in having their papers considered for publication should sen a typewritten copy to the address listed below. Also, papers and abstracts may be sent via e-mail to the address below. Papers should not exceed 4000 words and should be double-spaced. Manuscripts should be accompanied by 3 1/2 inch computer disk. Macintosh, Microsoft Word is preferred, but other popular word processing applications are also acceptable. All submissions should also include a one page abstract, name, address, and phone number. Conduites P. O. BOX 642568 San Francisco, CA 94164-2568 nai@sfsu.edu DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 27 August,1995 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 11:35:01 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Terry Kearns Subject: Re: menopause list In-Reply-To: <199505111555.LAA07689@holmes.umd.edu> from "myers" at May 11, 95 11:52:25 am Leslie, I will be co-facilitating a discussion group for women with disabilities with our Disabled Student Services Office. I am the program counselor for California State University, Fresno's Women's Resource Center. Terry Kearns ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:37:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "LIA S. Hemphill" Subject: Re: Patsy Mink, welfare, and her amazing daughter In-Reply-To: <199505110352.XAA26164@holmes.umd.edu> I am looking for information on women and white collar crime. If anyone has any info or sources of information. please reply dirctly to me and not the list. thanks Lia -------------- Lia S. Hemphill Acquisitions Librarian, Nova Southeastern University lia@alpha.acast.nova.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 14:38:34 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lisa M Coleman Subject: Fwd: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CALL-... (fwd) Forwarded message: From owner-kenslist@QueerNet.ORG Thu May 11 14:35:19 1995 Resent-Message-Id: Resent-Date: Thu, 11 May 95 14:26:29 EDT Resent-From: Ken Sherrill Resent-To: "Ken's List" Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 12:48:57 -0500 (EST) From: GLB Student Support Services X-Sender: glbserv@ezmail.ucs.indiana.edu Subject: Fwd: AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CALL-... Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: <01klcampbell@bsuvc.bsu.edu> Apparently-To: <01jlherrell@bsuvc.bsu.edu> Apparently-To: <00jecrabtree@bsuvc.bsu.edu> Apparently-To: <00dweppley@bsuvc.bsu.edu> Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Apparently-To: Sender: owner-kenslist@QueerNet.ORG Precedence: bulk ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- The Coalition of Labor Union Women has declared today, Wednesday, May 10 AFFIRMATIVE ACTION CALL-IN DAY!!! Please call the White House today at 202-456-1414 with the following message: "Now is not the time to turn back the clock on progress. I strongly urge you to keep Affirmative Action as it is or strengthen it. Do not take away what we have." ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 15:45:10 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katie Ward Subject: Re: student conferences Contactcontact Katie Ward who has run seven women's studies conferences at Western Kentucky U or Jimmie O. Price director of Women's Studies at Wku. Katies ID is wardcc@wkuvx1.w3 Katies ID is wardcc@wkuvx1.wku.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 16:53:37 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kio Stark Subject: Women's Studies Policies Information In response to the conversations about WS Major policies, cross-listing, etc--I found a Web site containing lots of information on such matters. URL http:/info.umd.edu:86/Educational_Resources/AcademicResourcesByTopic/ WomensStudies (that should all be on one continuous line). Go to Program Development link. Kio Stark National Council for Research on Women Stark@is2.nyu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 19:05:40 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nancy morse-kelly Subject: Re: films for marriage and family In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 10 May 1995 12:52:52 -0500 from Nuzhat Thanks for the suggestion -- and, by lucky coindicence, women make movies has just recently contacted the wmst list! nancy On Wed, 10 May 1995 12:52:52 -0500 Nuzhat Abbas said: >there's a film by an indian american film maker -Indu Krishnan--i forget >the name. you can get it from women make movies in new york. > >nuzhat ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 20:32:32 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Winkler Organization: West Virginia Network Subject: WMST Honor Society The WMST Honor society that Beatrice Dierks mentioned in her message is indeed the same honorary I was refering to in mine. III is meant to stand for three goddesses, not triple egos. I thank Beatrice for sending posting the address and so I will not do so individually. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 21:25:22 CST Reply-To: ishaw@badlands.NoDak.edu Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ines Shaw Subject: giddings, bateson, hochschild Do you know where Paula Giddings can be contacted? I have a number for an English dept. which has a 310 area code. If you can confirm that this info. appears to be correct (the area code + English dept.), it would be helpful too. I am also in need of info. on how to contact Mary C. Bateson and Arlie Hochschild. I know I can contact the most recent publishers, but it'd be more expedite if we had a more direct phone number, address, or e-mail. Thanks for any help you can give. Please, respond privately to ishaw@badlands.nodak.edu. MANY THANKS. Ines Senna Shaw Dept. of English & Women's Studies Program North Dakota State University Phone: (701) 231-7147 Fax: (701) 231-1047 ishaw@badlands.nodak.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 23:44:11 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: Betty Friedan Earlier this week Betty Friedan and I were interviewed for a public radio show that will air later this summer on Virginia Public Radio stations. The show dealt with the women's movement and the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage. I'm also teaching a 4-week Psych of Women course and I was stunned when only one of the students knew who Betty Friedan was. The modern women's movement has a short history and an even shorter memory. I don't know how much traveling and public speaking she now does--she's 75 years old--but she was so instrumental in starting NOW and the feminist movement, if you're at a place that has the money to invite speakers, I suggest you consider her. She can be reached at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, where she is a visiting scholar in public policy. You may not agree with all she says, but I think she's worth hearing. The Feminine Mystique was published 32 years ago. Arnie ******************************************************************************** Arnie Kahn, Psychology, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (703) 568-3963 - day kahnas@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (703) 434-0225 - night kahnas@jmuvax (703) 568-3322 - fax ******************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 00:03:04 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nuzhat Abbas Subject: Re: CFP (fwd): Contemp. Interdisciplinary Studies (fwd) lisa - it was lovely chatting the other day. felt very close to you. am missing you here. its been crazy recently. some homophobic reactions in class--mary a bit disturbed. (my adisor). also got slammed by an aunt from tanzanai for having lost my roots. it shouldn't but that stuff really hurts. anyway. hope you are well and the pressure is less. much love nuzhat ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 01:46:00 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Treat, Trinity" Subject: Re: Betty Friedan Well... I just have to mention that those who know their women's history can make their own judgements about Friedan, but I certainly don't believe that she is the best person to invite to speak on the feminist movement. The Feminine Mystique was an important book, and it is true that she was a key player in the formation of NOW, just how representative of women is NOW? Not very, by ny standards. Friedan may very well be a dynamic speaker-- I don't doubt that-- but let's not be so quick to forget what she had to say. I didn't find her argument that women ought to have been working so that our soldiers in Korea wouldn't have been such sissies very compelling. You're right on-- many (more progressive) feminists would not agree with what she has to say. I don't mean to sound so harsh, but I thought we'd moved past middle-class, straight, white feminism. Trinity ---------- From: WMST-L To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L Subject: Betty Friedan Date: Thursday, May 11, 1995 11:44PM Earlier this week Betty Friedan and I were interviewed for a public radio show that will air later this summer on Virginia Public Radio stations. The show dealt with the women's movement and the 75th anniversary of women's suffrage. I'm also teaching a 4-week Psych of Women course and I was stunned when only one of the students knew who Betty Friedan was. The modern women's movement has a short history and an even shorter memory. I don't know how much traveling and public speaking she now does--she's 75 years old--but she was so instrumental in starting NOW and the feminist movement, if you're at a place that has the money to invite speakers, I suggest you consider her. She can be reached at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, where she is a visiting scholar in public policy. You may not agree with all she says, but I think she's worth hearing. The Feminine Mystique was published 32 years ago. Arnie **************************************************************************** *** ** Arnie Kahn, Psychology, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (703) 568-3963 - day kahnas@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (703) 434-0225 - night kahnas@jmuvax (703) 568-3322 - fax **************************************************************************** *** ** ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 01:22:37 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nuzhat Abbas Subject: Re: CFP (fwd): Contemp. Interdisciplinary Studies (fwd) whoops --sorry for that mistaken personal message ! didn't realize it was for the list....oh dear nuzhat ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 06:54:18 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Gundersen Subject: New Jersey Earlier this week someone wrote asking for citations on the revolutionary era suffrage for women in New Jersey. I have not been able to send a private reply and so am sending this to the list. I had to remember to go home and look in the bibliography for the book I am writing on women in the American Revolution to get you the citations on New Jersey suffrage. Start with Gregory Evans Dowd, "Declarations of Dependence: War and Inequality in Revolutionary New Jersey, 1776-1815," New Jersey History, CIII (Spring/Summer, 1985), 47-67 and Irwin N. Gertzog, "Female Suffrage in new Jersey, 1790-1807," in Women, Politics and the Constitution, ed. Naomi B. Lynn, New York: Harrington Park Press, 1990, pp. 47-58. There is also a section in an old book by R. McCormick on Suffrage in New Jersey. Joan Gundersen, California State University, San Marcos jrgunder@coyote.csusm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 09:02:19 -0500 Reply-To: Joyce Trebilcot Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joyce Trebilcot Subject: criteria or policy statement My idea of women's studies includes taking the apostrophe literally: these are studies done BY WOMEN--but not just by any women--they are studies done by *feminist* women. (In 1972-3, when women at Washington University discussed what to call the organization we were developing, we decided on "women's studies" partly because of the apostrophe. Alternatives we rejected included "women studies" and "feminist studies"--I wish now that we had gone with the latter.) For me there is no limit to the subject matter of women's studies. Women's studies scholars can and do address topics in mathematics and the natural sciences, for example, and I would say that their work belongs to women's studies insofar as it explicitly uses feminist methods and values and whether or not it is directly "about women." Taking seriously the apostrophe in "women's studies" does mean that there is a limit on the practitioners of women's studies, a limit I find appropriate. I think that there is a definite place in a program of women's studies for courses taught by men about men and masculinity from pro-feminist perspectives. But I think of these as supplementary or adjunct courses, not as parts of the core. One advantage of this way of thinking about women's studies is that some courses about women--those that are not feminist--are clearly not candidates for women's studies credit. For example, a version of Psychology of Women was taught at Washington University by a woman who said, correctly, that she was not a feminist; she and we were quite comfortable not to cross-list her course, even though it was clearly about women. I realize that at most schools now the political situations are different from what they were at Washington University when these policies were developed. For one thing, people who are not feminists are watching women's studies now, whereas in the early years we were ignored and so in some ways had more freedom. We often thought we wanted to be taken as seriously as other academic disciplines but, in my opinion, this was one of those cases in which we weren't careful enough about what we wished. With feminist huzzahs for developing programs-- Joyce Trebilcot jtreb@artsci.wustl.edu Women's Studies Program Washington University St. Louis, MO 63130 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 10:49:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ellie Amico Subject: Re: Films for marriage and famil Is the film you are thinking about called "Dadi's Family?" It's a little old, but is about women in family in India. Ellie Amico Heartwell@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 11:38:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mann - Charlie Subject: Re: Films for marriage and famil In-Reply-To: <199505121452.KAA23492@holmes.umd.edu> I hope did this correctly. This is the first message that I am sending on-line. You asked me about a movie and I know nothing about it. Why did you ask me? If you know of any Foreign Language networks, please give me their addresses. On Fri, 12 May 1995, Ellie Amico wrote: > Is the film you are thinking about called "Dadi's Family?" It's a little > old, but is about women in family in India. > Ellie Amico > Heartwell@aol.com > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 11:41:01 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mann - Charlie Subject: Re: Films for marriage and famil In-Reply-To: <199505121452.KAA23492@holmes.umd.edu> I didn't say any thing about a film. This is the first time that I've ever used this system. If you know any Foreign Language on-lines, plerase give me their addresses. On Fri, 12 May 1995, Ellie Amico wrote: > Is the film you are thinking about called "Dadi's Family?" It's a little > old, but is about women in family in India. > Ellie Amico > Heartwell@aol.com > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 10:45:31 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Miriam Harris Subject: about Betty Friedan I am simply disgusted by the impulse to marginalize one of the founders of contemporary feminism just because she came from and wrote about the center! she is no less, nor no more, a heroine than bell hooks, Audre Lorde or anyone else for that matter who emerges as a visionary and spends her life redefining women's roles. No matter what her flaws, or the shortcomings in her arguement she expressed ideas and created changes that contribute to an overall difference in all of our lives. I am sick of hearing about what didn't get said. Visionaries are not necessarily omniscient. Heroines, like heroes, are not flawless, may not see everything. If any of us can crystallize just one moment of our oppressions and bring that moment before the rest of us, that is enough! Cant we validate what did get said and then fill in some of the gaps we see with our own vision? Must we hack apart at those a bit different from us, because they didn't see us standing in the corner thinking: me too? It is our obligation, and privilege to espress our own ideas, articulate our multiple identities as eloquently as possible, add to the store of knowledge by building and enlarging prior concepts without erasing and disqualifying what others have discovered. When will so called feminists stop fractionalizing and judging each other and our heroines. When will see learn to see one another as a family of women. Must paranoia invade even our obligation to celebrate our history? If we must judge each moment, each thought, each contribution by the harsh and divisive standards of today's mulitplicities in FEMINISMS, then we will start over and over and over, without ever having any kind of continuity. We will, as Adrienne Rich warned 15 years ago, start over and over from scratch. And this time we will not be able to blame the world of our fathers from erasing our history. This time we will have only ourselves to blame. I thank Arnie Kahn for reminding us of Betty Friedan and for urging us to honor her while we still have the chance. I for one will do all I can to promote that opportunity in the organizations in which I have a voice. Miriam Harris mharris@utdallas.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 10:55:07 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Ellen Green Kaiser Subject: Re: Betty Friedan In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 12 May 1995 01:46:00 PDT from I think it is more fair to say we moved *through* white, middle-class feminism, and that it is important to acknowledge all the women who were instrumental in bringing us this far, esp. Friedan. Jo Ellen Green Kaiser jgkais00@ukcc.uky.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 12:24:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gloria Cohen Subject: Re: Betty Friedan In-Reply-To: <199505121550.LAA11938@holmes.umd.edu> As we seem to have developed, we also have tried to deny our collective past. The problem with this is the divisions between us become more important than our commonalities. It seems to me that does nothing to encourage young women to become part of the movement nor does it enhance our abilty to learn and study together for our mutual benefit. In my women and politics classes, as well as my basic U.S. Government classes Betty Friedan is always mentioned with honor. She certainly has earned that and we can go on from there! GCohen@planetx.bloomu.edu. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 11:03:23 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Ervin-Tripp Subject: history, friedan I was shocked at the shallow commentary about the history of the women's movements in the U.S. First, it assumes that Friedan, unlike everyone else, has learned nothing in 40 years. Second, it assumes that her view of the historical events involving the development of women's organizations in that period is uninteresting. I wonder what will be attitudes to the leaders of today's women's movements forty years from now. A little humility, please. No wonder people get the idea that Americans have no understanding of social change, or ability to learn from the past and to study ideas in their historical context. S. Ervin-Tripp ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 14:25:10 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: steve grubman-black Subject: Re: history, friedan In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 12 May 1995 11:03:23 -0700 from Re: recent commentary on Betty Friedan's contributions to feminist ideology, I want to share the following: My mother was born in 1912. Her life from the start had been difficult; I can only assume that the enormous burdens of heterosexism, antisemitism, and poverty ate away at her struggles to become her own person. I can still recall the period when she first read The Feminine Mystique: she was proud, angry, resentful, appreciative, angry once again, and, I think too, relieved that she had not always been so "crazy". For here was a woman who was breaking ground, alerting the nation that things were gonna' be different, for the better, for her sisters first. It was bibliotherapy, this writing by a forceful, articulate, and brilliant woman, and it sent countless messages to many, many people. It was an education nowhere else available. I will continue to refer to Friedan's courage, visibility, brilliance, and articulateness because without her there would most definitely have been many less of us now. We can connect to the myths of yesteryears;soI'm certain that we can connect to the astute realities pre-Friedan and post-Friedan! Well, thanks for reading this; I kinda felt like a spirit was in my presence as I recalled the images of Friedan's conversations with my mother and many others of her previously silenced, abused, and cheated generation. I'm pleased the issues had been raised on this line, and that we can connect and share perspectives and, more importantly, memories. Steve Grubman-Black sdgbbgs@uriacc.uri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 15:18:49 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Holly Burmeister Subject: Re: Betty Friedan while i would agree that betty friedan has contributed significantly in some areas of feminism, i think that we should not overlook the ways in which she sought to exclude some women from participating fully in that movement. i am thinking specifically of the ways she sought to hide, minimize, discourage lesbian participation and visibility in NOW. i am sure that other people could name more ways. it is not divisive to acknowledge the weaknesses and shortcomings of a feminist's work, it is a sign of respect, as elly bulkin pointed out in her essay "white women and racism" (i think it was called this, i need to check my bibliography). and, while we can acknowledge the place which friedan occupies in feminist history, we should include the ways in which her feminist activism was damaging to some women, and beyond that, we need to seek the names and ideas of women who were including lesbians and all women of color (lesbian and straight). holly burmeister burmeisterhm@hiram.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 14:36:00 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: joAnn Castagna Subject: on the recent posts on friedan three thoughts: 1) i would guess that close examination of the writings and activities of any of the nineteenth-century women's rights activists would show up flaws and failures, and beliefs that would offend, dismay or disappoint some or all of us. and yet, without them what progress would have been made? all of women's history is important to preserve, and recent history is still history. 2) after reading several recent interchanges on the list (long discussions of hoff sommers, paglia, professing feminism, etc) i have begun to wonder why there is so much internal antagonism when there are such crushing external economic and social conditions that seem to me to be much more serious threats to the well-being of women and of the practice of women's studies. 3) there are often discussions of classroom interaction on the list, and invariably many voices agree that respect in the classroom is of utmost importance to the project of teaching women's studies. it seems equally clear to me that respect for all those who enter into the conversation of the list is equally important. joann castagna joann-castagna@uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 16:12:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bette.Tallen@ROLLINS.EDU Organization: Rollins College Subject: Title IX For my ongoing work as Affirmative Action officer here I would like some feedback on how the Brown University decision and the recent testimony in Congress mostly aginst Title IX has impacted life on your campuses. Please reply privately to BTallen@Rollins.edu. On another thread for those who are looking for good resources on lesbianism and lesbian theory I have just received an issue of Matrices which has a great bibliography on 25 years of lesbian philosophy. They can be reached at matrices@gold.tc.umn.edu. Thanks in advance, Bette Tallen ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 16:09:51 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: JoAnne Myers Subject: Women & Society Conf. The fifth annual multi & interdiscipinary Conference on Scholarship on Women and Society will be held June 9-11 at Marist College, Poughkeepsie New York. Susan Moller Okin will be delivering the keynote address Friday evening. Panels and workshops cover all aspects of women and society: women & academia, history , images, creative, politics , policy issues, women studies issues, curricula, internet resources, etc. For more information, please e-mail Dr. JoAnne Myers: jzly@maristb.marist.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 15:48:28 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bob Bender Subject: Feminist Architecture I posted a request on Monday for suggestions for information on feminist architecture and city planning. I'd like to thank everyone who responded and am here sending the assembled list, in no particular order, except for the two final suggestions which I placed at the end. Bob Bender ************************************************************************ Dolores Hayden, THE GRAND DOMESTIC REVOLUTION (MIT Press, 1981) Dolores Hayden, POWER OF PLACE: URBAN LANDSCAPE AS PUBLIC HISTORY (MIT Press, 1995). Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, ALMA MATER (examines the architectural/ social structuring of women's colleges (the seven sisters, plus Scripps and a couple of others) Virginia E. Miller, ed. THE ROLE OF GENDER IN PRECOLUMBIAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. (University Press of America, 1988) Leslie Weisman, DISCRIMINATION BY DESIGN.(University of Illinois Press, 1992) Daphne Spain, GENDERED SPACES. (North Carolina, 1993) Catharine R. Stimpson et al, eds. WOMEN AND THE AMERICAN CITY (U of Chicago Press, 1981). Originally appeared as a supplement to vol 5, no.3 (1980) of SIGNS. 'Matrix,' a British women's architectural collaborative, MAKING SPACE: WOMEN AND THE MAN MADE ENVIRONMENT. (London, Pluto Press, 1985) Gerda Wekerle and Carolyn Whitzman, SAFE CITIES: GUIDELINES FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, AND MANAGEMENT. (New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1995) 224 pages, paper ISBN 0-442-01269-1 $49.95 Jandl, H. Ward. YESTERDAY'S HOUSES OF TOMORROW. Doumato, Lamia. ARCHITECTURE AND WOMEN: A BIBLIOGRAPHY DOCUMENTING WOMENARCHITECTS, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTURAL CRITICS AND WRITERS. FEMINIST AESTHETICS, ed Gisela Ecker. Boston: Beacon Press, 1985 has an article by Christiane Erlemann "What is Feminist Architecture?" Peter Calthorpe, cowritten with Sim Van der Ryn, SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES: A NEW DESIGN SYNTHESIS FOR CITIES, SUBURBS AND TOWNS (San Francisco, Sierra Club Books, 1986) THE NEXT AMERICAN METROPOLIS: ECOLOGY, COMMUNITY AND THE AMERICAN DREAM (Princeton U. P., 1993) Other suggestions: CO-OP AMERICA, a quarterly journal, 1612 K Street NE, Washington DC 20006 GEOGFEM discussion list (not very busy, but requests get answered) send command: subscribe geogfem firstname lastname to: listserv@ukcc.uky.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 17:21:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: DAPHNE PATAI Subject: Re: about Betty Friedan In-Reply-To: <199505121546.LAA23260@holmes.umd.edu> from "Miriam Harris" at May 12, 95 10:45:31 am Bravo to all those who defended Betty Friedan and, more important, commented (as Miriam did eloquently) on how damaging this habit of one-upping is to feminism generally. By eating its own parents, this kind of feminism kills its own children - not to mention driving away friends and potential allies. D. -- ====================== Daphne.Patai@spanport.umass.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 19:15:27 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Xeturah M. Woodley" Subject: Re: Women's Studies Honor Society Greetings all, Yes there is a Women's Studies Honor Society. It is named Iota Iota Iota after three female goddesses: Isis, Inanna, & Ishtar. Anyway, I was a member of the charter line for the Alpha Chapter at Metropolitan State College of Denver. I have been working since 1993 on a chapter here at the University of Colorado at Denver. I think we will be considered Beta Chapter, but either way we are just glad to be a part of the growth of such a worthy and necessary entity. If you would like more information about starting a chapter at your institution, please drop me a line and I will make sure that information is sent to you immediately. In order for us to recieve National Honor status we must have at least 10 active chapters for 5 consecutive years. In sisterhood, Xeturah Monique ****************************************************************************** X.M.Woodley * "I am not FREE, while any woman is Univ. of Colo. at Denver * UNFREE, xwoodley@carbon.cudenver.edu * Even if her SHACKLES are very * DIFFERENT from my own. * -Audre Lorde- ****************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 09:58:52 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Re: Rosie the Riveter Phyliss, I was glad to hear that you are planning to reissue WAVE. It's such imporatant resource. Do let us know if there is anyway we can help you. You should, of course, have a copy of our latest catalogue, but if you don't just let us know. Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director Women Make Movies wmmnyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 10:02:50 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Re: films for marriage and fa... The name of the film is KNOWING HER PLACE, by Indu Krishnan and it is an excellent film. It;s about an Indian woman immigrant struggling with her identities as a mother and as a daughter, as well as an Indian living in the United States. It is available from Women Make Movies. wmmnyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 10:12:10 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women Make Movies wmm nyc@aol.com" Subject: Re: Rosie the Riveter Pat, I am sorry you have been able to reach us. I hope you got the info on Rosie the Riveter. We will send out a catalogue to you as soon as possible. Some other suggestions on women and politics:* A brand new release - not in our catalogue yet - called REBEL HEARTS on the work of the Grimke Sisters. A BBC series we have called WOMEN IN POLITICS. It is made up of 6 portraits of women leaders including, Corazon Aquino and Benazir Bhutto. CHIEF WOMEN MANKILLER - a portrait of the first Native American women tribal chief. SOME AMERICAN FEMINISTS - A historical film (from the mid-seventies) on the second wav of feminism which includes portraits of Betty Freidan, Kate Millet If you are interested in ordering any for preview, please contact Sasha Berman in our Distribution Department or e-mail us with subject "Previews" at wmmnyc@aol.com Sorry again about the address. Debra Zimmerman Wmmnyc@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 13:01:34 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bob Shoop Subject: None None unsubscribe Bob Shoop 913-532-5533 rshoop@coe.educ.ksu.ed ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 14:59:14 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katie Ward Subject: Ellen Keith-cross listing Ellen, I just finished sending a long note to you about cross listing, which I later realized I sent to the wrong person. I sent it to Chris Jazwinski, Dept. of Psychology, St. Cloud State Un. St. Cloud, MN 56301-4498 http://www.st.clou.msus.edu/~jaz I had surgery a few days ago, and my mind is still not operating clearly. Anyway I wasDirector of WS at Western Kentucy Un. since it started, but I resigned the position last May because of breast cancer. (MY recent surgery was not for bc). The new Director is Jimmie Price, Women's Studies, WAB, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101 (502) 842-6781. Ask her for our recent, revised policy statement for Cross listing. She will send it to you. Also aske Chris Jazwinski to run off my remarks to you sent by mistake to her and mail them to you. Our WS faculty are going on an overnight planning retreat next Wed and Thurs (May 17-18), and no one will be in the office, but you can leave a voice message. Also feel free to call me or e-mail me for advice. When all this medication I am on wears off, I promise to make more sense. Katie Ward, English Department, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101 or wardcc@wkuvx1.wku.edu Good luck!! ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 13 May 1995 19:30:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 CFP (gay/lesbian studies), 1 job (New Zealand) The following two announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) CFP: Southern African Colloquium on Gay/Lesbian Studies 2) Job: Tenured Lecturer, American Studies (inc WS) (New Zealand) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) SOUTHERN AFRICAN COLLOQUIUM ON GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES CALL FOR PAPERS/ FIRST CIRCULAR ** DEADLINE FOR PROPOSALS: 31 MAY 1995 ** (NOTE: any questions should be directed to: deanarts@beattie.uct.ac.za) An international colloquium aimed at mapping the state of gay and lesbian studies in southern Africa will be held at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, on 20 and 21 October 1995. Keynote addresses will be delivered by internationally acclaimed Gay and Lesbian Studies critics. Papers are invited under the following proposed topics: 1. A white man's disease? Homosexuality/African culture: A challenge to anthropology in Africa. 2. South Africa's bill of rights: Does the emphasis on gender obfuscate Gay and Lesbian diversity in human and civil rights debates? 3. Hidden, even more "hidden from history". Elaborating methods to retrieve and to write a social history of Gays and Lesbians in southern Africa. 4. The queer obsession of Afrikaans literature: internalizing oppression? Two round-table discussions are envisaged. Suggestions for topics and round-tables are welcome. There will be no parallel sessions. Papers not to exceed 20 minutes, excluding question time. The proceedings will be published as the first volume of "African Gay and Lesbian Studies". Due date for submissions of proposals is 31 May 1995. Kindly fill in and return the form below to: Office of the Dean of Arts, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7700 Rondebosch, South Africa. Fax: +27 (021) 650-3726. Internet: deanarts@beattie.uct.ac.za Registration and booking forms as well as a provisional programme will be sent in the Second Circular in July 1995. ______________________________________________________________________ SOUTHERN AFRICAN COLLOQUIUM ON GAY AND LESBIAN STUDIES NAME ADDRESS FAX INTERNET INSTITUTIONAL AFFILIATION ______________________________________________________________________ I WILL ATTEND BUT I DO NOT INTEND TO GIVE A PAPER ______________________________________________________________________ TITLE OF PAPER SHORT ABSTRACT _____________________________________________________________________ Office of the Dean of Arts University of Cape Town Private Bag Rondebosch 7700 South Africa Phone: +27 21 650 3722/3 Fax: +27 21 650 3726 Internet: DEANARTS@BEATTIE.UCT.AC.ZA Yours truly, Sander L. Gilman The Henry R. Luce Professor of the Liberal Arts in Human Biology Wieboldt Hall 411 1050 East 59th Street Chicago IL 60637-1512 FAX: 312-702-9861 Department Telephone: 312-702-8494 Voice Mail: 312-702-3268 e-mail: slgilman@midway.uchicago.edu *************************************************************************** 2) Position: American Studies Institution: University of Canterbury Location: New Zealand American Studies: Applications are invited for the tenured position of Lecturer in the Department of American Studies. The minimum qualification on appointment is the Ph.D. degree or equivalent. Applications will be considered from specialists in Political Science or Sociology with a strong interest in participating in an interdisciplinary programme, or from candidates with qualifications in American Studies who have a strong social science orientation. The successful candidate will be required to teach an upper-level undergraduate course in American Political Culture. Interest in one or more of the following areas would be particularly welcome: politics of race, gender, class; feminist theory; American legal culture; American public policy; politics of the American West; environmental politics. Academic enquiries may be directed to the Head of the Department, Dr. Ken Harris, fax 64-3-364-2417 or e-mail kharris@amst.canterbury.ac.nz. The salary for Lecturers is on a scale from NZ$40,000 to NZ$50,000 per annum. Applications close on 31 July 1995. Further particulars and Conditions of Appointment may be obtained from the undersigned. Applications, quoting Position No. AS48, must be addresses to: Mr. A.W. Hayward, Registrar, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. The University has a policy of equality of opportunity in employment. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, May 12, 1995 ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 08:38:45 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marge Piercy Subject: Friedan While i have not infrequently disagreed with Friedan, I am extremely pleased to see people on the list defending her contributions. Those of us who started this wave of feminism did not know everything you now know; if we had, we would probably have been paralyzed at the enormity. We simply started with our own anger where we were, some of us in suburbia, some of us in urban slums, some of us in the movement, hacking away at what was about us. All of us were right a fair amount of the time and wrong other times. For instance, I wrote an essay in 1969 arguing against the creation of women's studies departments, because i thought it would further marginalize women and prevent us from changing existing disciplines. I was wrong. But those of us involved in restarting the engine of feminism have gone on living and a great many of us have gone on learning. We stand on the bodies of those who came before us and we hope that those who come after us will learn from our experiments, our successes and our stupidities alike. But the anger I sometimes experience from younger women because we are older and because we do not always exhibit the correct patches of current jargon or identifications, is profoundly depressing. This is not to invoke p.c., for while all political movements have produced their idiotic conformities from the French revolution on (where modern feminism started according to my belief), political correctness really just means believing other people exist and having the humility to not insult them intentionally for being other than you happen to be. Which brings us back to the current discussion. Betty Friedan is who she is, born a particular timeand place, and out of those limitations she gave us a great shove forward. ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 09:15:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ginny Vincent Subject: Re: about Betty Friedan Miriam, Thank you for PERSPECTIVE, which when we live a monolithic existence we tend to lose a grasp of. When we criticize those from another era and their work we do so from a egocentric and limited point of view. This is the case across all disciplines and art forms... What many fail to realize is that who we are today, and where we stand today is a result of the work of our past (personal and collective). If we remove one piece of that past then course of our present realities is altered. An inherent problem with linear analysis and thinking... Three cheers to you for vision...past, present and future. Ginny Vincent (GVincente@aol.com) ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 11:11:14 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Georgia NeSmith Subject: Re: Friedan Although I, too, like many others on this list (and their mothers) owe a great deal to Betty Friedan, particularly _The Feminine Mystique_, I don't understand the fury aroused by the original postings, which were about whether Friedan would make a good speaker at some campus gathering. Regardless of her earlier accomplishments and with all due respect for the particular context of her becoming who she is, if I were looking for a speaker, Friedan would not be on my list of people I'd be willing to spend money on. It would be wonderful if I could invite the Friedan-who-was -a-feminist-heroine in the 60s & 70s. But I consider a great deal of what she's saying now as part of the backlash against feminism. Now, that doesn't mean she is unworthy of our attention nor that she is not entitled to say whatever she pleases. I just wouldn't pay for her as a speaker because I can think of dozens of speakers who would be more enlightening and interesting to hear. There's been so much talk on this list critical of various feminisms that, to the critics at least, appear to silence particular points of view. I wonder how it is that some critics are just "pointing out the flaws" while other critics are "silencing dissent." There is a great deal in Friedan's current positioning that invites serious criticism. With all due respect to those who want to celebrate all feminist heroines regardless of their mistakes and obtuseness with regard to issues of class, race, and heterosexism, I don't think feminism(s) is(are) well-served by foremother worship. Georgia NeSmith gnesmith@acspsr1.acs.brockport.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 10:05:05 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Ariel Subject: Janie's Janie In-Reply-To: <199505121452.KAA23492@holmes.umd.edu> Does anyone know anything about a film or video (from early 70s?) called Janie's Janie? I would like to purchase it for our Library collection, but cannot locate distributor or more information than the title. Thanks for any leads you might have...Joan p.s. not listed in WAVE or other sources, I've checked. *************************************************** Joan Ariel Women's Studies Librarian Main Library 390 University of California Irvine, CA 92713-9557 phone: (714) 824-4970 fax: (714) 824-5740 email: jariel@uci.edu *************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 13:35:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: JOB MARKET and LESBI files added I've just added some new files to the WMST-L collection. One is a compilation of the messages I received both publicly and privately in response to my query about meaningfully integrating lesbian and bisexual experiences and perspectives into Women's Studies courses; I've called that file LESBI IN_WS (I don't like the name, but I was stymied by the filename limitations of IBM mainframes). The other new addition is the recent discussion on WMST-L about the job market and search procedure in academia. Because of its length, I've broken the messages into three files: JOB MARKET1, JOB MARKET2, and JOB MARKET3, each containing about 850 lines. If you'd like all four files, send the following four-line message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU: GET LESBI IN_WS [be sure to include the underscore] GET JOB MARKET1 GET JOB MARKET2 GET JOB MARKET3 If you also want to get a listing of all the WMST-L files, add another line that says INDEX WMST-L . PLEASE BE SURE TO SEND THESE MESSAGES TO LISTSERV, not to WMST-L! DO NOT HIT "REPLY"!! <==== Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 13:15:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Miriam Harris Subject: Re: Friedan In-Reply-To: <199505141511.LAA24880@holmes.umd.edu> Georgia: Define worship then Define respect Define current events then Define history Define contribution then Define leadership --Miriam Harris ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 17:47:01 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Gundersen Subject: Friedan In-Reply-To: <199505132011.QAA25964@holmes.umd.edu> Out here in Republican Southern California where the phrase "PC" is enough to discredit any action, I have worked hard to convince my students that feminism is not a narrow, single perspective, but a wonderfully diverse collection of insights that empower women and give them a language to name the oppressions that exist. I prefer to talk about feminisms or feminist perspectives (plural intended). Egalitarian feminism thus has a place in what we study. Friedan, like many of us, saw both clearly AND partially. Her blinders included both class and sexuality. If someone reads me out of existence, I do not return the favor, I insist on recognizing us BOTH as participants in human history. Women's Studies needs to be the same way. If we can only remember those who are perfect, there will be no one to remember. This does not mean that we should only praise each other. The most sincere form of listening also includes taking ideas seriously and analyzing their flaws and strengths. Friedan should be taught in this way, as should Hooks, or Rich, or anyone else who has contributed to the feminist discussion. Joan Gundersen jrgunder@coyote.csusm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 14 May 1995 23:50:47 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dianna Taylor Subject: in-text citation for electronic resources Does anyone know the proper format for citing electronic resources _within_ your text? I have info. on citing in the reference page, but cannot find a format for doing so in the text. I'm specifically looking for Chicago Manual of Style. If someone can help me out I'd be grateful! Dianna Taylor taylode@ucbeh.san.uc.edu