i think i'm turning feminist i think i'm turning feminist, i really think so
not totally feminist though. just a little. like empowering women's lives = good
i really should not be procrastinating on a one page paper. :P this is just sad. i guess it helps a little bit that the topic is really boring (do i really care about the different qualities of water?). AND....i have to write paper at the end of this class, having done research on an environmental issue of my choice. i suggested finding out the impacts of SAPs on third world women's interactions with their environment (they have to provide for their family. but because of SAPs and privatization of property, moving plots of land towards cash crops, they're having to move further and further out to carry out their tasks). i'm really interested in human affairs, especially with women in the developing world (from my ids seminar). however, my geography professor is not. and, there has to be some original research. so he said that if i did pursue it, maybe i could interview a couple third world women who had been affected by this trend. ...because either i know a lot of third world women now living in the US who lived under this (though actually i guess i could interview some nurses/maids since they usually come here for work to send money back because they can't earn enough in low-paying jobs in their own countries (because women are seen as secondary earners, not the main breadwinners)), or they all just suddenly could afford computers and the internet. ...wow, big ids rant.
couple weeks ago we had a debate about the "population bomb." my group was the cornucopians, and another girl from my ids seminar was in the neo-malthusian group. we turned into bigots, totally just ignoring a whole bunch of stuff we've learned in ids. it was weird.
oh yeah - post grad options: i'm thinking of joining americorps or peacecorp. still have to weigh the pros and cons. wow, haven't updated for a month. but now it's time to get to that paper. :P
i really should not be procrastinating on a one page paper. :P this is just sad. i guess it helps a little bit that the topic is really boring (do i really care about the different qualities of water?). AND....i have to write paper at the end of this class, having done research on an environmental issue of my choice. i suggested finding out the impacts of SAPs on third world women's interactions with their environment (they have to provide for their family. but because of SAPs and privatization of property, moving plots of land towards cash crops, they're having to move further and further out to carry out their tasks). i'm really interested in human affairs, especially with women in the developing world (from my ids seminar). however, my geography professor is not. and, there has to be some original research. so he said that if i did pursue it, maybe i could interview a couple third world women who had been affected by this trend. ...because either i know a lot of third world women now living in the US who lived under this (though actually i guess i could interview some nurses/maids since they usually come here for work to send money back because they can't earn enough in low-paying jobs in their own countries (because women are seen as secondary earners, not the main breadwinners)), or they all just suddenly could afford computers and the internet. ...wow, big ids rant.
couple weeks ago we had a debate about the "population bomb." my group was the cornucopians, and another girl from my ids seminar was in the neo-malthusian group. we turned into bigots, totally just ignoring a whole bunch of stuff we've learned in ids. it was weird.
oh yeah - post grad options: i'm thinking of joining americorps or peacecorp. still have to weigh the pros and cons. wow, haven't updated for a month. but now it's time to get to that paper. :P