So I'm currently taking a Feminist Political Theory course at my university and I wanted to share this bit on objectification by Martha Nussbaum, simply because it articulates nuances involved in the act of objectification (a word which, when used often enough in feminist discourse, begins to lose meaning, becoming a sort of blanket descriptor ( Read more... )

( the russian soul in 19th century literature )

Anyone interested in reading an essay I wrote for my Women's History in America course on the changing conception of "womanhood" during the late 19th/early 20th century?

I've posted it under my school filter.

If you can't see the filter, but want to, holla~

*wanders off to watch Downton Abbey*

Because you can, without fail, make every lesson somehow relate back to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (bonus points for Spuffy!).

My classes start Monday, January 10 (tomorrow!), and I've decided I'm going to post about them on my journal.  I'm hoping it'll help motivate me to succeed by making it fun, but also by giving me another dimension of accountability and support.

So I'm starting up a School Filter and the two courses I'm going to be talking about are:

• English 130: ( Read more... )