========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 10:30:38 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Miriam Harris Subject: NWSA Jewish Caucus It has come to my attention that some members of NWSA have been confused by information in the Conference Brochure on Caucus and Regional meetings scheduled for the pre-conference day. To clarify: The Jewish Caucus will meet all day on Wednesday, from 9am -4pm. We will not hold another meeting between 6pm-7pm that day, though perhaps we will elect to have dinner together before the opening ceremonies, which are at 8:00 pm. We will meet again on Friday evening for Shabbat services. Please check your regional and caucus news reports in NWSAction when it comes out in about two weeks for details on individual groups. Or contact your individual chairs if you need to know sooner which ones will meet all day and which will meet one hour in the evening. Miriam K. Harris Editor, NWSAction Chair, Jewish Caucus email: mharris@utdallas.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 10:50:37 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nuzhat Abbas Subject: Re: Feminist Historiography >I am currently taking a grad course in Feminist Research Methods, however >most of the materials are based in social science research. As a women's >studies historian, I am interested in feminist historiography. If anyone >knows of a text in this area, please respond to me privately. >Thank you >Wendy Rielly >OSU >Women's Studies wendy-couldn't get your email address to write you privately! one book that a historian friend of mine recommends is *Writing Women's History- International Perspectives* ed. by karen Offen, Ruth Pierson and Jane Randall Indiana U.P 1991 its a collections and really quite international in its scope (rare) are you in the grad program at osu? best of luck! nuzhat abbas nabbas@students.wisc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 11:32:46 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nuzhat Abbas Subject: Re: Qualms about Paglia?!? sonja recently asked about the opinion 'out here' on ms. paglia-- > >I was just wondering whether it is still not PC (or a statement of >a negative academic IQ, as someone told me) to use _Sexual Personae_ as >an approach to texts about women. I'm thinking about embarking ona >project on the female figures in _Beowulf_, and all of this "miasmic >swamp" theory would fit in so nicely. But, as I said, I do not want to >send out the essay to several publishers, only to have it returned 1000 >times because I would be taking Paglia seriously? i find your question really disturbing sonja---(while i'm no great fan of Paglia) however if you have been struck by her reading and would use it except that you're scared of the pc police (something that you are summoning by your question) you are in fact acquiescing to a kind of (self)censorship - my question is why? just quoting paglia doesn't necc. mean you buy her whole sale--- reading Gayatri Spivak on using marx, derrida, foucault, despite serious contestations with their ideas might provide us with a model on how to 'use' other theorists we may not fully agree with.(see her texts--Outside in the Teaching Machine/The Postcolonial Critic) nuzhat ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 15:27:36 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carl Reimann Subject: HEPROC resource update Announcement regarding HEPROC Resources Higher Education Processes (HEPROC) offers: 1. for discussion of the evolution of the higher education institution. Current subjects include technological adaptations, application of the 'learning organization' concept to the higher education institution, strategic planning efforts, and more. Long-term keywords include assessment, faculty development, networking, quality, multiculturalism. To join, send the message SUB HEPROC-L Yourfirstname Yourlastname to listserv@american.edu 2. The HEPROC WWW containing valuable archives for the study/ implementation of faculty development, assessment, and quality; utility pointers for other areas of interest to higher education practitioners; and participation opportunities. To use the web, point your browser to http://www.digimark.net/educ Carl Reimann (HEPROC) reimann@access.digex.net ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 20:33:19 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Helen Batty Subject: Call for News We had a wonderful response to the first "BULLETIN BOARD"column in the Journal of Women's Heallth. corr Health It's time for the next one so PLEASE send us any recent mmedia release about yo your instution's news on programs 'research grants,fellowships,courses on wom women's health or prepare an announcement of up to 250 words. SEND TO: FAX 416-323-6326 OR 416-323-7311 ASAP Many Thanks Helen Batty and Bev Richardson Women's College Hospital U of Toronto ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 13:20:32 +1200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lynne Alice Subject: The next issue & a FMST Competition The next issue of FMST will be distributed over the Easter break (by April 19th) Its theme is 'new masculinties' and includes a number of articles written by undergraduate and graduate students. There is still some space for a review, book notice or short article languishing in your files that fits with this focus. Email them to me this week for consideration. Lynne Alice L.C.Alice@massey.ac.nz ______________ FMST Competition : (Prize for the best answer : one book of New Zealand feminist writing of the winner's choice) Finish the sentences : The birth of a man who thinks he's god isn't such a rare event. The death of a man who thinks he's god................................. . The resurrection of a man who thinks he's god is ........................................ . ________________ ooooooooooooooooooooooo Women's Studies, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222 Palmerston North, Aotearoa (New Zealand). Tel. (06) 350.4938 Fax (06) 350.5627. ooooooooooooooooooooooo ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 01:15:56 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Barbara Winkler Organization: West Virginia Network Subject: Presidential search candidates at WVU We at West Virginia University are currently in process of choosing next WVU President. We would appreciate if you have any information on the following candidates: James C. Moeser (VP for Academic Affairs and Provost) William C. Miller (Assoc. Provost for Research and Economic Development, Prof. of Electrical Engineering, WVU Elizabeth A. Zinser, President of University of Idaho, Prof. of Psychology G. Jay Gouge, Acting VP/Vice Provost for Agriculture and Natural Resources Clemson University Albert K. Karnig, Provost and VP for Academic Affairs, Univ. of Wyoming and Prof. of Political Science David C. Hardest, Jr. Law partner in firm of Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff and Love (Charleston) Please send any info to me, Barbara Scott Winkler (WINKLER@wvnvms.wvnet.edu) I am forwarding this message on behalf of the WVU Social Justice Office and especially our Presidential Council on Sexual Orientation that is concerned with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues on campus. Thanks for any help, Barbara ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 07:14:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: RHODA UNGER Subject: Re: Diversity texts A book I am planning to use this summer for the same purpose is Women creating lives: Identities, resilience, and resistance edited by Carol Franz and Abigail Stewart (Westview Press, 1994). While not entirely autobiographical, it does include chapters by and.or about Nisei women, Latinas, a Mayan woman, women who vary from the dominant groups in terms of social class or sexuality as well as several chapters on African American women or by them. I think it is an excellent book with several chapters discussing how to use such material to help develop a feminist theory of personality. I would have sent these comments privately, but I think they may be of interest to others on the list. Rhoda Unger E-MAIL UNGER@APOLLO.MONTCLAIR.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 08:08:22 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jerry Diakiw Subject: Re: Diversity texts In-Reply-To: <199504091118.HAA21252@holmes.umd.edu> An interesting multi-racial collection of reflections in included in TRANSFORMING MOMENTS edited by Scarlett MccGwire. Seventeen women including Maya Angelou Sheela Grosh Priscilla Pressley Diane Abbott remember those moments in their teenage years that helped to make them the people they are to-day. A ver ydiverse representation in termsof class race religionand region. Still available from Virago in paper in the UK even though they don't list it anymore. Intended originally for 16 year olds and up jerry diakiw jdiakiw@oise.on.ca ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 12:16:16 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Sarah M. Pritchard" Subject: Pen names of women writers For help in finding women writers who have used men's names and pseudonyms, or in fact for any women authors' pseudonyms, you might try the following reference book: Alice Kahler Marshall, _Pen Names of Women Writers from 1600 to the Present._ 1985. This was published in Pennsylvania by Marshall's own press, but is held in many libraries and listed in national databases. She documents 2650 writers from all countries. Sarah Pritchard Smith College Libraries spritchard@smith.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 8 Apr 1995 17:05:00 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Lena Koski Subject: Re: Qualms about Paglia?!? The other day Sonja sent a mail to the list asking about whether she = could use Paglia or not. I have just borrowed the book, _ Sexual Persona _ = but haven't read it yet. I have not read any criticism of it either -- wh= y is it not fit to be taken seriously? I hope the discussion can go on on the= list so that I can also read the messages written in response to Sonja's m= ail. ***************************************** * Lena Koski * * Dept. of English * * =C5bo Akademi University, Finland * * tel. 265 4953 /lkoski@aton.abo.fi * ***************************************** "We are not who we think we are, only figures in an eternal, amoral masque" - Graham Swift: "Ever After" ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 12:25:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: who sent that message? (User's Guide) Each month, I post sections from the WMST-L User's Guide to remind subscribers of the list's resources and procedures. If changes have been made since the last time a section was posted, the subject header will begin "Revision:". Also, you can now consult the User's Guide anytime you'd like if you have access to gopher or World Wide Web. Gopher to gopher.umbc.edu and select Academic Department Info, then Women's Studies, then WMST-L. For those who prefer World Wide Web, the URL is http://www-unix.umbc.edu/~korenman/wmst/user-guide.html . Meanwhile, here is the section that explains the DUALHDR feature to those whose email systems don't tell them who wrote the WMST-L messages they read: 13) "MY MAIL SYSTEM DOESN'T IDENTIFY THE WRITERS OF THE MESSAGES THAT APPEAR ON WMST-L. HOW CAN I GET THIS INFORMATION?" Some WMST-L subscribers have mail systems that do not identify the writers of WMST-L messages. All these subscribers know from the header is that the message is from WMST-L. Such subscribers may wish to take advantage of a new optional feature called DUALHDR that provides the e-mail address and usually also the name of the writer INSIDE the mail message. If you choose this option, your mail message will begin with an INTERNAL header that looks like this: >---------------------- Information from the mail header -------------------- >Sender: Women's Studies List >Poster: Joan Korenman >Subject: Professor seeks research funding >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Most of us don't need this additional header, since our mail systems provide this information in the normal header. However, for those whose mail systems won't cooperate, the DUALHDR option should be very useful. To implement DUALHDR, simply send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (if you receive WMST-L at your Bitnet address) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (if you receive WMST-L at your Internet address): SET WMST-L DUALHDR Be sure to send this message to LISTSERV, NOT to WMST-L!! If you receive a response saying that you don't have a subscription, try listserv's other address (i.e., Bitnet if you tried Internet, or vice versa). ********************************** Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 18:02:44 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristen Ullstrup kristen ullstrup unsubscribe-wmst-l ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 18:59:13 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kathe Davis Subject: Re: "Rally for Women's Lives" and campus politics In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:00:42 -0500 from I too keep encountering the idea that activities and writing that protect a status quo that permits violence against women and minorities is not "political," while activities and writing that attempt to challenge or change the fact of violence ARE "political" -- and therefore not suitable to scholarship or education (!) When you couch the matter in those terms, its absurdity is more apparent, and I wonder if we can't tackle it head on by pointing out the nature of the choice that's being made by administrators, editors, and other monitors of the acceptable. They win half their battles through their terminology, which I think we tend too willingly to accept. What could be more educational than the rally? Good luck. kdavis@kentvm. kent.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 21:55:26 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: David Merchant Subject: Help kiddies Tried the address in the post, got back that k.carroll user unkown error. Sincerely, David Merchant ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 16:32:33 +0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Julia Klein Subject: Re: a chance to help out some kiddies! On Thu, 6 Apr 1995, Alena Scandura wrote: > While this may not seem appropriate to submit this to this list, I > thought that it might be fun to help some kids out. > Alena > > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > > > Original Message: > > MARCH 15, 1995 > > > > My name is Beth and I am in the Fourth Grade at a Catholic Elementary > > School near Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. > > > > Jason and I are doing a science project and we need your help. > > > > The project is on email, worldwide communication in seconds!!!!. > > > > We are trying to get as many messages from different countries and > > cities around the world, just by posting this to a few USENET > > newsgroups and some famous people's email addresses as printed in > > PEOPLE magazine, we're sorry if it might be off topic but we were > > trying to get widespread general worldwide distribution of this note. > > > > Please send a note with the following information: > > ***************************************************************** > > Dear Beth and Jason, > > > > Good luck on your science project. > > > > My name is Julia Klein > > I live in Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. > > > > (If school age please give grade level) > > (I am a lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literature, Tunghai University.If out of school what is your occupation) > > In Mandarin Chinese People say Ni hou ma? when they want to say hello. It means Are you well? > > April 10, 1995 16:33:17 > > ***************************************************************** > > That's all, we hope to get 1,000 responses as our teacher > > said we might get only 10 or 12!!! > > > > Send your email to k.carroll@wildfire1.com > > > > We'll check it every day and keep all responses on a disk and a > > hard copy printout for display at the Science Fair. > > > > Thanks for your help in our project!!! > > > > /////////////////////Beth /////////// > > > > > > > > _________________________________ > Alena Scandura, Area Coordinator| > UVM, Burlington, VT 05405 | > (802)656-4154 mgs@house.uvm.edu | > ________________________________| > ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 13:00:14 +0200 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Becker Subject: Latvia/Russia Hi, everyone! A (male) friend of mine is currently studying at the university of Riga, Latvia. He seems to have considerable difficulties in explaining what feminism is all about and why that is NOT something evil or disgusting. My questions: a) Does anybody know whether there exists an introduction into feminist thought/feminist theory in Latvian or Russian language or an address of someone who could know something like this? b) Does anybody know the address of a feminist organization resp. a women's political party in Latvia ? Thanks for your help ! Please reply privately to me. Andrea Becker hb326be@rs1-hrz.uni-duisburg.de ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 10:52:32 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Georgia NeSmith Subject: News coverage of 4/9 D.C. rally Our local newspaper, the Rochester (NY) _Democrat and Chronicle_, gave less than 7 column inches to yesterday's D.C. Rally for Women's lives, on page 3 of the front section. I'm wondering about the quality and quantity of coverage provided by other newspapers. I'd like to write an editorial about it. Please respond privately. Thanks!!! Georgia NeSmith (independent scholar) gnesmith@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 11:02:41 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Christy Hammer Subject: Gender Equity/Civil Rights Friday, April 7, the House passed the Dept. of Education budget that included the complete elimination of Civil Rights funding to states (Title IV of the 1964 Civil Rights Act) that provides training to schools on race, gender, and national origin equity issues. Title IV state offices provide free and quality direct services to schools on topics such as prejudice reduction, multicultural and gender-fair curriculum and instructional methods for teachers, assistance and training to English as Second Language teachers, sexual harassment training, etc.. Immediate action is required: the Senate version of the Education budget still includes the $14 million dollars in state Civil Rights funds. Part of the direction the Federal government is sending program monies back to the states. The Civil Rights money is already at the state level (and the direct services, cost-effective level) and is the only monies most states have to do anything on Civil Rights matters in the schools. PLEASE personally write or call your state senator and demand that Civil Rights funding be maintained and that in the Conference Committee struggle between the House and Senate versions that the Senate version be accepted with regards to state-level Civil Rights funding. ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 12:18:47 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Linda Gratch Subject: Graduate student needs program--lots of research/gender experience! April 10, 1995 Linda Gratch, Ph.D. Department of Social Sciences/Psychology University of Houston-Downtown 1 Main Houston,TX 77002 (713)221-8958 gratch@dt.uh.edu I have a wonderful student, Margaret Bassett, who just received notice that she was awarded the Phi Kappa Phi graduate student fellowship for the next academic year (1995-1996). She is the only student from Texas to have been granted this award (one per state), and it is for $7,000.00. Margaret has a 4.0 GPA, and is an accomplished writer and researcher. She has worked closely with me for 2 years on 5 on-going research projects. One area revolves around "self-silencing within intimate relationships" (Dana Jack); we have conducted 2 large studies with both males and females in an ethnically diverse setting. We also have modified the scale to deal with workplace silencing issues, and have piloted that modified scale in the university. Margaret has been important in securing a site for a larger workplace study (a law firm), and we hope to collect this dataset this summer. We are also working on a Math Anxiety study with the math department here at our university--an NSF funded study called "Re-inventing College Algebra," and Margaret will be an author on the papers that come from that project. We are in our second year of that project--lots of interesting data! We have included language ability as a factor that has rarely been studied in conjunction with success in mathematics. Thirdly, we are working on a study on attributional thinking and depression using the Attributional Style Questionnaire. Finally, we have done several studies on sexual harassment in universities, working on the difficulty students have in "labeling" situations of harassment. In each of these projects, Margaret (the most senior student among my 10 research assistants) has come to lead the others in each aspect of running a project: she has worked closely with me in writing consent protocols, collecting the data, trouble-shooting (!) at each point of the project, writing the programs (SAS-Mainframe), and analyzing data. Additionally, she has presented with me at APS last year. Margaret is bright, honest, logical, introspective, knowledgeable, curious, and ambitious. She presents herself in a serious and relaxed manner--she has the right amount of reticence and caution; the right amount of concern; a clear sense of how and when to take action. She is by far the best student I have had. I am writing to ask that you consider her application at this late date. We had no idea she would indeed be awarded this scholarship, so the new-found funding makes it possible for her to study further from home. I understand that you have made your selections for this next year, but given her financial support, it might be of benefit to you--and certainly to her--to be considered at this time. Her interests are in clinical/personality, and her research experience relative to interpersonal relations, gender, attributions, depression, and self-silencing make her quite developed (theoretically) already. Please call me (or email) if you might help Margaret further her education. Also, if you could pass this note to others who might have graduate student needs for the coming year, that would be very helpful. Margaret would be interested in making a visit if that would be important to you. Again, thank you, and if you can think of a way to bring Margaret into your program (clinical/counseling), please contact me. With regards, Linda Gratch ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:17:48 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cuthbert - Adele Subject: conference on feminism in the East and West I received an announcement about the following conference and post it to the list for members who may be interested in it. The name of the conference is "Feminist Theory and Practice: East-West" and it will take place in St. Petersburg, Russia June 9-12. It is being arranged by the Petersburg Center of Gender Problems. The themes of the conference are: How do women from the East and West see each other today and what is common between us and how do we differ from each other. It is hoped that the conference will involve: active exchange of ideas; becoming acquainted with the history of women in various countries; an accounting of ACTUAL feminine practice in East and West; discovery of new paths for theoretical studies; and forging of new friendships and contacts. The maximum number of participants is 60. Due to a limited budget, only the travel costs for women from Eastern-Central Europe and other regions of Russia is available. All theorists and practitioners of feminism from Western countries are welcome if they will be in St. Petersburg at the time of the conference. The Center welcomes participation in the form of ideas, articles, texts from those who cannot attend the conference,and all material, with the author's permission, will be published in the Bulletin of the Petersburg Center of Gender Problems, in Russian, and perhaps also in English, budget permitting. Proposals in the form of themes for sections and roundtables and theses and full-fledged talks (up to 20 minutes)for the conference will be accepted until April 15 (a firm deadline). Applications to register for participation in the conference will be accepted until May 15. For further information, and to register for the conference, contact the Petersburg Center of Gender Problems at: telephone: +(812)528-9293 fax: +(812)528-1830 e-mail: sisters@sovam.com (I plan to attend the conference and would be glad to post my summary and/or communicate with members who can't attend and are interested in hearing about it..) (Adele Cuthbert cuthbert@umd5.umd.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 14:15:47 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Amal Amireh Subject: Call For Papers In-Reply-To: <199504101731.NAA03536@BU.EDU> Proposals are invited for a collection of essays on the Lebanese/Arab-American writer and artist Etel Adnan. The editors are interested in essays that consider Adnan's poetry, prose, painting, and tapestry from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. Theoretical and analytical papers that deal with issues of gender, politics, genre, and transnationalism are welcome. Also of interest are comparative papers that situate Adnan's work in relation to Arab, Arab-American and other postcolonial writers and artists as well as papers that deal with teaching Adnan's work in the multicultural classroom. Please send abstracts or completed papers by October 15, 1995 to Amal Amireh, English Department, 236 Bay State Road, Boston University, Boston, MA 02145; aamireh@acs.bu.edu and Lisa Suhair Majaj, 295 Harvard St., #201, Cambridge, MA 02139; andalexa@wpi.wpi.edu Thank you, Amal Amireh aamireh@acs.bu.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 15:17:59 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristi Coulter Subject: Re: Authority in the Classroom: Thank you! >On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Kristi Coulter wrote: > >> Wow! It will take me days to thank each of you privately, so I wanted to >> express my gratitude to everyone who responded to my question about >> establishing classroom authority. It reminded me how lucky I am that a >> forum like WMST-L exists. Your comments were practical, encouraging, and >> generous, and I feel ready to leap giggling boys in a single bound. >> >> Kristi >> kristic@k.imap.itd.umich.edu > >Then in your gratitude, perhaps you could compile the comments into a >brief list so that others could benefit....:) > > >Cheryl Sattler >csattler@cap.gwu.edu Good suggestion! I am indeed figuring out how to compile the messages, and I'll definitely post the compilation to the list. Best, Kristi ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 17:27:30 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kris Anderson Subject: NWSA Registration This is a reminder to all of you who will be presenters at the National Women's Studies Association conference at the University of Oklahoma, June 21-25. The deadline for your registration is fast approaching: April 15. To get the lowest registration fee, other conference-goers must register by May 1. For more information about the NWSA Conference, contact me at 515-232-7242/ksa@iastate.edu/515-232-4631 (fax). Hope to see you all in June for a very exciting event. Kris Anderson NWSA Conference Chair ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 21:17:35 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bonnie Jo Dopp Subject: 19th-c women translators Is it common knowledge that many women scholars in the 19th century, barred from achieving graduate degrees, made significant contributions to various fields of learning by translating? I am a student of musicology interested in women in music and am working on a 19th-century American woman who published many translations from German, French and Italian. I note that several other women did the same in music. Are there important women translators in other fields as well? (Is there a landmark essay on this subject that I should have found my now?) Thank you for whatever advice you can give. Harmoniously, Bonnie Jo Dopp bjdopp@wam.umd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 21:24:33 LCL Reply-To: RGINZBERG@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Ginzberg Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University Subject: Paglia et al Still thinking about a question from last week, viz, "What's wrong with Paglia?" and something to the effect of "Is it still a sin against 'PC' to use her work?" I think the answer MUST be this: If you are thinking about using 's work, no matter WHO is, subject it to the best critical analysis you can. Ask yourself: Is the data reliable? Are the arguments good? Does the work exhibit coherence, integrety, internal characteristics which make it stand up to challenge and critique? Are the sources reliable? Are the premises true? Does it offer a better explanation of some phenomenon than other available explanations offer? If, in your best educated, scholarly judgement, the work is a valuable one, BY ALL MEANS USE IT, and to Hell with what "others" think. Some of the most courageous women in the history of the planet have stood nearly alone in their convictions, in the face of public opinion which deemed them "wrong" or "ignorant" or "childlike" or "crazy." I, personally, in my judgement, don't think Paglia's work will stand up to close, careful intellectual scrutiny and evaluation. But if you DO think it does, for God(dess)'s sake, *say so*! Feminist scholars, like all scholars, have a responsibility to put forth those views of which we genuinely are convinced, in our best educated professional judgement. It is a sad day for ANY field when scholars within it are reduced to appealing only to those data and arguments which *other people* already accept. ----------- Ruth Ginzberg (rginzberg@eagle.wesleyan.edu) ------------ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1995 23:00:42 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Carol Barash Subject: Re: romance novels Have you seen Ros Ballaster *Seductive Forms: Women's Amatory Fiction from 1684-1740* (Oxford UP, 1992)? Carol Barash ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 08:57:32 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: anne elizabeth macneil Subject: Re: 19th-c women translators In-Reply-To: Your message of Mon, 10 Apr 1995 21:17:35 -0400 Dear Bonnie Jo Dopp: What you describe in terms of 19th-century women scholars who make their mark translating is certainly true of 20th-century Chicago! The University of Chicago campus is filled with women who have not held university positions but have made a tremendous impact on the scholarly world through their translations. I wonder if the same is true elsewhere. Best wishes from fellow-musicologist Anne MacNeil ma5c@midway.uchicago.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 12:01:21 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Cristle Collins Judd Subject: Re: 19th-c women translators In-Reply-To: <199504110300.XAA03175@holmes.umd.edu> from "Bonnie Jo Dopp" at Apr 10, 95 09:17:35 pm Can I second Bonnie Jo Dopp's request for some interdisciplinary help on women translators? As part of a larger project on 19th-century English language translations of music theory texts which focuses primarily on the nature of translations as texts, I too have become interested in the issue of women (as) translators. A series from mid-century which figures prominently in my study is *The Diffusion of Musical Knowledge* published by Vincent Novello. Novello's series is a landmark for all sorts of reasons, not least of which is its inclusion of translations by two of his daughters: Mary Cowden Clarke and Sabilla Novello. These translations seem to mark the entrance of women into the burgeoning British trade of music theory translations, but Cowden Clarke was already well known for her Shakespeare concordance of 1844, and I suspect that women come to *music* translating relatively late in the game. Thanks for any pointers. Cristle Collins Judd Dept. of Music, University of Pennsylvania cjudd@sas.upenn.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 16:07:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Phyllis Holman Weisbard Subject: women in lit. in Fort Lauderdale area I am posting this for Audrey Roberts who is not a member of the list. Please respond to her privately. to: women in lit in the ft. lauderdale area. i'm planning to put together a panel for next year's women's history month at the broward library--am looking for people interested in talking about women writers or lost women writers or florida women writers. am open to other suggestions. respond before may 1 to e-mail address, after that to: audrey roberts, lll5 wellesley rd., madison, wi. 53705 Audrey gets email in care of Albert Roberts a018232t@bcfreenet.seflin.lib.fl.us ******************************************* Phyllis Holman Weisbard ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 11 Apr 1995 18:55:49 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Gundersen Subject: translation In-Reply-To: <199504111626.MAA21011@holmes.umd.edu> As you are exploring the issue of translation in the 19th century, be sure to consider hymn texts. Women are important translators of hymns. It was not only one of their ways into music, but into theology. Incidentally, someone who has a fresh perspective on women hymn translators is Madeleine Marshall (marshall@coyote.csusm.edu). She was commissioned to re-translate a number of German hymn texts for the new UCC and Methodist hymnals. Joan Gundersen (jrgunder@coyote.csusm.edu) ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:00:06 +0100 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "J. Van Every" Subject: Paglia and publication I agree with what other posts have said re. using an author if you think that they are academically useful. However, there seems to be another issue in the original post; one which relates to an issue discussed at a conference I attended this weekend (Gender Perspectives on Household Issues, University of Reading, UK). Are we confident that the people reviewing our papers for the journals we submit them to are competent to do so? What was meant by this was that given the interdisciplinary nature of much feminist work, are the reviewers sufficiently aware of the material we are using. This is particularly important when submitting articles to "mainstream" journals or ones in a particular discipline (as opposed to e.g. Women's Studies journals). The other worrying possibility is one raised by Kirsti Yllo in her contribution to Sollie and Leslies book Gender, Families and Close Relationships, where she says that in the past she has had articles refused publication in feminist journals because she uses quantitative methods. As women academics who write articles (for publication), review articles for journals, and edit journals we should consider the implications of the original post. Do we apply the standards of good scholarly work to the articles we review? Or do we begin from a position that some authors (like Paglia) don't meet those standards and skim over arguments that they do (in some respects. In all of this we must also remember that the original post did not accept Paglia's work completely but said it gave a useful perspective on something she was working on (Sorry, I've forgotten the details). When we review articles do we consider that some authors may have ideas worth pursuing even if their work as a whole doesn't meet the scholarly standards we expect? It is becoming increasingly futile to write things which won't be published but it is also naive to think that some of us are not now and will not be among those making the decisions others of us worry about. Jo VanEvery Dept. of Sociology and Social Anthropology Keele University Keele, Staffs ST5 5BG soa00@cc.keele.ac.uk ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 15:35:58 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Judith Ezekiel Subject: threats to women's studies in France I'm sending a translation of the letter sent by the ANEF, the French national women's studies association, protesting the threat to women's studies in the universities. We would appreciate all the support we can get. Judith Ezekiel University of Paris 12ezekiel@creteil.univ-paris12.fr ------- We were dismayed to learn that the University of Paris 7's Sexe et SocitJdoctoral program had lost its accreditation last fall. This is compounded by the recent report that recommends discontinuing the Etudes FmininesJdoctoral program at the University of Paris 8. These two degree-granting programs each have their own character: Paris 7's emphasizes history and social sciences, whereas Paris 8's is centered around literature, philosophy and psychoanalysis. They answer a growing need for women's studies teaching and research. They have attracted a large number of students, stimulated quality research projects, and increased international recognition of French contributions in the field. Whatever the reasons given for these decisions, the disappearance of these programs would reflect a hostile stance towards feminist and women's studies, or at the very least, an ignorance of the stakes and the international context. Indeed, France can be characterized by a near-total absence of support and institutional recognition in this area, incomprehensible when contrasted to the wealth, diversity and vitality of women's studies in our country. The elimination of these two doctoral programs could only increase this gap. We vigorously protest the elimination of the women's studies programs at the University of Paris 7 and Paris 8. We urge you to act, not only in order to preserve the current situation, but rather to support the development of French women's studies so that it might attain the same status as that in other European countries. Please send letters to M. le Ministre de l'Enseignement et de la Recheche 1, rue Descartes 75005 Paris France and a copy to the ANEF 34, rue du Professeur Martin 31500 Toulouse France ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:12:49 EST5EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: MADELINE AVEDON Organization: University Of South Carolina Subject: Re: Caribbean women Thanks so much for the tip. I'll look this afternoon to this if I can get Dreher stuff. If not I'll let you know. Thanks again, Madeline Avedonm@hssclass.hssc.scarolina.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:22:18 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Manlowe Subject: Defending Our Lives ************PLEASE POST WIDELY AT YOUR INSTITUTION********* April 10, 1995 >Contact: Patty Logan (203)439-2503 or (203)536-2186 (home) >or Chris Cory (203)439-2508 or (203)437-3550 (home) >For Immediate Release > >NEW LONDON, Conn. - An exclusive Connecticut showing of "Defending Our >Lives," producer Margaret Lazarus 1993 Academy Award-winner for best >short subject documentary, a graphic and poignant film that exposes the >magnitude and severity of domestic violence in this country, will take >place at Connecticut College's Oliva Hall on Sunday, April 23, at 3:30 >p.m. Shannon Booker and Lisa Grimshaw, two of the film's protagonists >who are described as unflinching in comments about their experiences, >will be there with Lazarus until 5 p.m. for personal questions and >discussion following the film. > > Produced by the award-winning team of Lazarus, Renner Wunderlich, >and Stacey Kabat, the 30-minute documentary features the personal >testimonies of women imprisoned for killing their batterers in >self-defense, and discusses the irony of putting them behind bars. Since >the film's release, five women in this group known as the "Framingham >Eight," among them Grimshaw and Booker, have been set free because of the >efforts of legal teams, countless volunteers and the group called >Battered Women Fighting Back! Kabat, who received the 1992 Reebok Human >Rights Award for her work on domestic violence, is a co-founder of >Battered Women Fighting Back! She is the victim of domestic violence, >and the daughter and granddaughter of battered women. > During the past year, the film has been screened internationally >to wide audiences at major film festivals, conferences on domestic >violence and human rights, the United States Congress, the White House, >the Executive Offices of the Department of Health and Human Services, >state legislatures, universities, high schools, police academies, >judicial training centers, art centers, and battered women's shelters. >New York State Senator Suzie Oppenheimer, Chair of the Democratic Task >Force on Women's Issues and a 1956 Connecticut College alumna , is quoted >on the "Defending Our Lives" publicity poster: " I am so thankful that >someone has finally captured the horror of these women's lives on film. >This is a must-see film for every legislator in this country." While the >Connecticut College screening is free of charge, it has been shown >elsewhere throughout the country to raise funds for domestic violence >programs, and has aired on public television stations in San Francisco, >Chicago, and San Diego. > >Producer and director Margaret Lazarus, co-founder with Wunderlich of >Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc., a non-profit production and >distribution organization, has seen "Defending Their Lives" win the 1993 >Academy Award for Best Short Subject Documentary, and be named the Winner >of the EMMA Award (Exceptional Merit in Media Award) from the National >Women's Political Caucus. It has received the 1994 "Outstanding >Independent Film of the Year" by the New England Film & Video Festival, >the 1993 PASS Award from the NCCD, the National Council on Crime and >Delinquency, and the 1993 first place CHRIS Award from the Columbus >International Film and Video Festival, among other distinctions. A Vassar >College honors graduate with a Masters Degree in Broadcasting and Film, >Lazarus formerly produced and wrote a weekly public affairs programs for >WNAC-TV in Boston. Among the other award-winning Cambridge Documentary >Films produced and directed by Lazarus which have been distributed >extensively in the US and abroad are "Taking Our Bodies: The Women's >Health Movement," "Rape Culture", and "Killing Us Softly: Advertising's >Image of Women," among the most widely used films about women's issues >shown at the university level. > > Sponsored by the Connecticut College Everywomyn's Center, >S.O.U.L. (a newly formed gay and Lesbian group, Sexual Orientations >United for Liberation), and the program in Gender and Women's Studies, >the film screening and the personal appearances by Grimshaw, Booker (who >has just returned from Copenhagen) and producer Margaret Lazarus, present >a unique opportunity for New England individuals and professionals >concerned about domestic violence and involved in social services and >women's issues. > > Through the efforts of the college's Visiting Professor for >Gender and Women's Studies Nancy Goldstein, Margaret Lazarus is scheduled >to be broadcast in conversation with Faith Middleton on Connecticut >Public Radio at 4 p.m. on Friday, April 21, 1995, two days before her >campus appearance. > >- 30 - > > > ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 10:23:33 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Nancy Whitt Organization: Samford University Subject: News from English and Language Departments I am currently editing the newsletter of the women's caucus of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association and would welcome any calls for papers or other information that would be relevant to women in English and Foreign Language Departments (or women's studies related to those disciplines or linguistics or popular culture). Thanks! Nancy Whitt nmwhitt%Samford.Bitnet@uga.cc.uga.edu or nmwhitt@Samford.Bitnet ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:57:00 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Karen Kidd Subject: Re: translation Following up on Joan Gundersen's suggestion about women as translators of hymns, you might also look into women who translated works of theology. Henrietta Szold (one of the most influential women in American Judaism) began her career as a translator. -- Karen Kidd kkidd@rocky.claremont.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 11:05:54 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Patricia H Michaelson Subject: course syllabi In-Reply-To: <199504121438.KAA17798@holmes.umd.edu> Can someone remind me how to get access to the file of women's studies syllabi? I've been off the list for a while, so please forgive me if this was recently discussed. Thanks in advance. Pat Michaelson Univ. of Texas at Dallas pmichael@utdallas.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 13:21:39 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: course syllabi Pat Michaelson asked: > Can someone remind me how to get access to the file of women's > studies syllabi? I've been off the list for a while, so please forgive > me if this was recently discussed. I'm replying to the list rather than just to Pat because I suspect there are others who may have the same question, and this month I didn't post the section of the WMST-L User's Guide that answers the above question. So... To get a list of all the syllabi available in the WMST-L collection, send the message INDEX SYLLABI to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU. You'll be sent something called the SYLLABI FILELIST. It contains about 100 syllabi for a variety of WS courses. The entries will look like this: * Sexuality and Gender: an extensive Anthropology syllabus (R. Crapo) ANTHRO GENDER ALL WMS V 76 3406 94/09/23 16:10:14 * Arab Women's Literature: Female Voices, Feminist Negotiations ARAB_LIT WOMENS ALL WMS V 80 620 93/03/24 22:13:48 * Introduction to Women's Studies in the Arts (Carter syllabus) ARTS WS_IN ALL WMS V 79 441 94/04/01 11:00:14 * Race & Gender in Asian America from the mid-19th c. to present (Hanawa) ASIANAM RACE+GEN ALL WMS V 80 258 93/09/29 20:14:36 The line starting with the asterisk is just a description of the syllabus; the file name is the first two words in caps on the next line (eg, ANTHRO GENDER is a filename, as is ARAB_LIT WOMENS, or ARTS WS_IN, or ASIANAM RACE+GEN). To get the syllabi you want, send the message GET [filename]--e.g., GET ANTHRO GENDER. You can request more than one file at a time; just put each GET request on a separate line. Send the message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU. DO NOT SEND THIS MESSAGE TO WMST-L. DO NOT HIT REPLY! Many of the syllabi have also been made available on InforM, so you can also access them by gopher or WWW. Gopher to inform.umd.edu and choose Educational Resources, then Academic Resources by Topic, then Women's Studies, then Syllabi. The humongous URL for InforM's WWW is http://inform.umd.edu:86/Educational_Resources/AcademicResourcesByTopic/WomensSt udies/ (there should be no spaces anywhere). InforM, by the way, is the U. of Maryland's online information system--it has one of the best online archives of Women's Studies material in the world. If you have questions about this, please write to me privately at the address given below, not via WMST-L. Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County Bitnet: korenman@umbc * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 14:58:40 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Feminist Teacher Subject: course syllabi I just wanted to remind folks that course syllabi are also to be found in _Feminist Teacher_, along with, of course, discussions of feminist pedagogy. For ordering information, write to us at Feminist_Teacher@WheatonMa.edu. Thanks. --Paula Krebs, for the Feminist Teacher Editorial Collective ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 15:16:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: PROFESSING FEMINISM files available I have just added to the WMST-L filelist the messages that have appeared on the list since last November about Daphne Patai and Noretta Koertge's book _Professing Feminism: Cautionary Tales from the Strange World of Women's Studies_. Though the discussion was slow in getting started, it ultimately produced a lengthy file. Since some mail systems can't handle large files, I have divided the messages into three smaller files of approximately 400-500 lines each, arranged chronologically. To get all three files, send the following three-line message to LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU: GET PROFESS1 FEMINISM GET PROFESS2 FEMINISM GET PROFESS3 FEMINISM If you want a list of all the WMST-L files, add a fourth line that says INDEX WMST-L . Joan Korenman ***************************************************************************** * Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu * * U. of Md. Baltimore County Bitnet: korenman@umbc * * Baltimore, MD 21228-5398 * * * * The only person to have everything done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe * ***************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 12 Apr 1995 14:37:07 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Deborah Peters, OSB" Subject: Re: PROFESSING FEMINISM files available LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU Deborah Peters,OSB, Ph.D Professor of English Benedictine College 1020 N. 2nd St. Atchison, KS 66002 913-367-5340 ext.2574 FAX 913-367-6102 dpeters@raven.benedictine.edu ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:52:15 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Cynthia J. Cupples" Subject: Call for papers and reviews *Critical Matrix: The Princeton Journal of Women, Gender, and Culture* seeks scholarly articles, social critique, poetry, fiction, photo essays, and reviews that explore, redefine, or reach across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Articles may be 10-30 pages in length and should be written with a cross-disciplinary readership in mind. Possible formats for reviews include: omnibus review essays on new publications, performances, or exhibitions; thematic reviews of books from different disciplines; round-robin reviews by two or more reviewers; rigorously thought, informally written reflections after reading. Send two copies of each manuscript to: Critical Matrix Program in Women's Studies 113 Dickinson Hall Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08544 Please enclose a self-addressed stamped envelope if you wish the mauscript to be returned. For futher information about submitting or subscribing to *Critical Matrix*, write to the above address or email matrix@princeton.edu. Cynthia Cupples and Heather Hadlock, editors Anne-Lise Francois, Assistant Editor ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 20:43:36 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Rosie Subject: Camille Paglia (I may be a little behind here--I have been swamped so e-mail has fallen between the cracks...) I think it is important to teach Camille Paglia for two reasons. One is that if her ideas are getting serious attention in the mainstream media, our stu- dents are bound to wonder why we are ignoring them, and to dismiss her out of hand only makes her more intriguing. Secondly, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. She may be self-promoting and theoretically wacked-out, but she may have some valuable insights that she expresses particularly well. I think it is always important to discuss a spectrum of ideas if for no other reason than to teach students how to weigh the relative importance of things. This is not an example from women's history, but from my own field. I teach Latin American history. In my survey course, my students read Fidel Castro's _History Will Absolve Me_ and I also show them a film by a number of Cuban exiles called _Improper Conduct_. My purpose in taking this approach is to show them what is appealing about Castro-- why people followed him and helped make the revolution, and at the same time, by using the film, to show some of the abuses of civil liberties by the Castro regime. I lead them through a discussion of what Castro's biases are and ofthose who published his book, as well as the viewpoints of the exiles. My students end up feeling that they have gotten a thorough look at Castro that is fair--at least as fair as I can be; that I respect their viewpoints and that I am not trying to shove my ideology down their throats. Generally, they come away not knowing what my personal point of view is. I try as much as possible to get them to understand that these matters are very complex, and if anything, that too many ideologues try to oversimplify for the sake of pushing their own points of view. Do they know that I consider myself a radical historian? Yes. But by the time they get out of my class, their understanding of history is, I hope, richer and more textured than when they started. Rosie ....................................................................... Rosa Maria Pegueros e-mail: pegueros@uriacc.uri.edu Department of History telephone: (401) 792-4092 217C Washburn Hall University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI 02881-0817 "Women hold up half the sky." ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 20:46:22 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Preston Katherine K Subject: Re: Authority in the Classroom: Thank you! This is old stuff, but I've been out of town. I would very much like to see what kind of suggestions you received. Could you forward them to me (or is that a huge task?) If you posted a synopsis on the WMST List, I didn't get it, for (as I said) I was out of town and postponed receipt of messages. Many thanks Katherine Preston Department of Music The College of William and Mary Williamsburg Virginia kkpres@mail.wm.edu > Wow! It will take me days to thank each of you privately, so I wanted to > express my gratitude to everyone who responded to my question about > establishing classroom authority. It reminded me how lucky I am that a > forum like WMST-L exists. Your comments were practical, encouraging, and > generous, and I feel ready to leap giggling boys in a single bound. > > Kristi > kristic@k.imap.itd.umich.edu > > ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 07:24:36 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: rjensen Subject: QUITTING PORN: Men Speak Out (fwd) i thought this might be of interest to some on the list. bob jensen university of texas rjensen@uts.cc.utexas.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 1995 17:43:49 -0400 From:MAP11215@aol.com Subject: QUITTING PORN: Men Speak Out Call for submissions... QUITTING PORNOGRAPHY: Men Speak Out About How They Did It PERSONAL STORIES WANTED! We are currently assembling personal accounts by men about quitting pornography. Our plan is to select, edit, and publish an anthology of these stories--in order to share information about techniques and strategies that have worked for men who want to break free of their use of pornography. Your contribution to this project will help fill an urgent and widespread need. We welcome submissions from all men who have tried to quit pornography. We invite you to tell your truth whatever your age, sexual orientation, political opinion, race, religious belief, or income level. We would appreciate a biographical note describing yourself and stating how you prefer to be identified. If you wish, your writing will be published anonymously. But we ask that you include your name, address, and phone number, so that if your submission is selected we can reach you during the editing process. TALK ABOUT THE METHOD THAT WORKED BEST FOR YOU. Because we realize that no single way will work for everyone, we hope to present a variety of men's voices detailing a wide variety of methods, including... * Personal trial and error * Counseling * Therapy * Activism * Going "cold turkey" * A 12-step recovery program * Behavior modification * Religious conviction * Consciousness-raising group * Honest dialogue with partner or friends * Life changes YOUR EXPERIENCE IS IMPORTANT. Share your struggles and successes, your relapses and resolve--whether long ago or recent, temporary or long-term. Nonwriters are welcome! Just tape-record your thoughts and send us a transcript. The experience you have to offer may be exactly what some other man needs to hear. * What is your own history of pornography use? * How was it involved when you masturbated? * How was pornography involved in your sex life? * What types did you use? * What made you realize that you wanted to quit? * What steps did you take? * What worked? What didn't? * For how long did you quit? * What were your most difficult stumbling blocks? * How did quitting affect your relationships? * How did quitting affect how you felt about yourself? SEND YOUR STORY (typed, please, double-spaced and via snail mail) TO: Men Against Pornography PO Box 150786 Brooklyn, NY 11215-0786 U.S.A. Manuscripts not chosen for publication will be returned if you enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. (Men Against Pornography is a group of profeminist men in New York City who want to help create sexual justice and who believe that pornography stands in the way of it. Since our founding in 1984, we have received numerous requests for help in assisting men to deal honestly and openly with pornography. In addition to leading workshops and initiating protests, members of Men Against Pornography have been featured on many local and national TV and radio broadcasts, including Donahue and Sally Jessy Raphael, and in periodicals such as Ms., Changing Men, and The Activist Men's Journal. (Please post this message and/or forward it. Thanks.) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 09:21:52 -0600 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Haslett Subject: Vilanelle In-Reply-To: <199504141225.IAA21411@holmes.umd.edu> Does anyone know if the name Vilanelle as a special significance? (i.e. is someone's pen name, alias, character in a novel, a film etc. etc.). she is a character in one of Jeanette Winterson's novels, and I am wondering why that name???? Jane p.s. please reply privately - Jane.Haslett@ualberta.ca ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 13:01:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "D. Atkins" Subject: URGENT LAST CALL URGENTLY NEED: ARTICLES AND PERSONAL NARRATIVES FROM LESBIANS AND BISEXUAL WOMEN OF COLOR For the anthology LOOKING QUEER: Body Image and Identity in Lesbian, Bisexual, Gay and Transgendered Communities For guidelines or more information, please contact: Dawn Atkins P.O. Box 861 Iowa City, IA 52244-086 datkins@blue.weeg.uiowa.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 13:54:25 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kristi Coulter Subject: Re: Authority in the Classroom: Thank you! >This is old stuff, but I've been out of town. I would very much >like to see what kind of suggestions you received. Could you >forward them to me (or is that a huge task?) If you posted a >synopsis on the WMST List, I didn't get it, for (as I said) I was out >of town and postponed receipt of messages. > Katherine, Sure! I'm in the process of compiling and editing the messages (lots of 'em) and will forward or post to the list as soon as I'm done. Kristi kristic@k.imap.itd.umich.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 14 Apr 1995 16:36:22 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Pat Murphy Subject: gender video to replace Pinks and Blues I would like to purchase a video for use in gender roles that would update the Pinks Blues. I have seen two recently advertised. Gender: the enduring Paradox brom Smithsonian world (60 min) and The differences between men and women from Films for the Humanities and Sciences (23 min) Does anyone know anything about the relative strengths and weaknesses of these two films? Thanks, I'll compile the responses that come to me and send them to the list. > Pat Murphy Assistant Professor of Sociology SUNY Geneseo Geneseo, N.Y. 14454 716-245-5324 Murphy@uno.cc.geneseo.edu