I was thinking of getting a Roomba, so I wouldn’t have to vacuum anymore. Can you imagine my surprise when I go to the site and discover Roomba’s are actually made for . . . → Read More: Free Your Mom From Vacuuming!
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An elementary school in Wisconsin held a week long themed school dress up event. One of those days was “Senior Citizen and Opposite Gender” day where kids could dress up as the other gender. Naturally, right wing Christian fundamentalist groups assailed the innocent school tradition to the point where the school will never hold . . . → Read More: School Dress Up Day Gets a Little Too Wacky! During Tuesday’s lecture, the question of why are men faster than women was raised. A quick glance at the timed speeds of Olympic events shows the times of men are significantly faster than women – across the board. If women were to compete with men head’s up, they would not receive gold, silver or bronze medals . . . → Read More: Why are Men Faster than Women? Cut-and-Paste Revolution: Notes from the Girl Zine Explosion, by Jennifer Blyer, outlines the past, present, and future of feminist zines and their effect on the global community. Zines represent a societal reaction to commercialized media publications. A zine is a crude magazine cut and pasted together, Xeroxed, stapled, and then mailed out to its . . . → Read More: Feminism On Demand There’s an absolutely brilliant article on newsweek.com entitled Obama: The First Woman President?. The article showcases a lot of the lessons learned in WST 100. Much of Barack Obama’s appeal is his break from the past – a sort of political modernity. The article posits that Obama is able to stray from prescribed . . . → Read More: Analysis on Obama: The First Woman President? Think the issues raised in WST 100 aren’t for real?? Check this article out dated 14 Feb 08. Campfield Proposes Ban. Stacey Campfield is a State Representative of Tennessee and is a fundamental right wing conservative AND a raging heterosexist as well. One of the most telling quotes in this article is, “”Without heterosexuality you . . . → Read More: Heterosexism – A Real Life Example At my work we have the television turned on to Channel 10 mostly for background. Just before closing, I was watching the evening news about the national headline story of Jane Fonda saying the word ‘cunt’ on the Today Show. Her saying it wasn’t nearly as entertaining as watching Meredith Veira backtrack and make . . . → Read More: Jane Fonda Can Say C*nt and Ron Hoon Can’t Say Vagina! Homework assignment: highlight an intimate relationship on television, the media, or in everyday life. On Super Tuesday, Bill Clinton emerged from the voting booth to a throng of reporters. He stated with his hand held over his heart, “This was one of the proudest moments of my life.” Bill Clinton is beyond charismatic. He’s . . . → Read More: Bill Clinton’s Proudest Moment Blog Assignment #2 Pop Culture Oppression? A Matrix of Domination Brief Study The purpose of this study is to examine Simone de Beauvoir’s quote, “One is not born a woman,but becomes one“, with respect to the theory of the matrix of domination. In order to better understand the concept of matrix of domination especially in . . . → Read More: Pop Culture Oppression? – A Matrix of Domination Brief Study Hi. My name is George, and I am a senior at ASU West majoring in Psychology. I really didn’t know what to think about this class, so I didn’t formulate any real expectations prior to attending. This class was one of three classes I could have taken to satisfy a requirement for my . . . → Read More: First Post for WST100 Class |
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