Category Archives: Gender

What is woman?

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Michael

Monday, January 22: I tried postdating this, but my version of WordPress won’t allow me to show postdated blog posts, so I’ll be periodically changing this post’s date so that it is at the top and can receive feedback. For … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Gender, Philosophy 516 Feminist Philosophies (Winter 2007) | 1 Comment

on the autonomous self

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Michael

I have to lead class discussion in feminist philosophies on the following article tomorrow morning: Grimshaw, Jean. “Autonomy and Identity in Feminist Thinking.“ Feminist Perspectives in Philosophy. Ed. Morwenna Griffiths and Margaret Whitford. Bloomington, IN: Indiana UP, 1988. 90-108. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical Pedagogy, Feminism, Gender, Identity and Identification, Philosophy 516 Feminist Philosophies (Winter 2007) | Leave a comment

my presentation in classical drama today

Posted on October 13, 2006 by Michael

Today I gave a presentation in my classical drama class — about ten minutes. It seemed to go really well — well received, applause. And it was fun to write, even though I was stressing about it because I kind … Continue reading →

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slashing and composition

Posted on October 8, 2006 by Michael

I’ve been thinking a bit about my thesis recently, and putting Sirc (art) and Bartholomae (criticism) into concert with each other. For our gender and cultural studies independent study reading seminar, we are reading “Feminity Slashed” by Caroline Howlett, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Feminism, Gender, Independent Study Gender and Culture (English 502 - Fal, Queer issues and theory, Teaching Composition, Thesis work | Leave a comment

safe space for men to talk

Posted on February 20, 2006 by Michael

Privilege Judo had a post (with comments) awhile ago noting how there aren’t men’s spaces for non-reactionary men to discuss oppression and freeing people of oppression. I concur. Though, I wonder if this is a start (Barometer article from Thursday): … Continue reading →

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