Feminism as such

[kitashla]

As a passionate lover of history, I find myself often fascinated by the psychological aspects of it. The thought processes and emotions that have driven people to behave in a particular manner. My teachers have often commented on the "different" perspective I have towards history. Obviously, there's a reason for this as I'm also a passionate

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[apis_cerana]

How cool that your history professors have been devout feminists :D Also I would love to read your papers, they sound fascinating.
I definitely agree re: white women-centric feminist communities on LJ :\ It's rather unfortunate...and I find it to be a major issue, but at the same time in some ways we do need to band together and fight against the patriachy in issues that matter to all of us -- reproductive freedom, equality in the workplace, etc.

It's really awesome that you're learning more about yourself through going to college! :) I kinda wish I had had more of a "college experience" -- but I'd had a major that was set in stone, so I didn't have much flexibility in terms of what courses I took :(

[kitashla]

*grin* I always feel like my papers are subpar. I'm always proud of the ones I write for my own pleasure. (I've been working on one comparing the similarities between Communism and Libertarianism for the last year that I'm very excited about.) But my school papers always feel restricted. I do well, but I think it's because most of my professors standards are really low. *grin

[ancarett]

I was the first female prof in my department. Now we're almost at parity, but as much due to not replacing male profs who left or retired as to hiring women!

The question of women in history is one that's almost always under-studied. That gap, as well as the feminist appeal, make feminist history a very attractive angle to take in researching. Women are there and integral to history, as you've noted - they're just not well-represented in the mainstream story. But we're changing that!

[kitashla]

One other thing I've noticed about the History department is that the instructors tend to be more friendly. They're a bit weird, but I've discovered that most of professors are. *grin* But they seem to have a bit more openness, however messy and cluttered their offices are. (Because History professors are readers, I have discovered.)

Actually, there's a huge difference between the History major student base and the Psych major student base. History major students also seem to be a more friendly and open lot. It's easy to make friends every semester and become very comfortable with each other, whereas it's almost impossible in the Psych department. Almost everyone is closed off in some manner.

Now I want to do a research psych study on the differences between HIST majors and PSYC majors.:)