Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality 277 - Colloquium: Feminist Public Writing

This interdisciplinary course teaches students how to translate feminist scholarship for a popular audience. Students practice how to use knowledge and concepts they have learned in their women and gender studies classes to write publicly in a range of formats, including book and film reviews, interviews, opinion editorials and feature articles. The course explores the history and practice of feminist public writing, with particular attention to how gender intersects with race, class, sexuality, disability and citizenship in women’s experiences of public writing. The course also considers some of the political and ethical questions relating to women’s public writing. Enrollment limited to 20.