For 5/2: Will.i.am doesn’t like women who have their own condoms and I don’t like him

Read this. What prompts blogger Maya to put a bowl of condoms on her coffee table?

for 4/24: Rania Matar - Recent Projects - A Girl and her Room

Look at these--
Rania Matar - Recent Projects - A Girl and her Room-- photographs of girls in their rooms. Where are the girls from? What might the photographer, Rania Matar, be thinking or wanting to say?

Option for 4/25: In J. Crew add mom paints son's toenails pink

Watch the video. What do you think makes people react so strongly to a boy with pink toenails? In the video, what kinds of arguments do you hear in support of the add, or against it?

option for 4/18: Women making music in Pakistan

Female musicians in Pakistan. Listen to the story and the music here.

What challenges do these women musicians face? What do they sing about? Why do they sing?

Jil Sorensen

Interview with Washington Post.
Story about her in Ms. Magazine.

Option for 4/11: Toni Bond Leonard

Who is Toni Bond Leonard? Each person who comments should say something different about her.

Option for 4/4: response to Monster video

Have you seen Kayne West's Monster video (in which Nicki Minaj contributes some of the best lyrics, at least in terms of form, if not content)? Here's a feminist response to it. What do you think?

Option for 4/3: Urban Knitters

Is this art, craft, graffiti, vandalism? What do you think?

OPTION FOR 4/4: Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

What is Jen Sorensen saying with this comic strip? Click on link to see it bigger.

Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

For 3/28--Disney topic sent by student

Have you seen the trailer for Mars Needs Moms? According to this blogger (http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/03/24/finally-a-disney-film-in-which-mom-is-neither-dead-nor-witch/), how are moms usually portrayed in Disney films? And how are they portrayed in this particular film?

Option for 321: Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

What is Jen Sorensen saying with this comic strip (click on link for larger image)? Why is it funny?
Slowpoke Comics by Jen Sorensen :: Alternative Political Cartoons and Illustration

Option for 3/21: Bodies

What is the main point of this video?

For 3/22: Male Model Lights Up High-Fashion Runways : The Two-Way : NPR

How do you feel about Andrej's "androgynous" look?

Male Model Lights Up High-Fashion Runways : The Two-Way : NPR

option for 3/7: Is fashion news-worthy?

Read this, then comment on whether or not fashion is "news-worthy."

for 3/7: Short video

Read the short introduction to this video and then watch it.
In their words.

What is the point of the video? What techniques does it use to get it's message across? Is the video effective? Why or Why not?

Option for 3/7: A call to men.

A call to men. [VIDEO]
What is the "man box"? What does it mean to be a man?

Link to Erdrich interview. Know for Exam 2

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04092010/profile.html

Novels by men make "best" lists

Few novels by women make "best" lists:

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1951793,00.html

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=103869541

Modern Library--Women aren't even included on Board to make decision
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Library_100_Best_Novels (I included this list because Modern Library's was not working today).
Here's ML's official list (maybe 10% women):
http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

A list with more (but not equal) balance:
http://www.friendswood.lib.tx.us/bookinfo/frpubtop150.htm

Harvard bookstore's list:
http://www.harvard.com/shelves/top100/

for 2/28: censorship

What do you see in this graphic? Describe the graphic. What do you think the designers of the graphic are trying to say and describe the technique they use to say it. There's only 6 words. What else are they saying with these 6 words?

for 2/21: Janell Monae and Lada Gaga at Grammys

Fast forward 5 minutes into the video to see Monae.
YouTube - Bruno Mars Ft B.o.B & Janelle Monáe - Nothing on you Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards 2011:

What do you think?

Here's the official video of Cold War:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmORiHNtN4
Watch her eyes.

Lady Gaga, hatching out of an egg, was also at the Grammys. Gaga and Monae send different messages with their styles. What are the different messages they send?