Tuesday, September 29, 2009

FEMINISM IN ACTION

Dear Fans-to-be of The Stranded,

I'm Emma C. Obata, a student at SLU writing this blog to facilitate, describe, and share my experiences with feminism in action. This blog is to be a revolutionary, exceptional (inevitably cliched!) attempt at acting on my womanist agenda, as one of several small projects for a women's studies course.

Course: Feminism in Action
Instructor: Dr. Penny Weiss, PhD.
"Mother" Institution: Saint Louis University, a Jesuit university in St. Louis, MO, USA

This blog will serve as:

  • A careful diarizing of my projects, which include:
  1. A compilation of short memoirs from interesting women (apropos private, secret life experiences)
  2. An ad campaign which combines poetry & graphic design (to be completed with a fellow student)
  3. Start a neopagan (goddess-centered) club on campus (support base, activist den, alternate option)
  4. Volunteer work here and there (UNA -- SLU's feminist group, Rainbow Alliance, local organizations...)
  5. Tentatively, a rock band. One Blood will focus on unity, marginalization, and combine original lyrics and sound with a fresh feminist outlook.
  6. This blog, The Stranded.
  • Reflections on class readings. I'll give an annotated bibliography when I reference them.
  • Reflections on feminist events (speakers, brown-bags, protests, etc).
  • Personal experiences with feminism, thoughts, and snarky jabs at the patriarchal system! This category especially includes such things as in-class experiences with philosophy and theology, and the manner of teaching, subjects/units addressed, reading materials (male voices primarily? is a feminist option considered?).
  • Miscellaneous... that is, anything else! (related to FIA)

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