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WS 2300 -- Fertman: Introduction to Womens Studies

Readings by Week

  • Baumgardner, J., & Richards, A. (2000, November 15-21,). A Day Without Feminism. Independent Weekly. Read Here -- Jennifer Baumgardner web site
  • Friedan, B. (1963). The feminine mystique. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (269-282). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L. & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDownload Here. Pages 3-6, 87-96.
  • Treisman, R. (2023, July 27). Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated. NPR. Read Here
  • Bartlett, T. (2017), The Intersectionality Wars!. Read Here
  • Collins, P. H. (1993). Toward a New Vision: Race, Class, and Gender as Categories of Analysis and Connection. Race, Sex & Class, 1(1), 25.  Read Here
  • Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L. & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDownload HerePages 7-9, 19-22, 97-102.
  • Lorde, A. (1979). “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s house”. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (331-335). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • McIntosh, P. (1990). White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Independent School, 49(2), 31. Read Here
  • Miller, J., & Bassett, N. (2020). Intersectionality in the LGBTQIA+ Community. Public Management (00333611), 102(10), 26-29. Read Here
  • Nash, J. C. (2008). Re-thinking Intersectionality. Feminist Review, 89(1), 1-15. Read Here
  • Gokova, J. (1998). “Challenging men to reject gender stereotypes”. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (420-423). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Meoded-Danon, L., & Yanay, N. (2016). Intersexuality: On Secret Bodies and Secrecy. Studies in Gender & Sexuality, 17(1), 57-72. Read Here
  • West, C., & Zimmerman, D. H. (1987). Doing Gender. Gender & Society, 1(2), 125-151. Read Here
  • Wittig, M. (1981). “One is not born a woman”. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (359-366). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Module 1: Foundations of A Psychology of Gender. In K. McRaney, A. Bridley, and L.W. Daffin, Jr. (eds), The Psychology of Gender, 3rd ed. Washington State University. Read Here
  • Boston Women’s Health Book Collective. (1973). Our bodies, ourselves. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (295-299). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Friedman, J. (2020). Deadly Silence: What Happens When We Don't Believe Women. Read Here
  • Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L. & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDownload HerePages 45-48.
  • Lorber, J. (1994). Paradoxes of Gender. New Haven: Yale University Press. Read Here. Read Part 1, Section 3.
  • Roberts, D. (2015). Reproductive Justice, Not Just Rights. Dissent, 62(4), 79-82. Read Here
  • Cunha, Darlena. "I Can Be a Stay-at-Home Mom and a Feminist." Women in Higher Education, vol. 24, no. 7, July 2015, p. 14+. Read Here.
  • Fulcher, M., Dinella, L. M., & Weisgram, E. S. (2015). Constructing a Feminist Reorganization of the Heterosexual Breadwinner/caregiver Family Model: College Students' Plans For Their Own Future Families. Sex Roles, 73(3-4), 174-186. Read Here
  • Goldstein, K. (2017, July 26,). Where Are the Mothers. Nieman Reports. Read Here
  • Hank, K., & Wetzel, M. (2018). Same-sex Relationship Experiences and Expectations Regarding Partnership and Parenthood. Demographic Research, 39(25), 701-718. Read Here
  • Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L. & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDownload Here. Pages 56-59, 70-77.

 

  • Crenshaw, K. W. (2019). We Still Have Not Learned from Anita Hill's Testimony. UCLA Women's Law Journal, 26(1), 17-20. Read Here
  • Hirsch, J. S., & Khan, S. (2020). Researchers Found What Consent Looks Like Isn't Always Straightforward on College Campuses. Read Here
  • Kang, M., Lessard, D., Heston, L. & Nordmarken, S. (2017). Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality StudiesDownload Here. Pages 52-53.
  • Muehlenhard, C. L., Humphreys, T. P., Jozkowski, K. N., & Peterson, Z. D. (2016). The Complexities of Sexual Consent Among College Students: A Conceptual and Empirical Review. Journal of Sex Research, 53(4), 457-487. Read Here
  • Walker, R. (1992). “Becoming the third wave”. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (397-401). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Gill, N. (2018). Why Tinkerbell Quit Anger Management. Spirituality & Health Magazine, (5), 16. Read Here
  • Hanna, K/Bikini Kill. (1992). “Riot grrrrl manifesto”. In E.B. Freedman (Ed). The Essential Feminist Reader (394-396). The Modern Library. Download Here
  • Seidman, R. F. (2019). Speaking of Feminism : Today's Activists on the Past, Present, and Future of the U.S. Women's Movement The University of North Carolina Press. Read Here
  • Soave, R. (2019). Intersectionality 101. Reason, 51(3), 57. Read Here

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