10.20.2009

Win!

So as I mentioned, I have an online women's studies class that just started. It is called Sex and the City: Women, Sexuality, and Popular Culture, and is taught by the same teacher I have taken a women's studies class with before. If you are curious, this is the course description:
"This course will examine how women and sexuality have been depicted in American popular culture from the 1950’s to current day. We will utilize themes and images from various formats, including movies, television, and popular books as well as analyzing different products and stores in considering what ideas and images about sexuality are being marketed and sold. We will consider questions such as: Have popular images of sexuality for women changed over time? If so, what has allowed these changes to occur? How do these popularly constructed ideas about sexuality affect attitudes concerning issues of romance and relationships, danger and violence or sexuality and sexual orientation? Is sexuality constructed for all women the same way? How do issues of race, class, ethnicity or age affect these depictions?"
I share this info because I know this class will be of my main excitement for the semester and I will probably make a lot of posts regarding the things I will be learning in this class.
But for today, my excitement stems from a project that I have to do as a final for this class. A 5-6 page book review. The book we chose is our choice but must be that of a relationship advice book, something along those lines. Examples of books for this essay include,
He's Just Not That Into You (Woo! Guess what I'm writing about!)
Be Honest, You're Just Not That Into Him Either (sounds interesting)
The Rules
The Hook Up Handbook
The Bitch In the Bedroom
Dating For Dummies
Dyke Drama
It's Called a Breakup Because It Is Broken (Greg Behrendt's second book, which I'm interested in reading as well)
The Perfect Marriage for Dummies
and whatever else related.
This is going to be an easy project!! I love this class already. Plus I've written several papers for this professor before and I know how easy they are and how easy she grades them. It's been long overdue for me to take another women's studies class. I find it a very liberating and enlightening experience.

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