Author: Gwen Shaw

Weekly Roundup – May 4

Hi all,

Thanks for another great week of class. I realized today that next week, May 11, is our LAST DAY! OMG I can’t believe it–time does fly.

For our next, and last, class here are your To-Dos:

  • Submit your finished, final projects! I’ve created an assignment description and category.
  • Watch United in Anger and check out some of the different resources on the readings page (there’s a podcast and another documentary by the filmmaker Marlon Riggs on black gay activism that is really worth watching!) All posted under May Readings.
  • Bring in an object, article, picture, etc. for a class show and tell. Think of this as “feminist current events.” I am really looking forward to seeing what you bring in.
  • If you haven’t done a second (or even a first) conference with me, it’s not too late! Sign up here (be sure to look under the Conference 2 tab at the bottom) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KPsXn-vNul5KyOdsaCk0ctcF3_Rvb_rOpctiaL9TGnw/edit#gid=1227732978
  • If you are behind, don’t worry, but also please submit your assignments. Although there is no penalty for late work, I can’t give credit for work that I don’t see.

Thank you all for being so patient and generous with me this semester. I really appreciate it.

See you Tuesday,

Gwen

May Readings

May 11 — LAST DAY!

Watch: United in Anger

Listen: Social Distance Podcast (from The Atlantic) on HIV

In class: SHOW AND TELL!
**Bring in your own thing to share, a current event or issue that you’ve seen posted about on the news, social media, in a movie/documentary, etc.**

Optional: Watch: Tongues Untied by Marlon Riggs (via Kanopy with access through the BC library)

Optional: Hyperallergic review of General Idea exhibition from 2017

Post 12: Presentations

For the week of May 4, please post the slides (2 or 3 slides with the most important info that you want to share) with the category Post 12: Presentations.

Along with your presentation, add a paragraph explaining your project topic, as well as what you chose to share and why.

Post 11: Research Summary–Due Apr 20 (or 22)

Write a summary of the issues in your topic, and what you have learned so far in your research. (Think of this as a lit review). Craft a statement that identifies how these works illustrate something about your topic. This is your provisional thesis statement or argument. You should say something about the issues and background: make a claim for your argument and why it is important.

Weekly Roundup–Apr 13

Hi all,

Thanks again for a good class this week, and for your continued engagement and hard work. As you may have noticed, we have conferences again (the second of two) the next two weeks–including during class times next week on Apr 20–meaning that there is no in-person synchronous class on Apr 20. Please schedule your conference if you haven’t already. We will meet again for class on Apr 27.

Here’s your to-dos for the week:

  • Please do your exit ticket for this week. If you have any topics you’d like to discuss in our final weeks, please let me know there.
  • Schedule your conference–just use the same link as for class. This counts as your participation for the course, so please take it seriously. If you still haven’t met with me, no worries! We can still meet, but do please send me an email and we will set something up.
  • Post 9 and Post 10 are about This Bridge Called My Back and its contents. They are due over the next two weeks.
  • Comment on at least one other person’s post for Post 9 next week–you can agree or disagree, or be informed/inspired by what a colleague wrote. Please make your comments thoughtful and thorough, as you always do.
  • Keep up with your independent projects–annotated bibliography, research summary (due Apr 20). At this point you should have an idea of which option you will choose for the final outcome of your project (syllabus, PSA, or creative), but we will chat about that at our conferences as well.

Thanks and take good care of yourselves!

See you in class on Apr 27.

Gwen