========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 14:15:38 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: patricia howard-borjas Subject: Job announcement Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) [f/m], Full-time [.9], Department of Sociology, Gender Studies in Agriculture Section, Wageningen Agricultural University, the Netherlands. One of the only entities of its kind in the West, the Section offers the Masters and the Ph.D., supports Post-Doctoral research, and undertakes research in gender studies in agriculture/rural development in non-Western and European contexts. The Associate Professor will be responsible for coordinating educational programmes, teaching and supervising graduate and undergraduate research on gender and agriculture/rural development in non-western contexts. She/he will also assist in the coordination of research programmes as well as carry out her/his own research. Candidates must have the Ph.D. in a social science discipline, a strong background in women's/gender studies and agriculture/rural development in non-Western contexts, and substantial experience in research as well as in teaching/training and curriculum development. Development practice experience is also highly desirable. A publication record, good interpersonal and management skills, fluency in English and willingness to learn Dutch are essential qualifications. Gross starting salary (full time) is Dfl 7218-9700/month depending on qualifications. For more information and a description of the Department and the University, call xx31-317-483374, fax xx31-317-483990, or email Patricia.Howard@alg.vsl.wau.nl. Candidates must send an application letter, curriculum vitae including a list of referees, and three relevant publications postmarked no later than 20 October 1996 to "Directeur Personeel en Arbeidsomstandigheden," P.O. Box 9101, 6700 AB Wageningen, the Netherlands. The envelope and letter must indicate vacancy number LS 95-0290. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 08:22:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Format for WMST-L messages (User's Guide) Here's today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: ******************** 1) "IS THERE A PREFERRED FORMAT TO USE FOR MESSAGES SENT TO THE LIST (I.E., TO WMST-L@UMDD OR WMST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU)?" Yes. First of all, ALWAYS put your name and e-mail address at the end of every posting. (It is important that people be able to contact you privately if they wish, and some mail systems do not identify the writer anywhere in the header.) Also, please include a meaningful subject heading, so that people will know whether your message deals with a topic of interest to them. (MANY people automatically delete messages with no subject heading or with one that doesn't interest them.) Finally, if you are replying to someone else's posting, BRIEFLY quote or summarize that posting before you offer your reply. Doing so will make your message clearer and avoid confusion. (New subscribers are continually joining the list; they may not have read the original message. And since a number of topics are often being discussed on the list at any given moment, even long-time subscribers may not remember what prompted your remarks unless you remind them.) NOTE: if you're replying to a long message, do NOT quote it in its entirety! Include just a few relevant lines. ******************* Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 10:15:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Re: request for immediate assistance In-Reply-To: <199607310709.DAA22314@freenet3.carleton.ca> On Wed, 31 Jul 1996, Prema Oza wrote: > wondering if anyone is familiar with any women's organizations in Israel > who may be able to assist a young woman who was raped there five weeks ago. The best bet is to get in touch with Hannah Safran at Isha L'Isha (Woman to Woman), who will be able to direct the woman to the appropriate agency. Fax 011-972-4-851-1954. Good luck! Liora Moriel ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 10:44:25 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Suzanne F. Franks" Subject: Re: Carol Gilligan I don't have any insights from teaching to offer, but if you are looking for feminist analyses/critiques of Gilligan's theories, you can try "The Problem of the Passions by Cynthia G. Burack. This book points to a lot of what was left unaddressed by Gilligan (and others) namely women's anger and other messy emotions. Suzannne Franks sfranks@galois.fccc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 09:28:36 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margo Okazawa-Rey Subject: searching for maria lugones i am currently working on a new intro to women's studies reader for Mayfield Publishing. A request to reprint an article by Maria Lugones was returned with no forwarding address. Does anyone know how to reach her (or perhaps an agent) for this purpose? please reply privately to mor@sfsu.edu thanks ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:03:43 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bev Wessel Subject: Faculty position open WOMEN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON. Full-time assistant professor of Women Studies, beginning Fall 1997. Women Studies is seeking a feminist scholar with interdisciplinary and international foci in the area of women and economic development. Applicants should have a Ph.D., a promising record of international research and publications and/or at least one year of applied international experience and be highly qualified for undergraduate and graduate teaching. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in area of specialization. Applications with a current c.v., statement of research and teach foci, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to Professor Shirley J. Yee, Director of Women Studies, Box 354345, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. Priority will be given to applications received before January 15, 1997. The University of Washington continues to build a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beverly Wessel wessel@u.washington.edu Women Studies Box 354345 University of Washington (206)543-6900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 10:25:48 +1200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynne Alice Subject: WAPSA : Women's Studies position in New Zealand Please pass this advert on to anyone who may be interested. There is only a brief time before the deadline and we would likea broad range of applicants. Please note : this is a tenurable position. Lynne Alice ____________ MASSEY UNIVERSITY Lecturer in Women's Studies Women's Studies Programme The Women's Studies Programme at Massey University offers 24 courses at undergraduate level, a BA major, Graduate Diploma, M.A, M.Phil and Ph.D study. Courses are available in both internal and extramural modes. The Programme is seeking applications for a new Appointment at Lectureship or Senior Lectureship level. You should possess a doctoral degree and scholarship, teaching and administrative experience in Women's Studies or related areas. Qualified applicants are sought who are able to teach at all levels of the programme in internal and extramural modes. You will have the opportunity to develop an undergraduate course in your own area of expertise and to contribute to the supervision of postgraduate students. We seek an excellent teacher and an active researcher with a strong publications record, as well as demonstrated ability to network with women's groups in the community and the university. Although applications from persons in any field of Women's Studies and feminist-focused research will be considered, it is likely that preference will be given to candidates whose interests and skills address the needs of the existing programme. Massey University is an equal opportunity employer and Maori or Pacific Island women are especially invited to apply. It is expected that you will commence duties on or before the second semester, commencing January 6th 1997. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment or to appoint by invitation. Information about Women's Studies may be obtained from the programme's Web pages, http ://cc-server9.massey.ac.nz/~wwwms. Enquires of an academic nature should be directed to the Director : Dr L.C.Alice, Women's Studies Programme, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand. tel. 350.4938 fax 350.5627 or email : L.C.Alice@massey.ac.nz An information package including Conditions of Appointment is obtainable by telephoning 06-350-5984. Reference number Dept 49/96L must be quoted. Applications, including a full curriculum vitae and the names, addresses and fax numbers of three referees must be sent to 'Academic Vacancies', Human Resources Section, Massey University, PO Box 11-222, Palmerston North, New Zealand, before the closing date specified. ______________ Women's Studies Programme, Massey University, PO Box 11-222, Palmerston North, Aotearoa (New Zealand) http ://cc-server9.massey.ac.nz/~wwwms ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:52:50 EETDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Gabrielle Meagher Subject: Carol Gilligan in the Classroom Dear Everyone, I use Carol Gilligan's arguments in a course called the Political Economy of Women as a feminist critique of the liberal ideal of moral character. This is in the context of a course which is based in part on critically evaluating liberal ideas in political philosophy and neoclassical economics as accounts of social life in the anglo-american west. I don't deal with criticisms of her work, because it is not really relevant to the context in which I'm setting out her basic arguments. that is, it is not a course in social psychology or developmental psychology or moral theory. Best wishes, Gabrielle Meagher email gabriell@sue.econ.su.oz.au Department of Economics, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:12:05 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "N. Benokraitis" Subject: Re: Carol Gilligan in the Classroom In-Reply-To: <9608012252.AA17335@sue.econ.su.oz.au> On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Gabrielle Meagher wrote: > Dear Everyone, > > I use Carol Gilligan's arguments in a course called the Political > Economy of Women as a feminist critique of the liberal ideal of moral > character. This is in the context of a course which is based in part on > critically evaluating liberal ideas in political philosophy and > neoclassical economics as accounts of social life in the anglo-american > west. I don't deal with criticisms of her work, because it is not really > relevant to the context in which I'm setting out her basic arguments. > that is, it is not a course in social psychology or developmental > psychology or moral theory. > Well, I dunno about this....Since Gilligan's conclusions (and some call them "theories") were extrapolated from a handful of students, many social scientists have a problem with ignoring Gilligan's methodology and its critiques. Although social scientists have provided some of the most valuable insights about human behavior from case studies, a handful of respondents, and/or ethnographic studies, I think that ignoring the strengths and weaknesses of a methodological approach does students a disservice by discouraging them to think, critically, about the conclusions of ANY study. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 21:21:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Tonja Olive Subject: Course suggestions I am a recent subscriber to Women's Studies List and am glad to (finally) feel connected to others who share my interest and passion for gender issues in education. So I thank you all for helping me find a place. I would also like to ask for suggestions/exercises/assignments/syllabi for two courses that I may be teaching in the (very) near future: Women's Bodies, Women's Minds and Women and Health. I have general syllabi and assignments already developed, but hope to supplement them with additional readings and assignments that stimulate critical thinking and seminar discussion. Unfortunately, I probably won't have much notification that I teaching the course(s), so any feedback you can give me would be greatly appreciated. Please respond privately. Much thanks! Tonja Olive poli34@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu Tonja Olive poli34@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 1 Aug 1996 23:37:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Tracey Hurd Subject: Re: Carol Gilligan in the Classroom A bit more on Gilligan's work: Regardless of the discipline in which one teaches, addressing any divisionist interpretation of gender gives rise to the questions: Is gender an essential trait residing within an individual? Or is gender socially situated, constructed and meaningful in the context of social interaction? Many people have written cogently on this topic. I still like: Hare-Mustin, Rachel & Marecek, Jeanne (1990). Making a Difference: Psychology and the construction of gender. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Tracey Hurd, PhD Boston College ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 07:11:14 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rhoda Unger Subject: Re: Carol Gilligan in the Classroom I would like to second Tracey's point about the value of examining the "similarity/difference" debate in terms of its implications for women's behavior. Two excellent books have come out recently which I believe could be used in whole or part in women's studies courses. These are: Mary Crawford (1996). Talking difference. London: Sage Meredith Kimball (1995). Feminist visions of gender: Similarities and differences. Binghampton, NY: Haworth Crawford's book emphasizes work on language and is especially critical of Deborah Tannen's work on the meaning of sex differences in communication style, but does mention Gilligan. Kimball's book treats the implications of both the similarity and difference approach in psychology in terms of their advantages and disadvantages. It has a remarkably even-handed approach and should be valuable in teaching students that there may be many sides to a position. Unfortunately, the publisher is not well known and the book does not seem to be receiving much attention. Rhoda Unger E-MAIL UNGERR@ALPHA.MONTCLAIR.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 00:12:05 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Batya Weinbaum Subject: Carol Gilligan On the Carol Gilligan thing, I'd like to say that I don't like her writing much, and agree with many of the critiquesa that have been made. However, inthe mid 80s I was teaching at Adult Degree Program at Vermont College. A young return-to-college woman who was wanting to be an actress took a study with me, and she used Gilligan. Despite my reservatios, I watched how it helped this student who was new to feminism really take off. Maybe we don't like some readings, but. . .Batya Weinbaum Batyawein.aol.com. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 08:47:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: how to unsub, send messages, etc (Revision) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 2) "WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LISTSERV@UMDD AND WMST-L@UMDD? HOW DO I TELL WHICH ADDRESS TO USE? AND HOW DO I UNSUBSCRIBE?" WMST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU should be used ONLY for messages that you wish to send to all WMST-L subscribers. Messages concerning your WMST-L subscription should be sent to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU . 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However, if you have a question, please first consult the User's Guide to try to get the answer for yourself. ****************** Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:38:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Angela Laviela Cotten Subject: alice walker's address or whereabouts In-Reply-To: to the women on the women's net: i am currently writing and essay on alice walker--her work and involvement in the late twentieth-century women's movement. last week i sent out a request to any who may know of her whereabouts or who may have information or suggestions in helping me to track her down. i need an interview with her to complete this project. i recieved one helpful response which i must say is rather shocking. it is shocking because walker was and continues to be a very important figure in women's struggle for racial and gender equality and freedom in the late twentieth century; and i have read more messages pertaining to a discussion of carol gilligan and her work on this list for the past few days. it is the disproportionate ratio that is disturbing and i am sure that some have not responded because you do not have information on walker. still i find the silence sad, especially given the overwhelming cyber-chatter about gilligan and her work. why is this so? is alice walker's work just not as interesting or important as gilligan's? i am posting this note again for anyone who could help me with leads to finding alice walker. her publishers, or anyone else or suggestions that may help me to track her down. thank you, angela cotten acotten@emory.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 11:09:32 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathleen Preston Subject: Depression during pregnancy I'd appreciate some info and/or sources about depression during pregnancy. A couple of students have told me that they were taken off antidepressants (Prozac, Zoloff) when they became pregnant, and they suffered mightily during the whole nine months. Now that so many folks are taking these drugs regularly, what's the best way for them to get through pregnancy? Is there any good research about the effects of such drugs on fetuses? Are there safer alternative treatments? Can't seem to find the right sources. Thanks in advance! (Respond privately, unless you think others might be interested.) Kathleen Preston Knight Humboldt State University KathKnight@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 09:33:10 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Starker Subject: Re: alice walker's address or whereabouts Hi, You might want to contact Joan Miura at 415-750-9602. I'm not sure what her role is re: Alice Walker - assistant, agent,?. However, we are going to include an essay by Alice Walker in our anthology on grief, loss, and transformation. Joan Miura is the contact person. Hope this works out. 415 - is in San Francisco, I believe. Take care, Joan >to the women on the women's net: > >i am currently writing and essay on alice walker--her work and involvement >in the late twentieth-century women's movement. last week i sent out a >request to >any who may know of her whereabouts or who may have information or >suggestions in helping me to track her down. i need an interview with her to >complete this project. i recieved one helpful response which i must say is >rather shocking. it is shocking because walker was and continues to be a very >important figure in women's struggle for racial and gender equality and >freedom in the late twentieth century; and i have read more messages >pertaining to a discussion of carol gilligan and her work on this list >for the past few days. it is the disproportionate ratio that is >disturbing and i am sure that some have not responded >because you do not have information on walker. still i find the >silence sad, especially given the overwhelming cyber-chatter about >gilligan and her work. why is this so? is alice walker's work just not as >interesting or important as gilligan's? > >i am posting this note again for anyone who could help me with leads to >finding alice walker. her publishers, or anyone else or suggestions that >may help me to track her down. > >thank you, angela cotten > >acotten@emory.edu > > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 10:23:35 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathie Friedman-Kasaba Subject: psychology job University of Washington, Tacoma Psychology The Liberal Studies Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma invites applications for two tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level to begin Sept.1997. Ph.D. required by time of employment. We seek applicants with a strong commitment to excellence in undergraduate teaching, interdisciplinary interests, and active engagement in scholarship in two areas: Position #1) Human Development, with a focus in adulthood; Position #2) Clinical, counseling, or community psychology, with a focus on children and families. We welcome applicants who have educational/research focus in one or more of the following areas: gender, ethnic, cross-cultural, group relations. Each position offers the opportunity to shape the psychology emphasis in a growing interdisciplinary, non-traditional Liberal Studies program for upper-division undergraduates. The University of Washington, Tacoma is a rapidly growing institution that offers, in addition to Liberal Studies, upper-level undergraduate programs in Nursing & Business, a teacher certification program, and Master's degree programs in Education, Nursing, and in the future, Social Work. We are building a multicultural faculty and staff and strongly encourage women and members of ethnic minorities to apply. Application deadline is November 15, 1996. Send vita, letter delineating your qualifications for this position including a description of your research interests and teaching philosophy, sample course syllabus (junior or senior level), and three letters of recommendation to: Psychology Search Committee, Liberal Studies Program, University of Washington, Tacoma, 1103 A Street, Tacoma, WA 98402. The University of Washington is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 13:03:17 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Debra Kirkley Subject: Re: Carol Gilligan In-Reply-To: <960802001203_169976402@emout07.mail.aol.com> I'd like to express my thanks for the insights many of you shared with me regarding Gilligan's work. When I first read _Different Voice_, I accepted it blindly, (?because I felt desperate for some scholarship on women). Judging by the number of studies that used Gilligan's work as a conceptual base, I probably wasn't alone in my blind faith. Part of my continuing development as a feminist and researcher is to value the importance of looking at method when considering the conclusions of a study. I think Gilligan's work is monumentally important in that she opened an enormous door and helped many of us articulate our research passions. She introduced the idea that there may be many competing theories instead of just one. But I am also grateful for the thoughtful critiques I have read here, in _Signs_ and elsewhere. Debra Kirkley Texas Woman's University (A public university *primarily* for women) iy52@jove.acs.unt.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 19:47:14 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judy Evans Subject: Re: alice walker's address or whereabouts In-Reply-To: On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Angela Laviela Cotten wrote: > suggestions in helping me to track her down. i need an interview with her to > complete this project. i recieved one helpful response which i must say is > rather shocking. it is shocking because walker was and continues to be a very > important figure in women's struggle for racial and gender equality and > freedom in the late twentieth century; and i have read more messages > pertaining to a discussion of carol gilligan and her work on this list > for the past few days. it is the disproportionate ratio that is I would have expected that ratio because of the question you asked. And if I'd replied I'd have said, find who most recently published her work (the UK publishers are quite separate, I believe) and write to her care of them. The lack of response says nothing about views of the relative importance of Gilligan, except perhaps for one thing: some of us are concerned that an uncritical teaching of Gilligan would give students the wrong idea. (Though I accept that that could depend on the context.) --------------------------------------------------------------- Judy Evans + Politics + jae2@york.ac.uk using voice-recognition software: please ignore editing errors --------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 14:59:28 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: gabrielle elliott Subject: Re: alice walker's address or whereabouts In-Reply-To: Alice Walker is not a woman you "track down" like a tiger in the jungle!!!If you can't find the name and address of her publisher, I doubt you could find your way to her house. Nevertheless, she lives in Mendocino. On Fri, 2 Aug 1996, Angela Laviela Cotten wrote: > to the women on the women's net: > > i am currently writing and essay on alice walker--her work and involvement > in the late twentieth-century women's movement. last week i sent out a > request to > any who may know of her whereabouts or who may have information or > suggestions in helping me to track her down. i need an interview with her to > complete this project. i recieved one helpful response which i must say is > rather shocking. it is shocking because walker was and continues to be a very > important figure in women's struggle for racial and gender equality and > freedom in the late twentieth century; and i have read more messages > pertaining to a discussion of carol gilligan and her work on this list > for the past few days. it is the disproportionate ratio that is > disturbing and i am sure that some have not responded > because you do not have information on walker. still i find the > silence sad, especially given the overwhelming cyber-chatter about > gilligan and her work. why is this so? is alice walker's work just not as > interesting or important as gilligan's? > > i am posting this note again for anyone who could help me with leads to > finding alice walker. her publishers, or anyone else or suggestions that > may help me to track her down. > > thank you, angela cotten > > acotten@emory.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:14:57 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Patterson Subject: Gilligan Someone mentioned Joan Tronto's analysis of Gilligan's arguments, and I want to second that recommendation and give the citation for the book. The book is _Moral Boundaries: A Political Argument for an Ethic of Care_. NY: Routledge, 1993. The author of the original post on this thread will probably find ch. 3 most helpful for her immediate purpose, but the entire book is well worth reading. tpatterson@urvax.urich.edu (Pa)Tricia Patterson Assistant Professor Department of Political Science University of Richmond Richmond, VA 23173 (804) 287-6457 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 2 Aug 1996 16:14:55 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Janet S. Gray" Subject: Syllabus project: 19th-c American Gender & Race In-Reply-To: Your message of Fri, 2 Aug 1996 15:47:44 -0400 This is the first of several requests I will be posting over the next several months for a project on incorporating noncanonical 19th-c women's poetry into introductory and advanced coursework. I would like to hear from list members about texts related to the topics listed below that you have found especially useful, provocative, and informative in the classroom. I plan to tailor syllabi for several different disciplinary presentations - American cultural history and literary studies as well as women's/gender studies. For the latter, I want to incorporate writings on masculinity and men in addition to women. Each syllabus will focus on the 19th century but will incorporate selected contemporary texts that offer strong commentary on the earlier material. I am seeking auditory and visual materials and online resources as well as printed texts. RACE AND TIME is the working title of the segment of the project that I am currently developing. While it concentrates on the dynamics of black-white racial construction, I would like to edge this segment with material on the broader dynamics of race. Issues include: ANTEBELLUM: Abolitionist and proslavery constructions of race and gender in relation to slavery and the prospects of emancipation; labor and leisure, embodiment and disembodiment, beauty and spirituality, sexuality and the 'fallen woman,' kinship as metaphor/kinlessness as condition POSTBELLUM: Carryovers of the above; the abolitionist legacy; minstrelsy and nostalgia for the plantation; racial uplift; race, gender, and modernity; consumption, fashion, class, and the construction of bodies. READINGS include: Poems by Frances Harper, Sarah Forten, Elizabeth Chandler, Hannah Flagg Gould, Sarah Piatt, Thomas Hood, Charles Baudelaire, and E.B. Browning L.M. Child, _An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans_; H.B. Stowe, _Uncle Tom's Cabin_; Harper, _Iola Leroy_; Morrison, _Beloved_ I plan to make the results of this work available through the internet. With thanks for any suggestions, Janet Gray jsgray@pucc.princeton.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:55:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Connie Koppelman Subject: portraiture State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 03-Aug-1996 02:44pm EDT FROM: CKOPPELMAN TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu ) TO: Remote Addressee ( _fah@netdreams.com ) Subject: portraiture Hi! I've recently been asked if I think men and women artists have a different approach to portraits of women...painting, sculpture and other media. I've been thinking about it, but also wondered if anyone out there has read a good article on the subject. Any help would be much appreciated. Connie Koppelman CKoppelman@sunysb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 15:59:48 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Connie Koppelman Subject: FWD: SEVENTEEN State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 03-Aug-1996 03:59pm EDT FROM: CKOPPELMAN TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-L@umdd.umd.edu ) Subject: FWD: SEVENTEEN Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 03-Aug-1996 03:42pm EDT TO: Remote Addressee ( _WNST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU ) Subject: SEVENTEEN This is a follow-up on the recent discussion about Seventeen Magazine. While on vacation in Seattle I clipped an article from U.S.News 5/29/96 which said: "Many mothers of teen girls bemoan the subject matter in magazines such as SEVENTEEN, fearful that articles about "How to Get a Boyfriend send the wrong message. Those Mothers should get their daughters subscriptions to BLUE JEAN magazine, subtitled for teen girls who dare. BLUE JEAN portrays real teen girls on the verge of changing the world. says the publisher. You'll find no supermodels tips on dieting or fashion spreads in our pages. Our cover stories profile interesting and exciting teen girls in action." Even better, most of the stories are written by young people about young people. Tamika Crout,20, who writes about a teen-produced column for a Marin Country, Calif. newspaper, is profiled. Regular columns include "Nothin'but the Earth" on environmental issues and "College Column" about how to cope with coed life. The writing is unsophisticated but heartfelt. BLUE JEAN sells no ads, but encourages submissions of teen poetry, fiction, essays and photos...(P.O. Box 90856, Rochester, N.Y. 14609). I haven't seen a copy myself, but it sounds a little like the zines that are cropping up all over the states. CKoppelman@sunysb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 17:45:24 +0000 Reply-To: slbressl@rs01.kings.edu Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Dr. Stephanie Bressler" Organization: king's college Subject: Re: P. McIntosh Comments: To: "Barbara Bixby, Prof. Political Science" Barbara, I just discovered your request for citation on Peggy McIntosh from March. I filed it away and forgot about it. Although I assume someone responded to your request, I thought I'd pass on info just in case you did not receive it. "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies" appears in "Gender Basics: Feminist Perspectives on Women and Men", edited by Anne Minas, 1993, Wadsworth. It provokes quite a discussion in the classroom. Sorry for the lateness. Stephanie Bressler King's College, Wilkes-Barre, PA slbressl@rs01.kings.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 16:41:10 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christine Smith <10casmith@BSUVC.BSU.EDU> Subject: HUES I have never seen Blue Jean, but a grat magazine for adolsecnet girls/young women is HUES. Hues stands for Hear Us Emerging Sisters, and is multicultural and respects all sexual orientations and is very feminist. It is put out or was formed by undergrads at the University of Michigan. Unlike most zines, HUES is a glossy like Seventeen. No anorexic models, discusses topics like masturbation, feminist spirituality, and welfare. I think it is fantastic, and recommend it to students. Here is the address: HUES P.O. Box 7778 Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8226 Christine Smith Ball State University ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 3 Aug 1996 14:47:22 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Michelle R. Duncan" Subject: girls magazines Sorry if this is redundant (I've been out of town) but I am curious if you have looked at magazines for pre-teens. Media representation and manipulation starts very early. I am thinking of American Girls Magazine and others that I have seen. Michelle shelly@ella.mills.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 20:48:42 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Harriet Hartman Subject: Socialization I'd like to know what readings (books or articles) people have used regarding socialization to gender roles. I'll be teaching a more general course on socialization of childhood thru adolescence and would like to incorporate a gender selection (to complement Elkin/Handel's The Child & Society, Ain't No Makin It, and Centuries of Childhood). Please send replies privately or to the list, as you think interest warrants. Thanks, Harriet Hartman hhartman@sjuphil.sju.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:03:50 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Angela E Taylor Subject: Re: HUES Another young women's magazine in this vein is Teen Voices; its tag line is "Because you're more than just a pretty face." The inside cover states that TV "...provides an alternative to glitsy gossipy fashion-oriented publications that too often exploit the insecurities of their young audience.... It honors the sensibilities ideals, hopes, fears, anger, joy & experiential insights of teenage & young adult women." It was founded in 1988. You can contact them at Women Express, Inc., 316 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, (617) 262-2434. (Women Express is the nonprofit that has a variety of other programs working w/teens, primarily female, who reside in the inner city neighborhoods of Boston; all the programs have media literacy as a component.) btw, according to an ad in Teen VOices, Hues is on the WWW at http://www.hues.net --aet preferred e-mail: angela@tiac.net ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:49:10 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Batya Weinbaum Subject: portraiture/differences in men and women in artistic modes From: Batyawein Subj: Re: portraiture, whether women have a different aproach To: I thought about this difference in the way women and men create a lot when composing and performing music, and wrote an article now in Sounding Off! edited by Ron Sakolsky and Fred Wei-ho, Autonomedia, NY, l995 on "Matriarchal Music"--whether women make music differently than men. Let me know if you find it useful, even to push you to thinking analogously. Batya Weinbaum Amherst, MA Batyawein@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 07:38:55 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Holtzman Subject: Re: Socialization Schoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein and Reviving Ophelia by Mary Pipher are both good books about gender socialization. Orenstein's book is funded by the AAUW and is anecdotal. Pipher is a psychologist and approaches the subject through mini-case studies. Hope this is useful Linda Holtzman Webster University St. Louis 63119 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 15:57:07 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Eithne Foley Subject: PhD. Hi All, I am beginning my PhD in October. I am in the process of finishing my Masters thesis, and am really interested if any one has any advise on the process of doing a Phd. My dicipline is Sociology, but the area is women/body/appearence/oppression stuff. Thanks in advance. Please reply privatly if you feel others would not be interested. Eithne Foley. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 11:25:51 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shulamit Reinharz Subject: query re pre-med Dear Women's Studies people, Does anyone have or know of an undergraduate course of studies that tries to impact the pre-med curriculum with Women's Studies or Gender issues? If you have any information, please respond to me - Shulamit Reinharz, Director of Women's Studies Program, Brandeis University reinharz@binah.cc.brandeis.edu THANKS ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 13:30:44 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women's Presses Library Project, Mev Miller" Subject: Re: Women's Studies Resources >From the Women's Presses Library Project for the women's liberation section: Frontline Feminism, 1975-1995: Essays from Sojourner's First 20 Years, edited by Karen Kahn, Auntlute Books, $17.95. 1996. Chronicles many years of the women's movement through articles writtn in one of the nation's oldest and largest women's newspapers. >I am compiling the list of top ten books on the following topics to write up >for a women's studies resource: curriculum development, socialism, >Israeli/Palestinian conflict, women's liberation movement. Anybody who wants >to contribute titles to the list, particularly on curriculum development in >women's studies, please email me at Batyawein@aol.com. A small write-up or >abstract would be helpful, along with a reason why this book should be on the >"top ten." > >Batya Weinbaum >Amherst, MA WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT "...keeping women's words in circulation" Mev Miller Project Coodinator 1483 Laurel Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104-6737 612-646-0097 612-646-1153 (fax) wplp@winternet.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 15:35:36 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 job; several WID fellowships The following two announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) Job: Assistant Prof. of Women's Studies (Ohio State U.) 2) Women in Development Fellowship Opportunities For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) The Ohio State University We are inviting nominations and applications for a full-time, tenure-track position in Women's Studies at the rank of Assistant Professor or above to begin September, 1997. The position calls for an interdisciplinary focus on issues of gender, race, class, and ethnicity in the U.S., as well as expertise in feminist theorizing about diversity. Desirable subspecialties include, but are not limited to: contemporary or historical approaches to Latina, Native American, Asian American, or African American women, and may involve social issues and/or visual or mass cultural forms of representation. Candidates should have a Ph.D. in Women's Studies or a relevant field, graduate certification in women's studies and/or equivalent teaching experience in interdisciplinary Women's Studies core courses. Teaching responsibilities entail core Women's Studies courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, including a large introductory Women's Studies lecture course, as well as courses in the successful candidate's area of expertise. Send letter of application, C.V., and three letters of recommendation to: Valerie Lee, Chair Women's Studies Search Committee Department of Women's Studies 286 University Hall, 230 North Oval Mall The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210 The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on October 18, 1996, and will continue until the position is filled. The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. Qualified women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply *********************************************************************** 2) WORLDWID FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WorldWID provides a unique opportunity for U.S. citizens who are technical experts to receive intensive training in gender analysis and the field of Women-In-Development (WID) and to apply that training through a 3-10 month field assignment in a central office of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) or a USAID field mission overseas. Fellows are being recruited from a wide range of academic and non-academic institutions including NGOs, U.S. businesses, professional firms (law, engineering, medicine), and universities that have skills related to USAID's strategic concerns with: (1) democracy and governance; (2) economic growth; (3) girls' primary education; (4) environment; (5) health, population and nutrition. Approximately eight (8) fully-funded fellowships will be awarded each year. Both men and women who are U.S. citizens are encouraged to apply; no previous WID training is needed. Since Fellows are required to have a permanent job to return to, they must demonstrate strong institutional support. Each fellowship includes a stipend of $2500 per month as well as domestic and international travel connected with the grant and some additional support for overseas expenses. The normal period of appointment is twelve (12) months, although shorter term assignments will be considered. Deadlines for application for 1996/1997 are: August 16 and October 1, 1996. Future deadlines (for 1997-1998 and 1998-1999) will be March 1. A more detailed description of the program and/or application procedures may be obtained via e-mail by contacting: wrldwid@nervm.nerdc.ufl.edu. For additional information please contact: WorldWID, Office of International Studies and Programs (OISP), 123 Tigert Hall, P.O. Box 113225, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Tel: (352) 392-7074; Fax: (352) 392-8379. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 11:04:35 GMT Reply-To: di@molloyz.demon.co.uk Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Molloy" Subject: SECOND PLEA FOR HELP (GIST) -- 'sorry to go on about Girls into Science and Technology but several people have contacted me requesting that I pass on any information recieved through the womens group, relating to attitudes, achievement etc in Sci and Tech. This will be difficult because I have only received one reply (Thankyou Virginia Norris) I am attempting to compare girls and boys attitudes and achievement in science now that we have a "New National Curriculum". I am not sure that girls really are doing as well as the Media suggest in this area. My opinion and this is only an opinion based on what I have seen and on my own research, so far is that girls are not doing better than they were during the Gist project but it is the boys who are doing less well (compared to the boys of the 1979-84 period) I have linked this to Science becoming Compulsory due to the Equal Opps Policies. I think we still have a Domestic Ideology despite our Cookery and Childcare being called "Technology" Once I have analysed my results I want to compare the results with the results of the GIST project. Everyone keeps saying "oh well! you know all of the main faults and problems with the GIST project and the main criticisms but I do not think that I do SO please could someone direct me to the MAIN PROBLEMS, CRITIQUES ETC I would like to avoid the main pitfalls. If you have any information please contact me. Thankyou. _____ / | | <__|__| / | | <__|__| / \ , / - \ / - \ di@molloyz.demon.co.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 7 Aug 1996 22:53:14 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sonja Milbourn Subject: Women's Study Project As a faculty member of a large 2-year college in the States, I am researching a project comparing women's pespectives on education, spirituality, work, family, health, etc. and am seeking interested participants for this brief, but enlightening project. It is my goal to accumulate as many global contacts as I can and I would be delighted to receive a reply from you, at which time I will send a questionnaire to be completed and returned by email. To date, dialogue has been established with over 300 women in over 30 different countries. I'd enjoy hearing from you...and can be reached at: smilbour@southwind.net > > > > > > > > Warmest Regards, > > > > Sonja Milbourn > > > > Butler County Community College > > > > 901 S. Haverhill > > > > El Dorado, KS 67042 USA ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:20:59 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Deborah Moreland moreland.utdallas.edu." Subject: literature of WWI I am trying to design a class on gender and the lit of wwi. In it I would like to include literature written by women and by men, American and British. While there are at least a few well known works from/about the war written by American women (Cather, Wharton, H.D.-- are there any others I should consider??)and a wonderful assortment by British men and women, I am having more trouble finding good selection of texts written by American men (except for of course Eliot's Waste Land and Dos Passos). I would apprecitate any suggestions. Fiction would be best, but essays would be ok too, and so would poetry. Please reply privately unless this might be of general interest. From the paucity of postings recently, I expect many peopleon the disc. grp. are on vacation. Deborah Moreland Univ. of Texas at Dallas moreland@utdallas.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 11:00:05 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Ortman Subject: gender equity work Comments: cc: sklein@the-hermes.net The Office of Educational Research and Improvement of the US Department of Education is pilot testing an expert panel on gender equity to help the Secretary of Education designate promising and exemplary products, programs and practices that focus on promoting gender equity in education. The purpose of the panel is to provide educators with a central source through which they can locate policy, practice and instructional materials they need for gender fair education. The expert panel will collect, review, and recommend promising and exemplary products. This information will be disseminated through the WEEA Equity Resource Center in collaboration with the Department of Education. The panel has six subpanels: core gender equity, school-to-work/vocational education, teacher education, combating violence/sexual harassment, disabilities, and mathematics/science/technology. As Chair of the Teacher Education subpanel, I invite you to nominate or, if they are your own, make direct submissions of teacher education programs, products or practices which you believe achieve the goal of preparing teachers to create gender equity in their classrooms. A promising or exemplary teacher education program will provide for this goal in a variety of ways. These may include special courses or mini-courses as well as specific exercises or activities (in a variety of courses) designed to sensitize pre-service teachers to the issues involved and give them practice in strategies to counter either conscious or unconscious discriminatory practices. Promising or exemplary products may be books, including but not limited to texts, which are gender equitable in all ways, including language, pictures, and representations of experiences. They may also be manuals, articles, games or etc., which individual classroom teachers may use to counter gender inequities and/or teach gender equity. Promising or exemplary practices are methods for interacting with students to ensure equitable treatment as well as practices which elp students to be more aware and more equitable in their won treatment of each other. Please send nominations directly to me, Pat Ortman, at 3715 Jocelyn St., N.W., W.D.C., 20015; peo@nicom.com; or call at (202) 244-6354 for further information; or contact Joe Maxwell at WEEA for submission guidelines and/or further information regarding the submission process itself or information submitting to the other subpanels. Thank you. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 11:11:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: messages not to send to WMST-L (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 3) "WHEN SHOULD I REPLY PRIVATELY RATHER THAN TO WMST-L?" WMST-L is set up so that replies will automatically go to all subscribers. If you respond to a WMST-L message by hitting a reply key or typing "reply," everyone will read your response. This is appropriate when the contents are likely to be of interest to a number of subscribers (most suggestions for reading lists and teaching strategies fall into this category). However, if you are writing to request a copy of a paper someone has mentioned, please send your request PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Similarly, comments directed at a particular person (e.g., "Right on, Rhoda. Good point," or "Thanks for the info," or "What a horrendous experience that must have been. I don't know why people do such things," or "Hi, Jane, I'm glad to see you've joined the list. Write to me," etc.) should be sent PRIVATELY, NOT to WMST-L. Also, short general statements of approval, disapproval, or puzzlement (e.g., "Hooray! I'm glad someone finally said that!" or "I can't imagine how anyone can believe such nonsense" or "why did you send that message?") should NOT be sent to WMST-L. Finally, please also send privately most expressions of thanks or apology. [People using Pine and a few other mail systems need to be especially careful about replies: for a private reply, say NO both to using the Reply-to address and to replying to all recipients.] ********************************** Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 11:07:51 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Ortman Subject: postscript to gender equity work message Comments: cc: sklein@the-hermes.net Joe Maxwell's e-mail address is jmaxwell@edc.org. His address is WEEA Equity Resource Center, Education Development Center, Inc., 55 Chapel St., Newton, MA 02158. His phone is (617)969-7100. Pat Ortman, peo@nicom.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:30:44 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sarah Gamble Subject: Re: literature of WWI In-Reply-To: Deborah - I teach a course on literature of the First World War at Sunderland University in the UK. I don't deal with any writing by American men, so can't really help you there, but I have a few general suggestions. If you're familiar with them dump this message in the waste-bin! I'd recommend Paul Fussell's _The Great War and Modern Memory_; Claire Tylee's _The Great War and Women's Consciousness_ and Sharon Ouditt's _Fighting Forces, Writing Women: Identity and Ideology in the First World War_ as background texts. You might also find they mention some American male writers who you haven't heard of. Also, are you familiar with the work of the British novelist Pat Barker? She's written a trilogy on the First War (_Regeneration_, _The Eye in the Door_ and _The Ghost Road_). They're excellent reconsiderations of the themes of First World War literature from a contemporary perspective. I'm intending to teach _Regeneration_ for the first time next semester. Hope this helps, and good luck with your course. Sarah. In message , "Deborah Moreland moreland.utdallas.edu." writes >I am trying to design a class on gender and the lit of wwi. In it I >would like to include literature written by women and by men, American >and British. While there are at least a few well known works from/about >the war written by American women (Cather, Wharton, H.D.-- are there any >others I should consider??)and a wonderful assortment by British men and >women, I am having more trouble finding good selection of >texts written by American men (except for of course Eliot's Waste Land >and Dos Passos). I would apprecitate any suggestions. Fiction >would be best, but essays would be ok too, and so would poetry. >Please reply privately unless this might be of general interest. From >the paucity of postings recently, I expect many peopleon the disc. grp. >are on vacation. >Deborah Moreland >Univ. of Texas at Dallas >moreland@utdallas.edu -- Sarah Gamble ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:47:49 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Judy B. ROSENER" I need your help. I am putting together a new class dealing with gender (subset of cultural diversity) and information technology. In other words, do men and women, people of color, people with different ethnicities, educational backgrounds, etc. use technology (particuarly computers) differently? If so, what difference does it make and to whom? I would appreciate any literature on this subject. Judy B. Rosener Ph.D. Graduate School of Management UC Irvine Irvine, California 92697-3125 Phone: 714-824-5409 FAX: 714-824-8469 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 13:40:03 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Ellen Green Kaiser Subject: Re: literature of WWI In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:20:59 -0500 from One more suggestion for a woman writing on wwi: Edna St. Vincent Millay's play, Aria da Capo, premiered in 1919, gives a pacifist reading of war (note that she gave up this pacificism in the 1930s, when confronted with fascism). Ezra Pound, of course, writes of wwi in "Mauberly." There were several collections of wwi poetry put out right after the war, though unfortunately I can't remember the titles. Even though her book is about wwii, you might look at Schweik, *A Gulf So Deeply Cut*, for issues about women and war. Jo Ellen Green Kaiser jgkais00@ukcc.uky.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 14:45:04 -400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: HELEN EMMITT Organization: Centre College Subject: Information on theories about rape A colleague who is not on this list is interested in theoretical considerations of rape (psychological, sociological, philosophical, etc.). If anyone has any suggestions of sources that might prove fruitful, please reply to me privately. Thanks in advance, Helen Emmitt emmitth@centre.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:00:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Maria Rita Bevacqua Subject: Kitty Genovese Women's Project Comments: To: favnet , Abigails-L I'm looking for any help my fellow subscribers can give me. I am writing my dissertation on the anti-rape movement as it began in the 1970s, and the impact of this movement on public policy. My focus is limited to the US. In 1976, a group called the Kitty Genovese Women's Project published a list of names of men indicted on sex offenses from 1960-1976 in Dallas County, TX. Does anyone have (or know where I can locate) a copy of this list? I believe it was printed as a small newspaper, which they handed out, mailed, and distributed and posted informally. The paper also contained short articles and commentary, I understand. (I'm more interested in the commentary and the origins of the project than I am in the list of names). If you have a personal copy, I would like to find out if I could arrange to get a photocopy from you at my expense. If you know where I might find a copy (library, etc.), let me know. Please respond privately. Thank you. Maria Bevacqua Institute for Women's Studies Emory University mbevacq@emory.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:22:26 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Diane Stadnicki/Atkinson Subject: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - W&E WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENTS MAGAZINE CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - "Women and Technology" Women and Environments is a unique international quarterly magazine which examines women's multiple relations to their many environments -- natural, physical, built and social -- from feminist perspectives. It provides a forum for academic research and theory, professional practice and community experience. Women and Environments is publishing an issue on "Women and Technology" (Summer, 1997). We are currently seeking articles that examine any form of technology in relation to such areas as public policy, issues of identity (race, class, gender, sexuality), changes in the home and workplace, history, international development, global economics, accessibility, training, design, impact on the environment, and social values. We invite you to send us your feature length (2000 wds.) articles, short pieces, book review, announcements, graphics, humourous items. Surprise us! Women and Environments is also an excellent medium for advertising your organization, activities, programs etc. For a copy of the editorial guidelines, information, or for submitting outlines, abstracts and articles, please contact: Melanie Stewart Millar Women and Environments Magazine 736 Bathurst St. Toronto, Ontario CANADA M5S 2R4 E MAIL: weed@web.net OR mmiller@yorku.ca FAX: (416) 531-6214 WEB SITE: http://www.web.net/~weed/ DEADLINE FOR COMPLETE SUBMISSIONS: October 15, 1996 (Please submit abstracts etc. as soon as possible.) (please distribute this message to others...) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:21:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rhea Cote Organization: University of Maine Subject: Re: Fwd: Women's Study Project Margaret, the meeting is at six tonite at borders. Bring Kay...Rhea ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 15:33:52 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Diane Kobrynowicz Subject: Claims of Sex Discrimination of Women and Men Hi--I am hoping that someone will be able to point me in the right direction regarding a statistic I need. I need to know the number of sex discrimination claims filed with the EEOC, separately by men and by women (or some other kind of reputable source regarding claims of sex discrimination by men and by women). I have spent the better part of 2 days searching--with the help of reference librarians--and I'm having no luck. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give... Diane Kobrynowicz Dept. of Psychology University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 66044 diane@stat1.cc.ukans.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 16:12:40 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Harvette Grey resume list ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 19:09:10 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beth Sutton-Ramspeck Subject: Re: literature of WWI In-Reply-To: <960808.134637.EDT.JGKAIS00@ukcc.uky.edu> The male American writer about WWI who instantly comes to mind is Hemingway, particularly _A Farewell To Arms_ and (postwar) "Soldier's Home." A British woman you might not have thought of is Mary (Mrs. Humphry) Ward, who wrote three books of pro-war propaganda and four novels that deal with the war and its aftermath, with special emphasis on women's contributions. Unfortunately, none of these are in print. I hope this helps. Beth Sutton-Ramspeck bsuttonr@millikin.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 19:04:50 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Samantha L. Solimeo" Subject: Gender, race, and technology In response to Judy Rosener's inquiry, I would suggest the book _Posthuman Bodies_ edited by Judith Halberstam and Ira Livingston 1995, Indiana University Press. Samantha "s17276@fortlewis.edu" P.s. In the future, it would be helpful if you would sign your postings with your email address, that way not everyone has to read it. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 08:18:53 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Creehan Subject: Re: motherhood I have a question for list members. If you were going to look at motherhood (especially early motherhood i.e. postpartum, first year of life) through a feminist lense, what feminist theory would you use (I'm thinking of psychoanalytic) and what would you read (authors, specific books). To complicate this question further I would like to look at the relationship between the new mother and her own mother (the grandmother) and what impact this has on the relationship between the new mother and her infant. Thanks for your thoughts. Pat Creehan ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 09:28:22 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Taylor Subject: Re: literature of WWI In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 8 Aug 1996 19:09:10 -0500 from Some of the most powerful literature about World War I is the poetry of writers like Rupert Brooke and, especially, Wilfred Owen. The horrors of trench warfare, poison gas attacks, face-to-face combat make this truly anti-war poetry, though its subject is the war and the British soldiers. Barbara G. Taylor ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 09:39:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women's Presses Library Project, Mev Miller" Subject: gender & technology On behalf of the Women's Presses lIbrary Project, I'd like to recommend: NATTERING ON THE NET: WOMEN, POWER, AND CYBERSPACE by Dale Spender (1-875559-09-4, pb, $19.95) It's published by Spinifex Press (1995). In this book, Spender reveals that men are writing the road rules for the information superhighway subjecting women to new forms of sexual harassment and even "data rape." Violence on the Internet is an all too common event in virtual reality. These are some of the problems raised by the new technologies, but she's excited by the possibilities. She asks, "will the Net create virtual sisterhood?" You should be able to find it at your local feminist bookstore. Let me know if you have trouble finding it. Mev Miller > I need your help. I am putting together a new class dealing with > gender (subset of cultural diversity) and information technology. In > other words, do men and women, people of color, people with different > ethnicities, educational backgrounds, etc. use technology (particuarly > computers) differently? If so, what difference does it make and to > whom? > > I would appreciate any literature on this subject. > > > Judy B. Rosener Ph.D. > Graduate School of Management > UC Irvine > Irvine, California 92697-3125 > Phone: 714-824-5409 > FAX: 714-824-8469 WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT "...keeping women's words in circulation" Mev Miller Project Coodinator 1483 Laurel Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104-6737 612-646-0097 612-646-1153 (fax) wplp@winternet.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:17:53 -0400 Reply-To: Jessica Berman Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jessica Berman Subject: writings on WWI Deborah: Regarding the literature of WWI and women you may want to look at Dorothy Goldman *Women Writers and the Great War* (Twayne 1995) which has a pretty good bibliography. Also I've found Margaret Higonnet et al's *Behind the Lines: Gender and the Two World Wars* (Yale 1987) very helpful. There's also: Claire Tyler *The Great War and Women's Consciousness* (U of Iowa P 1990). Have you considered using memoirs as well as fiction/poetry? There's a great wealth there. You might consider Gertrude Stein's *Wars I Have Seen * or writings by mildred Aldrich. *The Penguin Book of First World War Poetry * may be helpful, especially on getting a gender mix. How about using Rebecca West's *The Return of the Soldier*? I assume you're considering Woolf's *Jacob's Room* Rose McCauley and May Sinclair, Katherine Mansfield also wrote of the war. I've always wanted to pair Remarque's *All Quiet on the Western Front* with Helen Smith's *Not So All Quiet....* I'm posting this to the list because I think it's of general interest. Will you post your final version? I teach a broader historical survey of lit. on women, men and war and had difficulty deciding what to include about WWI. Best, Jessica Berman jberman@umbc7.umbc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 11:08:00 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Roth, Benita (G) SOCIO" Subject: WWI In the realm of WWI literature, historical novels by Pat Barker, Regeneration, The Eye in the Door, and The Ghost Road, are pretty remarkable books. benita roth broth@soc.sscnet.ucla.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:44:47 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elisabeth Golding Subject: Women and the Web For those of you studying women and the web, the August 1996 issue of Government Technology offers this tidbit: "A recent survey of Internet users found overwhelming satisfaction with the World Wide Web and that male and female users are sacrificing different activities for online time . . . Differences between the sexes was [sic] also reported by the survey, with males saying online time cuts into TV watching, sleeping and socializing. Women, meanwhile, were more likely to say that it takes away from going to the library and doing housework. The survey was done for Gannett [News Service] by Intelliquest Technology Monitor and was based on a fax survey of 332 randomly selected Web users." I know nothing more about it than this. The entire article consisted of nine sentences which obviously raise more questions than they answer. If you want more information about the survey, I suggest contacting the publishers of Government Technology (9719 Lincoln Village Dr. Suite 500, Sacramento, CA 95827, phone 916-363-5000, Fax 916-363-5197), Gannett, or ITM. Beth Golding Florida State Archives egolding@mail.dos.state.fl.us ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 15:53:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: authorization/approval (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 4) "I'VE TRIED TO POST A MESSAGE TO THE LIST, BUT I RECEIVED A MESSAGE BACK SAYING THAT I'M NOT AUTHORIZED TO DO SO. I'M A SUBSCRIBER --WHY WAS I TOLD I'M NOT AUTHORIZED?" B) "WHEN I SENT A MESSAGE TO WMST-L, I WAS TOLD IT HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO THE LISTOWNER FOR APPROVAL. WHY?" A) Only people whom the LISTSERV software recognizes as subscribers can post messages on WMST-L. To subscribe, send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): SUB WMST-L Your Name (e.g., SUB WMST-L Jane Smith). 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This cuts down on inappropriate messages from newcomers who haven't had time to read the welcome letter. After a few weeks, most subscriptions are quietly readjusted so that messages are no longer subject to prior review. ****************** Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:44:41 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: MARTHA J HUNT Subject: Re: motherhood In-Reply-To: <960809081852_595602411@emout19.mail.aol.com> from "Patricia Creehan" at Aug 9, 96 08:18:53 am a good place to start for readings in the area of early motherhood from a feminist perspective may be to look at anne oakley's work (the british anne oakley not the canadian). she has doen some work in pregnancy, motherhood and social support from a feminist perspective. martha hunt > > I have a question for list members. If you were going to look at motherhood > (especially early motherhood i.e. postpartum, first year of life) through a > feminist lense, what feminist theory would you use (I'm thinking of > psychoanalytic) and what would you read (authors, specific books). To > complicate this question further I would like to look at the relationship > between the new mother and her own mother (the grandmother) and what impact > this has on the relationship between the new mother and her infant. > Thanks for your thoughts. > Pat Creehan > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 9 Aug 1996 17:52:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "N. Benokraitis" Subject: Re: Claims of Sex Discrimination of Women and Men In-Reply-To: I tried to respond privately, but the message bounced....One of the best sources (especially for the most recent numbers) is your "local" EEOC office. If you connect with the right person, she/he will probably be happy to fax the statistics--including breakdowns for race, age, sexual harassment, etc. On Thu, 8 Aug 1996, Diane Kobrynowicz wrote: > Hi--I am hoping that someone will be able to point me in the right > direction regarding a statistic I need. I need to know the number of sex > discrimination claims filed with the EEOC, separately by men and by > women (or some other kind of reputable source regarding claims of sex > discrimination by men and by women). I have spent the better part of 2 > days searching--with the help of reference librarians--and I'm having no > luck. I'd appreciate any help anyone can give... > > Diane Kobrynowicz > Dept. of Psychology > University of Kansas > Lawrence, KS 66044 > diane@stat1.cc.ukans.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 10:46:19 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: laurel guymer Subject: Re: gender & technology I also would like to recommend a *NEW* book that would compliment Dale's book THE INTERNET FOR WOMEN bu Rye Senjen and Jane Guthrey - in Australia it costs about $24.00 - it is a paper back and published by Spinifex Press, 1996. This book is a not-too-technical guide to using the internet, with information about women networking on the internet and includes a chapter of addresses at the back to join different mailing lists. Also one of the eleven chapters includes gender issues on the internet, covering issues such as harrassment and pornography!! There are wonderful graphics in this book too of witches surfing in cyberspace. This fabulous book is available in all good book shops or I think you can order it via the interent through Spinifex Press - they have a home page: http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex http://www.publishaust.net.au/~spinifex Happy surfing! laurel guymer capri@deakin.edu.au has a chapter>On behalf of the Women's Presses lIbrary Project, I'd like to recommend: > >NATTERING ON THE NET: WOMEN, POWER, AND CYBERSPACE by Dale Spender >(1-875559-09-4, pb, $19.95) It's published by Spinifex Press (1995). In >this book, Spender reveals that men are writing the road rules for the >information superhighway subjecting women to new forms of sexual harassment >and even "data rape." Violence on the Internet is an all too common event >in virtual reality. These are some of the problems raised by the new >technologies, but she's excited by the possibilities. She asks, "will the >Net create virtual sisterhood?" > > You should be able to find it at your local feminist bookstore. Let me >know if you have trouble finding it. >Mev Miller > > >> I need your help. I am putting together a new class dealing with >> gender (subset of cultural diversity) and information technology. In >> other words, do men and women, people of color, people with different >> ethnicities, educational backgrounds, etc. use technology (particuarly >> computers) differently? If so, what difference does it make and to >> whom? >> >> I would appreciate any literature on this subject. >> >> >> Judy B. Rosener Ph.D. >> Graduate School of Management >> UC Irvine >> Irvine, California 92697-3125 >> Phone: 714-824-5409 >> FAX: 714-824-8469 > >WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT >"...keeping women's words in circulation" >Mev Miller >Project Coodinator >1483 Laurel Ave. >St. Paul, MN 55104-6737 >612-646-0097 >612-646-1153 (fax) >wplp@winternet.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 10:57:14 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: laurel guymer Subject: Re: gender & technology There is one more thing I would like to add to this topic. There is conference called THE POLITICS OF CYBERFEMINISM to be held on Saturday 21 september, 1996 at Deakin Univeristy Burwood campus 221 Burwood highway, burwood, victoria, australia. The women who wrote the book THE INTERNET FOR WOMEN will be speaking at the conference plus Josie Arnold, Beryl Fletcher, Susan Hawthorne, Heather Kaufmann, Renate Klein, Suniti Namjoshi author of BUILDING BABEL, Dale Spender the author of NATTERING ON THE NET: WOMEN, POWER AND CYBERSPACE and Virgina Westwood. I think this will be a superb event, not to be missed by all those cyberfeminists out there!! The cost is Australian $30 for a full day concession or $50 for a full day normal or $15 for half day concession $25 for a half day includes morning tea and and afternoon tea and vegetarian lunch To register write to Conference Co-ordinator School of Social Inquiry Faculty of Arts Deakin University Geelong, Victoria, 3217 ph 613 52 272 262 fax 613 52 272 018 or email siewmee@deakin.edu.au and make cheques payable to the politics of cyberfeminism See you there! laurel guymer capri@deakin.edu.au ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:13:51 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carolyn Goodman Plampin Subject: Women's Studies in Brazil August 8, 1996 To WMST-L subscribers: Joan Korenman has authorized me to post this information on women's studies in Brazil in response to Sonja Milbourn's request. I hope that it will be of help to those interested in global feminism. It took some time to find it, as most courses on Latin American women seem to major on hispanic women. Brazil covers over half the South American continent. More people speak Portuguese in Latin American than speak Spanish because of the indian dialects which are spoken. I have another message from Mary Castro on Brazilian women theologians which I will try to get on the fem-theology list. Cordially, Carolyn Goodman Plampin cplampin@ix.netcom.com Return-Path: Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 10:04:06 -0300 (GRNLNDST) From: Mary Garcia Castro To: Carolyn Goodman Plampin Subject: Re: Women's Studies or Organizations Dear Carolyn, sorry to take so long to reply to your e-mail I include below, I am a co chair of a panel in an international conference on globalization, state and identities, and have been very busy. Some names of women who teach courses on gender in Brazil, there are much more, and latter I can complete this list; 1.Paolla Capellin , PhD Sociology area - gender and labor, labor unions, citizenship, sociological theory Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - IFICS Largo de Sao Francisco de Paula, 1, Sala 420 Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL CEP 20051.070 fax 021-224-8965 2. Bila Sorj, PhD Sociology area - gender and labor the same address 3. Alice Rangel Paiva Abreu, PhD Sociology id (id=ditto), the same area and address 4. Maria Luiza Heilborn, PhD Anthropology area - sexuality, anthropological theory, violence JOURNAL FEMINIST STUDIES (REVISTA ESTUDOS FEMINISTAS) id, the same address FAX 021 221-1470 5. Heloisa Buarque de Hollanda, PhD in Literature area - literature, cultural studies Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro - CIEC Escola de Comunicacao Av Pasteur,250, Fundos Rio de Janeiro, RJ, BRAZIL CEP 22290 6.Cristina Bruschini, PhD in Sociology area - gender and labor Fundacao Carlos Chagas Ave. Prof. Francisco Morato, 1565 Sao Paulo, SP, BRAZIL CEP 05513.900 7. Albertina Oliveira, PhD in History area - theory, history, women in political activities id - the same address 8. Fulvia Rosemberg, PhD in Education area - education id the same address 9. Celi Regina Pinto, PhD in Political Sciences area - gender and power Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Rua Guilherme Alves 537/301 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, BRAZIL CEP 90680.001 e-mail - CRJP@VORTEX.UFRGS.BR 10. Iracema Guimaraes, PhD in Sociology Mestrado de Sociologia - Linha de Genero area - gender and family Universidade Federal da Bahia - Sociologia Estrada de Sao Lazaro s/n Federacao Salvador, Bahia, BRAZIL CEP 40000 11. Silva Maria, PhD in Anthropology Mestrado de Sociologia - Linha de Genero area - women in rural area, rural anthropology id the same address 12. Alda Motta, MA in Sociology area - gender and third age id, the same address Another time, I will send you more names. Cordially, Mary Castro On Mon, 25 Mar 1996, Carolyn Goodman Plampin wrote: >March 25, 1996 Hello Mary: Thank you for your reply which was so full >of the kind of information that I have been looking for ... > >I am really interested in nearly everything that you mentioned, >however, the Women's Bibliographies Project that I am working on right >now is directed to the academic community in universities and I am >particularly interested in names of ACADEMIC WOMEN WHO TEACH COURSES >ON WOMEN. From my point of view I would be most interested in ... >courses that interpret the history and condition of the Brazilian >woman to the international community. > >I can't pass us the opportunity to learn about the group of WOMEN IN >THEOLOGY that you mentioned. > >If you will send me information in these two areas as you can get it >together, I will certainly appreciate it. When I have more time to >think about all that you told me, I may want other information. > >Cordially, Carolyn Goodman Plampin, cplampin@ix.netcom.com ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 12:59:29 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: Re: gender & technology Women's Presses Library Project, Mev Miller wrote: > > On behalf of the Women's Presses lIbrary Project, I'd like to recommend: > > NATTERING ON THE NET: WOMEN, POWER, AND CYBERSPACE by Dale Spender > (1-875559-09-4, pb, $19.95) It's published by Spinifex Press (1995). In > this book, Spender reveals that men are writing the road rules for the > information superhighway subjecting women to new forms of sexual harassment > and even "data rape." Violence on the Internet is an all too common event > in virtual reality. These are some of the problems raised by the new > technologies, but she's excited by the possibilities. She asks, "will the > Net create virtual sisterhood?" It is remarkable to note the difference between the predominantly female lists vs. the mixed and predominantly male-subscribed lists that I have seen. I have found the average lists, including those exclusively designed for professionals, to be inhospitable, demeaning, and even vulgar. I am not a prude; I just prefer common decency. I've already "unsubbed" from 2 predominantly male, professional (legal) lists due to this unwelcome behavior. Perhaps we already are creating a net sisterhood, i.e.WMST-L, and others. Martha Johnston maj@digital.net ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 11:23:34 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Cheryl L. Meeker" Subject: bookwoman books by and about women Hello! At the 1995 NWSA meeting I picked up a catalogue by bookwoman books out of media, pa. I called the 800 number in the catalogue only to discover it was disconnected; directory assistant does not have a number for them either. Does anyone on the list have a number or information where they might be contacted? thanks, cherylm@wpoff.monm.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 08:40:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nelda K Pearson Subject: Re: gender & technology In-Reply-To: <320CBFF1.1A9@digital.net> from "Martha Johnston" at Aug 10, 96 12:59:29 pm Martha Johnson posted on the tone of male dominanted lists. I belong to a religious pacificst list (name withheld to protect the innocent) for a group that is highly respected for its forbarance and gentileness. The men on the list have virtually driven the women off the list--the women have started their own private list that is unmoderated while the male dominated list has moderaters (after a huge battle on censorship) who have to pre-read everything for civility. What is frightening here is that the men, for the most part, could not hear how violent their postings were. THe putdowns, the intellectual rivalry, the nitpickie little attacks on style, grammar, lack of accurate knowledge and/or theoretical rightness, not to mention the outright flames were frigjhtening. since the men did not in fact engage in "overt" harassmant they did not see their behavior in any way wrong. Since these are in theory a gentle people I can only imagine what a professional list is like. THe net is one of the places where I have most clearly seen that women share and men compete. Nelda K. Pearson Prof, Dept of Soc/Anth Radford University Radford, VA. 24142 npearson@runet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 13:03:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: Re: gender & technology Nelda K Pearson wrote: > > Martha Johnson posted on the tone of male dominanted lists. I belong to a > religious pacificst list (name withheld to protect the innocent) for a > group that is highly respected for its forbarance and gentileness. The > men on the list have virtually driven the women off the list--the women > have started their own private list that is unmoderated while the male > dominated list has moderaters (after a huge battle on censorship) who have > to pre-read everything for civility. What is frightening here is that the > men, for the most part, could not hear how violent their postings were. > > THe putdowns, the intellectual rivalry, the nitpickie little attacks on > style, grammar, lack of accurate knowledge and/or theoretical rightness, > not to mention the outright flames were frigjhtening. since the men did > not in fact engage in "overt" harassmant they did not see their behavior > in any way wrong. Since these are in theory a gentle people I can only > imagine what a professional list is like. THe net is one of the places > where I have most clearly seen that women share and men compete. I was interested to see that Nelda Pearson had experienced some of the same gender problems on the Net as I had. To take her comments one step further, I implored a list was in need of moderation. Consequently, I was summarily harassed [exclusively by males] with wild comments for days so that I wanted to UNSUB. Does this form of anonymity bring out true hostile natures? This has been my experience. I no longer have the tolerance to remain on such lists. One more aside - we also have the problem of a well-meaning, yet patronizing male on another feminist professional list that predominates the list. He professes to be a feminist, yet is really Father Knows Best. Very tedious, and dissuades other participation to the list. What can be done? Martha Johnston maj@digital.net ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 16:42:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L edited digest (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 6) "DOES WMST-L EXIST IN A DIGEST FORMAT?" Yes. If you choose the edited digest option, each day you will receive anywhere from one to five files containing most of the WMST-L messages of the past day (messages that should not have been sent to the list to begin with are omitted). Related messages will usually be put in the same file, and each file will begin with a table of contents. The digest reduces both mail clutter and, usually, mail volume. (Please note that this is NOT the huge, unselective bundle of messages that many listserv digest features provide. Do NOT use their digest command.) If you would like to receive the daily digest file rather than individual mail messages, you should send the following 2-line e-mail message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if your WMST-L subscription is under your Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if your subscription is under your Internet address): AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE SET WMST-L NOMAIL ACK Note: If you've subscribed on Bitnet, the digest may arrive as a file rather than as an e-mail message. If you don't know how to receive a file, see section 11 of the WMST-L User's Guide or ask the computer support people at your institution. If you'd prefer to receive the digest(s) inside mail message(s), alter the abovementioned AFD ADD statement to read as follows: AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE F=MAIL . However, even if you receive the digest(s) as mail messages, YOU CANNOT REPLY AUTOMATICALLY! If you wish to reply to a message in the digest, you must start a new message and address it either to WMST-L or to the individual. Also, LISTSERV may ask you to set up an AFD password. You're best off not doing so. If at some point you decide you want to stop the digest and switch back to receiving individual messages, send the following two-line message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU: AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE [on line 1] and SET WMST-L MAIL NOACK [on line 2]. To unsubscribe and stop the digest, put AFD DEL WMST-L PACKAGE on line 1 and UNSUB WMST-L on line 2. ************************ Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 16:08:17 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: sreid Subject: Re: gender & technology For another conversation about women & men in cyberspace, you might check out the website for _Utne Reader_ (http://www.utne.com/lens/small.html) and read their excerpts from an on-line discussion of gender on-line (http://www.utne.com/cafe/genderpanel.html). Panelists include the founder of WELL and other cyber/gender commentators, plus comments from _Utne's_ readers (of both genders). shelley sreid@austinc.edu > >It is remarkable to note the difference between the predominantly female lists > vs. the >mixed and predominantly male-subscribed lists that I have seen. I have found the > average >lists, including those exclusively designed for professionals, to be > inhospitable, >demeaning, and even vulgar. .... >Martha Johnston maj@digital.net ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 15:18:03 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lorraine Pozzi Subject: Re: gender & technology In-Reply-To: <320E1270.4CAE@digital.net> On Sun, 11 Aug 1996, Martha Johnston wrote: > I was interested to see that Nelda Pearson had experienced some of the same > gender > problems on the Net as I had. To take her comments one step further, I implored > a list > was in need of moderation. Consequently, I was summarily harassed [exclusively > by > males] with wild comments for days so that I wanted to UNSUB. Don't blame ONLY males. I was astonished to find that some women will defend their "right" to be abused -- even to the point of being called "cunts" and "bitches" -- free speech, y'know. And I think -- sadly -- that many women value men's comments more than women's and feel that all-women lists are not as interesting. > One more aside - we also have the problem of a well-meaning, yet patronizing > male on > another feminist professional list... > What can be done? > > Martha Johnston > maj@digital.net There is always the DELETE key. Most e-mail programs allow you to scan through your mail and delete those you choose not to read. Even better, in some respects, is the "bozo" option. I can filter out all the mail from certain addresses if I choose. You might write this "well-meaning" feminist (male) and state your concerns that he is doing more harm than good and suggest that the list may have to resort to a "bozo" option -- he will be offended, I'm sure. But sometimes women are just TOO NICE! Lorraine Pozzi femme2@scn.org > ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 22:51:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 3 jobs, 1 call for contributors The following four announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) Job: Asst. Prof. of Women's Studies (U. of Washington) 2) Job: Women's Studies joint appt., rank open (Rutgers) 3) Job: Asst. Prof. of Sociology/Feminist Studies (UC Santa Barbara) 4) Call for Contributors: 19th C American Women Prose Writers For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) Women Studies: Full-time assistant professor of Women Studies, beginning Fall 1997. Women Studies is seeking a feminist scholar with interdisciplinary and international foci in the area of women and economic development. Applicants should have a Ph.D., a promising record of international research and publications and/or at least one year of applied international experience and be highly qualified for undergraduate and graduate teaching. Teaching responsibilities will include courses in area of specialization. Applications with a current curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching foci, and three letters of recommendation should be sent to Professor Shirley J. Yee, Director of Women Studies, Box 354345, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195. Priority will be given to applications received before January 15, 1997. The University of Washington continues to build a culturally diverse faculty and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates. The University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 16, 1996 ************************************************************************** 2) Women's Studies: The Women's Studies Program at Rutgers University, New Brunswick invites applications for a full-time, rank open, joint appointment in Women's Studies and another appropriate department, with tenure residing in that department, beginning July 1997. Research and teaching should focus on U.S. women of color or communities of color; or, race, ethnicity and gender in the U.S. Teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels will be divided equally between the Women's Studies Program and the relevant department. Candidates should anticipate a Ph.D. by September 1997; demonstrated experience in Women's Studies teaching and scholarship preferred. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, syllabi if available, and three letters of recommendation by October 1, 1996 to Search Committee, Women's Studies Program, Voorhees Chapel, Douglass Campus, P.O. Box 270, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903-0270. Rutgers University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, August 16, 1996 ********************************************************************* 3) Sociology/Feminist Studies: The Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara announces an opening at the Assistant Professor level for an appointment beginning July 1997. The position is in the area of Feminist Studies. Subspecialties are open, but we are particularly interested in applicants who can also contribute to our program in the area of Race, Ethnicity, and Nation. Potential for excellence in teaching and research is necessary, and a Ph.D. is normally required at the time of appointment. To apply, send curriculum vitae, letter of application, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: Chair, Feminist Studies Search Committee, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106-9430. The deadline for applications is December 15, 1996. The University is an EO/AA employer; applications from racial and ethnic minorities and women candidates are encouraged. ****************************************************************** 4) Call for Contributors Seeking Literary Scholars interested in contributing 5000-7000 word essays to a new DICTIONARY OF LITERARY BIOGRAPHY volume titled NINETEENTH-CENTURY AMERICAN WOMEN PROSE WRITERS, 1820-1870. The essays will be due March 1, 1997. Contributors will be paid per essay as well as receive a complementary volume. If you are currently doing or have recently completed primary biographial research on one of the following authors, please contact Amy Hudock at hudock1@marshall.edu Sarah Bagley Susan Petigru King Bowen Alice Cary Caroline Chesebrough Mary Boykin Chesnut Susan Coolidge Zilpha Elaw Harriet Farley Annie Adams Fields Gail Hamilton Harriet Jacobs Alice James Elizabeth Keckley Jarena Lee Eliza Leslie Katherine McDowell Maria McIntosh Lucretia Mott Elizabeth Oakes-Smith Elizabeth Stuart Phelps (1815-1852) Ann Plato Margaret Junkin Preston Nancy Prince Maria Stewart Elizabeth Stoddard Emma Willard Louisa May Alcott Rebecca Harding Davis Margaret Fuller Frances Watkins Harper Catherine Marie Sedgewick Lydia Sigourney Harriet Beecher Stowe Susan Warner Augusta Jane Evans Wilson Please submit your request for one of these authors as soon as possible. They are going guickly! Deadline is August 30 for requests. Amy Hudock Marshall University hudock1@marshall.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 01:11:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: the Cheshire Cat Subject: Re: gender & technology In-Reply-To: <320E1270.4CAE@digital.net> > another feminist professional list that predominates the list. He professes to > be a > feminist, yet is really Father Knows Best. Very tedious, and dissuades other > participation to the list. > > What can be done? > Well, if the list were moserated, you could just ask the moserator to warn and then exclude. On an unmoderated list (which I assume this is?) you can post an announcement asking all women to send his annoying posts back to him. He'll get angry and gp away if everytime he posts he gets 50 or 60 copies of his post sent back to him.... Alana Suskin alanacat@wam.umd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 06:36:53 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rhea Cote Organization: University of Maine Subject: Re: Fwd: Women's Study Project This is the actual questionnaire if you are interested: Dear Participant, Thanks so much for your quick reply to my request! I am most anxious to > visit with you further... As you look over the questions, I would like > to relieve you from any concern that you might have in regards to the > questionnaire's length. Please do not feel obligated to answer it > completely...if time or interest only allows you to answer a few, I will > nonetheless be pleased to have your response. At this point, I am merely > wanting a friendly and interesting exchange of perspectives from women > around the world. In particular, I am wanting know more about the > collective experiences of women. Please do not feel overwhelmed by the > list of questions! Answer those that seem most relevant and leave the > rest unanswered, if they do not impact you. Also, I do not want > participants to feel compelled to gather data, unless they are so > inclined. I am most interested in the personal reflections that you have > when you think about the status of women in your country. What I'm > looking for is what you see from 'your window'. Consider the women in > your "circle" of relationships; your family, your colleagues, your > friends...the women that you socialize with the most. Stated in that > way, I will know from where you take your viewpoint. The main thing to > stress is that this is not a scientific, formalized study, but rather a > way to initiate dialogue with women globally - to see where the > differences and similarities are...to hear women tell their stories > (more importantly). > I do hope that you'll feel free to let me know if you need me to clarify > things a bit more... > I'll look forward to hearing from you, Rhea! Thanks again! > > Sonja Milbourn > Butler County Community College > 901 S. Haverhill > El Dorado, KS, 67042, USA > smilbour@southwind.net > > Women's Study Questionnaire > A Global Perspective > > 1. What issues do you see women identifying as most important to them? > > 2. In what ways do you see gender socialization, class socialization, > and race socializatiaon in your country? How are stereotypes > encouraged? How are they challenged or discouraged? > > 3. Do you see schools promoting a gender fair and multicultural > curriculum? > > 4. Do you see the media promoting gender and multicultural concerns? > > 5. When you think of women that you know, what is the division of > labor in their households? > What role does gender play? > > 6. How are lawmakers CHALLENGING or REINFORCING conventional ideas > about gender, motherhood, > children, and families? Consider the status quo's term "alternative > lifestyles" (lesbian/gay > households, single parenting as a choice, etc.) > > 7. What is the availability of quality health care for ALL women? > Consider race, class, disability, etc. > > 8. What perspectives do women have in regards to body images, > sexuality, and sense of > empowerment? > > 9. How empowering (or not) is the experience of pregnancy and > childbirth for a woman? > > 10. What social values, norms, expectations, practices, and sanctions > are associated with motherhood? > > 11. To what degree do women have control over their own fertility? > > 12. What are women's experiences with religion? > > 13. How would you describe your own spirituality/journey? > > 14. In what ways has involvement in social change and social justice > been influenced by religion? > > 15. What are women's experiences in the world of work? How does gender > affect the structure of the work world? > > 16. What constitutes sexual harassment? What gender differences exist in > the perceptions of men > and women when it comes to expressing one's sexuality? > > 17. How are women with low incomes and few resources portrayed? > How do gender stratification and gender stereotypes contribute to > homelessness of women and children? > > 18. What are the incidences of violence against women (incest, sex > industry, rape, wife battery, racism, marital rape, women's > fear of sexual asssault, killing of women, emotional abuse, etc.)? > > 19. To what degree is the women's movement empowering women? > Do you see instances of "backlash"...a counterproductivity to > the movement? > > 20. What reading/literature (fiction, as well as non-fiction) has had > an influence of your perspective as a woman? Discuss specific > authors and their works, if you'd like. > > 21. If you haven't already done so, please give me > the following information: > location: > occupaton: > age: > > Thank you so much for your time and thought! > Use whichever means is most convenient for you to return your > responses. > My home address is : > Sonja Milbourn > 121 N. Emporia > El Dorado, KS, 67042 > USA > > If you would care to include YOUR snail mail address, I > would appreciate having a way to communicate with those of > you who might not have year-round access to email. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 16:32:27 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: laurel guymer Subject: Re: bookwoman books by and about women >Hello! At the 1995 NWSA meeting I picked up a catalogue by bookwoman >books out of media, pa. I called the 800 number in the catalogue only to >discover it was disconnected; directory assistant does not have a >number for them either. Does anyone on the list have a number or >information where they might be contacted? thanks, >cherylm@wpoff.monm.edu Hi Cheryl others on the list may want this info too so ... In this new wonderful book INTERNET FOR WOMEN by Rye Senjen and Jane Guthrie published by spinifex Press that can be ordered via the internet and their address is http://www.publishaust.net.au/~spinifex **if you have trouble write to me** In this book are many addresses and yes BOOKWOMAN is there to subscribe email: majordomo@vector.cast.com message reading: subscribe bookwoman [your name] good luck laurel guymer capri@deakin.edu.au kerri Erler Australia Women's Research Centre Faculty of Arts Deakin Uni Geelong 3217 Ph 052272597 Fax 052272018 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 07:55:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: finding past messages (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 10) "I'VE BEEN AWAY FOR TWO WEEKS. I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT I'VE MISSED ON WMST-L DURING THE TIME I'VE BEEN GONE. IS IT POSSIBLE TO ACCESS PREVIOUS MESSAGES?" [also useful for new subscribers] Yes. All WMST-L messages are automatically archived. The 1991 archives are arranged in monthly logs; beginning in Jan., 1992, the logs were changed to a weekly format. To find out what logs are available, you can send LISTSERV the following command: INDEX WMST-L . You'll then receive a list of the available logs. To obtain the logs, send LISTSERV the following command: GET WMST-L [filename] where [filename] is the name of the log file you want. For example: GET WMST-L LOG9309a will get you the log for the first week ("a") in September 1993 (9309 refers to the 9th month of 1993). LOG9312b is the log for the second week ("b") in Dec. 1993 (December is the 12th month). (It's possible that the wording of your request may take a slightly different form, depending on your mail system, but what you want is WMST-L LOGnnnnl.) Warning: some of these logs are LARGE; log9309a is approximately 300K. As a result, you may not be permitted to get more than a few logs on any given day (the current limit is 20 files or 2M - i.e., 2000K). NOTE: Logfiles from before 1993 are no longer available on UMDD. To make room for newer logfiles, they were moved to the Women's Studies archive on InforM (telnet or gopher to inform.umd.edu . Select Educational Resources, then Academic Resources by Topic, then Women's Studies Resources. On the World Wide Web, try http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html and then select the first link, "Absolutely Best W.S. Online Archive (InforM)"). As time passes, other old logfiles will also be moved to InforM. The WMST-L filelist contains two sets of instructions designed to teach you how to search the UMDD logfiles for specific subjects. One, intended for absolute beginners, is called DUMMY GUIDE; the other, also very clear and more detailed, is entitled SEARCH LOGFILES. To get both, send a two-line message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU that says GET DUMMY GUIDE on line 1 and GET SEARCH LOGFILES on line 2. These instructions do not apply to the logfiles on InforM. ******************* Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 07:57:12 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helen Batty Subject: Medications in Pregnancy I am responding to an earlier specific enquiry with a more general reply which I hope will be of interest to other list readers[and I apologize because I also "lost " Katherine's email address so couldn't easily reply privately]:Treatment of clinical depression or any other medical conditions in >pregnany & testing of commonly useful drugs is a neglected area of Woman's >Health.Since the >general philosophy is to use as little medication as possible pregnant >women often suffer unnecessary discomfort or end up with serious >complications because a "conservative approach "is being taken.In some >cases such as high fever it may not be realized that the elevated >temperature may be more harmful to the unborn child than brief use of >medication to lower it. >In addition the pharmaceutical industry prefers not to test new drugs in >pregnant women since the final market is small& the risk of litigation they >fear to be high[at least 2 % of all pregnancies result in a major congenital >deformity & it can be difficult looking back over complex activites of 9 >months to clearly attribute cause].It is easier for them to leave >physicians with the message that the drug has not been tested in >pregnancy & so nothing is known about its safety in that situation . >Clinical depression is a good example to consider in relation to active >treatment during pregnancy.Postpartum depression is common& can have >serious results[infanticide& suicide etc].Depression during the pregnancy >is a significant predisposing factor.So active treatment should be >seriously consideredin pregnancy. >Currently in Toronto,Canada[where litigation & medical malpractice suits >are relatively rare & low $ value]the MOTHERRISK CLINIC of the Sick >Children's Hospital which specifically consults on drugs & substances [of all >kinds] in pregnancy has been studying use of antidepressants & >recently recommended that a patient of mine continue hers. >I think this issue of lack of research is generally being recognized as an >example of >discrimination against a class of women which needs further study & >analysis at a broad womens studies level.Helen > Helen P. Batty M.D.,C.C.F.P.,M.Ed.,F.C.F.P. Staff Physician Women's College Hospital[416-323-6244 fax 416-323-7323] Founding Director Graduate Studies,Faculty Development Program[ 416-978-1914] Founding Director Women's Health Scholars Program[ 416-351-3723] Associate Chair[ 416-978-6473] Department of Family and Community Medicine [fax 416-978-3912] University of Toronto Suite 801,620 University Ave., Toronto,Ontario,Canada,M5G 2C1 email: h.batty@utoronto.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:20:45 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Denise Watson Subject: Re: bookwoman books by and about women Hi Cheryl, I just called "800" directory assistance to find out Bookwoman's toll-free #. The # is (800) 809-6353. I called the # to verify that it is working, and it is!! There was an answering machine message verifying that that is indeed the correct # and that they are in business. Denise Watson prairie@vax1.mankato.msus.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:12:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bonnie Braendlin Subject: Ellen on Oprah Did anyone happen to tape last week's (rerun) of Ellen Degeneres and her mother on Oprah? I'm writing an article on Ellen and would like to get a copy of the tape. Please reply privately. Bonnie Braendlin, English, Florida State University bbraendl@mailer.fsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:10:50 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Brenda Brasher Subject: Gender and Technology The worst instance of harassment I have ever encountered in cyberspace happened on a feminist philosophy list. A male philosopher who contributed regularly to the list's discussions first sent me a series of supportive offlist notes regarding my posts, trying to get to know me, etc. I replied politely, but not enthusiastically to his correspondence. Shortly afterward, he initiated an open attack on the list not simply on a particular post I had made but on my contributions to the list as a whole. It appeared to me that he wanted to erase my ability to speak. OTOH, I have had many positive experiences in cyberspace--started new friendships, had positive professional encounters, etc., etc. Cyberspace, like the classroom, can be chilly and even hostile; but, it also can be an exciting, vibrant, learning place. Brenda E. Brasher Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy Mount Union College brashebe@muc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 10:10:39 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Men and e-mail I have had the same problem on a Latin American list that I monitor. It is very frustrating because there are a couple of men who not only dominate the list but are the focus of a great number of messages, usually arguing with them. I have often thought of starting my own list but it seems like such a lot of work(thanks, Joan!) and I don't know where I would get the news ser- vices that I would like to have on it. Some of the women have tried to steer the conversation toward a more civilized tone but the men seem to think that it is somehow censorship to try to be more civilized with one another. I agree that one can use the delete key, but it is also a terrific waste of time to have to wade through dozens of messages because a few idiots think they have the constitutional right to behave like asses. Rosie ...................................................................... Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." --Amelia Earhart ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 09:43:54 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Doris Rita Alfonso " Subject: Re: gender & technology In-Reply-To: Ms.? Cat, This is sooo cruel, and I love it! Thanks for the clue.... rita. On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, the Cheshire Cat wrote: > > another feminist professional list that predominates the list. He professes > to > > be a > > feminist, yet is really Father Knows Best. Very tedious, and dissuades other > > participation to the list. > > > > What can be done? > > > > Well, if the list were moserated, you could just ask the moserator to > warn and then exclude. On an unmoderated list (which I assume this is?) > you can post an announcement asking all women to send his annoying posts > back to him. He'll get angry and gp away if everytime he posts he gets 50 > or 60 copies of his post sent back to him.... > Alana Suskin > alanacat@wam.umd.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 12:01:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: DORIS RUCKS Subject: WID CONFERENCE LOOKING FOR ROOMMATE FOR WID CONFERENCE AT RENNAISANCE HOTEL, WASHINGTON DC. SEPTEMBER 4-8. PLEASE REPLY TO ME PRIVATELY AT 616-895-3732 OR 616-895-3730. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 11:52:47 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Heather Howard Subject: Re: Men and e-mail Comments: To: Rosa Maria Pegueros In-Reply-To: <960812.102600.EDT.PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU> I am sorry I missed the beginning of this thread but if you are discussing the domination of men on e-mail lists, I would like to add a short comment from my field, anthropology -- definitely men dominate the list called anthro-l. It is not so much the number of men (many women do participate) as it is a staunch conservative, even biological-determinist, and anti-feminist reaction I have often seen on this list. I find it really unfortunate as I and others have attempted to get some intelligent threads going on gender, women's issues, and feminism and anthropology, only to have it turned into everything from childish name-calling to having the key issues subtly co-opted or converted to other "degenderized" topics. -- So, I can relate to Rosa Maria's comments: (P.S. Rosa Maria: what is the Latin American list you mentioned? My research is on Indigenous women in Bolivia and I am always interested in any other sources of info.) That's my two-cents, Heather Howard Dept. of Anthropology University of Toronto On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Rosa Maria Pegueros wrote: > very frustrating because there are a couple of men who not only dominate > the list but are the focus of a great number of messages, usually arguing with > them. > Some of the women have tried to steer the conversation toward a more > civilized tone but the men seem to think that > it is somehow censorship to try to be more civilized with one another. > I agree that one can use the delete key, but it is also a terrific waste of > time to have to wade through dozens of messages because a few idiots > think they have the constitutional right to behave like asses. > > Rosie > > ...................................................................... > Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall > Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu > 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 > University of Rhode Island > Kingston, RI 02881-0817 > "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." > --Amelia Earhart > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:41:59 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathleen Eichhorn Subject: Re: gender and technology I find it interesting that the messages re: gender and technology have not considered the possibility that on the Internet gender is always and only an assumption . I am not suggesting that women are not harrassed in the context of particular discussion lists - obvioulsy, this is a "real" problem or we wouldn't be paying so much attention to it. However, given the nature of the Internet, which creates a space where gendered identites identities can only be that which is presented, performed, can we continue to discuss issues of sexual harassment based on the same assumptions, using the same language? Moreover, can we use the same tactics to respond to experiences of sexual harrassment on the Internet that we would use in our classrooms, workplaces etc.? After all, this is not really a shared space (although we may call it "cyberspace") but a complex web of texts, informaiton information...so maybe the delete key is all we require? Kate Eichhorn ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 20:07:18 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: KWD Bruce Keener Subject: Re: Men and e-mail In-Reply-To: <960812.102600.EDT.PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU> Rosie: I have been on this list since April and have posted no more than 6 messages. It's only men who talk so much they don't know what they are saying that dominate. My life long motto has been "he who knows how to talk, also knows when." Bruce Bruce Keener Kent District Library kwdbk@lakeland.lib.mi.us. Opinions are my own! On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Rosa Maria Pegueros wrote: > I have had the same problem on a Latin American list that I monitor. It is > very frustrating because there are a couple of men who not only dominate > the list but are the focus of a great number of messages, usually arguing with > them. I have often thought of starting my own list but it seems like such > a lot of work(thanks, Joan!) and I don't know where I would get the news ser- > vices that I would like to have on it. Some of the women have tried to steer > the conversation toward a more civilized tone but the men seem to think that > it is somehow censorship to try to be more civilized with one another. > I agree that one can use the delete key, but it is also a terrific waste of > time to have to wade through dozens of messages because a few idiots > think they have the constitutional right to behave like asses. > > Rosie > > ...................................................................... > Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall > Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu > 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 > University of Rhode Island > Kingston, RI 02881-0817 > "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." > --Amelia Earhart > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 20:38:06 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "SUSAN DARRAH " Subject: Re: gender and technology Two books come to mind as I read these posts about women in "cyberspace," in particular on discussion lists: Wired_Women, edited by Lynn Cherney and published this year Flame Wars, edited by Mark Dery Two or three of the essays in each book examine some of the issues raised on this list. In general, Cherney's book does a better job of acknowledging the problems women confront. Despite these problems, the book seems finally optimistic. Susan Darrah darrah@bucks.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 22:32:55 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side resume mail klside@YorkU.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 18:09:50 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Haessly Subject: PC responses, Part 1 Comments: cc: Maria Rita Bevacqua , Cory Riddle , YKLEIN@runt.dawsoncollege.qc.ca, BAKANICV@cofc.edu, "Kim A. Loudermilk" , avril chalmers , "John C. Berg" , Eileen Bresnahan , Bill Oetjen , Jo-Ann Pilardi , "Suzanne F. Franks" , evelyn spears , Lorraine Bayard de Volo To all who sent responses to my request: This is in Two Parts, due to length of text. In late June I posted the following request for information regarding the use of the term "politically correct". Many responded with information. I have now compiled those responses and post them here for those who requested that I post the comments to the list. As you will note, there is a lot of variance in people's sense of the origins and use of the term. Thanks to all who did respond. Here is my original posting. "I wonder if someone from the list can help me. I am searching for the origin of the term "Politically Correct". I remember reading some years back that is originated from a conference with that title, and had something to do with finding strategic ways to influence political issues. Am I remembering correctly? If anyone has accurate information: Regarding Place, Purpose of the use of the term, person, date of the conference, it would be most helpful, anything else that might be of use to know, I'd greatly appreciate it. "I'd also appreciate any information on when the political right began to use the term for their own purposes. "I am using the term in a publication about to go to press and the editor would like a reference. "Thanks in advance for any assistance. Please reply privately. Peace, Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu THE RESPSONSES WILL FOLLOW IN PART TWO, DUE TO LINE LIMIT! Peace, Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:01:56 +0200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Michaela Blaha Subject: writings on WWI Books on my upcoming course on WWI include: Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth. London 1979 Hilda Doolittle: Bid me to live. New York 1960. Radclyffe Hall: Well of Loneliness. London 1928. Tennyson F. Jesse: The Sword of Deborah. 1919. Mary Sinclair: -The Romantic. -Tasker Jevons. -The Tree of Heaven. Helen Zenna Smith. Not so quiet. London, New York 1988. Edith Wharton: -The Marne. -A Son At the Front. Virginia Woolf. Ms. Dalloway. Sorry about the rudimentary information regarding years/publishers; this is all I have at the moment. Michaela Blaha Ruhr-University Bochum ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 00:50:01 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Chris-Michael Leidig Subject: Re: Men and e-mail In a message dated 96-08-12 10:30:39 EDT, you write: << I have had the same problem on a Latin American list that I monitor. It is very frustrating because there are a couple of men who not only dominate the list but are the focus of a great number of messages, usually arguing with them >> That is what they want. They want to lead the discussion away from serious issues and have the focus placed upon them. It is the same way with women's studies classes. As a male, I often see how men need woman to focus upon them or they lose their sense of worth. They need to cause trouble because they need the disruption in order for the "female gaze" to focus on the masculine disruption. If people ignored their posts, they would probably go to another list. Chris-Michael Secret295@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 07:49:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L files, syllabi, etc. (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 11) "HOW DO I FIND OUT WHAT FILES ARE AVAILABLE FROM WMST-L, AND HOW DO I OBTAIN THE FILES I WANT?" To find out what files are available, send LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (or, on Bitnet, LISTSERV@UMDD) the same command mentioned in the previous section: INDEX WMST-L. The list you'll receive from LISTSERV includes files as well as logs. To obtain the file(s) you want, send LISTSERV the following command: GET [filename] WMST-L where [filename] is the two-word name of the file you want. For example, suppose you send for the filelist (INDEX WMST-L) and see the following listing: * Policies for cross-listing courses with Women's Studies CROSSLST POLICIES ALL OWN V 79 436 92/12/07 20:41:03 To get this file, you'd send the message GET CROSSLST POLICIES WMST-L to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet). Note that [filename] consists of two words separated by a space and not a period. (Adding WMST-L after the two-word filename is optional; it simply makes sure that if two lists have a file with the same name, you'll get the right one.) IMPORTANT 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, and reference book mini-reviews are in the WMSTBOOK subdirectory. To find out what syllabi, film reviews, or reference book mini-reviews a subdirectory contains, send LISTSERV the command INDEX SYLLABI (or INDEX FILM or INDEX WMSTBOOK). To obtain the file(s) you want, send LISTSERV the following command: GET [filename] SYLLABI (or replace SYLLABI w/FILM or WMSTBOOK as needed) If you are requesting a film review, be aware that the filename always takes the form FILM REVx (e.g., FILM REV25); the name of the film is NOT the filename! You can request more than one file at once; just be sure to put each request on a separate line. LISTSERV will then send the file(s) to you either in a mail message or in Netdata format. You can force LISTSERV to send them in a mail message by adding F=MAIL at the end of each command. For example, GET [filename] FILM F=MAIL . Or, to retrieve files sent by LISTSERV in Netdata format, follow these instructions: If your e-mail address is on a VAX/VMS machine, when you get a message that one or more files have arrived at your e-mail address, you should type "RECEIVE *" (do not include the quotation marks) at the $ prompt. This command will put the file(s) into your main directory. You can then type "TYPE filename" (replace "filename" with the actual name of the file) to read the file. If it's a long file, you can read it more effectively by typing "TYPE/PAGE filename." If your e-mail address is on an IBM VM/CMS machine, either use your mailer front end or type RLIST and RECEIVE the file into your FLIST. Go into your FLIST to look at the file. If your e-mail address is on a different kind of machine OR you are using Profs or some other kind of similar mailing system, go ahead and try the above commands. If they do not work, CALL YOUR COMPUTER SERVICES OFFICE. The people there should be able to help you and/or give you a manual for your mailing system commands. 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 Resources. On the World Wide Web, try http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/links.html and then select the first link, "Absolutely Best W.S. Online Archive (InforM)." The Women's Studies archive contains a goldmine of online information about women. Do have a look! ******************* Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 10:42:58 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dana Shugar Subject: textbook request Hi all-- I'm teaching a Junior-level WMS course this Fall, "Race, Class, and Sexuality in Women's Lives," and I'm having difficulty locating an appropriate reader on women's sexuality. In the past I've used Snitow's _Powers of Desire_ and Vance's _Pleasure and Danger_ (both now somewhat out-of-date and slightly over the students' heads) and Mariana Valverde's _Sex, Power, and Pleasure_. I'm looking for an anthology that covers as diverse/wide-ranging a perspective as possible and is appropriate for upper-level undergraduates. Any suggestions? Please respond privately. Thanks! Dana Shugar Women's Studies and English University of Rhode Island dshugar@uriacc.uri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 10:52:23 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Dr. Darlaine Gardetto" Subject: Re: Eichhorn on cyberspace In-Reply-To: Message of Mon, 12 Aug 1996 14:41:59 -0700 from Kate's right: gender is only an assumption on the internet. But why does that make it any less a form of sexual harrassment? Perhaps we need a discussion of the term "sexual" in the phrase "sexual harrassment"? After all, seeing gender as "performance" enables us to understand how hostility toward Woman transcends that experienced by any particular woman. Why should tactics be different? I'm genuinely interested in hearing more about this. Darlaine Gardetto socdcg@mizzou1.missouri.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 12:24:01 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Re: Eichhorn on cyberspace RE: Sexual harassment-- The obnoxious behavior of some men on the Net is unheedful of women's presence. I think of it rather like the way some men drive their cars: On the road, there are few official sanctions for rude behavior, tailgating, etc. That women would be the target of their bad behavior is incidental. So too on the Net. Since there is no censorship, no sanctions for rude or even vile behavior and no policing mechanism of any kind, rude people do what they want unless, like the members of this list, individuals agree to a certain set of agreed upon rules. All things considered, I think that the peaceable quality of this list is amaz- ing and that Joan deserves kudos for managing 4000+ subscribers so well. Rosie ...................................................................... Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." --Amelia Earhart ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:08:51 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathleen Preston Subject: Sex differences on the 'net I agree strongly with Lorraine that women are often too nice! That's one (and only one) reason some men feel free to be rude and condescending to women. I'm on a mystery list (fans, authors, bookstore owners, editors) that's generally very genteel and fun, but occasionally some unpleasant sexist remarks crop up. Luckily, there's a substantial contingent of outspoken feminists on the list and when we get together and swoop it's a sight to behold. Still, some women are intimidated and/or tend to take men's statements more seriously than they do women's, so at best it's an uphill battle....just as it is everywhere else. Someone else (sorry, I forget who) mentioned that gender identities can be disguised or ignored on the 'net. I've heard stories of men who pretend they're women online for less-than-honorable purposes, though I've never experienced it, and on rare occasions I've not known which sex a correspondent is. But generally I think that sex is such a basic and important facet of one's identity that most people prefer to put it out front. So far I haven't read anything that reflects the contrast between my experience and that of my husband: I've made many women friends online, some of whom I've met in person, exchanged photos with, and generally have become real members of a wide and caring network; my husband has found that most of the conversations he's encountered with other men online are competitive, self-serving, and/or boring. Seems to me that women should be strongly encouraged to become computer literate, to explore the Internet, to consider it their domain, to avoid (as elsewhere) the sleazy areas, but to bring all the assertiveness and confidence they can muster into this important new communication mode. Kathleen Preston Knight KathKnight@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:29:14 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Cheryl L. Meeker" Subject: Re: bookwoman books by and about women -Reply I am still looking for the number/address of bookwoman books by and about women, they are located in media, pa. The 800 number from D. Watson is for bookwoman inc. If anyone can help with the media, pa. bookwoman let me know..thanks, cherylm@wpoff.monm.edu >>> Denise Watson 08/12/96 08:20am >>> Hi Cheryl, I just called "800" directory assistance to find out Bookwoman's toll-free #. The # is (800) 809-6353. I called the # to verify that it is working, and it is!! There was an answering machine message verifying that that is indeed the correct # and that they are in business. Denise Watson prairie@vax1.mankato.msus.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 14:26:01 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Haessly Subject: CP Responses, Part 2 Here are respsonses re "political correctness". From: Maria Rita Bevacqua I have read in several places that the term PC has been attributed to Karen DeCrow, once a pres. of NOW, who used the term in a speech in 1975. The term is obviously older than that. Point of information (or maybe semantics for some): It is not quite clear yet who coined the term Politically Correct, but I'm fairly certain it wasn't "feminists." The earliest print use of the term that I have been able to locate is in a piece by Toni Cade in her edited anthology THE BLACK WOMAN (1970). In it, she talks about the pressures from Movement (read: radical 1960s protest movement, in this case, Black Power) men to be politically correct, that is, to buy into the party line. Since this book is generally critical of women's liberation, eventually called feminism, it's doubtful that Cade put herself in that camp (I do not know whether Cade claimed to be a feminist between the publication of her essay and her death last year. Anyone have info on that?). "Advocate" is correct that pc and pi have now become weapons used to silence those of us who oppose hate speech, etc. I just thought I'd offer this to clear up any misconceptions about the roots of this term. I welcome further clarification, such as evidence of early use of the term. From: Lisa Gerrard I can't quote a reference, unfortunately, but I know the term goes back a long way--at least, to the 1930's, when it was used by people on the left to refer to other leftists who were unusually narrow-minded and fanatical about their political stance. From: William Pendleton I have encountered this question on another list but I do not remember which one. I can attest to my own first? encounter with the term in the late sixties. There was a grape strike in California, Chavez came to national prominance, and I atttended a dinner party given by a left leaning member of our faculty. She served grapes from Chile and wondered aloud whether it was politically correct or no to do in the circumstances. She was serious about the implications, and I assume felt that raising the question gave her some absolution if the rest of us were concerned about the grapes. I believe that the term was used rather extensively in some marxist circles earlier as a means of drawing attention to activities, questions, etc. that, whatever their merit itellectually, might discredit the received wisdom of the left. Thus, another colleague suggested that studying generaltional patterns of crime might lead to conclusions that could suggest a genetic component was politically incorrect regardless of whether or not there was any scholarly merit to the proposal to do so. The other list never came to any conclusion about the origin, but if you do, please tell us all about it. From: Cory Riddle about the origins of politically correct, i don't know who coined the term. but in the late 80s/early 90s we of the left used it as a form of self-deprecating humor, a way to poke fun of ourselves, often as a recognition that perhaps we can carry things a bit too far, but pres. george bush used the occassion of his speech at the graduation ceremony at the univ. of michigan, ann arbor in 1991 (late april/early may) to turn the term against the left. (i was in attendance at this ceremony). much of the speech was transcribed in the NYT. as far as i recall, this was the turning point in usage of the term. From: YKLEIN@runt.dawsoncollege.qc.ca I don't know a specific answer to your query. Certainly the left used the term, especially the Trotskyites, years before the New Left was even heard of. My own familiarity with the term goes back at least to 1980 or so, when it was always used ironically, to indicate one's own deviance from an imaginary "correct" line. As in, "What do you want from me, I'm not PC--I shave my legs," or something like that. I was certainly startled when the wight began to use the term seriously, to suggest a monolithic ideology that they attributed to feminists and leftists generally. Previous to that use, I had never heard the term used seriously or as a term of discourse. I'd be very interested to hear what you turn up. From: BAKANICV@cofc.edu D'sousa wrote a book calle _Illiberal Education_ that coined the phrase. The concept was generated at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. From: "Gina Oboler, Anthropology & Sociology, Ursinus College" This term has been around the Leftist political world virtually forever, AFAIK, as in, "I think the Bozo Party does some good things, although their analysis isn't politically correct." I can't say exactly when this term first made it into the mainstream press, but it was being used as a joke by left-leaning types as early as the early 80s (probably earlier, but the first specific examples of conversations that I personally remember are from the early 80s). Hope this helps. From: "Kim A. Loudermilk" I'm not sure this is precisely what you're looking for, but Paul Berman in the introduction to his anthology _Debating PC_ gives a short history of the use of the term (Paul Berman, ed. _Debating PC: The Controversy over Political Correctness on College Campuses_ (New York: Laurel Trade Paperbacks, Dell Publishing, 1992)). I hope this is helpful. From: avril chalmers This might be a good moment to highly recommend Dorothy Smith's "'Politically Correct': An Ideological Code" in Richer, S. & Weir, L. (1995) Beyond Political Correctness: Toward the Inclusive University. Toronto: U of Toronto Press. She does a fine job of analyzing the neo-right deployment of the term "politically correct" to discredit socially conscious movements of various kinds. From: "John C. Berg" I had always heard that "politically correct" originated as self-deprecating humor on the left--but I cannot cite any sources. From: Maria Rita Bevacqua PI = politically INcorrect (I think both terms were being tossed around in the thread I was initially responding to). After reading William Pendleton's (I think that's his name) post, I remembered that I should have emphasized that Toni Cade's use of PC was the first PRINT source I found, and that my search was by no means extensive. The way Cade uses the term suggests that her readers would know exactly what she meant, so the term would have been in use for some time prior to 1970. From: Eileen Bresnahan In line with what John Berg said in his reply to the whole list, when we used the term "politically correct" in the radical women's movement in the early to mid-70s, it always had a slightly pejorative connotation. When someone was descibed as "*very* p.c.," it meant something like "so politically purists that she's a real pain in the ass." From: Bill Oetjen Reflecting on the parallels between the conservative backlash of the fifties and the present one, Andre Cadresque (of All Things Considered) commented that "PC is the CP of the nineties." From: Jo-Ann Pilardi My recollection has no specifics, but it may be helpful. Around 1972-75, there were some leftist organizations that were, as I recall, splinter groups from Weatherman (which was a splinter from SDS, as you may know). It may have been: Weatherman I, Weatherman II, then, from Weatherman II came RYM (Rev. Youth Mvmt???--my memory isn't strong enough on this, but there are sources you could go to about it--recent hist. studies on the Sixties, etc.)--And there may have been RYM II (yes!). Anyway, they were intent on re-radicalizing, de-revisioning the left, and that included women's liberation organizations. There were a series of ambushes on women's groups, particularly socialist feminist women's groups (that tended to call themselves "women's unions," as in Balt., we had the Women's Union of Baltimore) from members of these ultra-leftist groups; women's unions found themselves the object of subversive attempts to gain control from some of their newer "members" who were really plants of the ultra-leftists. In Balt., we had a rather big showdown over this, and we survived it, but other women's unions were destroyed in the process. I don't know which other leftist organizations (aside from women's groups) they attacked. In any case, the first time I heard the terms "politically incorrect" (PI) and "politically correct" (PC) was during and after this series of events. (More than you ever wanted to know?) From: Linda D. Wayne Bones The term "politically correct" sprang up within the anarcho-communist left of Europe and the US who looked to the newly forming communist states as a possible model for sociopolitcal reform. I do not know if the term was first coined in Europe or the US but it was used among the left intelligensia in both places to ridicule old party-line socialists and entrenched or dogmatic thinkers who did not want to reform their politics so as to facilitate "modern" political situations of change. The term remained in use among this group (political leftists/socialists/anarchists) through to the 1960s although other terms (estabishmentarian, square, etc.) were often more "hip" to use than "pc." The right began to take over the term in 1990, when a group of articles appeared in news magazines such as Time and Forbes lamenting the "fall" of educational standards under the pressure of affirmative action, Afrocentrism, and critical continental theory (deconstruction, post-structuralism, etc.). In 1991 George Bush warned in an inauguation address that the politically correct threaten the state of education by turning people against each other. At the same time, former Reagan policy analysist Dinesh D'Souza, came out with his book, Illiberal Education (funded by the Olin Foundation) which took the same track as Bush, Camille Paglia and Rush Limbaugh already had with the term "pc." What is important here, I think, is that the right's use of "pc" is only one of many semantic reversals that the right has used to systematically disempower the left through rhetorical counter-attacks. Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance since I have spent some time studying both the phenomenon of pc and the rise of the right on university campuses in the US and Canada. Cheers and best of luck with your publication. From: "Suzanne F. Franks" I may be late in responding to this request--I've been away for a few days. Herbert Kohl, in an essay entitled "Uncommon Differences: On Political Correctness, Core Curriculum, and Democracy in Education" discusses the early use of the term politically correct in debates between socialists and strict party-line Communists, and how this term was appropriated and redefined by right-wing groups in the present. He presents a nice history and some arguments that may help in discussions on this topic; but you may need further documentation than this essay can provide. Still, it is finely written and I think quite useful; I would recommend it. The essay is in his book "I won't learn from you" The New Press, copyright 1994, ISBN 1-56584-096-8 As a result of these varied interpretations of the origin and use of the term, I decided that the term was not essential to the flow of my manuscript, and eliminated the term, substituting another which conveyed the meaning that I wanted. My editor was satisfied, and I was spared the necessity of doing further research for something that was not essential to the chapter I was working on. I will pursue these many sources at in the future for another project. Thanks again for all your thoughts, comments and references. Peace, Jackie Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:32:36 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Marj Kibby Subject: Political Correctness Deborah Cameron author of Verbal Hygiene, and Feminism and Linguistic Theory, is currently in Australia. Reporting on her lecture tour -- with the headline" PC linguistically challenged" -- The Australian 14 August says: Most people regard PC as a movement beginning in the early 1980s in the United States with curriculum revision, anti-racist and anti-sexist speech codes and affirmative action. However research shows the term emerged from the American new-Left before 1970, where it was an in-joke often used ironically to mock orthodox Marxists who slavishly adhered to the party line. "PC was simultaneously what you felt you ought to be and what you acknowledged no-one could be without turning into a dictatorial monster." Cameron said. However the right began to use the term as if it were a label for a coherent ideology appropriating the "dictatorial monster" element while discarding the ironic element. During the Reagan years, a group of self-proclaimed cultural conservatives in the US radical Right set out to construct a new political agenda based upon opposition to a new "enemy within". Myths about PC have now advanced to a point where "its become cool to be bigoted". Marj Kibby Dean of Students and Director, Affirmative Action _______________________ Box 2 Hunter Building The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 vfmdk@cc.newcastle.edu.au _______________________ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:25:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Posting announcements (User's Guide) Today's monthly excerpt from the WMST-L User's Guide: 12) "MY UNIVERSITY HAS A JOB OPENING. MAY I POST AN ANNOUNCEMENT ON WMST-L?" WMST-L welcomes the posting of job and conference announcements, calls for papers, and the like, as long as the announcement has some explicit connection to Women's Studies. Announcements without such a connection should NOT be sent to WMST-L. The wish to reach more female candidates, however laudable, is NOT adequate reason to post non-Women's-Studies announcements. Heavy mail volume is a persistent problem on WMST-L; the list cannot accommodate the increased volume that a more liberal posting policy would bring. (Keep in mind that each year, there are literally thousands of academic job openings. Most institutions wish to show that they have tried to reach female and minority applicants. Whereas some commercial publications charge hundreds of dollars to carry even a small ad, WMST-L is free. Thus, unless we restrict postings, the list is likely to be INUNDATED with job announcements.) ************************ Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/user-guide.html . Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 08:51:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: viki soady Subject: Re: writings on WWI Looks like a great course, Micca. Who is teaching it? How are you??? viki >Books on my upcoming course on WWI include: > >Vera Brittain: Testament of Youth. London 1979 > >Hilda Doolittle: Bid me to live. New York 1960. > >Radclyffe Hall: Well of Loneliness. London 1928. > >Tennyson F. Jesse: The Sword of Deborah. 1919. > >Mary Sinclair: -The Romantic. > -Tasker Jevons. > -The Tree of Heaven. > >Helen Zenna Smith. Not so quiet. London, New York 1988. > >Edith Wharton: -The Marne. > -A Son At the Front. >Virginia Woolf. Ms. Dalloway. > > >Sorry about the rudimentary information regarding years/publishers; this is all > I have at the moment. > >Michaela Blaha >Ruhr-University Bochum > > Dr. Viki Soady Director of Women's Studies Nevins Hall Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 912-249-4842 vsoady@grits.valdosta.peachnet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 09:05:22 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beverly Ayers-Nachamkin Subject: FW: Re: bookwoman books by and about women -Reply I unearthed a 94-95 catalog from bookwoman books. They list their address as: PO Box 67 Media, PA 19063 1-800-566-2990 Hope this helps -- Bev --- On Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:29:14 -0600 "Cheryl L. Meeker" wrote: I am still looking for the number/address of bookwoman books by and about women, they are located in media, pa. The 800 number from D. Watson is for bookwoman inc. If anyone can help with the media, pa. bookwoman let me know..thanks, cherylm@wpoff.monm.edu >>> Denise Watson 08/12/96 08:20am >>> Hi Cheryl, I just called "800" directory assistance to find out Bookwoman's toll-free #. The # is (800) 809-6353. I called the # to verify that it is working, and it is!! There was an answering machine message verifying that that is indeed the correct # and that they are in business. Denise Watson prairie@vax1.mankato.msus.edu -----------------End of Original Message----------------- ------------------------------------- Name: Bev Ayers-Nachamkin E-mail: bayersna@epix.net Wilson College Chambersburg, PA 17201 Date: 8/14/96 Time: 9:05:22 AM This message was sent by Chameleon ------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 16:09:57 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Saba Bahar Subject: Looking for Rachel L. Osborne Does anyone know how I might get in touch with Rachel L. Osborne and whether she has an e-mail address? The last address I had was Department of Sociology, York University, Toronto. Please respond privately. Regards (Ms) Saba Bahar bahar@uni2a.unige.ch ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 10:32:12 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Carol A. Powers" Subject: inquiry: parenting program for prison mothers Anyone have information or can point to sources re parenting programs/ facilities for birthing mothers? An employee of the Ohio Reformatory for Women (who does not have access to the internet) is working on a proposal to allow women who give birth in prison to keep their children with them. As it stands now, children of women who are sentenced to more than 2 years are placed, immediately after the children are delivered, with a relative or foster home. There is no opportunity for the child to bond with its natural mother. The program Becky (the employee) would like to see instituted would include parenting skills, an employment arrangement, shared day care, etc. What She needs to know if there are any programs/facilities of this sort in place as well as relevant information, advice, and so on. Please respond privately unless you think the information is of interest to other subscribers, and I will forward the information to her. Thank you. Carol Powers capowers@cc.owu.edu Ohio Wesleyan University Delaware, OH 43015 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 11:35:04 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Kohout Subject: Rebecca Walker Does anyone out there know an e-mail address or snailmail address for Rebecca Walker (author of _To Be Real_)? I'v e been commissioned to do a piece on her, but personal information is somewhat hard to come by. Thanks for your help. Please Respond Privately, Jennifer Kohout University of Toledo English Dept. Toledo, OH 43606 JKOHOUT@uoft02.toledo.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:29:08 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: liora moriel Subject: Re: Men and e-mail In-Reply-To: <960812.102600.EDT.PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU> On Mon, 12 Aug 1996, Rosa Maria Pegueros wrote: > I have had the same problem on a Latin American list that I monitor. It is > very frustrating because there are a couple of men who not only dominate > the list but are the focus of a great number of messages, usually arguing with > them. I also have a problem with a non-USA list (from Israel) where men totally dominate and indeed ridicule the few women who dare write opinions. The tone is so personal and vicious that many women have left the list. Is there a macho message besides a male message? From other e-mail interactions I can attest that most male e-mail users on academic lists are civil and to the point, rather than sexist. Moreover, when they are called on a sexist remark, they usually promptly apologize. Liora Moriel University of Maryland ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 12:39:31 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Denise Santoro Subject: Rhetoric reviewers AltaMira Press is searching for people to review a proposal we have on pre-20th Century women's rhetoric. If this is your area of expertise, and you are interested in reviewing this piece, please email your response and cv to me privately. Thank you, Denise Santoro AltaMira Press denise@altamira.sagepub.com ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:46:53 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Connie Koppelman Subject: FWD: SEVENTEEN State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794-3456 Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 14-Aug-1996 03:45pm EDT FROM: CKOPPELMAN TO: Remote Addressee ( _wmst-l@umdd.umd.edu ) Subject: FWD: SEVENTEEN Constance E Koppelman Womens Studies 516 632-9176 03-Aug-1996 03:42pm EDT TO: Remote Addressee ( _WNST-L@UMDD.UMD.EDU ) Subject: SEVENTEEN This is a follow-up on the recent discussion about Seventeen Magazine. While on vacation in Seattle I clipped an article from U.S.News 5/29/96 which said: "Many mothers of teen girls bemoan the subject matter in magazines such as SEVENTEEN, fearful that articles about "How to Get a Boyfriend send the wrong message. Those Mothers should get their daughters subscriptions to BLUE JEAN magazine, subtitled for teen girls who dare. BLUE JEAN portrays real teen girls on the verge of changing the world. says the publisher. You'll find no supermodels tips on dieting or fashion spreads in our pages. Our cover stories profile interesting and exciting teen girls in action." Even better, most of the stories are written by young people about young people. Tamika Crout,20, who writes about a teen-produced column for a Marin Country, Calif. newspaper, is profiled. Regular columns include "Nothin'but the Earth" on environmental issues and "College Column" about how to cope with coed life. The writing is unsophisticated but heartfelt. BLUE JEAN sells no ads, but encourages submissions of teen poetry, fiction, essays and photos...(P.O. Box 90856, Rochester, N.Y. 14609). I haven't seen a copy myself, but it sounds a little like the zines that are cropping up all over the states. CKoppelman@sunysb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:58:41 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Angela E Hubler Subject: WWWI I am forwarding this from a collegue/spouse who is following this discussion via forwards. Angela Hubler LELA@ksu.edu I'm not on this list, but I've had several posts forwarded to me about teaching a WW1 class. (I'm teaching a class on WW1 and American literature and culture in spring '97). The people involved in the discussion may be aware of it already, but David M. Kennedy's Over Here: The First World War and American Society (Oxford, 1980) is very useful. It has two chapters on the political economy of the war, which I'm very interested in, covers the political/social context of American intervention well, and provides a good introduction to the literary and intellectual response to the war. I've read a lot of the primary material Kennedy works with and he's reliable. Yours, Tim Dayton Kansas State University ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 15:36:46 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer McCrickerd Subject: book search I just found out that the bookstore has been unable to find a book I'm planning on using this semester. Does anyone have any info (phone # for publisher)? The book is _Cultural Bases of Racism and Group Oppression_ by John Hodge and is published by Two Riders Press. Thank you, Jennifer McCrickerd jm4361r@acad.drake.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 20:01:34 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Yvonne Klein Subject: Re: WWWI This thread prompts me to ask a question. Macmillan(UK) and NYU Press are publishing an anthology I've edited entitled "Beyond the Home Front: Women's Autobiographical Writing of the Two World Wars." They doubt that there would be much interest in it as a text--I am not so certain. The book includes, as advertised, women's autobiographical writing of both world wars and is drawn from British, American, Canadian and European sources, much of it out of print. As it developed out of a course I have been teaching for several years, I see it as a text, but I could certainly be wrong. I would be interested to learn how much, if any, interest there would be in such a work and grateful for all responses. Please write to me privately. Yvonne Klein yklein@dawsoncollege.qc.ca ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 07:47:00 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helga Dickel Subject: Re: Women's Studies Resources Hello Mev, I am writing in concern of our database project about adresses and information from women's projects and organisations. The database will be published in September on a CD-ROM. Mainly we gather adresses of the German-speaking countries. A selection of international projects consists mainly of resource and information centers, feminist press, women's studies and governmental equal opportunity institutions. We are interested in your > WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT > "...keeping women's words in circulation" > Mev Miller > Project Coodinator > 1483 Laurel Ave. > St. Paul, MN 55104-6737 > 612-646-0097 > 612-646-1153 (fax) > wplp@winternet.com We would like to add your project to our database and it would be very helpful to get a short description of your objectives and services. The entry is free of charge. I am looking forward to hearing from you and please give us a note very quickly. Next week the database will be closed. Thank you very much Sincerely Helga Dickel ------------------------------------------------------------------- helga_dickel@ada.woman.de / helga_dickel@fem-k.rhein-main.de ------------------------------------------------------------------- die media - frauen - information - online Helga Dickel und Carolina Brauckmann Marienplatz 4, 50676 K ln, Tel. +49-221-2408675 Fax +49-221-2408676 E-Mail: die.media@edina.xnc.com -------------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 22:33:45 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Katherine Side Subject: Re: book search In-Reply-To: Jennifer McCrickerd "book search" (Aug 14, 3:36pm) At the Women's Studies Network Conference (U.K.) there was some mention, (I think in the conference materials) of a book that Valerie Hey (London) is soon to publish specifically about girl's friendships. Does anyone know what the book is to be called? I have combed my conference materials and cannot find the proper title anywhere. My local book shop needs a title to order it becaus eit is not listed in the publisher's catalogues they have checked. Please respond privately. Katherine Side klside@YorkU.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:20:11 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Deborah Moreland moreland.utdallas.edu." Subject: Re: WWWI In-Reply-To: <960814200134.307e@runt.dawsoncollege.qc.ca> Yvonne, I would be very interested in using such an anthology as part of a "gender and literature of WWI" course. That would save me from xeroxing parts of various autobiographical works, which is what I have intended to do. Deborah Moreland ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:25:24 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sherry Rowley Subject: Re: Looking for Rachel L. Osborne >Does anyone know how I might get in touch with Rachel L. Osborne and >whether she has an e-mail address? The last address I had was Department of >Sociology, York University, Toronto. >Please respond privately. >Regards >(Ms) Saba Bahar >bahar@uni2a.unige.ch > Rachel is still at York University. I do not know what her personal e-mail address is but you can get a message to her via the union where she is currently treasurer. The union address is cupe3903@yorku.ca. All the best Sherry Rowley ==================================================================== | Sherry Rowley | Graduate Programme | Faculty of Environmental Studies | York University | 4700 Keele Street | North York, Ontario | CANADA M3J 1P3 | es051015@orion.yorku.ca | | ==================================================================== ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:26:52 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Schweitzer Subject: Re: Political Correctness # Marj Kibby wrote that PC started out as an ironic verbal joke slung at politicos (as we used to call the over-enthusiastic and tunnel- visioned) [she said Marxists, but you could be a Marxist without being a politico] who slavishly adhered to the party line. Example: trying to help my Hispanic neighbor's teenage daughter get into a college was incorrect because it represented a "bourgeois" value. But as much as I detest what the political right has done with the term -- used it as a way to smear ANY request for polite conversation or inclusiveness -- I think there was an interim step that frankly left many wide open for the attack. The interim step involved the recognition that words have power, and that they can be used to reinforce the existing power structures. While that is indeed true, IMHO it got taken to extremes by members of the academy who could see only the POMO trees and had no understanding of the forest. While I personally have zero tolerance for anyone who makes racial/ethnic/sexist slurs and jokes -- you do have to be tolerant of people for whom the shifts in lingo are flying far too fast for them to keep up with. And a lot of people weren't. I have done quite well with many older professors, for example, EXPLAINING the problems with certain types of language rather than YELLING at them about it. Here is an example where I did myself professional harm in speaking up, yet I would speak up again: A paper presented at an economic history session at an economics conference -- the session was REAL exciting (NOT) and I was the chair. The night before we all went out to dinner together. I told one of the authors of one paper that I was not going to bring it up at the session, but she needed to change the term she was using for the first machine to replace human labor in preparing salmon for packing in the Western Canada salmon industry (I told you it wasn't exciting). It seems that before automation, Chinese immigrants had commonly held the job of cleaning and cutting up the fish. When they got a machine to do the job, they named it the "Iron Chink". And so she called it, through all of a thirty- page paper. I suggested that she just call it the machine, and put in a footnote what THEY called it -- or perhaps use the term once in the paper, again explaining why an ethnic slur was used here, and then not use it again. I got charged with PC! PC! But this was a reasonable case, I believe. Well, I had had a bit to drink, so I let fly with a stream of examples to prove my point -- suppose it had been WOMEN; or Italians; or Jews ... (you can play name-the-machine) for yourself. She got VERY upset, and I got blamed for using bad terms. You know, a decade later it still bothers me that the term "Iron Chink" ended up sprinkled liberally throughout that paper. Now, here's the other side of the coin. When my son went off to college, in freshman history he got an overzealous MALE graduate student/grader who gave them a vocabulary they were to use with regard to race, ethnicity, and gender -- and they would get marked off for using anything else. I looked at the list, and frankly, disagreed with several of the terms that were required. But the main point was that my son has ADD; he grew up in a house where we don't use epithets or sexist terms; but where he was in terms of his disability, he needed to be focusing on WRITING THE ESSAY, not WORRYING ABOUT THE WORDS. I could see asking a student to come to your office to talk about it, or having a study session to talk about it. But to grade OFF? And insist on terms that, to women's studies perfesser me, weren't even STANDARD in the academy? We're not talking about the flagrant violations here like the "n" word. More like saying chairman instead of chair. And some I had never heard of. I think that was wrong. I do know that it made my son very angry -- I'm glad that the teaching assistant was a guy -- and only several talks with his feminist mom calmed him down about it. And that is part of what fed into the right-wing movement. That is, the concept that words=power, and knowledge of words rather than knowledge of the theories and multiple meanings BEHIND words -- an overfocus on WORDS -- I think that left the academy wide open for the assault by the right. That is not to say the assault was fair -- it was ridiculous -- but that a certain carelessness about precision, a certain carelessness with which loose concepts of something called "Marxism" itself and loosely applied postmodern linguist theory were flung about -- led to obvious gaffes, and then the right pounced on those gaffes. Which then made it much more difficult for me to be able to say -- I don't think it's a good idea to use "Iron Chink" throughout an entire paper, even if that IS what they called it. (My apologies for using the term even here!) Mary Schweitzer, Dept.of History, Villanova University (on leave 1995-97) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 08:28:23 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Schweitzer Subject: Re: Political Correctness # Marj Kibby wrote that PC started out as an ironic verbal joke slung at politicos (as we used to call the over-enthusiastic and tunnel- visioned) [she said Marxists, but you could be a Marxist without being a politico] who slavishly adhered to the party line. Example: trying to help my Hispanic neighbor's teenage daughter get into a college was incorrect because it represented a "bourgeois" value. But as much as I detest what the political right has done with the term -- used it as a way to smear ANY request for polite conversation or inclusiveness -- I think there was an interim step that frankly left many wide open for the attack. The interim step involved the recognition that words have power, and that they can be used to reinforce the existing power structures. While that is indeed true, IMHO it got taken to extremes by members of the academy who could see only the POMO trees and had no understanding of the forest. While I personally have zero tolerance for anyone who makes racial/ethnic/sexist slurs and jokes -- you do have to be tolerant of people for whom the shifts in lingo are flying far too fast for them to keep up with. And a lot of people weren't. I have done quite well with many older professors, for example, EXPLAINING the problems with certain types of language rather than YELLING at them about it. Here is an example where I did myself professional harm in speaking up, yet I would speak up again: A paper presented at an economic history session at an economics conference -- the session was REAL exciting (NOT) and I was the chair. The night before we all went out to dinner together. I told one of the authors of one paper that I was not going to bring it up at the session, but she needed to change the term she was using for the first machine to replace human labor in preparing salmon for packing in the Western Canada salmon industry (I told you it wasn't exciting). It seems that before automation, Chinese immigrants had commonly held the job of cleaning and cutting up the fish. When they got a machine to do the job, they named it the "Iron Chink". And so she called it, through all of a thirty- page paper. I suggested that she just call it the machine, and put in a footnote what THEY called it -- or perhaps use the term once in the paper, again explaining why an ethnic slur was used here, and then not use it again. I got charged with PC! PC! But this was a reasonable case, I believe. Well, I had had a bit to drink, so I let fly with a stream of examples to prove my point -- suppose it had been WOMEN; or Italians; or Jews ... (you can play name-the-machine) for yourself. She got VERY upset, and I got blamed for using bad terms. You know, a decade later it still bothers me that the term "Iron Chink" ended up sprinkled liberally throughout that paper. Now, here's the other side of the coin. When my son went off to college, in freshman history he got an overzealous MALE graduate student/grader who gave them a vocabulary they were to use with regard to race, ethnicity, and gender -- and they would get marked off for using anything else. I looked at the list, and frankly, disagreed with several of the terms that were required. But the main point was that my son has ADD; he grew up in a house where we don't use epithets or sexist terms; but where he was in terms of his disability, he needed to be focusing on WRITING THE ESSAY, not WORRYING ABOUT THE WORDS. I could see asking a student to come to your office to talk about it, or having a study session to talk about it. But to grade OFF? And insist on terms that, to women's studies perfesser me, weren't even STANDARD in the academy? We're not talking about the flagrant violations here like the "n" word. More like saying chairman instead of chair. And some I had never heard of. I think that was wrong. I do know that it made my son very angry -- I'm glad that the teaching assistant was a guy -- and only several talks with his feminist mom calmed him down about it. And that is part of what fed into the right-wing movement. That is, the concept that words=power, and knowledge of words rather than knowledge of the theories and multiple meanings BEHIND words -- an overfocus on WORDS -- I think that left the academy wide open for the assault by the right. That is not to say the assault was fair -- it was ridiculous -- but that a certain carelessness about precision, a certain carelessness with which loose concepts of something called "Marxism" itself and loosely applied postmodern linguist theory were flung about -- led to obvious gaffes, and then the right pounced on those gaffes. Which then made it much more difficult for me to be able to say -- I don't think it's a good idea to use "Iron Chink" throughout an entire paper, even if that IS what they called it. (My apologies for using the term even here!) Mary Schweitzer, Dept.of History, Villanova University (on leave 1995-97) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:43:46 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacquelyn Marie Subject: Where is Anna Livia Hello all, Does anyone know an address and/or phone or e-mail for Anna Livia, who did her PhD in French literature at Berkeley? I believe she has a faculty position in the East somewhere. Thank you. Jacquelyn Jacquelyn Marie Reference Librarian/Women's Services Coordinator McHenry Library University of California Santa Cruz, California 95064 USA Phone: 408/459-3255 Fax: 408/459-8206 E-mail: jamarie@cats.ucsc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 09:55:15 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: jo hinchliffe Subject: bell hooks Comments: cc: bottorff@nursing.ubc.ca The School of Nursing at University of B.C. is seeking the current address for bell hooks. If you have this information, please reply privately to: bottorff@nursing.ubc.ca Thanks. jo hinchliffe women's studies centre university of b.c. vancouver, canada joey@unixg.ubc.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 15 Aug 1996 15:32:22 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: stephanie bower Subject: Contextualizing the Flapper Hello all. Next semester I'm teaching a course that will include _The Sun Also Rises_ and _Tender is the Night_. I'm looking for sources that will help me contextualize Hemingway and Fitzgerald's portrayal of women characters, to provide students with the tools to critique the materialism, narcissism etc. that governs these women. Can anyone suggest sources that would point out the misogyny behind these representations of the "flapper," besides Smith-Rosenberg's _Disorderly Conduct_? Please respond privately and thanks in advance! Stephanie Bower snv@netcom.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 06:54:33 MST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosemarie McNairn Subject: recent awards in sexual harassment cases Can anyone give me information on the monetary value of recent court awards or settlement awards for compensation for damages done by sexual harassment. if you have the particulars of the cases (name, date) that would also be useful. I need this information asap for a case I am working on and therefore, asap. Thank you all. You may respond to me privately if you wish at MCNAIRN@HG.ULETH.CA ROSEMARIE MCNAIRN DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE LETHBRIDGE, ALBERTA CANADA ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 09:41:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ingrid Alisa Bowleg Subject: Conference in DC on Comfort Women of WWII COMFORT WOMEN OF WORLD WAR II: HISTORICAL LEGACY & LESSONS AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE, 30 SEPT-2 OCT 1996 The first major academic conference centered wholly upon the subject of Comfort Women will be held on the Georgetown University campus this fall. "The Comfort Women of World War II: Historical Legacy and Lessons" will be an interdisciplinary event with wide appeal to faculty, students, and the public. It will use a variety of media and approaches to address an issue that is both historically significant and politically current and that is having tremendous impact upon relations among Asian nations and within Asian-American communties. Its particular relevance, of course, will be to the lives of women, who are often the victims of sexual violence in war and whose experiences are rarely talked about. Although World War II has been the focus of much scholarly attention, perhaps no suffering from that war has been so invisible, at least until recently, as that of the women of Korea, China, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Phillipines, and even Japan itself, who were forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese imperial army and who are still seeking official governmental compensation and apologies. "The Comfort Women of World War II" will bring together scholars and activists from the D.C. area, New York, Australia, and Asia, to consider this controversial subject in its many theoretical and pragmatic dimensions. Using historical, political, feminist, and legal perspectives, the participants will both illuminate the past and facilitate greater understanding in the future. Among the speakers will be Asian-American women makers of documentary films; representatives from human rights organizations, cultural societies, and advocacy groups; and faculty members from Georgetown University, American University, and the Australian National University. The distinguished keynote speaker for the conference will be Mme. Mutsuko Miki, the politically prominent and influential widow of one of Japan's former prime ministers. Mme. Miki, who had been among the early supporters of the so-called "private" fund favored by the Japanese government to compensate Comfort Women, recently resigned from the fund--a decision that received worldwide attention and media coverage. Also featured will be a presentation by Yuki Tanaka, author of the recently published book "Hidden Horrors: Japanese War Crimes in World War II" (Westview Press, 1996). The conference will also provide a forum for a surviving Korean Comfort Women to testify to her experiences. CONFERENCE EVENTS The conference consists of a symposium on the afternoon of Monday, September 30th, 1996; an all-day exhibition of photographs and text panels about Comfort Women, mounted by the Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues, Inc.; and an evening lecture and film screening. Two evenings of films about Comfort Women and related issues will follow, at 7pm on Tuesday, October 1st and Wednesday, October 2nd. All events will be held in the Intercultural Center (ICC) on the Georgetown University campus. All events are free and open to the public. Those wishing to attend the conference will be responsible for making their own arrangements for travel and accommodation. The organizers of the conference regret that they cannot assist with such arrangements. SPONSORS Sponsors of this conference include the Korea Society, the Washington Coalition for Comfort Women Issues, Inc., the Center for Women Policy Studies, and the Jhoon Rhee Taekwondo Foundation, along with the following academic departments and programs at Georgetown University: American Studies; Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies; Dept. of English; Center for Minority Student Affairs; Communication, Culture, and Technology Program; Dept. of History; Justice and Peace Certificate Program; Korean Studies; Women's Center; Women's Studies Program; the Office of the Dean of Interdisciplinary Studies; the Office of the Dean of Summer and Continuing Education; and the Office of the Executive Vice-President for the Main Campus. For more information, please contact the organizers of the conference: Bonnie Oh Distinguished Research Professor of Korean Studies Asian Studies Program, ICC Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 e-mail: ohb@gunet.georgetown.edu phone: (202) 687-8987 Margaret D. Stetz Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies Dept. of English, New North Georgetown University Washington, DC 20057 e-mail: chavvy@aol.com phone: (202) 687-4534 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:58:28 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Lynn H. Collins" Subject: Who are the top anti-harrassment & anti-discrimination lawyers? I am interested in hearing about authoritative, effective lawyers in these areas who are located anywhere in the USA. Please send their names to me at: lcollins@ubmail.ubalt.edu Thank you! ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 10:54:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Brenda Brasher Subject: flappers Zelda Fitzgerald wrote a magazine article on the flapper that you might want to consider including (especially as she claimed F. Scott raided her diaries & life for much of his material). Also, Betty DeBerg addressed the flapper in her work analysizing the relationship of early 20th century gender conflicts to the rise of Christian fundamentalism in her book _UnGodly Women_ Brenda E. Brasher Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy Mount Union College Alliance, Ohio ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 11:03:56 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Francine D'Amico Subject: Project announcement Project Announcement Laurie Weinstein and Francine D'Amico announce the launching of an anthology project with the working title INSIDE/OUTSIDE: Women and the United States Military (outline below). We have just received a contract for the project from New York University Press. The anthology is to be designed for a broad audience, from researchers on gender and the military to undergraduate college students to general readers. We seek contributors for the chapters listed below as well as brief autobiographical essays by women who have experienced one or more of these situations vis-a-vis the US military institution. A detailed description of the project is available for those who are considering taking part; contact damico@hws.edu. Prospective chapter contributors should submit proposals of 2-5 pages along with current copies of their curriculum vitae by OCTOBER 1st to Francine D'Amico at the address listed below (fax, email, or paper copy acceptable). About the Co-editors Laurie Weinstein is a former naval officer and currently professor of anthropology at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, and she has just finished co-editing an anthology with Christie White titled, Wives & Warriors: Women and the Military in the United States and Canada (Greenwood, forthcoming, 1997), to which Francine D'Amico has contributed a chapter on "Policing the Military's Race & Gender Lines" and an appendix on "Tailhook's Wake." D'Amico has also contributed a chapter on "Race-ing and Gendering the Military Closet" to Gay Rights, Military Wrongs: Political Perspectives on Lesbians and Gays in the U.S. Military, ed. Craig Rimmerman (1996), which is now available from Garland Press, and she is assistant professor of political science at Hobart & William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York, and visiting assistant professor of government at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. For more information on the project or to submit a chapter proposal or suggestion for an autobiographical essay, contact: Francine D'Amico, PhD Political Science 208 Trinity Hall Hobart & William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY 14456-3397 315-781-3431 (office) or 315-781-7012 (home) 315-781-3422 (fax) damico@hws.edu (email) INSIDE/OUTSIDE: Women and the U.S. Military eds. Francine D'Amico and Laurie Weinstein Introduction (Weinstein & D'Amico) Part I. "Insiders": Women in the Military Chapter 1. Military Nurses Chapter 2. Women's Services Chapter 3. Military Education (academies/VMI/Citadel/ROTC/OCS) Chapter 4. Women Veterans Chapter 5. Lesbian Exclusion Part II. At the Margins: Women with the Military Chapter 6. Civilian Employees in the Department of Defense Chapter 7. Military Families (wives/daughters/Gold Star mother Chapter 8. Volunteer Services Part III. "Outsiders": Women and the Military Chapter 9. Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Defense Industries Chapter 10. Campfollowers & Comfort Women: Mil. Prostitution Chapter 11. Women Peace Activists Chapter 12. Military Spending, Employment, and Social Services Conclusion (Weinstein & D'Amico) Bibliography Glossary Index ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 12:28:23 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Daley, Ginny" Subject: feminist research & archival collections Comments: To: H-WOMEN@msu.edu Has your research in women's studies had an impact on the kinds of archival or "special collections" materials collected by librarians and archivists? How so? Have you ever helped "save" an archival collection by getting it into an archive? Tell me your story. What kinds of archival or primary sources have/are NOT being collected that would help your research? i.e., What would you love to get your hands on but can't seem to find anywhere? I am presenting a paper at the Society of American Archivists annual conference on how contemporary women's studies research has/is affecting what we collect and what gets used at Duke's Special Collections Library. I would love to weave in examples of how researchers' interests or actions have had an impact at other libraries and archives. Please respond to me privately at the address below. Thanks! ginny daley women's studies archivist special collections library duke university 919/660-5828 vld@mail.lib.duke.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:07:30 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Ellen Green Kaiser Subject: Flappers/ teaching hemingway There was a good article recently on the sun also rises in American Literature vo. 67, 1, March 1995 that addresses the issue of sexuality and gender identification in the novel. The author, Ira Elliott, focuses on Jake Barnes, but spends some time on the flapperish Bret. I would actually recommend the article for anyone doing work on constructions of gender/ sexuality in the 20s. Jo Ellen Green Kaiser, jgkais00@ukcc.uky.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:18:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Burk Tamara L Subject: Seeking Women and Continuing Education Resources Dear WMST-L, A colleague of mine is seeking help locating RECENT resources (no older than two years,...95-96) focusing on WOMEN AND CONTINUING EDUCATION. She is writing a brief article for a dictionary, so recent resources are imperative. In this context, Continuing Education is defined broadly---everything from non-credit experiences to undergraduate work to graduate work. If you have any suggestions for current resources, please respond to me privately at: TLBurk@facstaff.wm.edu Very much appreciated! Tamara L. Burk College of William and Mary ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 14:49:04 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: bankcot Subject: Re: bell hooks jo hinchliffe wrote: > > The School of Nursing at University of B.C. is seeking the current address > for bell hooks. If you have this information, please reply privately to: > > bottorff@nursing.ubc.ca > > Thanks. > > jo hinchliffe > women's studies centre > university of b.c. > vancouver, canada > joey@unixg.ubc.ca hey i have been hunting her address too..rsvp alicia banks http://www.afronet.com "the blacklist" yahoo ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 16 Aug 1996 15:20:43 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Frances Montell <6500fran@UCSBUXA.UCSB.EDU> Subject: Contextualizing flappers For those interested in feminist analyses of the flapper, an interesting article is Christina Simmons' "Modern Sexuality and the Myth of Victoriran Repression" in Peiss and Simmons (eds) _Passion and Power: Sexuality in History_ (Temple, 1989). Among other things, she analyzes the role of the flapper and argues that the promotion of this new ideal of the "modern woman" was a response to women's increasing power and was an effort to neutralize that power, the flapper being a less threatening image for men than the powerful Victorian matriarch or the independent career woman. There are some interesting parallels between the sexual ideal of the flapper in the 1920s and the ideal of the "sexually liberated woman" in the 1960s and 70s, both of which attempted to reframe women's power and liberation in terms of greater sexual availability to men. Frances Montell 6500fran@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 17 Aug 1996 12:15:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 2 jobs, 1 Gender Justice conference The following 3 announcements may interest WMST-L readers: 1) Job: Gender/Feminist Studies & Chicana Studies (Pitzer College) 2) Job: Chair in the Humanities (Scripps College) 3) Conference: Gender Justice (American University) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ************************************************************* 1) Pitzer Gender and Feminist Studies and Chicana/o Studies Position Pitzer College invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant or beginning Associate Professorship in Gender and Feminist Studies and Chicana/o Studies, beginning Fall 1997. We seek candidates with teaching and research interests that focus on Chicanas/Latinas in the U.S. and whose work fosters critical analysis of their cultural, political and socioeconomic situations. Candidates should have a specialization in the social sciences and be able to teach in one or more of the following areas: race, class and gender identity; immigration; labor; women's movements; lesbian/gay studies; gender and ecology. This position wil l be a joint appointment between Gender and Feminist Studies and the Intercollegiate Department of Chicano Studies of the Claremont Colleges. Pitzer College, a member of the Claremont Colleges, has a strong institutional commitment to the principles of teaching and diversity in all areas and strongly encourages candidates from historically underrepresented social groups. We favor candidates who can contribute to the College's educational objectives which promote interdisciplinary perspectives, intercultural understanding, and concern with social responsibility and the ethical implication of knowledge and action. Pitzer College is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups. Send a letter briefly describing your educational philosophy and your current teaching and research interests, a curriculum vitae, scholarly papers and publications, and three letters of reference to Susan Seymour, Dean of Faculty, Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711-6101. Applications will be considered until October 15, 1996 or until the position is filled. *************************************************************************** 2) SCRIPPS COLLEGE THE HARTLEY BURR ALEXANDER CHAIR IN THE HUMANITIES Scripps College, the women's liberal arts college in the Claremont Colleges cluster, seeks applications at the associate or senior level for the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities. Applicants should demonstrate a broadly interdisciplinary orientation in their work and should have distinguished records in teaching and research. Candidates who meet these criteria will be considered from any discipline in the arts, humanities, social sciences, or sciences. A genuine commitment to undergraduate education at a women's college is essential. The holder of the Chair is expected to provide creative direction for the College's interdisciplinary program. The Chair carries with it reduced teaching responsibilities, access to research funds and the possibility of directing the fully-funded Humanities Institute of Scripps College. Letters of application, including a vita and names of three referees, should be sent to Professor David Claus, HBA Search Committee, Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue, Claremont, California 91711 by November 15, 1996. Also, see the Scripps home page: http://www.scrippscol.edu/ Scripps College is one of six members of the Claremont Colleges cluster located 35 miles east of Los Angeles. Scripps is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from women and from minorities. Inquiries may be e-mailed to hba@scrippscol.edu Claire D. Bridge Assistant to the Director Scripps College Humanities Institute Claire D. Bridge Asst. to the Director Scripps College Humantities Institute ********************************************************************* 3) Gender Justice Conference in Sept. U.S. 50 Years Is Enough Network presents: Gender Justice: Forging Economic Rights in the Global Economy Friday, September 27 -- Sunday, September 29, 1996 The American University Ward Circle at Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues, NW Metro: Tenleytown/AU then free shuttle to American University * Is it a coincidence the majority of people living in poverty are women? * How do the policies of the World Bank and IMF affect men and women differently? * What are people doing to change the policies of the international financial institutions and to achieve genderjustice? * How are local communities developing gender-inclusive alternative economic systems? International Financial Institutions, multinational corporations, governments, and even social justice organizations exclude women in economic decision making. The Gender Justice Forum will show how this has resulted in women's economic exploitation and discuss how to uproot this system of oppression. The Gender Justice Forum is organized by the 50 Years is Enough Network. The Network is a coalition of 170 U.S. organizations, working in partnerships with grassroots movements in over 50 countries. These organizations are all dedicated to realizing profound change at the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Our 1995 conference, the Get Real! Forum, brought together activists from 30 states and 50 countries to learn about World Bank and IMF policies and strategize for economic justice. Join us this year at the Gender Justice Forum to examine * the effects of structural adjustment programs, * the environmental impacts of World Bank/IMF lending policies, * micro-credit lending, * privatization of social services and state-owned industries, * multilateral debt issues, * declining labor standards and more. We will focus on creative problem-solving techniques, celebrate community resistance and action, and organize to end gender-based economic oppression. The Gender Justice Forum will feature guests from every continent working in many fields. Among grassroots organizations sending representatives to the Forum will be the African Women's Economic Policy Network (AWEPON), the Haitian Platform to Demand Alternative Development (PAPDA), Development Alternatives for a New Era (DAWN) from Barbados, ARISE for Social Justice from the United States and many more. The Gender Justice Forum is co-sponsored by The American University School for International Service. After the Gender Justice Forum: Rally for Gender Justice! 50 Years Is Enough will sponsor a rally at the White House (in Lafayette Park) to make our demands known to President Clinton. After the Rally we will march to the International Monetary Fund (about 4 blocks away) where the Joint Development Committee of the World Bank and IMF will be meeting in preparation for their Annual Meeting with the world's Finance Ministers the following Week. Free shuttles will be provided to get to Lafayette Park from the American University. Where? Lafayette Park, Metro: McPherson Square (White House exit) When? 3:00 pm, Sunday, September 29 Join 50 Years Is Enough and activists from around the world as we let the Bank and Fund know that our movement is growing stronger every year and we will not go away! 50 Years Is Enough! All events are open to the public, however space is limited so please register in advance. The $35 registration fee will help cover costs and ensure scholarships for those who cannot afford to pay. No one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Child care will be provided. For more information contact: 50 Years Is Enough at (202) 463-2265 or e-mail us at ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 12:21:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beth Percival Organization: University of P.E.I. Subject: quotation sources needed Joan has given me permission to post this query even though I haven't searched extensively for the sources (I'm doing this as a favour for someone so can't afford to spend too much time on it). I'm hoping that some WMST-L folks might be able to help me out. I've been asked to identify the sources of the following quotations. My guess is that the Smith one is from _The Everyday World as Problemmatic_, but I can't find it. And I really don't know about the other two. "I mean to wrassle me up a future, or die trying." Zora Neale Hurston "How to begin from our own centre, how to begin from our own experience, how to make ourselves as women the subject of . . . the act of knowing." Dorothy Smith "You have to git man off your eyeball, before you can see anything at all." Alice Walker If you can identify any of them, please *reply privately* to percival@upei.ca Thanks, Beth Percival Psychology & Women's Studies University of Prince Edward Island ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Beth Percival Psychology Department e-mail: percival@upei.ca University of Prince Edward Island phone: (902) 566-0690 Charlottetown, PEI, C1A 4P3 fax: (902) 628-4359 Canada ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 08:29:26 JST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Diana Khor Subject: feminist counselling program Hi everyone, I would appreciate any information on the following: 1. Programs (in USA or UK) which offer degrees or certificates in counselling from feminist perspective(s). 2. Programs (in USA or UK) which offer degrees or certificates in film-making from feminist perspective(s) or where feminist work is encouraged. I am posting this for a friend who teaches women's studies and literature, but please respond privately to me at khor@ism.ac.jp. Thanks much. Diana Khor khor@ism.ac.jp ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 01:01:39 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "N. Benokraitis" Subject: "My" batterer? Argh. This issue has been bugging me for several years. It's become especially annoying since I'm in the throes of doing research on heterosexual and same-sex domestic violence and run into it article after article and book after book. What is this stuff about "her" assailant, "my" abuser, "her" rapist, "my" batterer in the women's studies and related literature?! Such possessive pronouns seem almost warm and friendly. It seems to me, instead, that, minimally, it should be "the" assailant, "the" abuser, etc. Of course, "the asshole," "the psychopath," "the criminal," "the lunatic" would be more descriptive, but I realize that such appropriate terms are methodologically more cumbersome. Since language is important--among other things--in conveying feelings, communicating attitudes, and identifying "we" versus "they," I don't understand why abusers/batterers/rapists/stalkers/murderers are continually embraced as "my," "her," and "our" in most of the feminist research and writing. niki Benokraitis, Soc Dept, University of Baltimore nbenokraitis@ubmail.ubalt.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 12:46:04 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cynthia Harrison Some time ago, I posted a query to the list for help in locating feminist novels published in the 1970s. As usual, the response was generous and I promised to publish a collated version of the suggestions I received. I apologize for the long delay in my getting to this. (It took me a little while to figure out how to do it without retyping.) I left in the comments that people sent with their suggestions and the names of the sender. Thanks again to all my list-mates for the help. From: "LISA M. HOGELAND" I have written about this genre, and call it the consciousness-raising novel. You might want to look at my articles in American Literary History (1994, on book reviews of these novels) and Journal of the History of SExuality (1995, on sexuality in them), for references to more novels. Some great examples: Shulman's later novel, Burning Questions (1978), which I've had some success teaching (it helps my young students understand the early second wave); Fay Weldon's Praxis; Zoe Fairbairns's Benefit (which is likely to be hard to find -- too bad, it's fabulous!); Dorothy Bryant's Ella Price's Journal (a housewife goes back to college); Kay Boyle's The Underground Woman; E.M. Broner's Her Mothers, and Weave of Women (this latter, according to my MA student writing about it, is a particularly rich and interesting example of the genre). Lots of people teach Piercy's Woman on the Edge of Time to represent this historical moment in INtro to WS classes (but students can find its particular utopian visions badly dated). If you're looking at the science fiction versions, Joanna Russ's The Female Man is a must. You might look at Lois Gould's novels in the decade, and some of Joyce carol Oates (Do With Me What You Will, for instance), and Margaret Atwood (Lady Oracle and Edible Woman especially). From: Mala Chakravorty Some other titles: Lisa Alther, KINFLICKS Francine du Plessix Gray, LOVERS AND TYRANTS Joan Didion, PLAY IT AS IT LAYS Gail Godwin, GLASS PEOPLE Margaret Atwood, SURFACING, EDIBLE WOMAN, LADY ORACLE Anne Roiphe, LONG DIVISION Marge Piercy, SMALL CHANGES Kate Millett, SITA From: Julia Watson I think the catgory may not be elastic enough for the wide range of writing. Some other American possibilities (I think from the 70s): Lisa Alther, Kinflicks; Renata Adler, Speedboat; Rita Mae Brown, Rubyfruit Jungle; Margaret Atwood, Surfacing. Although Toni Morrison wasn't read as a "feminist fiction" then, The Bluest Eye would be good; also Alice Walker, The Third Life of Grange Copeland. And probably many others, depending on how narrowly the category is constructed. From: holzman Clare Holzman 330 West 58th Street, 404 New York, NY 10019 Sheila Ballantyne (1975)_Norma Jean the termite queen_. New York: Doubleday Rita Mae Brown (1973)_Rubyfruit jungle_.New York: Daughters, Inc. Margaret Drabble (1972) _The needles's eye_. New YOrk: Popular Library Margaret Drabble (1975)_The realms of gold_. New York: Popular Library Alison Lurie (1975) _The war between the Tates_. New York: Warner Books Toni Morrison (1970) _The bluest eye_. New York: Pocket Books Ann Allen Shockley (1974) _Loving her_. Tallahassee, FL: Naiad Press From: "Sarah M. Pritchard" A useful bibliography of feminist fuction of the 1970s is included in a chapter of WOMEN'S STUDIES: A RECOMMENDED CORE BIBLIOGRAPHY, by Esther Stineman with Catherine Loeb (Libraries Unlimited, 1979). The emphasis is on the 1970s with some earlier works; and the strength of this bibliography (which covers numerous other forms of literature, and all major nonfiction areas) is the lengthy annotations. A 1980-1985 supplement to this work was published in 1987 under the same title, co-authored by Loeb, Susan Searing and Stineman; same publisher. From: Bonnie Braendlin Check out a 1994 study by Maria Lauret, _Liberating Literature: Feminist Fiction in America_ from Routledge. She discusses Alice Walker's _Meridian_ and Marge Piercy's _Vida_ extensively and give a good bit of historical context; she also continues the discussion on into the "backlash fictions of the 1980s" and "the future of feminist fiction." From: "Rachel A. Rosenberg" An important fiction collection for British feminists of the 1970s is _Tales I Tell My Mother: A Collection of Feminist Short Stories_ (Journeyman, 1978). This book contains short stories and essays with explicit feminist content by Zoe Fairbairns, Sara Maitland, Valerie Miner, Michele Roberts, and Michelene Wandor (a group of women sometimes referred to as the Feminist Fiction Writing Collective). Although each story and essay is attributed to an individual writer, the book was written using a collaborative writing process. Each of these 5 women went on to write more feminist fiction and/or plays, criticism, etc. in the '70s, '80s, and '90s. If you specifically want feminist novels from the 1970s, you might look at Maitland's _Daughter of Jerusalem_ (1978) which follows it's main character in her struggles to have a child, to deal with infertility specialists, and to deal with the members of her feminist consciousness-raising group--which plays as central a role in her life as her husband. The novel presents a positive picture of consciousness-raising groups and the women's liberation movement, while simultaneously dealing with complex emotional interactions among women. Another novel that I believe is from the 1970s (I don't have the reference here with me) is Fairbairns's _A Piece of the Night_, an Orwellian look at a future in which British and world governments seek to gain total control over human reproduction, using Britain as a testing ground. If you're looking for a feminist novel from the 1980s, I am particularly fond of Sara Maitland and Michelene Wandor's collaboratively written epistolary novel, _Arky Types_ (Methuen, 1987). It is a highly satiric, postmodern novel that includes letters written by characters ranging from "Sara" and "Michelene" to a literary agent and publisher, to a nun, a policewoman, archetypical mother figures--Mrs. Vicar and Mrs. Noah--and a series of animals who will be carried off by a 20th-century ark. This novel has the potential to offend a wide range of people as it satirizes many feminist writers and positions (particularly separatism), but I have to confess that I think it's wonderful, in large part because of the remarkably complex and serious dialogues between culturally Jewish and believing Christian characters that are carried on amidst all the satire. _More Tales I Tell My Mother_ (Journeyman, 1987) includes short stories by the same 5 authors listed above and forms an interesting contrast to the first collection. From: cloisell@CapAccess.org (Clara Loiselle) I know you asked for novels, but Canadian author Alice Munro's collection of short fiction _The Lives of Girls and Women_ was a really important and transforming book for me. I don't know whether or not you're familiar with her work, but many of her subsequent books are linked stories that can be read as novels (as Ellen Gilchrist's can, for example). Cynthia Harrison Associate Professor History/Women's Studies Funger 506G The George Washington University 2201 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20052 telephone: 202-363-4356 e-mail: harrison@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu fax: 202-994-7249 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:07:32 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sharon Snow Subject: "my abuser" Niki - The first thing that occurred to me is that the use of possessive terms serves to demonstrate the personal relationship that is usually part of a battering, abusive, stalking crime. Because there is a very personal & intimate relationship the crime generates types of trauma that may not be present in stranger crimes. The betrayal that a woman feels who is beaten by her husband is uniquely hers. Moving from "my husband beats me" to referring to him as "my batterer" seems to me to be an important step in seeing him for what he is while still acknowledging the intimate relationship and the depth of the betrayal. Sharon Snow u_snow@twu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:21:19 +0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Veronica Pearson Subject: Re: how (NOT) to unsubscribe (SAVE THIS MESSAGE!) 289 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 08:27:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Tammie Davis Subject: batterers/language I work with battered women and also research lesbian relationship violence. I have often been bothered by using "your abuser" "her abuser" etc. b/c it seems to allude to some responsibility with the abuse. The women i work with have trouble with naming their husbands/boyfriends/girlfriends abusers especially if they are just coming into the shelter or calling on the hotline. It is a real process for them to go through to naming their partners as such and sometimes they never do. They sometimes cringe when we do say "the abuser." tammie ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 12:16:55 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helen Thompson Subject: Women's Review of Books I'm trying to locate the name and address (email or postal) of the editor of Women's Review of Books. I would be grateful if you would email me privately if you have this information. Thanks in advance. Helen Thompson (hthompsn@whale.st.usm.edu) -- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:42:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jill Bystydzienski Subject: Democratization & Women's Movements I am co-editing, with Jotinder Sekhon at Greensboro College, NC, a collection of case studies tentatively titled, Democratization & Women's Grassroots Movements. The premise of this book is that local-level actions, programs, and organizations that allow women to determine their lives influence the creation of a democratic society. In oder to have most of the regions of the world represented, we are still seeking chapter contributions on local women's movements in Southeast Asia (esp. Thailand, the Phillipines, or Vietnam) and the Middle East. For more information, please contact: Jill Bystydzienski Department of Sociology Franklin College Franklin, In 46131 Phone: (317)738-8270 FAX: (317)736-6030 E-mail BYSYTDJ@FRANKLINCOLL.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 15:50:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carol Cyganowski Subject: outside evaluations of women's studies programs Has your women's studies program undergone an outside evaluation/review? How useful was it? How did you find your outside evaluator? What criteria were used in the evaluation? I'd be most grateful for any information/comments. Carol Cyganowski, DePaul University English Department, ccyganow@shrike.depaul.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 17:56:57 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: cops who rape I'm researching what appears to be a limited topic: Police who commit rape. There is much greater material on prison warden abuse of female inmates, but that's off topic for me. I have found several appellate cases, a series of newspaper articles on one incident in Palm Beach County, FL and a very good article [from Glamour(!) magazine] on incidents in the Houston area. Leads on articles from any other sources would be most appreciated. Thank you, Martha Johnston Please reply privately to: maj@digital.net ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:52:18 -0400 Reply-To: maj@digital.net Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: course suggestions This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------331A2F013456 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sorry to reply publicly, but couldn't reach Elie otherwise --------------331A2F013456 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from localhost (localhost) by digital.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with internal id AAA04338; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:57 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:57 -0400 (EDT) From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown (Name server: mhc.mtholyhoke.edu: host not found) Message-Id: <199608280433.AAA04338@digital.net> To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure) Content-Type: multipart/report; report-type=delivery-status; boundary="AAA04338.841206837/digital.net" This is a MIME-encapsulated message --AAA04338.841206837/digital.net The original message was received at Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:54 -0400 (EDT) from max18_12.digital.net [204.215.237.45] ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 550 ... Host unknown (Name server: mhc.mtholyhoke.edu: host not found) --AAA04338.841206837/digital.net Content-Type: message/delivery-status Reporting-MTA: dns; digital.net Received-From-MTA: DNS; max18_12.digital.net Arrival-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:54 -0400 (EDT) Final-Recipient: RFC822; emclaugh@mhc.mtholyhoke.edu Action: failed Status: 5.1.2 Remote-MTA: DNS; mhc.mtholyhoke.edu Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:57 -0400 (EDT) --AAA04338.841206837/digital.net Content-Type: message/rfc822 Return-Path: maj@digital.net Received: from default (max18_12.digital.net [204.215.237.45]) by digital.net (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA04337 for ; Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:33:54 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <3223CD20.4901@digital.net> Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 00:37:52 -0400 From: Martha Johnston Reply-To: maj@digital.net Organization: CFCC X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: emclaugh@mhc.mtholyhoke.edu Subject: Re: course on "women who made a difference" References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eleanor McLaughlin wrote: > > Dear All, > I am teaching at a Massachusetts State College what appears on > the face of it to be a rather 'old fashioned' course on 'women who made a > difference', beginning with Eve, Mary, Joan of Arc and Elizabeth I on > into 19th and 20th c....Sojourner Truth (we live near where she was > part of intentional community), Fanny Lou Hamer, Margaret Sanger, Eleanor > Roosevelt, Hillary...these are but examples of possibilities entertained. I > would appreciate suggestions of women figures in sports who opened up > that world; women in so-called developing countries aside from the more > obvious political figures...anyone bringing a feminist critique towards > agricultural development who is not merely an academic? South > American/Latina figures (yes, I might use Our Lady of Guadalupe!)? Just > any suggestions which may be backed up by > video material, which are 'off-beat'or not-too-lengthy bio material(eg > Sanger's autobiog too long). My expertise is medieval and early > modern church history, so I know about Margaret Fell, Mother Ann Lee (may > use and take students to Shaker Village)...weak on non-Western, sports, > popular culture. > I apologize if this is too open-ended a query...it is true I haven't > spent the summer on this for I have been occupied nailing down another > part-time job which will give me health insurance! > I will > use my work in more theoretical areas to get them to ask what 'making a > difference' might mean in different times and places, where the > resistances, source of ability to work around or through oppressions, > role of internalized oppression, comparative questions, etc. > Any thoughts most gratefully received. > Ellie McLaughlin > emclaugh@mhc.mtholyoke.edu Hi Ellie - Sounds like a great class. Sports: Babe Didrikson Zaharias [golf]; Wilma Rudolph [track]; Billie Jean King [tennis]; Chris Evert Mill [tennis]; Julie Krone [jockey] There are so many... Most recently: the USA women's olympic teams!!!!! ---i.e. Basketball; soccer; softball; swimming; track; gymnastics, even Lindsay Davenport in tennis. Yours, Martha Johnston maj@digital.net --AAA04338.841206837/digital.net-- --------------331A2F013456-- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 01:18:58 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kay A. Anderson" Subject: Re: address of Adrienne Rich Isn't she at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA? ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:49:45 +0000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Authenticated sender is From: Christa Wille Organization: ARIADNE Subject: ARIADNE Database Dear Wiggis! We proudly announce that the ARIADNE-database is now available through WWW. The database-language is German and contains records (mostly articles) from international and Austrian women's studies literature (approx. 10.000) from the holdings of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. URL: "http://www.onb.ac.at/arialaby.htm" Looking forward to your friendly and also critical comments! Helga Hofmann Weinberger & Christa Wille ____________________________________ Christa Wille ARIADNE-Oesterr. Nationalbibliothek A-1015 Wien, Josefsplatz 1 Tel: +43-53410/487 Fax: +43-53410/437 Email wille@grill.onb.ac.at ____________________________________ ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 11:46:17 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kenia M Fernandez Subject: Re: course on "women who made a difference" In-Reply-To: Hello Ellie, You didn't mention Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz, a woman who lived in colonial Mexico (then New Spain), who chose to join a convent rather than marry. She was known for her prodigious intellect, before and after taking her vows. some of the plays and christmas carols she wrote are still popular in Mexico, and her essays on woman's right to learn rightfully make her the "first feminist of the New World." There is a very good film about her, titled "Yo, La Peor de Todas/I, theWorst of All," in Spanish with English subtitles. Electa Arenal, of CUNY, wrote an excellent biographical essay on Sor Juana in her translation of "La Respuesta," one of Sor J's essays on women and education. Sounds like a great course. Good luck. Kenia Fernandez kmf14@columbia.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 12:00:53 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: STRETCH OR DROWN/ EVOLVE OR DIE Subject: Re: course on "women who made a difference" A suggestion on the post requesting the names of "women who made a difference." There is a wonderful poem by Marilyn Hacker called "The BAllad of Ladies Lost and Found" which I use every semester. It is literally a long list of women who "made a difference" and have mostly been lost to history (the poster who mentioned Juana Inez de la Cruz reminded me). The poem is reprinted in Florence Howe's _No More Masks_ an anthology of American women poets. ,,, (o o) +-------------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------------------------+ | Laurie Finke, Women's and Gender Studies, Kenyon College | | Gambier, OH 43022 phone: 614-427-5276 | | home: 614-427-3428, P.O. Box 731 mail: FinkeL@Kenyon.Edu | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ () () ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:22:36 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elizabeth Mazur Subject: Origin of word "Feminism" In our first Psych. of Women class yesterday, we were discussing Feminism, such as what is it, are we or aren't we, etc., and one student asked a good question I couldn't answer. That is, what are the origins of the word "Feminism". Who coined it and when? I suppose this is a question I could ask William Safire's language column in the NY Times Magazine but I'm sure I'll get a better and quicker answer from someone on the list. Anyone know? Thanks in advance. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 14:21:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Amy Sarch Organization: The College of Staten Island Subject: Re: Origin of word "Feminism" Nancy Cott goes into the origins of the word in her book, THE GROUNDING OF MODERN FEMINISM. It's at the beginning of the book. I'm sorry, but I don't remember the details, but I'm sure it's in there. Good luck (sounds like a good start to your class). Amy Sarch Assistant Professor, Communications College of Staten Island sarch@postbox.csi.cuny.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:56:59 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Antoinette M. Szymanski" Subject: CFP: "On the Edge of Time: Women Creating the Next Millennium" Comments: cc: lesbian-studies@queernet.org, lesac-net@queernet.org, ecofem@csf.colorado.edu, agoodloe@women-online.com Please forward and post where appropriate. I am posting this for the conference committee, but am not involved in any way, so please do not e-mail me with questions or proposals. Thank You, Antoinette M. Szymanski aszymanski@delphi.com Call For Participation 1997 Spring Women's Studies Conference The annual New Mexico Women's Studies Conference, sponsored by the Women Studies Program and the Women's Resource Center at The University of New Mexico, will be held March 7-8, 1997, in Albuquerque. The Conference theme is "On the Edge of Time: Women Creating the Next Millennium." We view this as an ideal opportunity to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Women Studies Program and Women's Resource Center at UNM and to foster discussion of how the next millennium will impact women's lives on personal, cultural, and global levels. We are seeking participation from activists, artists, faculty, students, grass-roots organizers, performers, staff, mothers, members from business and social-service agencies, grrls, and community volunteers in order to generate dialogues about the issues that affect women's lives as we enter the next millennium. We invite submissions for all kinds of program formats--workshops, roundtable discussions, panels, creative performances--that engage the conference theme. We especially encourage programs that will be of interest to multiple audiences and which reflect the diversity of our various communities. Topics of particular interest, although not limited to the following, include the impact of the millennium on women: aging...technology...health...environmental racism...artists...sisterhood...indigenous peoples' struggles and victories...constructing identity--races, sexualities, ethnicities, genders...global factories...increasing global fascism...capitalism in a global world...clss...U.S. Imperialism...language movements...pop culture...media...punks...grrl revolution...procrastination...housework...the future of women studies and women centers...politics...the arts...teachers and teaching...pregnancy and teens...ecofeminism...organizing accross communities...white racism and privilege...speaking across boundaries...mentoring...networking...empowering...social protest movements then and now...virtual realities...queer politics in the mainstream and the street...Amendment Two...television...resources and shelters...athletics...retirement...menarche and menopause...fighting violence in the home and the street...zines...humor...apathy... If interested, please submit a one page proposal to Barbara Korbal, Conference Coordinator, Women Studies Program, 2138 Mesa Vista Hall, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Participation proposals are due December 16, 1996. For more information about the conference call Women Studies at (505) 277-0373 or the Women's Resource Center at (505) 277-3716. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:53:11 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cynthia Harrison Subject: Re: Origin of word "Feminism" In-Reply-To: <01I8T92US5PO000MJU@ACS.EKU.EDU> On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Elizabeth Mazur wrote: "[snip] What are the originsof the word "Feminism". Who coined it and when?" According to Nancy Cott (Grounding of Modern Feminism): "*Feminism* came into English from the French *feminisme,* first used in the 1880s by a determined advocate of political rights for women, Hubertine Auclert, founder of the first woman suffrage society in France. . . . During the 1890s *feminisme* began to be used more regularly in the titles of French women's groups and publications . . . ." p. 14 Cott goes on to say that the term got to England in the 1890s. Cynthia Harrison Associate Professor History/Women's Studies Funger 506G The George Washington University 2201 G Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20052 telephone: 202-363-4356 e-mail: harrison@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu fax: 202-994-7249 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 12:32:38 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: laurel guymer Subject: Re: CTW workshop > >If anyone is interested the Coalition Against trafficking of women is >holding a workshop. Please pass on to anyone you think might be >interested. thanks >> >>Details are: >> >>Date: Saturday 14 Sept 1996 >>Venue: North Melbourne Library, Errol St., North Melbourne, victoria, >>australia >>Time: 10am-4.00 pm. >>Cost: $10 waged $5 unwaged. >> >write to capri@deakin.edu.au if you need more information ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 15:16:21 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Brown Subject: Re: Origin of word "Feminism" In-Reply-To: <01I8T92US5PO000MJU@ACS.EKU.EDU> The OED is a pretty good source for a very basic history of the use of the word. I'll leave out some of the extra dictionary type stuff. 1. The quality of females. 1851 - in Ogilvie 2. Advocacy of the rights of women (based on the theory of equalty of the sexes). 1895 - Athenaeum 27 Apr. 533/2 Her intellectual evolution and her coquettings with the doctrines of "feminism" are traced with real humor. 1908 - Daily Chron. 7 May 4/7 In Germany feminism is openly Socialistic. 1909 - Ibid. 29 May 4/4 Suffragists, suffragettes, and all the other phases in the crescendo of feminism. 3. The development of female secondary characteristics in a male. 1882 - Syd. Soc. Lex. II, Feminism, the qualities of a female. Also Lorain's term for the arrest of development of the male towards the age of puberty, which gives to it somewhat of the attributes of the female. I've abridged the entry, but the basics are here. It really just whets the apetite for more info. I'd love to be in your class to hear more. Susan Brown On Wed, 28 Aug 1996, Elizabeth Mazur wrote: > In our first Psych. of Women class yesterday, we were discussing > Feminism, such as what is it, are we or aren't we, etc., and one student > asked a good question I couldn't answer. That is, what are the origins > of the word "Feminism". Who coined it and when? I suppose this is a > question I could ask William Safire's language column in the > NY Times Magazine but I'm > sure I'll get a better and quicker answer from someone on the list. > > Anyone know? > > Thanks in advance. > _____________________________________________________________ Interdisciplinary Librarian sbrown@cc.colorado.edu Tutt Library 719-389-6669 Colorado College ------------------------------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 21:27:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beatrice Kachuck Subject: Re: course on "women who made a difference" In-Reply-To: Eleanor, for `women who made a difference', you'll find brief biographies and much history of Indian women in "The History of Doing: An Illustrated Account of Movements for Women's Rights and Feminism in India, 1800-1990" by Radha Kumar. I bought my copy in India, where it was pbublished by Kali for Women in 1993, but I know that it was also published in the US in the last year or two, just don't know by whom. beatrice bkachuck@email.gc.cuny.edu P.S. I'll take this opportunity say "Hello" to friends on WMST. I've been away for awhile, have a new email address, as above. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 22:49:19 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Feminism and Wm. Safire I don't know if he's cleaned up his act, but in his "Safire's Political Dictionary" (published 1968) he has no entries for feminism or women's rights, women's liberation, or anything related to women. The book was reprinted twice, the second time in 1978, and there was nothing added about women. I once wrote to him about it and he never responded so I don't know that I would want to see the answer if he could be persuaded to address the issue in the pages of the NYT Sunday magazine. -- Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 01:13:01 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathleen Preston Subject: "Women who made a difference" course For an international perspective, I'd suggest looking at Robin Morgan's books on global feminism (sorry, I don't have titles nearby). If it's feasible in what appears to be a "great woman" approach, I'd also suggest including a few works about women as a group, or rather in groups, e.g. pioneer women, women who did "men's work" during the world wars, the vast army of women volunteers, women healers, quilters, etc. Anonymous women, and women in cooperative groups, have done so much work in the world it seems too bad to focus only on the big names. Kathleen Preston Humboldt State University, Arcata CA ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:57:03 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rhea Cote Organization: University of Maine Subject: Re: course on "women who made a difference" Ellie McLaughlin emclaugh@mhc.mtholyoke.edu writes: I am teaching at a Massachusetts State College what appears on the face of it to be a rather 'old fashioned' course on 'women who made a difference' I would like to suggest that the historical ethnic groups which settled the states of the Northeast, namely one group of which I am a member, Franco-Americans, would be a group of women historically ignored and who made a difference. There were several women from the Massachusetts area who are prominent in their contributions. I can put you in touch with a woman in Massachusetts who could suggest several if you email me privately. Rhea J. Cote Robbins Rhea@maine.maine.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:34:25 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: CAJohnson Subject: Re: Origin of word "Feminism" In addition to the OED there are many dictionaries and encyclopedias specific to Women's Studies. The dictionary _Womanwords : a dictionary of words about women_ (New York : The Free Press, 1989), also has an entry on Feminism/Feminist: "The word feminism dates from the 1850s. It originates in the Latin femina, meaning woman, or, properly, the 'suckling one' or 'the sucked one'. This will have strong resonances for childless females..." (p86) The entry then goes on to discuss the use of the word and varying definitions. According to this "feminist" first appeared in print in the English paper _The Daily News_ in 1894: "'What our Paris correspondent describes as a 'feminist' group is being formed in the French Chamber of Deputies' - a reference to the female suffrage movement in France" (p87). Hope this is of some interest and/or help. Another note : Safire has a new edition of his political dictionary, _Safire's New Political Dictionary_ (1993) which does contain an entry for Women's Lib, but not Feminism. This dictionary concentrates on contemporary American political usage. Cynthia Johnson Barnard College Library cajohnso@barnard.columbia.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 08:34:41 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Janice Amsler Subject: deff. of femininism Unfortunately, I lost track of who said this: >I don't know that I would want to see the answer if he >could be persuaded to address the issue in the pages of >the "Safire's Political Dictionary" NYT Sunday magazine. On the other hand, it would be most interesting (predictable?) to see just what sort of definition the conventional media (Safire/NYT) would produce in the current cultural moment. Jan Amsler jhamsler@ouray.cudenver.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:10:52 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jean Potuchek Subject: Need help locating film or filmmaker Hello Everyone, I've just signed back onto the list after a year's sabbatical, and I'm hoping that someone out there can help me with a pressing problem. The town of Gettysburg suffered serious flooding in June when 11 inches of rain fell in 3 hours, and much of Gettysburg College's film and video collection, stored in the basement of the library, was damaged or lost. I am trying to locate a copy of a wonderful video about the transition to parenting that I usually use in teaching. The video is called "2:00 a.m. Feeding" and the filmmaker is Kristine Samuelson. The video is no longer available from any distributor that I know of and I have not been able to locate the filmmaker. If anyone knows where I can obtain a copy of this video or if you know how I can contact Kristine Samuelson so that we can buy a new copy from her, please let me know. Thanks. --------------- Jean L. Potuchek Women's Studies, Gettysburg College jpotuche@gettysburg.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:55:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pam Whitehouse Subject: Re: "Women who made a difference" course I would suggest "written by herself", edited by Jill Ker Conway. The book is an anthology, and contains really terrific "short takes" of some very interesting American women. Vintage Books, 1992. Pam Whitehouse University of Rhode Island PWHITEH888@aol.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 09:54:21 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shahin Gerami Subject: SEEKING GRANT HUMANITIES I am working on a research on women and Islmaic /religious fundamentalism. It is a qualitative humanities type research and would appreciate info about small grants (less than $10000) that their deadline is between now and and Feb.97 to be effective for 97-98 year. I know about NEH's summer stipend. Thank you . ********************************************************************** SHAHIN GERAMI PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 BITNET:SHG226F@SMSVMA (417) 836-5145 INTERNET: SHG226F@VMA.SMSU.EDU ********************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 12:11:27 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: RFC822 error: More than one sender was specified. Second and following senders discarded. From: Kathryn Church Subject: Re: teaching the canon and the Other Comments: To: marriners@aol.com Rick: Thought you might enjoy this item. aan ______________________________ Forward Header __________________________________ Subject: Re: teaching the canon and the Other Author: kathryn.church@utoronto.ca at SMTPGW Date: 7/25/96 8:40 AM On Wed, 24 Jul 1996 21:37:17 -0400 Beth Sutton-Ramspeck wrote: > My institution is piloting a new program in "liberal learning," and I will > be teaching one of the pilot sections of a course designed to replace an > old fashioned composition class in the research paper with a western civ. > course, still with a heavy writing component. In approximately the first > 5 weeks, the course is to introduce students to the "major" primary texts > from Homer to, say, Swift (there will be at least some texts taught in all > sections); after that, individual instructors select major primary texts > to forward their own course's theme. > > I want to design a course that interrogates the assumptions built into the > "Master" course design, by approaching the "Great Books" from the > perspective of the Other: raising questions of gender, race, and class. > I'm seeking advice from others who have grappled with similar courses. > What canonical primary texts work especially well for such interrogations? > (The texts can include materials that are not purely "literary": e.g. > Plato or Machiavelli.) What noncanonical texts have you placed > side-by-side with canonical texts? What approaches have you found > particularly effective? > > I'm a Victorian literature specialist who did my reading of the old > stuff in the bad old days before feminist approaches, so I'll appreciate > even the most apparently obvious advice. Many thanks. > > Please send private replies to > > Beth Sutton-Ramspeck > (bsuttonr@millikin.edu) > Assistant Professor of English > Millikin University > Decatur, IL 62522 It would be great if people's responses to this question/issue could be posted to the whole list. I would be interested in the discussion. Kathryn kathryn.church@utoronto.ca ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 13:47:05 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dolores Pfeuffer Subject: Re: how (NOT) to unsubscribe (SAVE THIS MESSAGE!) In-Reply-To: Your message of Tue, 20 Aug 1996 09:21:19 +0800 > 289 > please let me know exactly how to unsubscribe. Though I enjoy the list, I cannot keep up with my courses, work and sift through all this mail!! Thanking you in advance, Dolo ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 10:38:52 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Haessly Subject: Re: "Women who made a difference" course In-Reply-To: <960829011300_467749880@emout19.mail.aol.com> You might check the books by Liz McAllister, who also takes a global perspective, and who shows the empowerment of women, without focusing on "big names", but women taking action for change. Her works are published by New Society Publishers. Peace, Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 16:21:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo VanEvery Organization: The University of Birmingham Subject: teaching Harriet Martineau Another request for help in 'revising the sociological classics' with my students. I have added Harriet Martineau to my list of those excluded from the canon of classical sociological theory and am lucky enough to be working in a University with a rather large collection of her publications, manuscripts and letters. I wondered if anyone could recommend good secondary materials on her work which I might recommend to my students. I am already aware of the piece in Dale Spender _Feminist Theorists_ and the biographies by Very Wheatley and Valerie Pichanick but wondered about short pieces perhaps discussing her Illustrations of Political Economy and/or Society in America. Thanks for your help. Dr. Jo VanEvery Dept. of Cultural Studies University of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT United Kingdom 0121-414-3730 J.Van-Every@bham.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 19:44:48 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bettye Pierce Zoller Subject: Re: To locate 2 a.m. feeding film or filmmaker You might contact Women In Film, national headquarters in Los Angeles CA. They know about women filmakers and their works. Bettye Pierce Zoller ZWLPUB@AOL.com ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 18:33:15 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Corey Subject: "Women who made a difference" course Two women who lived at Hull House --Florence Kelley and Alice Hamilton-- are often overlooked. Florence Kelley , as chief factory inspector for Illinois was very important in getting the anti-sweatshop legislation passed, and Alice Hamilton was on eof the first in the field of industrial medicine, concerned with the health conditions of factory workers. Susan Corey corey@clunet.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 23:18:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beatrice Kachuck Subject: Re: "Women who made a difference" course In-Reply-To: Susan's reference to factory workers reminds me of a chapter in Cantor and Laurie's "Class, sex and the woman worker"1977 Greenwood Pres. It's by Kessler-Harris: Organizing the Unorganizable: three Jewish Women and their Union - the ILGWU and the lives, work, and dilemmas of Fania Cohn, Rose Pesotta and Pauline Newman. beatrice bkachuck@email.gc.cuny.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 02:56:28 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Haessly Subject: Re: "Women who made a difference" course In-Reply-To: First, a correction. Reference to Liz McAlister's books should have been for Pam McAlister. 2) Liz McAlister is a peace activist. There are numerous sources of women as peace activists in US from earliest days to today who might fit your description of women who made a difference. 3) Other women working for social change: Jessie Huggans - of War Resisters League; Patricia Mische - founder of Global Education Associates; Marjorie Tuitt, (there is an archive of her work at Loyola in Chicago); Barbara Marx Hubbard, Maria Montessori, Vera Brittan, Kathleen McGinnis. Peace, Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 08:16:15 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Women's Presses Library Project, Mev Miller" Subject: women who made difference Here are two suggestions from the Women's Presses Library Project: Sisters of the Wind: Voices of Early Women Aviators, by Elizabeth Bell (0-9623879-4-0, Trilogy Books, $14.95) includes personal writings by women in early avaiation - both from the US and Britain. It includes Amelia Earhart and Anne Lindburgh as well as other little known women. Black and White Sat Down Together (1-55861-156-8, Feminist Press, $10.95) is the memoir of Mary White Ovington - one of the founders of the NAACP. These titles can be found or ordered from your local feminist bookstore - or you may contact me for more information on how to get them. Mev Miller WOMEN'S PRESSES LIBRARY PROJECT "...keeping women's words in circulation" Mev Miller Project Coodinator 1483 Laurel Ave. St. Paul, MN 55104-6737 612-646-0097 612-646-1153 (fax) wplp@winternet.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 09:19:50 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: willis Subject: HARRIET MARTINEAU Might I suggest two recent works: Godiva's Ride (I think by Margaret Homan). Victorian Sages and Cultural Discourses by Thais Morgan. Lucindy Willis lwillis@unity.ncsu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:20:55 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Hartling Subject: Relational Theory & Research Comments: To: POWR-L@URIACC.URI.EDU, FEMSW-L@MOOSE.UVM.EDU, FRIEZE@VMS.CIS.PITT.EDU Dear Friends and Colleagues: I work for the Jean Baker Miller Training Institute at Wellesley College. I'm compiling a list of references to research which utilizes the relational and crosscultural theory developed by the scholars at the Stone Center. I would be very interested in hearing from individuals who have applied Relational theory to their research in various disciplines. I am also interested in articles referring to the relational model and/or research projects that are currently being conducted. Here are a list of questions to guide your response to this message: 1. What was the nature of your research and how did you utilize the Relational model? 4. Is your work published? 5. What is the complete reference? 6. Can we have a copy of an abstract? 7. How can we get a copy of your work (article, paper, dissertation, thesis)? 8. Did you come across other work that utilized the Relational model? Please send your responses to: T1LHARTLING@wellesley.edu Mail: Linda M. Hartling, Ph.D. Jean Baker Miller Training Institute Stone Center Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02181 617-283-3007 Thanks for your help! Linda (Please free to pass this message on to others who might be interested) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 13:08:18 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "t. pasquale" <76637.1231@COMPUSERVE.COM> Subject: FEMISA Can anyone help me get the internet address or website for FEMISA. I am looking for a source of information on sexual harassment in academia and have been told that FEMISA might be such a site. I would appreciate any assistance. Please respond to me privately. Thank you in advance, Tina Pausquale 76637.1231@compuserve.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 10:12:26 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: brenda beagan Subject: Re: teaching Harriet Martineau In-Reply-To: <196EFC24EE5@novell2.bham.ac.uk> I picked up a book this summer but haven't had time to look through it very well yet. I expect it'd be very useful in "revising the sociological classics.' It is: McDonald, Lynn (1994) The Women Founders of the Social Sciences. Ottawa, Canada: Carleton University Press. Part of one chapter includes Harriet Martineau, and I see the titles you mention in the bibliography. With Martineau in that chapter are Harriet Taylor Mill, Frances Wright, Flora Tristan, Florence Nightingale, Beatrice Webb, Jane Addams, and Matilda Joslyn Gage. brenda beagan@unixg.ubc.ca On Thu, 29 Aug 1996, Jo VanEvery wrote: > Another request for help in 'revising the sociological classics' with my > students. I have added Harriet Martineau to my list of those excluded from > the canon of classical sociological theory and am lucky enough to be working > in a University with a rather large collection of her publications, > manuscripts and letters. I wondered if anyone could recommend good secondary > materials on her work which I might recommend to my students. I am already > aware of the piece in Dale Spender _Feminist Theorists_ and the biographies > by Very Wheatley and Valerie Pichanick but wondered about short pieces > perhaps discussing her Illustrations of Political Economy and/or Society in > America. > > Thanks for your help. > > Dr. Jo VanEvery > Dept. of Cultural Studies > University of Birmingham > Edgbaston > Birmingham > B15 2TT > United Kingdom > > 0121-414-3730 > > J.Van-Every@bham.ac.uk > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:16:29 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: FEMISA and other lists Tina Pausquale wrote: > Can anyone help me get the internet address or website for FEMISA. > I am looking for a source of information on sexual harassment in academia > and have been told that FEMISA might be such a site. I am responding publicly so that other people looking for lists may not have to send queries to WMST-L. Probably the best source of information about women-related lists (she says modestly :-) ) is my compilation "Gender-Related Electronic Forums." It's available on the Web at http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/forums.html . This version includes a dozen topical sub-sections as well as the main listing of over 200 women- and gender-related lists. For those who don't have web access, the main listing is also available on gopher and via e-mail. On gopher, gopher to gopher.umbc.edu, select Department Information, then Women's Studies, then something like Electronic Forums of Interest to Women (I don't remember the exact title). Via e-mail, send the message GET OTHER LISTS to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (but be sure your mail system can accommodate large messages--this one is almost 1500 lines long, if I recall correctly. Here's what you'd find about FEMISA: > FEMISA is a list for discussion of feminism, gender, women and > international relations. Send subscription messages (SUBSCRIBE FEMISA Your > Name) to LISTSERV@CSF.COLORADO.EDU . For lists not focusing on women, your best bet may be the search engine Liszt, at http://www.liszt.com . It is fast a pretty extensive, but increasingly I'm finding omissions on Liszt, more than used to be the case. I hope this helps. I might note that the last section of the WMST-L User's Guide also contains information about the "Gender-Related Electronic Forums" compilation (as did the July 1 issue of USNews and World Report [trumpet fanfare here :-)]). Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/ * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:44:18 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Susan B. Marine" Subject: women's studies phd programs... hello all. I have been off this list for eons and have missed it... I am wondering if anyone knows of any other women's studies PhD programs besides the ones at emory and U of florida? commentary on quality of instruction, emphases of the program, etc. is also appreciated. A good friend with a BA in psych and MA in communications is thinking that way... thanks. email me privately or to the list, whichever... Susan Marine Coordinator, Sexual Abuse Awareness Program Dartmouth College (603) 650-1430 email: Susan.Marine@Dartmouth.edu "Now I know that a refuge never grows >From a chin in a hand and a thoughtful pose... Gotta tend to the earth if you want a rose" - Emily Saliers ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:05:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: what's happened to FEMJUR? I am forwarding to the list a message I received for approval from a new subscriber, Vasso Petoussi, asking about the feminist jurisprudence list FEMJUR. I checked before forwarding the message, and FEMJUR does indeed seem to have disappeared. I too would VERY much like to know what has happened to the list. So if someone has definite info, please reply privately to both Vasso and me (and I'll make the info available on "Gender Related Electronic Forums" web page). MANY thanks. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ******************************************************* From: Vassiliki Petoussi Subject: FEMJUR list I am trying to subscribe to the list FEMJUR. I tried subscribing to the address: listserv@listserv.syr.edu (I followed Joan Korenman's suggestions on how to locate the address and I get the same address everywhere) but with no success. I get a message that this may be a list marked confidential. Can anyone help me with this address? Thank in advance Vasso Petoussi andreasgd@hol.gr ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 07:16:37 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kim Vaz (WOS)" Subject: book series on women of color Geraldine Forbes is looking for book manuscripts, pertinent info follows. Kim Vaz The FOREMOTHER LEGACIES series: Autobiographies and memoirs of Women from Asia, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America, [Series Editor: Geraldine Forbes] has recently been published in paperback. If you are interested in using any of these books in courses, please write to me (include your mailing address) and I will ask the publisher to send you a free copy. I am also looking for manuscripts, so if you have one that fits the series, get in touch. The Series Shudha Mazumdar, MEMOIRS OF AN INDIAN WOMAN, ed. Geraldine Forbes [1-56324-552-3 PB - $17.95] "A translator, writer and social activist, Shudha Mazumdar recalls her life in the fast-evolving India of the first third of this century. The book has the feel of a diary, especially in its intimacy of detail..." Chen Xuezxhao, SURVIVING THE STORM: A MEMOIR, trans. Ti Hua and C. Greene, ed. Jeffrey C. Kinkley [1-56324-553-1 PB - $17.95] "A poignant memoir of life under communism . . . Chen's unusual sensitivity to the issue of gender inequality gives this book a particular importance ...." Kaneko Fumiko, THE PRISON MEMOIRS OF A JAPANESE WOMAN, trans. Jean Inglis, intro. Mikiso Hane [0-87332-802-7 Pb - $17.95] ". . . Her views were remarkable for a young woman with hardly any formal education who had grown up in an atmosphere where patriotism and loyalty to the emperor were viewed as the moral core of Japanese life. Defiant to the end, she hanged herself in prison aged 23 years. " Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal,AN INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER RECALLS HER LIFE,ed. Geraldine Forbes [1-56324-304-7 PB - $17.95] "Although we have many accounts of women's roles in the nationalist movement, few of these are authored by women themselves. This warm candid memoir describes the sense of exhilaration and defeat that Manmohini Zutshi Sahgal experiences . . . " Nike Davies, THE WOMAN WITH THE ARTISTIC BRUSH, A LIFE HISTORY OFYORUBA BATIK ARTIST NIKE DAVIES, ed. Kim Marie Vaz [507-8 PB - $17.95]"This is the life history of Nike Davies, one of the few African women artists known internationally in contemporary art circles. . . she married and joined the polygamous household of a noted artist from the popular Oshogbo school. After suffering through 16 years of domestic violence, she left the compound to establish a center for arts and culture . . . " Geraldine Forbes Professor of History & Director of Women's Studies State University of New York Oswego Oswego, New York 13126 ph. (315) 341-3418 fax.(315) 341-5444 Geraldine Forbes ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 12:58:24 -0400 Reply-To: maj@digital.net Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: Re: what's happened to FEMJUR? Comments: cc: andreasgd@hol.gr FEMJUR is alive and well - just moved to new cite: to subscribe: >listserv@assocdir.wuacc.edu to the list: >Femjur@assocdir.wuacc.edu M.Johnston maj@digital.net Joan Korenman wrote: > > I am forwarding to the list a message I received for approval from a > new subscriber, Vasso Petoussi, asking about the feminist jurisprudence > list FEMJUR. I checked before forwarding the message, and FEMJUR > does indeed seem to have disappeared. I too would VERY much like to know > what has happened to the list. So if someone has definite info, please > reply privately to both Vasso and me (and I'll make the info > available on "Gender Related Electronic Forums" web page). MANY thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 13:24:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: FEMJUR and address changes: a plea I was delighted to learn both privately and via WMST-L that FEMJUR is alive and well. I'd like to make a two-pronged plea to those of you who participate in other lists (or run them). First, if a women-related list changes its address, PLEASE LET ME KNOW by sending a message to korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu so I can keep "Gender-Related Electronic Forums" up to date. Hundreds of sites all over the world link to that document (whose URL is http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/forums.html). Thus, it is important that it be kept current. Also, though I understand why a list might want to use "listserv" in its address (most people are familiar with that), I'd far prefer if listowners (and others) didn't PUBLICIZE the address as listserv@whatever unless the list actually runs on Listserv(TM) software. FEMJUR no longer runs on that software: when it moved, it switched to Listproc software (which is less expensive but also less versatile). I'm not trying to be a purist: it's just that the different kinds of software have different features and often use different commands. When I see "listserv" in the address, I will use one set of commands, whereas when I see "listproc" or "majordomo" or "mailbase," I'll use DIFFERENT commands. For that reason, I have given the address for FEMJUR as LISTPROC@ASSOCDIR.WUACC.EDU in my Gender-Related Electronic Forums document. Many thanks to everyone who responded privately or publicly to this query. Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 http://www.umbc.edu/wmst/ * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 14:17:44 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "O'BRIEN Mari H." Subject: Call for papers Northeast Modern Language Association Convention April 4-5, 1997 Philadelphia COMPARATIVE LITERATURE PANEL: Session title: Gender & Literature: The Discourses of War & Peace Session topic: Critical / theoretical approaches to the way(s) gender inflects / informs creative writings or films about (or which implicate) war, peace, aggression, terrorism, pacifism, etc. Any century, cultural / linguistic tradition. Traditional or cross-gendered readings. Session chair: Mari H. O'Brien Dept of Modern Languages 410 Millett Wright State University Dayton OH 45435 Office phone: (513) 873-2034 E-mail: mobrien@desire.wright.edu FAX: (513) 873-3301 Please address questions to session chair. 250 word abstract or completed paper to session chair, postmarked by Sept. 15, 1996. Please advise if audio-visual equipment will be needed. All selected panelists must be members of NEMLA by Nov. 1, 1996. (Membership forms mailed upon request to selected panelists.) ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 31 Aug 1996 16:54:03 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: "Linda Lopez McAlister, SWIP-L Moderator" Subject: Film Review Added: Emma On Saturday, August 31, 1996 I reviewed "Emma" on "The Women's Show," Tampa's womanist/feminist weekly radio show on WMNF-FM (88.5) "Radio Free Tampa." My review is now available for retrieval from the FILM FILELIST. To obtain this review send the following command to Listserv @UMDD (Bitnet) or UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): GET FILM REV184 FILM To obtain a list of all the film reviews available, send a message to the same listserv address that says: INDEX FILM To get more than one review, put each command on a separate line: GET FILM REV6 FILM GET FILM REV14 FILM GET FILM REV39 FILM The opinions expressed in these reviews were mine when I wrote the review and represent one woman's opinion at a particular time.We have over 3000 subscribers to WMST-L so there are probably 2999 other views. If you would like to share yours, please do NOT do so on the WMST-L itself, but send your messages to me personally at the addresses below. I have appreciated the feedback I've received. Thanks. Linda ********************************************* Linda Lopez McAlister, Editor, HYPATIA; Listowner SWIP-L; Chair Dept. of Women's Studies, University of South Florida, Tampa. Tel. 813-974-0982/FAX 813-974-0336/mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 09:53:00 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "MARY L. ERTEL, SOCIOLOGY" Subject: batterers/language I am intrigued with the discussion of "my" batterer/abuser. I realize the issue of problematic relationship in such terminology. Yet it occurs to me that there are times one uses that same language when referring to other crimes, also. "My" assailant, "Tom's" murderer. Yet we don't say "my" house-breaker. Not sure about "my"/"the" mugger. But certainly not "my" car thief. Can it be that the language is in some way related to the intensity of the crime? If you steal my stereo or my car, you have in some way invaded my social space, but not in an intimate way. If you abuse me, batter me, assault me, even murder me, you have invaded my social space in a most violent and intimate way. Then you are not just any abuser/batterer/etc., but MY abuser/batterer/etc. I and society need to label you as THE person responsible for MY violation. We need the possessive to link you to that specific violence, that specific wrong doing (somehow wrong-doing is not a strong enough word here)> In this context the "my" isn't necessarily to the pre-existing personal relationship/possessiveness of the victim (as in "my" spouse). It is the accountability and linkage of perpetrator to that specific abomination. What do you think? - Mary Mary L. Ertel, Associate Professor, Sociology Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT 06050 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:12:10 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Rebecca E. Rosenblum" Subject: Call for Chapters/Papers (fwd) Comments: To: powr-l@uriacc.uri.edu Hi! thought I would pass this on.... rebecca >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 10:49:28 -0400 >From: Matthew Roberts >To: GLB-PRESS@LISTSERV.AOL.COM >Subject: Call for Chapters/Papers > >Call for Chapters/Papers > > >As an outgrowth of the recently formed affiliate organization of the Africa= >n=20 >Studies Association, Gays & Lesbians in African Studies (GLAS), we are=20 >editing a volume on the evolution of gay, lesbian, bisexual or other same-s= >ex=20 >predominant identities, social organization, and studies on and in Africa. = >=20 >This volume strives to craft and advance theory through documenting,=20 >analyzing, and comparing contemporary and historical case research of=20 >same-sex life on the continent. =20 > >The editors seek additional chapter submissions on a range of topics,=20 >including--but not limited to--religion and homosexuality in Africa,=20 >migration issues and urban/rural differences in sexual identity and=20 >socio-political organization, the impact of colonialism on same-sex=20 >behavior/identity, historical and evolving cases of same-sex social=20 >organization, and human rights dimensions of coming out in Africa. > >A university publisher has already been selected and chapter topics must be= >=20 >submitted for consideration by January 15, 1997. Submissions should only b= >e=20 >made for case research that will be completed by that date and for which an= >=20 >initial draft chapter (if selected) could be completed by May 1, 1997. =20 > >Please submit chapter topic abstracts=97or completed papers, if available= >=97to=20 >the editors, Matthew Roberts and Len Hirsch at: 1930 New Hampshire Avenue N= >W,=20 >Unit #12, Washington, D.C. 20009 (or email: mroberts@brtrc.com and=20 >lph@ic.si.edu). We may also be reached by telephone at either 202/986-1453= >=20 >(Roberts) or 202/667-4631 (Hirsch). Matthew Roberts, founder of GLAS, hold= >s=20 >a Ph.D. in Public Policy with a focus on African political economy and=20 >development and has worked extensively on HIV/AIDS prevention in Africa. = >=20 >Dr. Len Hirsch is founder of GLOBE, the gay, lesbian, bisexual organization= >=20 >of federal employees, the gay/lesbian caucus of the American Political=20 >Science Association, and works with the international programs office of th= >e=20 >Smithsonian Institution. > > ********************************** Rebecca Rosenblum snail mail: e-mail: c/o GSAPP rebeccar@eden.rutgers.edu PO Box 819, Busch Campus, or Piscataway, NJ 08855 rebeccar@rci.rutgers.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:25:58 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jaime Grant Subject: Fellowship Announcement Comments: To: "MARY L. ERTEL, SOCIOLOGY" In-Reply-To: <960821095300.23a03d0a@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU> Fellowship Assists Women Re-entering Job Force The Women in Government Relations, Inc. LEADER Foundation is accepting applications for a newly established scholarship, Fellowships for Our Future. The scholarship is designed to assist women who are re-establishing their careers in government relations or policy. The program offers a yearly scholarship of $4,000. Fellowships for Our Future is administered by The Union Institute's Center for Women, based in Washington, DC. For an application, contact Diana Onley-Campbell at the Center, 1710 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Suite 1100, Washington, DC 20036-3007; (202) 496-1630. Application deadline is October 11. The scholarship recipient will be announced in December. To be eligible, applicants must demonstrate: *financial need; *a history that has required a break in employment; *a history of community involvement; *academic coursework in public policy; *proof of enrollment or acceptance into a BA or advanced degree program, or anon-degree training program which supports a career in public policy; *residency in the greater Washington, DC area. The Women in Government Relations LEADER Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Women in Government Relations, Inc. The Foundation provides resources, technical assistance and training to women helping to strengthen management and other skills critical to leadership and business and public policy. The Union Institute's Center for Women, located within THe Union Institute's Office for Social Responsibility in Washington, DC, builds coalitions between scholars and activists. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 07:55:43 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mary Schweitzer Subject: Kevorkian and women's issues # Does anyone here remember or know of a literature on Kevorkian's tendency to work with female "patients"? I am working with members of CFIDS and FM activist organizations (CFIDS is chronic fatigue-immune dysfunction syndrome, aka CFS, for chronic fatigue syndrome; FM is fibromyalgia, a condition with severe unexplained muscle pains -- many doctors believe the two are the same disease; from my experience with people with both, I think so too) -- Back to the topic: I am working with activist organizations on dealing with the latest case with Dr. Kevorkian, Judith Curren. Those who knew her say she did suffer terribly from fibromyalgia pain and CFIDS. We are trying to deal with the press's tendency to completely discount this woman's own testimony, her friends' and family's testimony, to the severe pain she was in and the debilitating effects of the worst forms of CFIDS and FM. She was not believed in life, and it appears she is not being believed in death, either. I am not going to get into issues here as to whether or not this death was an unnecessary tragedy (and her husband's role in all of this, important as it is); I am trying to focus on how it relates to my own illness and the people I personally know who do have it most severely. This case points out the difficulty of getting doctors to believe you (especially if you are a woman) when you try to say you are in excruciating pain. There is this sense in the community that the only doctor who would give her any respect for how she felt was Dr. Death. The latest news reports quote an unidentified clinician who insists she was "merely" a drug abuser, and a publicity seeker. Someone who won't even put his name on his statements, and saw her in only a few visits where she wouldn't agree to "detoxification" (that is, to totally go off-meds, which is a terrifying proposition for someone in as much pain as I have known some FM patients to be) is able to push out the words of those who knew her. I wonder if other women on this list react the same way as I did to the following quote from the Boston Globe, Tuesday: "The doctor said he had ben suspicious because when Curren first called, she told him she was bedridden because of her depression. [I have had doctors refuse to listen to the words "CFS".] She then appeared in his office, seriously overweight but neatly dressed and well-spoken, he said, and insisted that she "needed" higher doses of the medications, which had apparently been first prescribed by another physician. "'It occurred to me that I was sitting with a substance abuser," he said. ... "The doctor said Curren came to him after consulting several well-known physicians who had written books or papers about deprssion. She was addicted as much to the idea of celebrity doctors, he said, as she was to drugs." This is so different from what everyone who knew the woman has said, that you have to wonder what he was HEARING. Which returns me to the first issue: does anyone remember the literature or know of literature on Kevorkian's tendency to specialize in female patients -- who perhaps have not been "heard" by anyone else? Mary Schweitzer, Dept. of History, Villanova University (on leave 1995-97) ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 11:33:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jaime Grant Subject: Re: Fellowship Announcement In-Reply-To: Fellowships for Our Future Assists Women Re-entering Job Force The Women in Government Relations, Inc. LEADER Foundation is accepting applications for a newly established scholarship, Fellowships for Our Future. The scholarship is designed to assist women who are re-establishing their careers in gov't relations or public policy. The program offers a yearly scholarship of $4,000. For an application, contact Diana Onley-Campbell at The Union Institute, Center for Women, 1710 Rhode Island Ave, NW, Suite 1100, DC 20036; 202-496-1630. ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 11:40:24 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sioban Dillon Subject: address of Adrienne Rich In-Reply-To: <199608221455.HAA16210@dfw-ix5.ix.netcom.com> I'm writing an entry on Adrienne Rich for a Women's Studies resource book and I'd like to send Rich a standard questionnaire compiled by the editor. Various WWW searches have not been fruitful, including a request from Norton. Does anyone know how I might contact her? Respond privately please. Sioban Dillon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ P.O. Box 694, Binghamton University, Binghamton NY 13902 bd80802@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 09:35:03 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: MARGARET BARBER Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS/DIVERSITY AND TECH > > *************************************************** > CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS * CALL FOR PAPERS > > Computers and Composition: > An International Journal for Teachers of Writing > invites submissions for a special issue on > Diversity and Technology Issues > **************************************************** > > Computers and Composition: An International Journal for Teachers of > Writing will publish a special issue on Computers and Diversity > in August 1997. > > The guest editors for this special issue seek original contributions > employing a wide range of research methodologies, including rhetorical, > theoretical, empirical, and historical. Papers should discuss > computer-related pedagogical and programmatic issues of specific interest > to members of the computers and writing community. Topics include, but are > not limited to, the following broad areas: > > ***Issues of gender and gender perceptions*** > ***Issues of race, ethnicity, and nationality*** > ***Issues of age, physical and mental disability*** > ***Issues of sexual orientation*** > ***Issues of religion, educational status*** > ***Issues of .edu versus .com sites*** > ***Issues of class, including economic and cultural dimensions*** > > Technology, particularly in the form of computers and the Internet, is > being hailed by mass media and politicians as the great democratizer of > civil society. Those of us who study, work, and teach in this new realm > recognize that the picture is more complex than these representations > presume. So, who are "we"? What happens when cultures meet (and often > clash) online? What kind of subjectivities are being developed and > fostered? Are boundaries erased, or are new boundaries being drawn? Is > there a widening gap between the information haves and have-nots? Is > the online world, including that produced in the classroom, one of respect > for infinite diversity or the ultimate in the closed club? > > We solicit abstracts of papers dealing with a broad range of topics in > cultural diversity as they are impacted by technology, both in the > classroom and out of it. > > This special issue will be guest edited by Margaret Barber, Laura > Sullivan, and Janice Walker, who encourage you to communicate with > them about ideas, proposals, and drafts: > > Margaret Barber Dept. of English University of Southern Colorado 2200 Bonforte Pueblo, CO 81001 > 719-549-2651 (w), 719-545-3284 (h) > FAX 719-549-2705 > > or by e-mail at: > > Margaret Barber Laura Sullivan > Janice Walker > > Please send a 500 word description of proposed papers by September 2, > 1996. Proposals may be mailed, faxed, or e-mailed to the editors. > Drafts will be due by October 15, 1996, and final manuscripts by December > 15, 1996. Final manuscripts should be submitted in both hard copy and > electronic copy in Macintosh MS Word (Version 5.1 or 6) or in Macintosh > Or Windows RTF format. The special issue will be published in August > 1997. > > > > ****************************************************************************** > Janice R. Walker, Dept. of English Email jwalker@chuma.cas.usf.edu > University of South Florida Tampa, FL (813) 974-2421 > http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/janice.html > HURRY! ONLY ONE DAY LEFT UNTIL TOMORROW! > ****************************************************************************** > > > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 13:29:27 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: jeannie ludlow Subject: one more on P.C. In-Reply-To: Hi all, Since I am gearing up for the fall term to start & imagine others might be busy with projects, too, I thought this might bring a quick smile. In addition, I now use it to de-fuse in-class arguments or accusations about being PC . . . I saw Bill Cosby being interviewed on TV (don't know what show--I was at my son's dentist's office) and Cosby said (this is as close to an exact quote as I can give), "Political Correctness is just a way of saying that we now have to be polite to people that our parents could count on _not_ having to be polite to." I have used this "definition" in classes with some success, as it seems to help students understand that the Right's use of "PC" as an epithet is founded on those "impolite" values. Cheers! ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< Jeannie Ludlow jludlow@bgnet.bgsu.edu Women's Studies, Ethnic Studies, Popular Culture Studies, Literature *********Womyn for Womyn is BGSU's feminist/womanist organization********* VISIT NARAL'S WEBSITE http://www.naral.org ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 14:07:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: mp57 Subject: Feminist Studies In-Reply-To: <199608220118.VAA07956@umailsrv0.umd.edu> >>HOT OFF THE PRESSES!! The summer 1996 issue of Feminist Studies (Volume 22 >>number 2) has just come out! Feminist Studies, as most of you know, was >>founded to encourage analytic responses to feminist issues and to open new >>areas of research, criticism, and speculation. The editors are committed to >>providing a forum for feminist analysis, debate, and exchange. Feminist >>Studies appears three times a year. >> >>Feminist Studies 22.2 includes: >> >>Terry Gips, "Joyce J. Scott's Mammy/Nanny Series" (Art Essay) >> >>Maxine Baca Zinn and Bonnie Thornton Dill, "Theorizing Difference from >>Multiracial Feminism" >> >>Estelle Freedman, "The Prison Lesbian: Race, Class, and the Construction of >>the Aggressive Female Homosexual, 1915-1965" >> >>James F. Brooks, "'This Evil Extends Especially...to the Feminine Sex'": >>Negotiating Captivity in the New Mexico Borderlands" >> >>Francille Rusan Wilson, "This Past Was Waiting for Me When I Came": The >>Contextualization of Black Women's History (Review Essay) >> >>In Feminist Studies 22.2, you'll also find articles by Laura F. Edwards, >>Anna Wilson, and Emily Honig, as well as fiction by Barbara Wilson and Su >>Fidler Cowling. >>For a complete table of contents, stop by our website >>(www.inform.umd.edu/FemStud). >> >>Subscriptions per volume year are $30.00 for individuals and $75.00 for >>institutions. >>Single issues sell for $12.00. >>We also offer a student rate of $20.00 per year (a photocopy of a dated >>proof of student status is required in order to receive this rate.) >> >>You can e-mail your order to femstud@umail.umd.edu. Be sure to include your >>credit card type, number, and expiration date. You can also order via snail >>mail with either a credit card or a check. Send the appropriate information >>to Feminist Studies, c/o Women's Studies Department, Woods Hall, University >>of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 >>or visit our website and print the subscription form. >> >>Stop by our website for more information about Feminist Studies. >> >>Our address is www.inform.umd.edu/FemStud. > >______________________________________________________________________________ _ > >Claire G. MOSES >Chair and Professor, Department of Women's Studies >Editor and Manager, FEMINIST STUDIES > > >Email: cm45@umail.umd.edu >Phone:301 405-6877 >Fax: 301 314-9190 > >Address: 2101 Woods Hall > University of Maryland > College Park, MD 20742 Mary-Jo POVISIL Email:Mary-Jo_POVISIL@umail.umd.edu (mp57) Phone:301-405-7709 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:49:06 GMT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: helen raisz Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues Perhaps the ultimate expression of women's preponderant propensity for nurturing is to accept their duty to die if they are perceived as a burden on their families. I know when the Elizabeth Bouvier case was being discussed, someone in Georgia said that without public assistance, he would prefer death, but when he received decent personal care attendance, he found new meaning in life. ># >Does anyone here remember or know of a literature on Kevorkian's >tendency to work with female "patients"? > >I am working with members of CFIDS and FM activist organizations >(CFIDS is chronic fatigue-immune dysfunction syndrome, aka CFS, for >chronic fatigue syndrome; FM is fibromyalgia, a condition with >severe unexplained muscle pains -- many doctors believe the two are >the same disease; from my experience with people with both, I think >so too) -- > >Back to the topic: I am working with activist organizations on >dealing with the latest case with Dr. Kevorkian, Judith Curren. >Those who knew her say she did suffer terribly from fibromyalgia >pain and CFIDS. > >We are trying to deal with the press's tendency to completely >discount this woman's own testimony, her friends' and family's >testimony, to the severe pain she was in and the debilitating >effects of the worst forms of CFIDS and FM. > >She was not believed in life, and it appears she is not being >believed in death, either. > >I am not going to get into issues here as to whether or not this >death was an unnecessary tragedy (and her husband's role in all of >this, important as it is); I am trying to focus on how it relates >to my own illness and the people I personally know who do have it >most severely. This case points out the difficulty of getting >doctors to believe you (especially if you are a woman) when you try >to say you are in excruciating pain. > >There is this sense in the community that the only doctor who would >give her any respect for how she felt was Dr. Death. > >The latest news reports quote an unidentified clinician who insists >she was "merely" a drug abuser, and a publicity seeker. Someone >who won't even put his name on his statements, and saw her in only >a few visits where she wouldn't agree to "detoxification" (that is, >to totally go off-meds, which is a terrifying proposition for >someone in as much pain as I have known some FM patients to be) is >able to push out the words of those who knew her. > >I wonder if other women on this list react the same way as I did to >the following quote from the Boston Globe, Tuesday: > >"The doctor said he had ben suspicious because when Curren first >called, she told him she was bedridden because of her depression. >[I have had doctors refuse to listen to the words "CFS".] She then >appeared in his office, seriously overweight but neatly dressed and >well-spoken, he said, and insisted that she "needed" higher doses >of the medications, which had apparently been first prescribed by >another physician. > >"'It occurred to me that I was sitting with a substance abuser," he >said. ... > >"The doctor said Curren came to him after consulting several >well-known physicians who had written books or papers about >deprssion. She was addicted as much to the idea of celebrity >doctors, he said, as she was to drugs." > >This is so different from what everyone who knew the woman has >said, that you have to wonder what he was HEARING. > >Which returns me to the first issue: does anyone remember the >literature or know of literature on Kevorkian's tendency to >specialize in female patients -- who perhaps have not been "heard" >by anyone else? > >Mary Schweitzer, Dept. of History, Villanova University >(on leave 1995-97) > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 19:07:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Shahnaz C Saad Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: <199608222149.VAA03906@sjc.edu> from "helen raisz" at Aug 22, 96 09:49:06 pm There was a study (unfortunately, I don't remember who the researcher was) of families in which a member had kidney failure. It was found that in the families which took better care of the ill person, the ill person (regardless of gender) died sooner than the ill persons whose families were sloppier caregivers. The author theorized that this may have been because the persons in the caring families felt that they were draining their families emotional and financial resources and therefore sabotaged their own health so as to avoid being burdensome. The title of the article was something like, "The weakness of strong bonds." Chris ******************************** Chris Saad saad@dolphin.upenn.edu ******************************** > > Perhaps the ultimate expression of women's preponderant propensity for > nurturing is to accept their duty to die if they are perceived as a burden > on their families. I know when the Elizabeth Bouvier case was being > discussed, someone in Georgia said that without public assistance, he would > prefer death, but when he received decent personal care attendance, he found > new meaning in life. > > > > ># > >Does anyone here remember or know of a literature on Kevorkian's > >tendency to work with female "patients"? > > > >I am working with members of CFIDS and FM activist organizations > >(CFIDS is chronic fatigue-immune dysfunction syndrome, aka CFS, for > >chronic fatigue syndrome; FM is fibromyalgia, a condition with > >severe unexplained muscle pains -- many doctors believe the two are > >the same disease; from my experience with people with both, I think > >so too) -- > > > >Back to the topic: I am working with activist organizations on > >dealing with the latest case with Dr. Kevorkian, Judith Curren. > >Those who knew her say she did suffer terribly from fibromyalgia > >pain and CFIDS. > > > >We are trying to deal with the press's tendency to completely > >discount this woman's own testimony, her friends' and family's > >testimony, to the severe pain she was in and the debilitating > >effects of the worst forms of CFIDS and FM. > > > >She was not believed in life, and it appears she is not being > >believed in death, either. > > > >I am not going to get into issues here as to whether or not this > >death was an unnecessary tragedy (and her husband's role in all of > >this, important as it is); I am trying to focus on how it relates > >to my own illness and the people I personally know who do have it > >most severely. This case points out the difficulty of getting > >doctors to believe you (especially if you are a woman) when you try > >to say you are in excruciating pain. > > > >There is this sense in the community that the only doctor who would > >give her any respect for how she felt was Dr. Death. > > > >The latest news reports quote an unidentified clinician who insists > >she was "merely" a drug abuser, and a publicity seeker. Someone > >who won't even put his name on his statements, and saw her in only > >a few visits where she wouldn't agree to "detoxification" (that is, > >to totally go off-meds, which is a terrifying proposition for > >someone in as much pain as I have known some FM patients to be) is > >able to push out the words of those who knew her. > > > >I wonder if other women on this list react the same way as I did to > >the following quote from the Boston Globe, Tuesday: > > > >"The doctor said he had ben suspicious because when Curren first > >called, she told him she was bedridden because of her depression. > >[I have had doctors refuse to listen to the words "CFS".] She then > >appeared in his office, seriously overweight but neatly dressed and > >well-spoken, he said, and insisted that she "needed" higher doses > >of the medications, which had apparently been first prescribed by > >another physician. > > > >"'It occurred to me that I was sitting with a substance abuser," he > >said. ... > > > >"The doctor said Curren came to him after consulting several > >well-known physicians who had written books or papers about > >deprssion. She was addicted as much to the idea of celebrity > >doctors, he said, as she was to drugs." > > > >This is so different from what everyone who knew the woman has > >said, that you have to wonder what he was HEARING. > > > >Which returns me to the first issue: does anyone remember the > >literature or know of literature on Kevorkian's tendency to > >specialize in female patients -- who perhaps have not been "heard" > >by anyone else? > > > >Mary Schweitzer, Dept. of History, Villanova University > >(on leave 1995-97) > > > ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 17:54:59 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: holzman Subject: Book on racism wins AWP award Please circulate the following announcement anywhere you think it would be of interest: The Association for Women in Psychology has announced that _Racism in the Lives of Women: Testimony, Theory, and Guides to Antiracist Practice_ has received one of AWP's Distinguished Publication Awards for 1995. The book, edited by Jeanne Adleman and Gloria Enguidanos, is published by Haworth Press and is available in both hard cover and paperback. A partial listing of contributors and chapter titles include: Nayyar S. Javed: Salience of loss and marginality: Life themes of "immigrant women of color" in Canada Christine A. Chao: A bridge over troubled waters: Being Eurasian in the U. S. of A. Oliva M. Espin: On knowing you are the unknown: Women of color constructing psychology Laura S. Brown: Anti-racism as an ethical norm in feminist therapy practice Lourdes Arguelles and Anne Rivero: Violence, migration, and compassionate practice: Conversations with some Latina women we think we know Dorian Leslie and Lauren MacNeill: Double positive: Lesbians and race Carole Pigler Christensen: Cross-cultural awareness development: An aid to the creation of antiracist feminist therapy Lenore E. A. Walker: Racism and violence against women Rachel Josefowitz Siegel, Beverly Greene, and Ellyn Kaschak: Three perspectives on racism and antisemitism in feminist organizations Maria Braveheart-Jordan and Lemyra DeBruyn: So she may walk in balance: Integrating the impact of historical trauma in the treatment of Native American women __________________________ Clare Holzman 330 West 58th Street, 404 New York, NY 10019 212 245 7282 holzmr01@mcrcr.med.nyu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1996 21:28:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Suzanne Hildenbrand Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: <199608222149.VAA03906@sjc.edu> I have been very troubled by the Kevorkian case. It really does seem to me as if this is "mummy's last sacrifice for the family." How many of htese women could have had a decent quality of life with adequate care and medication? Weren't many of them really just an inconvenient and expensive burden to someone? SH ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 06:02:19 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Naomi Graetz Subject: New Web Site -- Bridges In-Reply-To: <199608222149.VAA03906@sjc.edu> PLEASE (RE)DISTRIBUTE AS WIDELY AND AS OFTEN AS APPROPRIATE!! BRIDGES: A Journal for Jewish Feminists and Our Friends, is proud to announce the birth of our new and exciting WEB SITE at: http://weber.u.washington.edu/~iowen/bridges What will you find at our web site? Information about our in-print journal, electronic discussion list, International Jewish Feminist happenings, and links to other sites. There is a reprint of our most recently published community bulletin board (you can contribute to our next one); information about the in-print journal including submission guidelines, upcoming special issues, table of contents of all our past issues, notes from and photos of our editors, subscriptions forms, and more; searching capability for the archives of the Bridges electronic mailing list; links to be placed shortly to help you find other sites of interest to Jewish feminists; original graphics from our journal; and more to come in the future. You can, of course, sign our guest book and tell us what you think of our site, our magazine, or our mailing list. As is often so, our site is still in an embryonic phase and changing all the time. We would be very grateful for any feedback you might give us when you visit, and would be appreciative if you would link us to your site and suggest sites we should be linked to. Thanks. Hope to see you there. tova, for Bridges ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:41:27 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Amy L. Wink" Subject: Mentoring mothers Does anyone know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. Thanks Amy L. Wink ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amy L. Wink alw7315@acs.tamu.edu Department of English Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4227 "A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. Indebted in our talk to attitude and accent, there seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone." Emily Dickinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:29:28 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lawrence Hammar Subject: C.A.S.E. Conference Hello, List Members, We are asking for your help. I belong to a group based mostly in Salem/Portland, Oregon, that is planning an upcoming C.A.S.E. (Creating Alternatives to Sexual Exploitation) conference to be held, we think, in April in Washington, D.C. Generally, the conference is designed for all manner of anti-prostitution forces to join together to press upon governmental, business, and medical organizations and individuals the urgent need to take up more squarely and sincerely the problems of local, national, and now fully global sex industries. We expect many top-ranking persons to attend (among them, Hillary Clinton, naval commanders, medical association heads, legislators, and so forth), and have a rather impressive list so far of "tracks" to discuss and persons who will present at/to them over a four or five day period. I should say up front, too, that though all are welcome to attend and participate in this conference, those who are convinced that prostitution should be legalized fully and regulated by the State, etc., will be distinctly in the minority, at least in terms of conference organizers. In any event, we need help. Specifically, we are looking for a well-trained doctor/nurse practitioner, preferably but not necessarily from the Northwest, preferably but not necessarily female, who is knowledgeable of and concerned about some of the "occupational" hazards of forced sex work, among them, C.T.S. (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), T.M.J.S. (Temporal Mandibular Joint Syndrome), and P.T.S.D. (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder). We are looking for someone who, minimally, will be able to present during a workshop to other health care professionals and policy-makers and -setters on these and other bodily ailments in a responsible, convincing way, and, maximally, for someone who could meet with us during a pre-conference planning session or two. (We currently meet once a month.) Conference speakers will be paid something on the order of $500 per session in the form of honoraria, and we will be truly grateful for your expertise and commitment. You may reply to me privately, please, and then I will put you in touch with the other conference organizers. Thank you very much, Lawrence Hammar Department of Sociology/Anthropology Lewis and Clark College, Box #60 Portland, Oregon 97219 503-786-7016 E-mail: darudubu@teleport.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:32:24 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lawrence Hammar Subject: Looking for Sturdevant and Stoltzfus I am searching for more up-to-date addresses (hopefully E-mail, too), for Saundra Sturdevant and Brenda Stoltzfus, authors/editors of __Let the Good Times Roll__. Thanks, in advance, to those who respond to me privately. Lawrence Hammar Department of Sociology/Anthropology Box #60, Lewis and Clark College Portland, Oregon 97219 E-mail: darudubu@teleport.com 503-786-7016 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 09:40:39 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kay Dodder Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Suzanne Hildenbrand wrote: > I have been very troubled by the Kevorkian case. It really does seem to me > as if this is "mummy's last sacrifice for the family." How many of htese > women could have had a decent quality of life with adequate care and > medication? Weren't many of them really just an inconvenient and expensive > burden to someone? SH I think there's another way to look at this. Maybe these women are displaying the ultimate in empowerment by NOT accepting "adequate care and medication". Maybe they are finally choosing FOR THEMSELVES what "quality of life" they are, or are not, willing to accept. Some people are suggesting that seriously ill, but non-terminal, women are being encouraged to suicide out of "duty" to their families. I think we should consider how the cultural expectation encourages women to struggle on, in incredible pain without hope of cure, in order to spare her family the pain of dealing with her loss. It then becomes her "duty" to suffer so that others won't. Isn't this just as much a loss of self-determination for the woman? Shouldn't she have the right to set her own limits, to do what's best not for her family, but for herself? Kay Dodder University of Arizona kdodder@bird.library.arizona.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:58:10 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Suzanne Hildenbrand Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: Kay raises an interesting point, but it does have to be seen in the light of the massive amount of research on American doctors reluctance to prescribe adequate amounts of painkillers. Even with clearly terminal patients. The experience of hospices where painkillers are much more freely available is very instructive. And from my experience relatives are generally quite ready for the death when there has been a long period of suffering beforehand. It is seen as a deliverance usually. SH ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 13:44:25 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Martha Johnston Organization: CFCC Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers Amy L. Wink wrote: > > Does anyone know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant > and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a > midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. The La Leche League mentors breast-feeding moms. And if one has had a labor coach from LaMaze (sp?) , they may continue to mentor as well. Martha Johnston maj@digital.net ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:17:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: dr70 Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers In-Reply-To: Amy, Are you thinking of the term "doula?" I believe that a doula can assist with pregnancy, labor, delivery, but especially helps in the teaching of mothering skills, as well as baby care and mother care. Donna Rowe Women Studies/American Studies University of Maryland >Does anyone know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant >and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a >midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. > >Thanks > >Amy L. Wink > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Amy L. Wink >alw7315@acs.tamu.edu >Department of English >Texas A&M University >College Station, TX 77843-4227 > > >"A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone >without corporeal friend. Indebted in our talk to attitude and accent, >there seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone." > > Emily Dickinson >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 17:06:44 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: KWD Bruce Keener Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: Kay: I agree with you 100%. No More Oppression. X Bruce Bruce Keener Kent District Library kwdbk@lakeland.lib.mi.us. Opinions are my own! On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Kay Dodder wrote: > On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Suzanne Hildenbrand wrote: > > > I have been very troubled by the Kevorkian case. It really does seem to me > > as if this is "mummy's last sacrifice for the family." How many of htese > > women could have had a decent quality of life with adequate care and > > medication? Weren't many of them really just an inconvenient and expensive > > burden to someone? SH > > I think there's another way to look at this. Maybe these women are > displaying the ultimate in empowerment by NOT accepting "adequate care > and medication". Maybe they are finally choosing FOR THEMSELVES what > "quality of life" they are, or are not, willing to accept. > Some people are suggesting that seriously ill, but non-terminal, women > are being encouraged to suicide out of "duty" to their families. I think > we should consider how the cultural expectation encourages women to > struggle on, in incredible pain without hope of cure, in order to spare > her family the pain of dealing with her loss. It then becomes her "duty" > to suffer so that others won't. Isn't this just as much a loss of > self-determination for the woman? Shouldn't she have the right to set > her own limits, to do what's best not for her family, but for herself? > Kay Dodder > University of Arizona > kdodder@bird.library.arizona.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 21:51:28 GMT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Helen M. Raisz" Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers I believe it is Spanish, and is comadre. I know that the Hispanic Health Council in Hartford utilized their services in trying to bring down the infant mortality rate here. Thanks for your Emily quote. Applies well to WMST-L doeosn't it? >Does anyone know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant >and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a >midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. > >Thanks > >Amy L. Wink > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Amy L. Wink >alw7315@acs.tamu.edu >Department of English >Texas A&M University >College Station, TX 77843-4227 > > >"A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone >without corporeal friend. Indebted in our talk to attitude and accent, >there seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone." > > Emily Dickinson >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 21:55:52 GMT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Helen M. Raisz" Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues I find this a very interesting discussion. Has anyone written about this, from one side or another? Both interpretations of the women who ask for "deliverance" or medicide as Kevorkian likes to call it seem to be referring to stereotypes, of the "suffering self".How many women do do what is best for themselves, rather than their families, friends, careers etc? Is this endogenous co-dependency? >On Thu, 22 Aug 1996, Suzanne Hildenbrand wrote: > >> I have been very troubled by the Kevorkian case. It really does seem to me >> as if this is "mummy's last sacrifice for the family." How many of htese >> women could have had a decent quality of life with adequate care and >> medication? Weren't many of them really just an inconvenient and expensive >> burden to someone? SH > > I think there's another way to look at this. Maybe these women are >displaying the ultimate in empowerment by NOT accepting "adequate care >and medication". Maybe they are finally choosing FOR THEMSELVES what >"quality of life" they are, or are not, willing to accept. > Some people are suggesting that seriously ill, but non-terminal, women >are being encouraged to suicide out of "duty" to their families. I think >we should consider how the cultural expectation encourages women to >struggle on, in incredible pain without hope of cure, in order to spare >her family the pain of dealing with her loss. It then becomes her "duty" >to suffer so that others won't. Isn't this just as much a loss of >self-determination for the woman? Shouldn't she have the right to set >her own limits, to do what's best not for her family, but for herself? >Kay Dodder >University of Arizona >kdodder@bird.library.arizona.edu > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 19:03:09 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia Creehan Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers Amy, The term is doula. Pat Creehan ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 14:27:12 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lawrence Hammar Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers Hi, Amy and Donna, >Amy, >Are you thinking of the term "doula?" I believe that a doula >can assist with pregnancy, labor, delivery, but especially helps in the >teaching of mothering skills, as well as baby care and mother care. >Donna Rowe >Women Studies/American Studies >University of Maryland > >>Does anyone >know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant >>and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a >>midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. >>Thanks >>Amy L. Wink >> I'm not sure how far afield you wish to go in your query, but you need go no further than Papua New Guinea to encounter a __tres__ successful role/status/person/program called, in Melanesian Pidgin, "Susu Meri," which literally means "breastfeeding woman/en." This is a most successful program that has the health and beauty of breastfeeding as its focus, but has also expanded to include mothering skills particularly, nutrition generally, parenting skills generally, and contraception. Lawrence Hammar Dep't. of Sociology/Anthropology Lewis and Clark College, Box #60 Portland, Oregon 97219 E-mail: darudubu@teleport.com ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 18:59:23 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Amy L. Wink" Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers Thanks for all the responses! I am now intrigued by the variety of terms. More suggestions would be welcomed. This is for a poem I am beginning. Thanks in advance, Amy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Amy L. Wink alw7315@acs.tamu.edu Department of English Texas A&M University College Station, TX 77843-4227 "A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone without corporeal friend. Indebted in our talk to attitude and accent, there seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone." Emily Dickinson ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 20:52:14 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Mentoring mothers Someone wrote that she thought that the term was "comadre." "Comadre" means "God-mother," which is a ritual kinship relationship that has nothing to do with mentoring a new mother. The most responsibility that a comadre has in it--and this is a modern spin--is to raise the child as a Catholic if the birth mother dies or is incapacitated in some way. In the years following the Conquest of Latin America by Spain, the comadre/compadre (Godfather) relationship in the New World allowed the new immigrants to establish relationships that would take the place of the complex kinship networks in the Old World. Serving as a Godmother to a friend's child would expand the kinship network in the absence of aunts and uncles who remained in Spain. I don't know the term you are looking for but "comadre" isn't it. Rosa Maria Pegueros ...................................................................... Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." --Amelia Earhart ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Aug 1996 22:00:02 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kenia M Fernandez Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers In-Reply-To: <960823.205917.EDT.PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU> I have to disagree a bit with Pegueros on this. According to my _Pequen~o Larousse Ilustrado_, "madrina" is the term for a woman who assists in a sacrament (godmother); a secondary meaning is a woman who acts as a protector. "Comadre" is given as a synonym for "madrina," with relation to rites; or to a close woman friend; *or* as a synomym for "partera," which means "midwife," or one who assists in a "parto"=childbirth. Simon and Schuster's bilingual dictionary lists "comadre" as meaning 1)midwife, 2)what the parents and godmother of a child call each other, 3) procuress (!), and 4) a woman friend to another woman. Unfortunately, it does not list which meanings are most common in which populations. Then, wrt the original question, "comadre" would be appropriate, but does not *necessarily* imply assistance with childbirth. Kenia Freelance translator kmf14@columbia.edu On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Rosa Maria Pegueros wrote: > Someone wrote that she thought that the term was "comadre." "Comadre" > means "God-mother," which is a ritual kinship relationship that has nothing > to do with mentoring a new mother. The most responsibility that a comadre > has in it--and this is a modern spin--is to raise the child as a Catholic > if the birth mother dies or is incapacitated in some way. > > In the years following the Conquest of Latin America by Spain, > the comadre/compadre (Godfather) relationship in the New World allowed > the new immigrants to establish relationships that would take the place of > the complex kinship networks in the Old World. Serving as a Godmother to > a friend's child would expand the kinship network in the absence of aunts > and uncles who remained in Spain. > > I don't know the term you are looking for but "comadre" isn't it. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 00:21:22 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosa Maria Pegueros Subject: Mentoring and mothers I stand corrected. I had forgotten to take into account regional differences in the language. ...................................................................... Rosa Maria Pegueros 217C Washburn Hall Department of History e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu 80 Upper College Road, Suite 3 telephone: (401) 874-4092 University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 "When a great adventure is offered, you don't refuse it." --Amelia Earhart ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 09:40:04 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Deborah Grayson Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers In-Reply-To: <960823.205917.EDT.PEGUEROS@URIACC.URI.EDU> from "Rosa Maria Pegueros" at Aug 23, 96 08:52:14 pm I think the term is "dula." I am not sure of the spelling. I remember reading about this form of mentoring in the NYT a while back. Deborah ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 12:49:13 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Debra Kirkley Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers In-Reply-To: On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, Amy L. Wink wrote: > Does anyone know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant > and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a > midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Are you thinking of a "doula" perhaps? Debra ******************************************************* *** Debra Kirkley *** *** Texas Woman's University *** *** (A public university *primarily* for women) *** *** College of Nursing *** *** 1810 Inwood Road *** *** Dallas, Texas 75235 *** *** iy52@jove.acs.unt.edu *** ******************************************************* ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 15:42:29 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Julie McDonald Subject: gender & euthanasia Re: the recent thread on women and Kevorkian: You might be interested in the following two articles: Susan M. Wolf, "Gender, Feminism, and Death: Physician-Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia," in her edited volume _Feminism & Bioethics: Beyond Reproduction_ (OUP, 1996): 282-317. See also her excellent intro. essay. Leslie Bender, "A Feminist Analysis of Physician-Assisted Suicide and Voluntary Active Euthanasia," _Tennessee Law Review_ 59 (Spring 1992): 519-539. See also Stephanie Gutmann's essay, "Death and the Maiden: Dr. Kevorkian's Woman Problem," in _The New Republic_, June 24, 1996, 20-28. (The title promises more than the essay delivers, however.) Julie McDonald Philosophy & Gender Studies Saint Joseph University Philadelphia jmcdonal@sju.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 16:18:57 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Yvonne Klein Subject: Women & War text I believe I have thanked everyone who responded to my question about the suitability of my anthology as a text, but in case I missed anyone, thanks again. I have forwarded the many responses to NYU and we will see what they decide. Many thanks, Yvonne Klein yklein@dawsoncollege.qc.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:55:53 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kathleen J. Wininger" Subject: African Women Writers Greetings! I am reviving my course on Women Writers in Africa and the Diaspora and am interested in expanding the authors to include more East African writers. In the Fall I will be in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia and will look for more material but on previous trips I have found that when I return little is available in the States for classroom use. Does anyone have suggestions of books available here? Or writers I might contact while I am there? Until now I have not included the writings by African women who have recently moved away from the continent in the course. I'd also be particularly interested in recommendations among this body of work. The students have done interviews with African women living in Portland and the Southern Maine area - so they have some information about the lives of recent emigres. It would be useful to read something from those perspectives. You can reply privately or to the list (if you think others might be interested). >Some authors I currently use: >Nawal El Saadawi. Woman at Point Zero and The Hidden Face of Eve >Hoda Zaki. "Utopian Elements in Feminist Autobiographies: Huda Shaarawi >_Harem Years_ and Nawal El Saadawi _Memoirs of a Woman Doctor_ >Ama Ata Aidoo. The Message, Changes a Love Story >Bessie Head. "The Collector of Treasures"1977, A Question of Power >Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla. Sisters of Affliction. >Mariama B=E2 (1929-1981). So Long a Letter, Scarlet Song. >_Three Swahili Women: Life Histories from Mombasa, Kenya_ .ed. & >translated by Margaret Strobel and Sarah Mirza. Indiana >Flora Nwapa. Efuru > >Thanks, >Kate > Winger @USM.Maine.EDU Prof. Kathleen J. Wininger Department of Philosophy University of Southern Maine Portland, ME 04104-4300 (207) 780-4928 Wininger@USM.Maine.EDU--------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 17:43:23 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jacqueline Haessly Subject: Re: Mentoring mothers In-Reply-To: <9608231817.AA05410@umailsrv1.umd.edu> There is also (or at least was) a magazine called Doula. For mothers and helpers. Peace, Jacqueline Haessly jacpeace@acs.stritch.edu On Fri, 23 Aug 1996, dr70 wrote: > Amy, > Are you thinking of the term "doula?" I believe that a doula > can assist with pregnancy, labor, delivery, but especially helps in the > teaching of mothering skills, as well as baby care and mother care. > > Donna Rowe > Women Studies/American Studies > University of Maryland > > > > >Does anyone > know the term for an experienced women who mentors expectant > >and new mothers while they adjust to being mothers? She's different from a > >midwife. I believe it's Spanish or Native American but I'm not sure. > > > >Thanks > > > >Amy L. Wink > > > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > >Amy L. Wink > >alw7315@acs.tamu.edu > >Department of English > >Texas A&M University > >College Station, TX 77843-4227 > > > > > >"A Letter always feels to me like immortality because it is the mind alone > >without corporeal friend. Indebted in our talk to attitude and accent, > >there seems a spectral power in thought that walks alone." > > > > Emily Dickinson > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Aug 1996 23:02:29 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Katherine L. Mills" Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues In-Reply-To: > Some people are suggesting that seriously ill, but non-terminal, women > are being encouraged to suicide out of "duty" to their families. I think > we should consider how the cultural expectation encourages women to > struggle on, in incredible pain without hope of cure, in order to spare > her family the pain of dealing with her loss. > Shouldn't she have the right to set > her own limits, to do what's best not for her family, but for herself? > Kay Dodder > University of Arizona > kdodder@bird.library.arizona.edu The play *'Night Mother* by Marsha Norman deals explicitly with the right to die issue from the perspective of an epileptic (but non-terminal) patient, and it was written about 15 years ago if I remember correctly. I saw the play when it starred a female lead, but I believe that the director has the option of casting the epileptic patient (who chooses to forgo life support and thus commit suicide as either a man or a woman)--to very different effect, obviously. Katie Mills University of Southern California kmills@usc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 18:22:53 +1000 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: laurel guymer Subject: Re: African Women Writers you might be interested in 'Safehouses' and 'Another Year in Africa' author ROSE ZWI published by Spinifex Press you can order via the interent using the following address http://www.peg.apc.org./~spinifex good luck capri@deakin.edu.au >Greetings! I am reviving my course on Women Writers in Africa and the >Diaspora and am interested in expanding the authors to include more East >African writers. In the Fall I will be in Tanzania, Kenya and Ethiopia and >will look for more material but on previous trips I have found that when I >return little is available in the States for classroom use. Does anyone >have suggestions of books available here? Or writers I might contact >while I am there? > >Until now I have not included the writings by African women who have >recently moved away from the continent in the course. I'd also be >particularly interested in recommendations among this body of work. The >students have done interviews with African women living in Portland and the >Southern Maine area - so they have some information about the lives of >recent emigres. It would be useful to read something from those >perspectives. You can reply privately or to the list (if you think others >might be interested). > >>Some authors I currently use: >>Nawal El Saadawi. Woman at Point Zero and The Hidden Face of Eve >>Hoda Zaki. "Utopian Elements in Feminist Autobiographies: Huda Shaarawi >>_Harem Years_ and Nawal El Saadawi _Memoirs of a Woman Doctor_ >>Ama Ata Aidoo. The Message, Changes a Love Story >>Bessie Head. "The Collector of Treasures"1977, A Question of Power >>Raqiya Haji Dualeh Abdalla. Sisters of Affliction. >>Mariama B=E2 (1929-1981). So Long a Letter, Scarlet Song. >>_Three Swahili Women: Life Histories from Mombasa, Kenya_ .ed. & >>translated by Margaret Strobel and Sarah Mirza. Indiana >>Flora Nwapa. Efuru >> >>Thanks, >>Kate >> >Winger @USM.Maine.EDU > >Prof. Kathleen J. Wininger >Department of Philosophy >University of Southern Maine >Portland, ME 04104-4300 >(207) 780-4928 >Wininger@USM.Maine.EDU--------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 25 Aug 1996 18:12:25 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Shoshanna Mayer Ph.D." AFD ADD WMST-L PACKAGE ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 02:10:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Kay A. Anderson" Subject: Re: Kevorkian and women's issues Why, oh why, is it so difficult for people in our society to grant others the autonomy to do what they wish with their bodies as long as the taxpayers are not overly burdened by the results of their actions? (I am thinking here of people who choose not to wear motorcycle helmets, or those who choose to smoke themselves to death.) The Church has always felt that it must have ultimate power over the human body--the ultimate form of despotic power in my opinion. I fail to see how Dr. K. can be cast in this role. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 10:14:35 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jill Bystydzienski Subject: Re: African Women Writers If you're interested in using a personal account by an African (Tanzanian) woman who moved to the U.S., see the chapter by Alwiya Omar in Jill M. Bystydzienski and Estelle Resnik (eds.) Women in Cross-Cultural Transitions. Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation, 1994. Jill Bystydzienski Dept. of Sociology Franklin Collge Franklin, IN 46131 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 11:50:36 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Corey Subject: Poems related to quilting I'd appreciate any help you could give me in trying to locate either of the following poems related to quilting: ONe is called "My mother Pieced Quilts" by Teresa Palma Acosta and the other is called "Piecing" and I think is by Robin Morgan (but I may be wrong about that. If you know of an anthology or other text where I could find either of the poems, I'd be grateful. Please reply privately. Thanks! Susan Corey , California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA. corey@robles.callutheran.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:26:13 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: cynthia ryan Subject: conference info I wonder if anyone has any information about a conference focusing on feminist composition theory and practice to be held in Oregon sometime this year. A friend mentioned it briefly to me, but I've not been able to get details about where, when, and proposal requirements. Please respond to me privately if you've any details. Thanks. Cynthia ryan enryan@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu Dept. of english East Carolina University GCB 2201 Greenville, NC 27858 (919) 328-6695 ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 16:24:25 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Laura Hudson Subject: Re: Poems related to quilting Hi-- I located a citation in "Columbia Grangers Poetry Disc" for "My Mother Pieced Quilts." It is available in *Mother to Daughter, Daughter to Mother; Mothers on Mothering* Tillie Olsen, 1984, The Feminist Press. It's also in: * Fiesta in Aztlan; Anthology of Chicano Poetry* Toni Empringham, 1981, Capra Press. Finally, it's in: *Women Poets of the World* Joanna Bankier and Deirdre Lashgari, 1983, MacMillan. I could not find "Piecing" either by title or author. I did find poems by the possible author Robin Morgan, but not this one. Good luck! >I'd appreciate any help you could give me in trying to locate either of >the following poems related to quilting: ONe is called "My mother Pieced >Quilts" by Teresa Palma Acosta and the other is called "Piecing" and I >think is by Robin Morgan (but I may be wrong about that. If you know >of an anthology or other text where I could find either of the poems, I'd >be grateful. Please reply privately. > >Thanks! > >Susan Corey , California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA. >corey@robles.callutheran.edu > Laura Hudson Reference Librarian Ohio University Libraries ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 16:53:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ingrid Alisa Bowleg Subject: ISO of "Out of Darkness" with Diana Ross Comments: To: POWR-L Hello, I realized way too late last night that ABC had rebroadcast "Out of Darkness" with Diana Ross and did not have an opportunity to tape it. I have never seen it, but have heard that it was rather good and might be relevant to a class that I'm teaching this fall. Is it possible that anyone out there taped it and: (1) would be willing to make me a copy of it (I'd send you a videotape)?; or (2) would be willing to send it to me so that I could copy it and return it to you? Thank you and please reply to me privately. Lisa Bowleg Women's Studies Program Georgetown University Internet: lisabow@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 21:50:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Correction: Women & US Military WMST-L subscriber Francine D'Amico has temporarily signed off the list. Thus, I am posting the following correction for her at her request. If you wish to respond, please do so privately--her address is at the end of the message. She will not see your response if you send it to WMST-L. Many thanks. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu) ********************************************************** Dear FEMISA and Women's Studies List subscribers: Please note an error in the announcement I posted last week on the project on women and the US military I am co-editing with Professor Laurie Weinstein. Professor Weinstein is the former wife of a US naval officer and was not an officer herself. I posted the message before she had a chance to proofread it and catch my error. To the many of you who have responded to the project announcement: I have received your messages and will respond to all: please forgive my delay, as I have been out of town this week and am now somewhat backlogged. It also seems that some clarficiation is needed in regard to the chapter content: the second chapter will cover the establishment of the women's "auxiliary" military services (from Yeoman-F of WWI to WAAC/WAVES/WAF of WWII) to their "regularization" to their dis- establishment/full integration into the service structure. Each chapter author will be asked to consider the how the experiences of white women and women of color were different/similar, and we hope to include the voices of many of women of color as well as women from different services in different eras, wives and daughters of service men, defense workers, etc, in the autobiographical essays which will accompany each chapter. If you are interested in writing one of the analytic chapters, please send a 3-5 page proposal along with your cv to me, as below, by October 1. If you would like to submit an autobiographical essay, please briefly describe your experiences in the proposal you send. We are able to accept autobiographical contributions in which the author uses a psuedonym to avoid reprisal. Francine D'Amico, PhD Department of Politial Science Hobart & William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY 14456-3397 Fax 315-781-3422 Email damico@hws.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 09:56:57 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margo Okazawa-Rey Subject: looking for cite for intro to women studies reader, i am looking for the title of anthology in which Toni Morrison's "The Coming of Maureen Peale" (excerpt from The Bluest Eye") is published. please reply privately mor@sfsu.edu thanks! ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 13:02:55 -0400 Reply-To: Leyli Shayegan Sender: Women's Studies List From: Leyli Shayegan Subject: NWSA '97 Does anyone know the date and place for next year's National Women's Studies Association meeting? Thanks. Leyli Shayegan ls175@columbia.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 15:19:21 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beverly Ayers-Nachamkin Subject: Re: conference info The Center for the Study of Women in Society at the University of Oregon has issued a call for papers (deadline Nov. 1, 1996) for their conference "enGendering Rationalities" April 18-20,1997. Purpose of conference is "to investigate how feminist research and practice challenge and transform current views of rationality and knowledge." For more info, etc. contact them by email at . --------------------- --- On Mon, 26 Aug 1996 15:26:13 EDT cynthia ryan wrote: I wonder if anyone has any information about a conference focusing on feminist composition theory and practice to be held in Oregon sometime this year. A friend mentioned it briefly to me, but I've not been able to get details about where, when, and proposal requirements. Please respond to me privately if you've any details. Thanks. Cynthia ryan enryan@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu Dept. of english East Carolina University GCB 2201 Greenville, NC 27858 (919) 328-6695 -----------------End of Original Message----------------- ------------------------------------- Name: Bev Ayers-Nachamkin E-mail: bayersna@epix.net Wilson College Chambersburg, PA 17201 Date: 8/27/96 Time: 3:19:21 PM This message was sent by Chameleon ------------------------------------- ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 14:28:02 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Margo Okazawa-Rey Subject: morrison cite i rec'd the cite for morrison short story. thanks! margo ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 17:20:47 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Libra Subject: Feminist culture and the women's movement 1963-1980 I am writing a dissertation on the above subject, focusing on visual art, literature and film by women artists that feature a female subject. For example, I will be looking at Claudia Weill's film Girlfriends, Alice Neel's pregnant nudes and some of lucille clifton's poems from her collection ordinary woman. I am looking to connect with women who participated in the movement, either as activists, artists, teachers and/or who felt particularly shaped by the feminist culture of the time. For example, was there a particular novel (i.e. Rubyfruit Jungle, Memoir of an ExProm Queen, etc.) or art exhibit (The Dinner Party) or film (especially independents like Joyce at 34 or other documentaries) that really influenced you during this time? I would be thrilled to receive personal accounts of your experiences with feminist art and culture like the ones I've mentioned or any others. My dissertation (I've begun to realize) is part of a living history that can only really be meaningful if women who were part of the movement figure prominently in it. I appreciate your responses, as lengthy and full as you can afford!!! Thank you. Please respond privately to libra@warwick.net ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 20:37:12 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Eleanor McLaughlin Subject: course on "women who made a difference" Dear All, I am teaching at a Massachusetts State College what appears on the face of it to be a rather 'old fashioned' course on 'women who made a difference', beginning with Eve, Mary, Joan of Arc and Elizabeth I on into 19th and 20th c....Sojourner Truth (we live near where she was part of intentional community), Fanny Lou Hamer, Margaret Sanger, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary...these are but examples of possibilities entertained. I would appreciate suggestions of women figures in sports who opened up that world; women in so-called developing countries aside from the more obvious political figures...anyone bringing a feminist critique towards agricultural development who is not merely an academic? South American/Latina figures (yes, I might use Our Lady of Guadalupe!)? Just any suggestions which may be backed up by video material, which are 'off-beat'or not-too-lengthy bio material(eg Sanger's autobiog too long). My expertise is medieval and early modern church history, so I know about Margaret Fell, Mother Ann Lee (may use and take students to Shaker Village)...weak on non-Western, sports, popular culture. I apologize if this is too open-ended a query...it is true I haven't spent the summer on this for I have been occupied nailing down another part-time job which will give me health insurance! I will use my work in more theoretical areas to get them to ask what 'making a difference' might mean in different times and places, where the resistances, source of ability to work around or through oppressions, role of internalized oppression, comparative questions, etc. Any thoughts most gratefully received. Ellie McLaughlin emclaugh@mhc.mtholyoke.edu May God us keep >From Single vision and Newton's Sleep! William Blake