WMST-L LOG9307D ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 09:00:47 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Scott Subject: Re: Women and Sci. East Anglia/Lond. In-Reply-To: Visiting from Canada, July 27 - Aug 9, would like to meet others with related interests. Thanks - Joan. joscott@morgan.ucs.mun.ca ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 11:29:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "DONNA L. BARON" Subject: Re: RESISTANCE TO VIOLENCE IN FILM The Australian? movie _Shame_ is an excellent women fight back movie! Donna ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 11:34:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "DONNA L. BARON" Subject: Re: Women's networks A PhD dissertation out of Clark University - Geography by Melissa Gilbert. I think she finished in 1992 or 1993..... I can't remember the title but its well worth checking out! Donna Baron DBARON@MACC.WISC.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 09:19:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Tamar Mayer, Middlebury College" Subject: Re: Women's networks A correction to Donna Baron's note: Melissa Gilbert's dissertation is not yet done, but will be (hopefully) by the end of this summer. Watch for it! Timi Mayer Geography/WS MAYER@MIDD ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 16:53:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: Re: searching for sources on violence I am posting this for Yukika Matsumoto. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc) ********************************************************** From: Yukika Matsumoto Subject: Re: searching for sources on violence For Japan (and to certain extent Korea) ----------------------------------- One possible source is "kokuritu Josei Kaikan" which I don't know how to get through to. You can probably use one ofthe emerging women's information centers, many equipped with database facilities. They should be able to provide you with further info. Here's one of them. (fax or snailmail. E-mail environment is yet to come) Tokyo Women's Information Center 15 floor, Central Plaza, 1-1 Kaguragashi, Shinjuku 162 Tokyo Tel: +81-3-3235-1186 Fax:+81-3-3268-1503 Try these for NGO point of view. They have newsletters in English. ----------------------------------- Asian Women's Association (AWA) 211 Sibuya Coop, 14-10, Sakuragaoka, Sibuya, Tokyo 150 Japan Tel/Fax: +81-3-3463-9752 Newsletter: Asian Women's Liberation (occasional since 197?) [or E-mail me (lalamaziwa@igc.apc.org) if not available in US] Pacific Asia Resource Center (PARC) 402 Seikou Bldg, 1-30 Jimbouchou, kanda, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 101 Japan Tel: +81-3-3291-5901 Fax: +81-3-3295-9453 Asia ----------------------------------- ISIS in Phillipines should have comprehensive collection on Asian Women and should be able to possible sources in these areas. ISIS, Women's Information Center (can't recall proper name) P.O. Box 1837 Quezon City, Main Quezon City 1100 Philippines ISIS@phil.gn.apc.org Several women's groups have presented their reports at the Vienna conference on violence against women in English, among the Japanese ones, a survival group of women with alcohol addicted partners, a women's group on domestic violence. Yukika ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 20:20:34 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allan Hunter Subject: info on a help wanted email list? Rumor has it that there is some kind of a "help wanted" email list out there somewhere. a> Does anyone know how to access it? b> If such a thing exists, is it subdivided into cross-referenced things such as like-minded philosphies, geographical region, etc. as well as type of employment? It would be nice, for instance, to be able to open to a help wanted directory of all available positions for which feminists were being actively preferred, for instance. {unless reply includes relevance to entire list, reply to address below} - Allan Hunter ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 22:55:36 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Arnie Kahn Subject: The Response to Rape Recently, Paula Gaber put Violence Against Women, The Response to Rape: Detours on the Raod to Equal Justice on the umd gopher. This is a terrific document which was prepared by the majority staff of the Senate Judiciary Committee. I think it should be read by every student in every Intro to WS class (and others as well). If you're on internet, telnet to inform.umd.edu and use the menu to "educational resources," "women's studies," "reading room," and then the article is, if I recall correctly, something like "violence_against_women_act." Get the "full text." I think this document is as effective as any other in talking about the disparity of rape versus other crimes. If you can't get it and want it, contact Paula Gaber gaber@info.umd.edu or me and we'll mail it to you. (Hope this is ok with you, Paula.) And thanks Paula, for making all these resources available. Arnie ******************************************************************************** Arnie Kahn, Psychology, JMU, Harrisonburg, VA 22807 (703) 568-3963 - day fac_askahn@vax1.acs.jmu.edu (703) 434-0225 - night fac_askahn@jmuvax (703) 568-3322 - fax ******************************************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1993 23:28:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Kay L Gable Subject: Re: statistics In-Reply-To: <199307200849.EAA25701@ucunix.san.uc.edu> from "Bat Sheva" at Jul 20, 93 04:44:45 am There is an excellent view of a woman in the 20th century who was a socialist activist. The book is called, "In My Mother's House", by Kim Chernin. Kay gablekl@ucunix.san.uc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 08:49:16 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: Re: The Response to Rape Thanks to Arnie Kahn for his enthusiastic recommendation of the inforM system. Just to clarify, the actual path name for the report he mentioned is "Educational Resources/Women's Studies/ReadingRoom/ Violence+Women/ResponsetoRape". In other words, when you telnet to the inforM system (inform.umd.edu), choose "4. Educational Resources", then "12. Women's Studies", then "7. Reading Room", then "9. Violence+Women", then "2. ResponsetoRape". As Arnie mentioned, choose the file named "full-text". The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to mail documents ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 08:53:46 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: Oops! Response to Rape, cont'd Oops! Sorry for that cut off message. To continue where I so unceremoniously left off, the Gopher system has a feature that allows users to mail documents to themselves. After choosing "full-text", hit "q", then "m". Then type in your email address. If you have any problems or questions, feel free to contact me. Paula Gaber Coordinator, inforM Women's Studies Database gaber@inform.umd.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 10:42:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Sandra Coyner Subject: NWSA response to campus backlash especially PennState I am posting the following message to the list for Vivien Ng, President of NWSA. Several members of the NWSA Governing Council are members of WMST-L; we are contacting the other members of the Executive Board to continue discussing actions on backlash harassment against women's studies. PLEASE DO send us your ideas and suggestions (and offers of help). Besides writing to Vivien and/or me, you could contact these NWSA officers whom you already know from their postings to this list: Diana Scully DSCULLY@Cabell.vcu.edu Sue Mansfield SMANSFIELD@Benson.Claremont.edu Sandra Coyner, NWSA President-elect Coyner@ksuvm.ksu.edu (internet) Coyner@ksuvm (bitnet) ======================================================================== To: WMST-L members From: Vivien Ng, President, NWSA Re: Backlash Date: July 22, 1993 The NWSA is aware of the situation at Penn State involving the Lionhearted and its long-running attack on the Women's Studies Program there. Donna Hughes has sent me clippings from the paper for me to study; although I have not gone through the stack, I have seen enough to be angry at their unprincipled exploitation of freedom of the press to slander the reputation of the program and members of its faculty. I am ready to make a public statement of support for the program at Penn State, because NWSA must act to defend women's studies programs and courses against such slander. At the same time, I am not ready to defend the action of the two students. However much I sympathize with their frustration with the Lionhearted, I cannot agree that theirs is the appropriate response. Looking beyond the particular situation at Penn State, it is obvious that other women's studies programs and faculty have been experiencing right wing backlash. Ellen Messer-Davidow's plenary speech at the NWSA meeting last month was enough to make my skin crawl. The time has come for us--all of us, NWSA, the organization, as well as feminists in and out of the academy--to confront this challenge from the right. Here's what I think must happen: 1) Strengthen the NWSA. We must not forget the hard lessons learned from our history, especially the events surrounding Akron; however, we must not allow that part of our past to continue to splinter our efforts to promote feminist education everywhere and make the world a better place for women. We need a strong national organization that can rise to the defense of women's studies programs and faculty whenever they come under political attack. 2) Recruit members to join the NWSA. The ability of the national organization to function is dependent on the size of our membership. Membership dues and registration fees collected for the annual meetings constitute a huge chunk of our revenues. Those of us who belong to programs that operate on shoestring budgets know how hard it is for us to work under such severe contraints. 3) Collect stories about hardships faced by programs due to unfavorable political climate and disseminate such information. 4) Put together a "how-to" manual to combat backlash. I see this to be a very useful tool for us to use. 5) Join in coalition with other national/regional women's organizations to fight the backlash. 6) Establish a "quick-response" process to counter right wing attacks in the media and within our institutions. This is just a beginning. I welcome your comments and suggestions. Until 8/10, please e-mail your response to Sandy Coyner at COYNER@KSUVM.KSU.EDU . After 8/10, I can be reached at the University of Oklahoma at AA0509@UOKMVSA.BITNET . ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:04:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: dl81 Subject: NW SOURCEBOOK! Hi everyone! Just re-connected, caught up with 724 messages, DELIGHTED with outcome of NWSA elections, glad to be back online... For all of you who requested information on the NEIGHBORHOOD WOMEN'S TRAINING SOURCEBOOK last spring, flyers with descriptive details and ordering information are on their way to everyone who gave me realmail addresses, and a shorter message with ordering information is in the e-mailboxes of those who didn't. If anyone else is interested, it's published, it's beautiful, it's useful (in both theoretical and practical terms), so let me know (privately) if you want further details. Re: working women, list ANYTHING by Sara Paretsky (V.I. Warshawski novels) - working class white ethnic settings, best friend is woman doctor, she's an attorney-turned-PI, good human-centered stories with historical/cultural depth, issues of incest, aging, domestic violence, industrial health/safety, stalking, Operation Rescue, routinely weave through her pages. Being contemporary, can be particularly thought-provoking for students. DEB LOUIS ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:11:09 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jennifer Subject: SHAME To Alan Johnson's partner and others interested in shame, gender, and body consciousness. I'm a recent graduate in Psychology, Gender & Religion (Drew University) and believe my dissertation, "The Grains of Loss: Psychological and Theological Reflections on Eating Disorders and Incest," may be of interest to people interested in how shame is expressed, inflicted, and experienced among a particular population. If you need to reach me, try: SNAIL: Jennifer Manlowe, Phd 41 William Street Princeton NJ 08540 USA EMAIL: J.Manlowe@Pupress.Princeton.Edu P.S. I'm looking for both a publisher and a teaching position in religion and/or women's studies and would love any suggestions you might have for me. Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:17:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Carl M. Kadie" Subject: Re: NWSA response to campus backlash especially PennState > Donna Hughes has sent me clippings from the paper for me to study; > although I have not gone through the stack, I have seen enough to be > angry at their unprincipled exploitation of freedom of the press to > slander the reputation of the program and members of its faculty. I urge caution in the choice of words used to criticize the _Lionheart_. First, words such as "slander" have both informal and legal meanings. When these meanings conflict, the words are probably best avoided. For example, by the legal meaning "slander", a newspaper cannot slander (but it can "libel"). Also, under U.S. defamation laws, it is almost impossible to defame (in the legal sense) a program at a university. Second, the phrase "exploitation of freedom of the press" suggests a call for some authority to stop such "exploitation". To me this is similar to saying: "The robbers, in an unprincipled exploitation of freedom to travel, crossed the state line and robbed a bank." The problem here isn't freedom to travel; it is the robbery. The problem with the _Lionheart_ isn't freedom of the press; it is their lies. As an alternative, I suggest plain, unambiguous, direct criticism of the _Lionheart_'s message. For example: "The _Lionheart_ was intellectually dishonest. It lied about the program and the members of its faculty." - Carl ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 11:35:23 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: WAGNER Subject: Re: NWSA response to campus backlash especially PennState In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 23 Jul 1993 12:17:14 -0400 from Certainly the use of language is important, especially in writing legal or academic documents. However, I am concerned about the "change your words" response to the NWSA President's message to list members. In my experience, technicalities are frequently used in an attempt to silence or intimidate those persons willing to make change. My hunch is that list members concerned about the harassment of Women's Studies programs understood the original message (which I unfortunately deleted). I certainly support the efforts of NWSA in this matter and plan to join because of those efforts. Marion Wagner (IBOH100@INDYCMS.IUPUI.EDU) ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 13:13:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: 1 new journal, 4 jobs The following announcements may be of interest to WMST-L readers: 1) CFP - Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering (a new journal!) 2) Asst. Prof. U.S. History (inc. women and gender) (U. of San Francisco) 3) Lecturer in Film and Computer-based imagery (U. of Canterbury, New Zealand) 4) Lectureship in Geography (U. of Otago, New Zealand) 5) Professor of English (U. of Southern Queensland, Australia) For more information, please contact the people named in the announcements, not WMST-L or me. Joan Korenman (korenman@umbc) *********************************************************** 1) The Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering seeks submissions for its first and subsequent issues. The Journal is a new project of the Women's Research Institute at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia. The first issue will be published in the Fall, 1993. The Journal has as its purpose to publish original, peer-reviewed papers that report innovative ideas and programs, scientific studies and formulation of concepts related to the education, recruitment, and retention of underrepresented groups in science and engineering. Issues related to women and minorities in science and engineering will be consolidated to address the entire professional and educational environ ment. Subjects for papers can include: empirical studies of current qualitative or quantitative research; historical investigations of how minority status science and engineering; original theoretical or conceptual analyses of feminist science and Afro-centric science; reviews of literature to help develop new ideas and directions for future research; explorations of feminist teaching methods, black student/white teacher interactions; cultural phenomena that affect the classroom climate. Papers for the fall issue should be submitted by Sept 1, 1993. Papers are also welcome for subsequent issues. To receive guidelines for manuscript preparation send complete mailing info to Kathy Wager, Editorial Assistant, Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, Women's Research Institute, Virginia Tech, Sandy Hall, Room 10, Blacksburg, Va. 24061-0338. Phone: 703-231-6296 Fax 703-231-7669 E-mail: wri@vtvml.cc.vt.edu ************************************************************* 2) UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES UNITED STATES HISTORY Pending approval and funding, the Department of History at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a tenure-track position in United States Women's History at the Assistant Professor level, anticipated to begin in the Fall of 1994. Teaching responsibilities may include, inter alia, teaching courses on women, gender, and the family, upper-division courses in a selected period of either 19th or 20th century United States history, a lower division United States History survey, and, periodically, an historical research methods course. Qualifications. University teaching experience, evidence of scholarship, an earned doctorate by Fall 1994 with a concentration in United States Women's History, and an understanding and commitment to support the mission of the University are required. Advanced work in gender and the family and an ability to teach historical gender issues comparatively (covering Europe, Asia, Latin America or Africa) will enhance the application. The faculty member will be expected to develop an independent and ongoing research program. We particularly encourage minority and women applicants for all positions. The University of San Francisco is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants should submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae, transcripts, brief description of research plans, evidence of teaching ability, copy of teaching evaluations, a four page statement of orientation to history and teaching, and three letters of recommendation to: History Search Committee Department of History University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 Consideration of applications will begin on October 1, 1993 and will continue until the position has been filled. Established as San Francisco's first institution of higher learning in 1855, the University of San Francisco presently serves 7,300 students in the arts and sciences, business, education, nursing, and law. The University is a private Catholic and Jesuit Institution and particularly welcomes candidates who desire to work in such an environment. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1993 *************************************************************************** 3) NEW ZEALAND UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY Lecturer in Film and Computer-Based Imagery and Lecturer in Drawing (TWO POSITIONS) Applications are invited for the above positions in the School of Fine Arts. POSITION NO. F170: LECTURER IN FILM AND COMPUTER-BASED IMAGE GENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. It is important that candidates have a good general knowledge of film and video and an intimate knowledge of, and first hand experience with, computer-generated and developed imagery. They should also have a good record of professional achievement in the application of computer-generated and developed imagery to at least one art form, an active interest in applying such knowledge to a variety of art and design processes and a good grasp of current art and design issues, especially as they apply to matters of gender and to computer-generated imagery. POSITION NO. F171: LECTURER IN DRAWING AND CRITICAL STUDIES. It is important that candidates have an intimate knowledge of Drawing when Drawing is seen as a process underlying all practice in Painting, Photography, Film, Graphic Design, Sculpture and Printmaking and when it is also seen as a means of reflecting critically on such practice. Candidates should also have a sound grasp of contemporary issues in art, especially as they relate to matters of gender, a good record of professional achievement in a broad spectrum of artistic practice and it is desirable that they have had some previous experience of teaching at tertiary level. The salary for Lecturers is on scale from NZ$38,000 to NZ$49,088 per annum. Applications close on 29 October 1993. Further particulars and Conditions of Appointment may be obtained from the undersigned. Applications, quoting the appropriate Position No., must be addressed to: Mr. A.W. Hayward, Registrar, University of Canterbury, Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand. The University has a policy of equality of opportunity in employment. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1993 *************************************************************************** 4) University of Otago Te Whare Wananga o Otago New Zealand LECTURESHIP IN GEOGRAPHY Applications are invited for a Lectureship in the Department of Geography from individuals with competence in Human Geography. The Department is particularly keen to receive applications from those with expertise in one or more of the following topics: social geography, with interests in urban or rural geography, and gender issues. Experience in the use of computational and statistical methods in Geography would be an advantage. The person appointed will contribute to teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels. In addition, the appointee will be required to supervise student research projects, and to participate in the residential field school for students majoring in Geography. Applicants should have completed a Ph.D, or should be about to do so. The person appointed will be expected and encouraged to pursue, stimulate and supervise research in their area(s) of expertise. The salary range is $NZ37,440 - $NZ49,088 per annum, with a bar at $NZ45,448. The position is available from 1 December 1993. The successful applicant will be expected to commence duties not later than 1 February 1994. Further information is available from the Head of Department, Associate Professor Brian Heenan (email: Geog10@Otago.AC.NZ) or from the Registrar, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand (Fax (64) (3) 474-1607) with whom applications, quoting reference number A93/55, close on 27 August 1993. Equal opportunity in employment is University policy. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1993 *************************************************************************** 5) University of Southern Queensland Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced women and men for the following position: Professor of English Faculty of Arts The University of Southern Queensland is located in Toowoomba, Australia's "Garden City" and population centre of over 90,000 people. Toowoomba is within comfortable driving distance of Brisbane and the coastal areas of the Gold and Sunshine Coasts. Founded in 1967, the USO has earned a reputation as one of Australia's leading Institutes of higher education. The Faculty of Arts employs 55 full-time academic and 16 support staff across a range of studies, one of which is Humanities and Social Sciences. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences offers a Bachelor of Arts degree with majors in English Language and Literature, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in English Literature. Postgraduate opportunities are available through MPhil and PhD degrees. The Professor of English will demonstrate teaching and research experience in any two (or more) of the following areas: * gender studies in literature; . critical and cultural theory; . English, European and American literatures; * comparative literatures; and * contemporary poetry. The Faculty of Arts encourages applicants with recognised expertise in other areas of literacy/cultural studies to apply. Initial enquiries should be directed to the Dean of the Faculty on 61 76 312153. Salary Range: Academic Level E - $77900 per annum. Benefits may include employer subsidised superannuation, long service leave and relocation assistance. Application forms and information packages may be obtained from Personnel on 61 76 312193, Fax 61 76 312829. Applications quoting reference 93/100 close with the Director, Personnel at 5.00 pm on Thursday, 30 September 1993. The University has a smoke-free working environmental policy. Equality of Employer is a University Policy. From: The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 21, 1993 ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 14:12:31 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Carl M. Kadie" Subject: Re: NWSA response to campus backlash especially PennState WAGNER writes: > However, I am concerned about the "change your words" response to the > NWSA President's message to list members. In my experience, > technicalities are frequently used in an attempt to silence or > intimidate those persons willing to make change. I hope that my pedantic suggestions do not silence or intimidate Dr. Ng. I believe her response as a whole shows respect for academic freedom and wisdom. I regret that my suggestions could be seen as a personal attack on Dr. Ng. That was not my intention. My intention was to clarify the difference in meaning between informal and legal terminology. It is my belief that such understanding leads to statements that are less likely to be misconstrued (or twisted) by political opponents such as the _Lionheart_. - Carl ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 14:14:58 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X Comments: Resent-From: Linda Lopez McAlister From: Linda Lopez McAlister Subject: Summer, 1993 HYPATIA *************************************************************** HYPATIA has her old e-mail address: dllafaa@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu But Linda has a new one she'd prefer you to use for non-Hypatia and non-SWIP-L mail. It's mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu Thanks. *** Forwarding note from DLLAFAA --CFRVM 07/23/93 14:13 *** To: SWIP-L --CFRVM From: Linda Lopez McAlister Subject: Summer, 1993 HYPATIA The publication date for the Summer, 1993 issue of HYPATIA is scheduled to be August 6. The table of contents of that issue is given below, for your information.Linda ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Table of Contents Hypatia Summer, 1993 Preface Patrice DiQuinzio Exclusion and Essentialism in Feminist Theory: The Problem of Mothering Diana Tietjens Meyers Moral Reflection: Beyond Impartial Reason Jasminka Udovicki Justice and Care in Close Associations Kathleen Wallace Reconstructing Judgment: Emotion and Moral Judgment Ann Clark The Quest for Certainty in Feminist Thought Kelly Oliver Julia Kristeva's Feminist Revolutions Mary Wiseman Renaissance Madonnas and the Fantasies of Freud Helen Pringle Women in Political Thought COMMENT/REPLY Keith Burgess-Jackson The Problem with Contemporary Moral Theory Margaret Urban Walker Thinking Morality Interpersonally: A Reply to Burgess-Jackson Howard Curzer Fry's Concept Of Care In Nursing Ethics REVIEW ESSAYS Iris Young Sexual Ethics in the Age of Epidemic Sharon L. Crasnow Can Science Be Objective?: Longino's Science as Social Knowledge Laura Sells Feminist Epistemology: Rethinking the Dualisms of Atomic Knowledge *************************************************************** HYPATIA has her old e-mail address: dllafaa@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu But Linda has a new one she'd prefer you to use for non-Hypatia and non-SWIP-L mail. It's mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 14:34:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: molly wertheimer Subject: new list (WHIRL) Women's History in Rhetoric and Language Announcing a new discussion list, WHIRL, Women's History in Rhetoric and Langua ge. The purpose of the list is to promote research, scholarship, and quality t eaching by providing a place for information sharing and collaboration. The fo cusof discussion includes all kinds of women's rhetorical activities, including argumentation and debate, public speaking and oratory, fiction and non-fiction, and so on. All historical eras are included, from ancient Egypt, Greece and R ome through the rhetorical activities of Barbara Bush and Hilary Clinton. Memb ership in the list is free. To subscribe send the following message to listserv@psuvm sub whirl your name Please post to related lists. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 14:47:18 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Chi Lin.Theresa" Subject: Re: new list (WHIRL) Women's History in Rhetoric and Language In-Reply-To: <199307231836.AA15399@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> from "molly wertheimer" at Jul 23, 93 02:33:46 pm Announcing a new discussion list, WHIRL, Women's History in Rhetoric and Langua ge. The purpose of the list is to promote research, scholarship, and quality t eaching by providing a place for information sharing and collaboration. The fo cusof discussion includes all kinds of women's rhetorical activities, including argumentation and debate, public speaking and oratory, fiction and non-fiction, and so on. All historical eras are included, from ancient Egypt, Greece and R ome through the rhetorical activities of Barbara Bush and Hilary Clinton. Memb > ership in the list is free. To subscribe send the following message to > listserv@psuvm sub whirl your name > Please post to related lists. > Hi, Thanks for informing about the new list..But, I would like to know about the email address correct or not.. Is it bitnet or internet? since, my subscription mail has been returned... Thanks Theresa ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 17:32:18 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: statistics In-Reply-To: <9307140340.AA20143@umd5.umd.edu> The National Women's Political Caucus has a true/false quizz from l983 which includes the following:Has the gap between male/female wage earners widened? yes Annual memdium income of women over 65? $2800 What percentage of all working women made less than $l5,000 per year in l977? 95% l3% of state leislators are women (l983) 23 women in 98th Congress--2 Senators and 21 Congresswomen (l983) See l986 Working Woman for salary survey p. 8l has list of occupations women earn more than men. I bet it's still the same ones in '93.l980 and l990 census for comparisons. l980 census says women earn 59% as much in l980, a decrease from 64% in l955. l992 finds 7 women Senators and 24 Reprsentatives. On Tue, 13 Jul 1993, Kay L Gable wrote: > Can anyone help me with a few statistics about women? I'm helping > compile a newsletter, and want to compile a few stats about women to > tell others of the need for the women's movement (those doubtful > people!). Things such as how the pay for women in 1972 was 59 cents > for every dollar a man made; taking back the night; birth control > issues; and others. > > I realize time goes on, but for women to think there is no need for a > women's movement still amazes me! > > Kay > gablekl@ucunix.san.uc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 17:32:31 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Susan Adrian Subject: Re: new list (WHIRL) Women's History in Rhetoric and Language sub whirl susan_adrian ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 22:19:13 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kay fowler Subject: Trek as a male bastion? In-Reply-To: <9307232154.AA02104@umd5.umd.edu> There was a recent posting on this list regarding the Star Trek The Next Generation episode where Dr. Crusher falls in love with a Trill. It was mentioned under the category of unnatural romance although I have forgotten the original poster. I was reminded of this today when I read this week's TV Guide article on Star Trek and found the following exchange between the interviewer and Rick Berman, executive producer of the current two Trek series. "TVG: Demographically, both series are tops with male viewers. Will you attempt to broaden the female audience? RB: ... We've never gone after the young audience, or women, or blacks -- though it's been suggested that we're trying to build up the black demographic by casting Avery Brooks. TVG: But this is a business. If there is a larger audience out there, how can you not be tempted to go after it? RB: ... if you alter your show to reach a specific group, how would you know it won't effect the audience you already have? The insurance, beer, and car advertisers want male demographics, and they're very happy with our show the way it is." Will there still be no recognition of "youth, women, and blacks" in the 24th century? Will the insurance, beer, and car advertisers (so nimbly caricatured as Ferengi) continue to guide the way our children will perceive the future? Will the child member of the cast always be a male (Wesley Crusher, Alexander Worf, Jake Sisko? Nog?) Thoughts anyone? ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 09:28:27 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: naomy graetz Subject: Re: working women In-Reply-To: <9307231607.AA14790@umd5.umd.edu> if Sarah Paretzky, then why not Sue Grafton mystery novels-- her A-I series falls into a working woman category. Naomi ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 10:54:30 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Consuelo Lopez Springfield Subject: Re: Trek as a male bastion? Although I am a long-time "Trek" fan, I don't think that the list should take up time with discussions of the audience and TV Guide articles. Can we please stick to academic content? Consuelo Lopez Springfield cspringf@ucs.indiana.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 12:20:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: dl81 Subject: returned email messages to paula henry and jane elza not going through. and are addresses I have. errors? helpful hints? deb louis ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 12:33:56 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kay fowler Subject: Re: Trek as a male bastion? In-Reply-To: <9307241557.AA20683@umd5.umd.edu> I am puzzled by what is considered acceptable discussion by this list: "women buddy movies" and "unorthodox romance" are; Trek and TV are apparently not; Congressional investigations of NIH apparently is; Congressional investigation of a Clinton nominee apparently is not. The nature of women's studies is not, and can not be, and should not be, bounded by theoretical discourse. It is -- and always has been -- tied to activism and concerns about what affects women; rape, battering, sexual harassment, chilly climate, silencing language, etc. How women are perceived and portrayed in advertisements and in the media is a very large and very important academic topic. Television is the most powerful medium we have in this society and it strongly shapes the way we and our students think about, speak about, and write about women. Discussions of shows with major audience impact such as Trek should be quite equivalent to discussions about audience reaction to Victorian novels. If I receive a message which discusses a topic in which I have no particular interest at the time, I simply hit delete. How do others feel about the boundaries of topics on the women's studies list? On Sat, 24 Jul 1993, Consuelo Lopez Springfield wrote: > Although I am a long-time "Trek" fan, I don't think that the list > should take up time with discussions of the audience and TV Guide > articles. Can we please stick to academic content? > Consuelo Lopez Springfield > cspringf@ucs.indiana.edu ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 13:06:49 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Ginzberg Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University Subject: Acceptable Topics [somebody -- whose name I couldn't find in the post -- wrote] >I am puzzled by what is considered acceptable discussion by this list: >"women buddy movies" and "unorthodox romance" are; Trek and TV are >apparently not; Congressional investigations of NIH apparently is; >Congressional investigation of a Clinton nominee apparently is not. I canot speak to the topics of "women buddy movies" or "unorthodox romance" or Trek & TV because, I must confess, I most often hit 'd' without reading those messages. I do recall that (I think) the "women buddy movies" thread was begun by a person requesting suggestions for classroom use. However, I'd like to say something about the characterization that: >Congressional investigations of NIH apparently is; Congressional >investigation of a Clinton nominee apparently is not. I do not think this fairly describes the differences between these two discussions. Perhaps it is because that difference is not clear, however I posted about it once before & thought I tried to make sense. But I'll try again: The topic referred to as "Congressional investigations of NIH" was appropriate because it came up when A MEMBER OF THIS LIST, under a Subject Header of something like "Urgent: Help Needed" requested that she be unsubscribed from WMST-L because it appeared as though she thought a US Congressional investigation into her co-authored research might jeopardize OTHER MENBERS OF THIS LIST so she wanted to unsubscribe TO PROTECT US. It certainly is a suitable topic for this list to discuss if the investigations of any government (remember, this is not just a USA list) into the RESEARCH OR TEACHING ACTIVITIES of a WMST-L MEMBER, have, or might have, or seem to have, the possibility of harming other WMST-L members; OR if a WMST-L member has been threatened or intimidated BECAUSE OF HER RESEARCH OR TEACHING into unsubscribing from Wmst-L. The whole purpose of this list is for the free exchange of information regarding research and teaching in women's studies, and if any government is threatening to interfere with that free exchange of info, I think that *CERTAINLY IS* an appropriate topic for this list. On the other hand, the topic referred to above as "Congressional investigation of a Clinton nominee" had everything to do with women's issues in general, but nothing to do with this list or its purpose or its members. That is the difference between the two, as I see it, and why one was appropriate and the other wasn't. Briefly, returning to the other subjects of the post to which this is a response: I'm not sure I understand why so much discussion of the CONTENT of films and literature is appropriate here either. My suspicion is that historically many women's studies faculty have come from backgrounds of literary criticism, so it is a field which many members of the list share in common. I feel relatively certain that discussions that were as detailed about, say, recent feminist criticisms of philosophy of science (ie., comparing Nelson's position with Longino's or Rorty's, etc) would be deemed better carried on off-list. In fact, that's how the FIST LIST (Feminists In Science and Technology) got started. Just my observations. ------------------------ Ruth Ginzberg Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 13:51:30 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: Linda Lopez McAlister Subject: Film Review Added: Poetic Justice ` On Saturday, July 24, I broadcast a review of "Poetic Justice" on "The Women's Show" Tampa's weekly feminist radio program on community radio station WMNF-FM, 88.5. That review is now available on WMST-L's FILM FILELIST. To obtain a copy of this review send the following message to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): GET FILM REV81 FILM To obtain a list of all the film reviews available, send a message to the same listserv address that says: INDEX FILM To get more than one review, put each command on a separate line: GET FILM REV6 FILM GET FILM REV14 FILM GET FILM REV39 FILM The opinions expressed in these reviews were mine when I wrote the review and represent one woman's opinion at a particular time.We have over 1800 subscribers to WMST-L so there are probably 1799 other views. If you would like to share yours, please do NOT do so on the WMST-L itself, but send your messages to me personally at the addresses below. I have appreciated the feedback I've received. Thanks. Linda *************************************************************** HYPATIA has her old e-mail address: dllafaa@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu But Linda has a new one she'd prefer you to use for non-Hypatia and non-SWIP-L mail. It's mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 11:09:30 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Bryan Strong: Psychology / UC-Santa Cruz" Subject: gender discrimination Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who originated the term "gender discrimination," described the origin of the term in her July 21 testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee. I thought list members might find it interesting: In the 1970s, when I was at Columbia and writing briefs about distinctions based on sex, and writing articles and speeches, I had a secretary, and she said, "I've been typing this word sex, sex, sex, and let me tell you, the audience you are addressing--the men that you are addressing"--and they were all men in the appellate courts in those days--"the first association of that word is not what you're talking about. So I suggest that you use a grammar book term; use the word `gender.' It will ward off distracting associations." .... Millicent, if you're somewhere watching this, I owe it all to you (NY Times, July 22, 1993: A14). Bryan Strong Psychology Board of Studies University of California-Santa Cruz bartleby@cats.UCSC.EDU / bartleby@cats.UCSC.BITNET ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 20:08:01 -0400 Reply-To: korenman@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: WMST-L's focus Earlier today, Kay Fowler wrote: > The nature of women's studies is not, and can not be, and should not be, > bounded by theoretical discourse. It is -- and always has been -- tied to > activism and concerns about what affects women; rape, battering, sexual > harassment, chilly climate, silencing language, etc. How women are > perceived and portrayed in advertisements and in the media is a very large > and very important academic topic. For the benefit of Kay and other relatively new subscribers, I'd like to explain the rationale behind WMST-L's policy (I tried to do this in the welcome letter that goes to all new subscribers, but I think some additional information may be helpful). I certainly agree that activism and gender-related societal issues like those Kay cites above are vitally important to Women's Studies. However, WMST-L is not an all-purpose Women's Studies list; its focus is limited to Women's Studies teaching, research, and program administration. There are other lists--FEMAIL, GENDER, WOMEN, FEMISA, and soc.feminism, to name just a few--for more general discussion of gender-related societal issues. There is no need for WMST-L to duplicate that focus, and there is a compelling reason for it NOT to do so: heavy mail volume. The volume of mail on WMST-L is already quite heavy, especially during the academic year. It already imposes a burden on many subscribers who have limited time (some people can read their e-mail only at work) and/or limited e-mail quotas, or who have to pay for each message they receive. Were the list's focus to broaden, mail volume would increase substantially, and many subscribers would be forced to sign off. Fortunately, there is no need for this to happen. Each of us can tailor our e-mail to meet our needs and resources. Those who want to receive messages on a broad variety of gender-related societal issues can simply add a subscription to one or more of the lists that focus on such issues, thereby getting the messages they wish without imposing unfairly on others whose needs or resources are different. Addresses of the lists mentioned above can be found in the last section of the User's Guide. A more extensive compilation can be found in the file OTHER LISTS (send the message GET OTHER LISTS to LISTSERV@UMDD [Bitnet] or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU). > If I receive a message which discusses a topic in which I have no > particular interest at the time, I simply hit delete. I might point out that not everyone can simply hit delete. Some mail systems require that you call the message to the screen before you can delete it. Moreover, if you logged on after not reading your e-mail for just a day and found 150-200 new messages from WMST-L alone (there ARE lists with that kind of mail volume), you might feel that even simply hitting delete was a tedious and time-consuming business. I hope I've helped people to understand WMST-L's limited focus and why it will remain as it is. Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc P.S. If you now feel that WMST-L is not the list for you, you can unsubscribe by sending the following messages to LISTSERV@UMDD (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@UMDD.UMD.EDU (Internet): UNSUB WMST-L . If one address doesn't work, try the other. If neither works, write to me at the addresses above. Please DO NOT send a message about your subscription to WMST-L. ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 24 Jul 1993 21:05:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Victoria Svoboda Subject: Peggy McIntosh essay I'm trying to get copyright permission on a few articles for an intro Women's Studies course. One of these articles was in _Race, Class, and Gender: an Anthology_ compiled by Margaret L. Anderson and Patricia Hill Collins (Wadsworth Publishing: Belmont, California, 1992). It is an essay entitled, "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies" by Peggy McIntosh. I contacted Wadsworth Publishing, who informed me that each essay had separate copyrights. It turns out that Ms. McIntosh herself has copyright permission for this article. Any ideas on how to track her down to request permission to reprint the article? Please respond privately. Thanks! Tori Svoboda tori@macc.wisc.edu Victoria A. Svoboda, Dept. of Women's Studies 209 North Brooks Street, UW-Madison, (608) 263-2190 Internet: TORI@macc.wisc.edu Bitnet: TORI@wiscmacc ========================================================================= Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1993 16:22:21 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Laurie Beth Brunner Subject: Re: FemMENINism In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 07 Jul 93 16:07:41 -0500. <9307072018.AA26489@umd5.umd.edu> I recently bought an interesting book called _Women Respond to the Men's Movement_, edited by Kay Leigh Hagan, with a foreword by Gloria Steinem. It has an interesting melange of viewpoints on this topic, ranging from favorable to ambiguous to derisive. Some of the writers featured are Z. Budapest, Phyllis Chesler, Nicole Hollander, bell hooks, Barbara Kingsolver, Ursula K. LeGuin, and Starhawk. I recommend this book to people interested in how some feminist thinkers feel about the men's movement, since it also touches upon how the men's movement interacts with the women's movement. Laurie ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ .Send burnt offerings to.."I'm unfeminine? Well, suck my dick!" --Roseanne... ...sorsha@wam.umd.edu...."Too fast to live, too young to happy."........%-Q.. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 09:14:47 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: d000wgsp@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU Subject: Re: Peggy McIntosh essay Peggy McIntosh works at the Wellesley College Center for Research on Women. In my experience she has been very generous with her intellectual property as long as it is properly acknowledged. Irene Goldman 00ICGOLDMAN@BSUVC.BSU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 10:34:54 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allyn Lord Organization: University of Arkansas Subject: Naomi Wolfe Does anyone have a contact agency address or phone number for getting in touch with Naomi Wolfe? We're considering bringing her to campus next spring. Thanks. ---------- Allyn Lord The University Museum University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR alord@saturn.uark.edu (Internet) alord%saturn.uark.edu@uafsysb (Bitnet) ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 10:11:09 -0800 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: SUE MANSFIELD Subject: JOINING NWSA NWSA MEMBERSHIP After last Friday's message from Vivien Ng, president of NWSA, regarding the Penn State situation and NWSA's response, both Sandy Coyner and I received a number of individual requests for information on how to join NWSA. We decided it would simplify matters to share that information with the whole list. Joining NWSA is simple and there are a variety of levels of membership dues tailored to different individual circumstances. All members receive NWSAction, our newsletter, participate in the direct election by ballot of the Governing Council, are encouraged to join one of the special caucuses and help to support our work for feminist education. The regular individual membership is $75.00 and includes a subscription to the NWSA Journal - a scholarly publication which addresses curricular and theoretical issues in Women's Studies. There are also individual memberships: Low-income: - $25.00; Moderate-income: - $50.00' High-income: - $80.00; Sustaining member: - $125.00; and Life member: - $800.00 While we urge members to choose the highest category they can afford, no one is ever denied membership because they can only afford $5.00 or $10.00. If you choose a "specialized" membership, you can, in addition to your membership dues, subscribe to the Journal at a special member's rate of $30 a year. If you live outside the U.S., Canada or Mexico, please add $10.00 to these figures to cover the cost of postage. Send your check (drawn on a U.S. bank) for the appropriate amount and a covering letter to NWSA University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1325 In your letter, be sure to type or print your name; mailing address; home and office phone; and institution (if appropriate.) You can also indicate which of the following caucuses you wish to join: Ageing and Ageism; Community College; Disability; Jewish Women; Lesbian; Poor & Working Class; Pre-K - 12; Program Administrators; Student; Women of Color; Women's Center/Services. Your "welcome" packet from Loretta Younger, our national office manager, will include information about other resources and opportunities to which your membership will entitle you. Thanks for being interested. Sue Mansfield, NWSA Treasurer "SMANSFIELD@BENSON.CLAREMONT.EDU" ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 14:25:00 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Deborah G. Ventis" Subject: Business School Curricula As coordinator of a Women's Studies program at a small university I recently met with the director of the under- graduate program at our School of Business. Apparently the accrediting association for business schools has recently decreed that curricula must be diversified because of the increasing diversity of the U.S. work force. My understanding is that the accrediting association is preparing some guidelines/ materials, but these are not expected to be sufficient for implementing the needed changes. The efforts here will be largely the responsibility of two male faculty members and I have been asked to meet with them to discuss incorporating more material about women and women's issues. I am very familiar with the literature on curricular transformation, but don't recall familiar with the literature on curricular transformation, but don't recall comi ng across specific materials on business curricula. Does anyone have experience working on curricular issues in business? Please respond privately and if there is sufficient information I will archive it for the list. Thank you! Deborah G. Ventis, College of William and Mary WPSADGV@WMMVS ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 14:38:23 LCL Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Ginzberg Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University Subject: Catherine Stimpson I noticed that Catherine Stimpson has been named the new director of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the one that gives out the "genius awards"). It is always nice to notice that talented feminist scholars and administrators are acheiving positions appropriate to their levels of talent and expertise. Congrats! ------------------------ Ruth Ginzberg Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 18:43:29 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Linda Mcalister (HMS)" Subject: Re: Catherine Stimpson In-Reply-To: <9307261933.AA15255@umd5.umd.edu> I believe it is the "genius awards" program at the MacArthur Foundation that Kate Stimpson has been named to lead, not the whole Foundation (not that she couldn't!!) On Mon, 26 Jul 1993, Ruth Ginzberg wrote: > I noticed that Catherine Stimpson has been named the new director of the > John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (the one that gives out the > "genius awards"). It is always nice to notice that talented feminist scholars > and administrators are acheiving positions appropriate to their levels of > talent and expertise. Congrats! > ------------------------ > Ruth Ginzberg > Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA ========================================================================= Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1993 21:32:25 LCL Reply-To: RGINZBERG@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU Sender: Women's Studies List From: Ruth Ginzberg Organization: Philosophy Dept., Wesleyan University Subject: Re: Catherine Stimpson >I believe it is the "genius awards" program at the MacArthur >Foundation that Kate Stimpson has been named to lead, not the whole >Foundation (not that she couldn't!!) Right you are! I was so excited, I forgot how to read... (Its on p. 34A of this week's Chronicle of Higher Education) ------------------------ Ruth Ginzberg Philosophy Department;Wesleyan University;USA ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 01:35:52 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allan Hunter Subject: job list Several people have asked me to post whatever I was able to learn about an employment email list to the whole list here. Well, I haven't learned a whole lot: the legendary list is called misc.jobs and it is on usenet, but I don't know how to use usenet (what is it?) although I gather that it is part of the internet somehow. The title may also be 'misc.jobs offered' according to one source. I am still interested in chasing it down if anyone would be so kind as to tell me anything they know about the "usenet" and how to use it. - Allan Hunter "18K? Really? You can earn that much in one year? Wow..." ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 02:06:57 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beatrice Kachuck Subject: Re: NWSA response to campus backlash especially PennState In-Reply-To: Message of Fri, 23 Jul 1993 10:42:00 CDT from in response the nwsa's request for suggestions on responding to campus backlash : a first step mite be to put out a call for brief reports in the nwsa neslette r. if you work out a format for the reports, it will be easier to compile them - tho the initial format may need to be revised once you receive some replies. i think you have to see what kind of problem you're dealing with to decide how to proceed. is there a staff member who can set up a file for reports? a stand ing committee in whose purview backlash events falls and would review the file to figure out what can be done? if not, then i guess an ad hoc committee is nee ded. sorry, i can't offer to help more than with these suggestions. i'm wraped up trying to change cuny's sexual harassment policy. that's like trying to move a mountain in addition to the usual academic stuff. beatrice ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 09:30:57 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: inforM update: computing articles The following files and/or directories have been added to the inforM Women's Studies Database: Women's Studies/Computing/becoming-computer-scientist Women's Studies/Computing/mentoring-for-women Women's Studies/Computing/online-gender-issues Three articles dealing with issues associated with women and computing have been added to the inforM database. They deal with topics such as how to encourage more women to become computer scientists, how the internet can be used for feminist purposes, and the climate for women on computer bulletin boards. To access the inforM database, telnet to INFORM.UMD.EDU. (If you do not know how to telnet, contact a local computer wizard, or try typing "telnet inform.umd.edu" at the main prompt of your computer account). When it asks for a login id, type "gopher". Use either your arrow keys or number keys to select "4. Educational Resources". After that, select "12. Women's Studies". The Gopher interface has a feature that allows users to send files to their e-mail accounts. Scroll to the end of the file and type "m", or press "q", then "m". The inforM system is also accessible by anonymous ftp. FTP to INFORM.UMD.EDU. Login as "anonymous", and use your mail address as a password. Choose the "info" directory by typing "cd info". The command "cd [directory name]" will change the directory. The commands "dir" or "ls" will display a list of files in that directory. Use the command "get [filename]" to download a file into your account. The directory pathname for the Women's Studies Database is info/Teaching/WomensStudies. Your local Gopher System may be set up to automatically link to the Womens's Studies Database. Check the "Other Systems" or "Other Gophers" directory or ask your system administrator for help. Please remember that the system is case sensitive. Anything that appears in quotes must be typed exactly as it is here. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me. =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Paula Gaber inforM, Room 4343 Coordinator, Women's Studies Database Computer Science Center gaber@inform.umd.edu University of Maryland (301) 405-2939 College Park, Maryland 20742 +=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+ ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 09:43:14 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Joan Korenman Subject: USENET Earlier today, Allan Hunter wrote: > I am still interested in chasing it down if anyone would be so kind as > to tell me anything they know about the "usenet" and how to use it. USENET is a collection of thousands of discussion forums (called "newsgroups") on a vast array of topics. Apparently not everyone can access USENET; access is especially difficult, I'm told, from systems that have only a Bitnet connection, but not all Internet-connected systems can access it, either. And the method of accessing USENET varies from system to system. Thus, the BEST THING IS TO ASK THE TECHNICAL SUPPORT PEOPLE AT YOUR INSTITUTION whether and how you can do so. (Please do not send specific instructions to WMST-L: what applies to one system won't work for another.) Another place in addition to your institution's technical support staff to seek help with questions like this is a list called HELP-NET@TEMPLEVM. If you wish to subscribe, send the message SUB HELP-NET Your Name (e.g., SUB HELP-NET Jane Smith) to LISTSERV@TEMPLEVM (Bitnet) or LISTSERV@VM.TEMPLE.EDU (Internet). Warning: it's an active list (i.e., lots of messages, though probably fewer in the summer). Joan Korenman Internet: korenman@umbc2.umbc.edu Bitnet: korenman@umbc ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 10:37:33 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: CATHERINE SHELTON Organization: University at Buffalo Subject: Re: job list As far as job lists go...apparently the job list in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" is on-line. I am not sure how to access it, but I know it's possible. Has anyone else heard this and how to get to it? Catherine V003KK64@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 11:12:41 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: Re: job list In-Reply-To: <9307271444.AA23774@umd5.umd.edu> from "CATHERINE SHELTON" at Jul 27, 93 10:37:33 am > As far as job lists go...apparently the job list in the "Chronicle of > Higher Education" is on-line. I am not sure how to access it, but I know > it's possible. Has anyone else heard this and how to get to it? > Catherine > V003KK64@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu The on-line version of the Chronicle of Higher Education is available through inforM. Telnet or gopher to INFORM.UMD.EDU. Login as "gopher". Choose "4. Educational Resources", then "1. Academe This Week -- The Chronicle of Higher Education". The job listings category is "5. JOB OPENINGS". Paula Gaber inforM Coordinator, Women's Studies Database gaber@inform.umd.edu (301) 405-2939 ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 08:31:22 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Elizabeth Guthrie Subject: Re: job list In-Reply-To: <9307271439.AA23285@umd5.umd.edu> I stumbled onto the Chronicle's job list when I was exploring Gopher one night. (Ah, summer...!) I don't remember the exact path, but if your institution's Gopher is set up the way ours is, it shouldn't be hard to find -- just try the paths that look logical until you hit pay dirt. Or ask the computer folks... Betty Guthrie On Tue, 27 Jul 1993, CATHERINE SHELTON wrote: > As far as job lists go...apparently the job list in the "Chronicle of > Higher Education" is on-line. I am not sure how to access it, but I know > it's possible. Has anyone else heard this and how to get to it? > Catherine > V003KK64@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 09:27:27 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bonnie McElhinny Subject: language and gender syllabi The following message is posted by Bonnie McElhinny Dept. of Linguistics Stanford Univ. mcelhinn@csli.stanford.edu ************************************* The Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL) is pleased to announce the publication of a collection of language and gender syllabi, edited by Elizabeth Hume (Dept. of Linguistics, Ohio State Univ) and Bonnie McElhinny (Dept. of Linguistics, Stanford Univ.) The collection includes 27 syllabi for courses on language and gender taught in an array of departments (linguistics, anthropology, folklore, English, education, French, German). The collection is a partial response to the Linguistic Society of America's mandate to COSWL to "encourage research on women and language." Special features of the collection include: *syllabi for undergraduate and graduate courses *ideas for paper topics *examples of exam questions *instructions for fieldwork exercises in gathering/analyzing gender differences in language use *bibliographies of work on language and gender *comments from instructors about particularly successful techniques for teaching implemented in the course Contributors include: Niko BESNIER (Anthro, Yale), Janet BING (English, Old Dominion Univ), Sue BLACKWELL (English, Univ. of Birmingham, UK), Rebecca BURNS HOFFMAN (English, Univ. of Miami) , Penny ECKERT (IRL), Suzanne FLEISCHMANN (French, Univ. of California, Berkeley), Alice FREED (Linguistics, Montclair State College), Rebecca FREEMAN (School of Education, Univ. of Pennsylvania), Barbara FOX (Linguistics, Univ. of Colorado), Randy HARRIS (English, Univ. of Waterloo), Shirley HEATH (English/ Linguistics, Stanford), Elizabeth HUME (Linguistics, Ohio State Univ.), Mary Jane HURST (English, Texas Tech), Deborah KAPCHAN (Folklore Institute, Indiana Univ-Bloomington), Mimi KLAIMAN (Linguistics, Univ. of Indiana), Kerstin LANGE (Anthropology), Joseph MALONE (Columbia), Sally MCCONNELL-GINET (Linguistics/Women's Studies, Cornell Univ.), Bonnie MCELHINNY (Linguistics, SStanford) Rae MOSES (Linguistics, Northwestern) Mary PARLEE (Hunter College), Craige ROBERTS (Linguistics, Ohio State Univ.), Bambi SCHIEFFELIN (Anthro, NYU), Ron SOUTHERLAND (Linguistics, Univ. of Calgary), Deborah TANNEN (Linguistics, Georgetown Univ.), Lenora TIMM (Linguistics, Univ. of CA--Davis), Ruth WODAK (Univ. of Vienna), Ana Celia ZENTELLA (Linguistics, Hunter College). The syllabi are available (1) in hardcopy format from the LSA, (2) in the archives of LINGUIST and (3) through anonymous ftp from the linguistics archive housed at the Univ. of Michigan file-server. Instructions follow for obtaining copies from each of these sources. (1) To purchase hard-copy versions, please send a check made out to "Linguistic Society of America" for $20.00 (includes postage and handling--DC residents add 6% sales tax) to: COSWL Language and Gender Syllabus Project Linguistic Society of America 1325 18th Street, NW Suite 211 Washington DC 20036 (2) On the LINGUIST database, the syllabi are kept in 7 files called: lg-gen-0 syl lg-gen-1 syl and so forth, through lg-gen-6 syl To retrieve the syllabi, send a message to: listserv@tamvm1.tamu.edu (if you are on Internet) OR LISTSERV@TAMVM1 (if you are on BITNET) The message should consist of a line or lines like the following: get linguist For example, get lg-gen-1 syl linguist *Please note: It is possible to request all the syllabi at once by sending one multi-line message consisting of 7 'get' commands; however the files are large, so don't do this unless you can handle large email messages. **The listserv will respond only to addresses it recognizes, so be sure to send the request from the address from which you subscribed to LINGUIST. (3) To obtain copies through ftp from the Univ. of Michigan file-server you must be on Internet. Follow the following procedure: ftp linguistics.archive.umich.edu (at your system prompt) login: anonymous passwd: cd linguistics cd handouts cd syllabi get L-G.Syllabi.0 get L-G.Syllabi.1 get L-G.Syllabi.2 get L-G.Syllabi.3 get L-G.Syllabi.4 get L-G.Syllabi.5 get L-G.Syllabi.6 quit *Please note: These syllabi are lodged on a Unix system. Unix is case- sensitive. If you use capital letters instead of small letters, or small letters instead of capital letters, it will not recognize your command. Follow the above format carefully. **You may not want to obtain all these files at the same time. They take up a considerable amount of diskspace. ***Questions should be directed to 'linguistics-archivists@umich.edu' ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 13:00:56 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: Penn State In-Reply-To: <9307270541.AA06698@umd5.umd.edu> apparently, taking newspapers is a standard form of protest in Pa. See slightly biased editorial in wall street journal, 7/26/93 page A10. ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 10:09:49 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bonnie McElhinny Subject: preliminary call for papers PRELIMINARY CALL FOR PAPERS 1994 Berkeley Women and Language Conference "Communication In, Through and Across Cultures" April 8-10, 1994 Berkeley Conference Center, Berkeley, CA The notion of culture has always been a central site of research and discussion in the study of women's language. For over a decade, scholars within linguists have debated the merits of the claim that speech differences between women and men are a consequence of different cultural backgrounds. Anthropologists, meanwhile, have reminded us that most research has focused upon women in late-capitalist societies, and that the linguistic experiences of women in AFrica, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and indigenous cultures should not be subsumed within a monolithic account of language and gender. Finally, identity politics as it has emerged from the multiculturalism of the present-day U.S. introduces intro our theoretical constructs the issues of race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and gender identity, as well as other more situationally based factors. We encourage papers that engage with these perspectives in innovative ways, whether through contrastive analysis, exploration of understudied cultural factors, or treatment of how various levels or factors interact. We particularly seek to provide a forum for those that have been marginalized in the academy. Our goal is not to reconcile the often conflicting accounts of culture and women's language that have been produced, but to open up discussion in challenging new directions. Invited speakers include: Jennifer Coates (Dept. of English, Roehampton Instit., U.K.) Leanne Hinton (Dept. of Linguistics, UC-Berkeley) Sachiko Ide (Dept. of English, Japan Women's Univ.) William Leap (Dept. of Anthropology, American Univ.) Faye McNair-Knox (Division of Teacher Education, Virgina Commonwealth Univ.) Marcyliena Morgan (Dept. of Anthropology, UCLA) Julie Penelope (author, noted feminist) Susan Philips (Dept of Anthropology, Univ. of Arizona) Deborah Tannen (Dept.of Linguistics, Georgetown Univ.) Keith Walters (Dept. of Linguistics, Univ. of Texas at Austin) and special guest Susie Bright (author, critic, sex educator) And, presenting a special panel on GENDER AND GENRE. (A discussion between women science fiction writers and women mystery writers on questions of literary convention and gender. Science fiction abounds in invented languages and new terms for invented cultures. What problems do they draw attention to? What resolutions do they offer? Do women mystery writers have the same freedom of innovation as male authors? With Dorothy Bryant, Mary Wings and Anna Livia. ***************************** Papers delivered at the conference will be published in the PROCEEDINGS OF THE 1994 BERKELEY WOMEN AND LANGUAGE CONFERENCE. (We may also publish selected papers with a major publisher.) Speakers will be allowed 20 minutes for presentation, and 5 minutes for questions. To submit an abstract send 6 copies of an anonymous 500-word proposal (one page, unreduced) to the address below, along with ONE COPY of a 150-word abbreviation of this proposal for publication in the conference journal. THE DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS IS OCT 15th 1993. We ask that you make your abstract as specific as possible, including a statement of your topic or problem, your approach and your conclusions. Abstracts should be accompanied by a single 3 x 5 card with: (1) the title of the paper, (2) the author's name, (3) the author's affiliation, and (4) the phone, email, and street address at which the author receives to receive notification in Mid-November 1993 of acceptance or rejection. Please address all correspondence to: Berkeley Women and Language Group 2337 Dwinelle Hall Univ. of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720 phone: 510-642-2757 email: bwlg@garnet.berkeley.edu fax: 510-643-5688 Registration fees: Before March 18, 1994: $20 for students, $30 for non-students. After March 18, 1994: $30 for students, $40 for non-students. Childcare available. Wheelchair accessible ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 13:18:25 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: kbartosz Subject: Re: job list As far as job lists go...apparently the job list in the "Chronicle of Higher Education" is on-line. I am not sure how to access it, but I know it's possible. Has anyone else heard this and how to get to it? Catherine V003KK64@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu The Chronicle of Higher Ed's job listing (and other CofHE info) is available through Gopher. Some addresses (if you don't have gopher software) address ip number login location gopher.uiuc.edu 128.174.33.160 gopher Nth America panda.uiowa.edu 128.255.40.201 panda Nth America gopher.sunet.se 192.36.125.2 gopher Europe This is taken from a help sheet I retrieved by sending a help e-mail to chronicle-help@chronicle.merit.edu I can't remember (or find) the directions on how to directly access the Chron. Hope this helps a little. Kim Bartosz kbartosz@anl.gov ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 14:49:52 CST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Allyn Lord Organization: University of Arkansas Subject: Women's Equality Day I'm looking for ideas for campus activities to celebrate Women's Equality Day (August 26). This will occur just shortly after students arrive back for the fall semester, and we'd like to sponsor some event to catch their attention. I'm aware that Nicky Marone, in her 8/2/92 NY Times guest column, called for supporting a National Women's Strike Day on that date, but I've not heard much else about it. ---------- Allyn Lord The University Museum University of Arkansas Fayetteville, AR alord@saturn.uark.edu (Internet) alord%saturn.uark.edu@uafsysb (Bitnet) ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 13:15:21 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Myrna Goodman Subject: Re: Women's Equality Day In-Reply-To: <9307271957.AA09055@umd5.umd.edu> On Tue, 27 Jul 1993, Allyn Lord wrote: > I'm looking for ideas for campus activities to celebrate Women's > Equality Day (August 26). This will occur just shortly after > students arrive back for the fall semester, and we'd like to sponsor > some event to catch their attention. > > I'm aware that Nicky Marone, in her 8/2/92 NY Times guest column, > called for supporting a National Women's Strike Day on that date, but > I've not heard much else about it. > > ---------- > Allyn Lord > The University Museum > University of Arkansas > Fayetteville, AR > > alord@saturn.uark.edu (Internet) > alord%saturn.uark.edu@uafsysb (Bitnet) The National Women's History Project has ideas and materials available which can enhance any celebration of Women's Equality Day. Contact them at 707-838-6000 for a 1993 catalogue and for suggestions on planning celebrations. Myrna Goodman Dept. of Sociology UCDavis ez002658@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19:44:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Susan J. Kaufman" Subject: Committees/Commissions on the Status of Women While reading Bonnie McElhinny's post re: the Committee on the Status of Women in Linguistics (COSWL), I couldn't help but wonder if there is any one place where we have a listing of all the various commissions and committees and task forces on the status of women in various disciplines. As Vice-Chair of the Commission on the Status of Women for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, I would be interested in finding/compiling such a resource list. Our Commission is very interested in developing cross-disciplinary resources for future research projects. If you have suggestions or information please send them to me either at EAKAUF@INDSVAX1.INDSTATE.EDU (which I read at night at home) or at CFSJK@UXA.ECN.BGU.EDU (my address at Eastern Illinois University by day). ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19:46:00 EST Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Susan J. Kaufman" Subject: Oops. Forgot to sign my name. That post on Commissions on the Status of Women was sent without me identifying myself . . . Susan Kaufman, ph.d., Associate Prof. Journalism, EIU, Charleston, IL Sorry 'bout that. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 07:55:46 +0300 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: naomy graetz Subject: Re: Women's Equality Day In-Reply-To: <9307280046.AA14976@umd5.umd.edu> Does any one know the origin of Women's Equality Day? It's the first time I've heard of it. Don't be shocked, since I live in Israel. Naomi Graetz On Tue, 27 Jul 1993, Myrna Goodman wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 1993, Allyn Lord wrote: > > > I'm looking for ideas for campus activities to celebrate Women's > > Equality Day (August 26). This will occur just shortly after > > students arrive back for the fall semester, and we'd like to sponsor > > some event to catch their attention. > > > > I'm aware that Nicky Marone, in her 8/2/92 NY Times guest column, > > called for supporting a National Women's Strike Day on that date, but > > I've not heard much else about it. > > > > ---------- > > Allyn Lord > > The University Museum > > University of Arkansas > > Fayetteville, AR > > > > alord@saturn.uark.edu (Internet) > > alord%saturn.uark.edu@uafsysb (Bitnet) > > The National Women's History Project has ideas and materials available > which can enhance any celebration of Women's Equality Day. Contact them > at 707-838-6000 for a 1993 catalogue and for suggestions on planning > celebrations. > > Myrna Goodman > Dept. of Sociology > UCDavis > ez002658@bullwinkle.ucdavis.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 09:11:34 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Paula Gaber Subject: inforM update: directory structure changes Over the past year, the inforM Women's Studies Database has been steadily growing, both in number of users and amount of information available. We have tried to keep up with the growth as it was happening, but it has finally become necessary to do some restructuring of the directories. The major changes are the two new directories: "Gender Issues" and "Computing". Gender Issues contains many of the directories and files that used to be in the Women's Studies Reading Room (e.g., Violence+Women, SexualHarassment). There may be a little bit of confusion over what differentiates the Gender Issues directory from the "Politics" directory; admittedly there is some overlap. I will try to keep Politics very closely related to legislation and government actions, whereas Gender Issues will be a more broad category for general isssues pertaining to women. The Computing directory is a combination of the "WMST-L" directory and the "CompSci+Women" that used to be in the Reading Room. It contains both academic papers about women in computing and general information about using computers for feminist purposes. There are also some other minor changes. For example, the directory that used to be called "WS-Why+How" is now named "Program Development and Support", and "Miscellaneous" has been renamed "Announcements". I hope that this new directory structure will make it easier for users to find needed information. Feel free to contact me if you have questions or comments. Paula Gaber Coordinator, inforM's Women's Studies database gaber@inform.umd.edu (301) 405-2939 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 10:16:23 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Sarah M. Pritchard" Subject: Commissions on women The National Council for Research on Women, in New York City, has been maintaining for some years a fairly comprehensive list of commissions/committees on the status of women in the various academic disciplines. It's hard to keep that kind of list perfectly up-to-date; and it's also difficult to keep up with the non-academic, more trade and professional types of associations. Phone NCRW at 212-570-5001. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Sarah M. Pritchard Voice: (413) 585-2902 Director of Libraries FAX: (413) 585-2904 Smith College Bitnet: spritchard@smith Northampton, MA 01063 Internet: spritchard@smith.smith.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 09:56:38 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: d000wgsp@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU Subject: Re: Women's Equality Day Ball State University is sponsoring a film night. All of those wonderful 18 minute films you never get to show in class because they're not specifically academic enough. We will show Tell Them I'm a Mermaid, about differently-abled women, Women for America for the World, about politically active women, Wintersong, a nice 8-minute film about growing older, and several others. The students usually enjoy such a night and so do faculty. Good luck! Irene Goldman 00ICGOLDMAN@BSUVC.BSU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 10:08:55 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Fran Paden Subject: Job Opening I'm posting this for a colleague who is not a subscriber. Northwestern University has an opening for the Director of the Women's Center, a service center that offers advocacy, counseling, and education to the university's faculty, staff, and students. Interested parties should write for more information to: Dr. Penny Hirsch Chair, Women's Center Director Search Committee Office of the Provost Northwestern University Rebecca Crown Center 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208-1101 Frances Freeman Paden (Fran) Writing Program and Women's Studies Northwestern University 1902 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208 e-mail:fran@casbah.acns.nwu.edu phone:708-491-4974 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 11:32:47 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Karen F. Stein" The NEMLA Conference will be held on Fri, April 8--Sun,April 10,1994 in Pittsburgh. For a panel on Comparative Literature: Mythology, I am seeking papers on the topic of Feminism and Mythmaking (feminst utopias, fantasy, science fiction). Papers needed by Sept.1. I also need a volunteer to serve as secretary of the session. This involves being chair the following year (1995). I need to hear from you by August 20 if you are willing. Karen F. Stein English Department University of Rhode Island (401) 792-4667 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 11:35:35 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Fran Paden Subject: Job Opening I'm posting the following job listing for a colleague who is not a subscriber. Northwestern University has an opening for the Director of the Women's Center, a service center that offers advocacy, counseling, and education to the university's faculty, staff, and students. Interested parties should write for more information to: Dr. Penny L. Hirsch Chair, Women's Center Director Search Committee Office of the Provost Northwestern University Rebecca Crown Center 633 Clark Street Evanston, IL 60208-1101 Frances Freeman Paden (Fran) Writing Program and Women's Studies Northwestern University 1902 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208 e-mail:fran@casbah.acns.nwu.edu phone:708-491-4974 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 13:07:54 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jane Elza Subject: Re: political novels In-Reply-To: <9307280234.AA22538@umd5.umd.edu> at lunch several of us were discussing teach Am. gov. using political novels, ie. last hurrah, ugly american, all the king's men, etc when someone said those were all written by men. Weren't there any written by women. Except for two, one by Mary Mcarthy and the other author's name forgotten, we couldn't think of any. Any suggestions? I've taught the course using novels and would like to include women authors. thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:30:01 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mindy Fiala Subject: Re: political novels How are you defining political novels? There are some good novels written by women, such as Ursula LeGuin, which are political in that they present an alternative government and culture which implicitly (actually explicitly) critiques American government. Mindy Fiala mfiala@vax1.umkc.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 13:57:10 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List Comments: Converted from OfficeVision to RFC822 by PUMP V2.2X From: Linda Lopez McAlister Subject: BiWest Conference I've just received the following conference announcement that may be of interest. For more information contact the person named in the announcement not me. Linda ------------------------------------------------------------------------- BiWest, the 1993 Western & Pacific Rim Bisexual Conference will be held October 22 to 24 in San Diego. Fritz Klein, M.D., author of _The Bisexual Option_ will discuss the new sexual orientation grid from his upcoming update of the 1978 book, and Dr. Ron Fox, will speak on his recent comprehensive survey on bisexuality. Other speakers include Lani Kaahumanu, editor and Contributor to _Bi Any Other Name-Bissexual People Speak out_' Dr. Amity Pierce Buxton, author of _The Other Side of the Closet: The Straight Spouse_; activists Robyn Ochs and Nina silver, contributors to _Closer to Home: Bisexual People Speak Out; Dr. Regina Reinhardt, author of _bisexual Women in Relationships_: William Crawford, safer sex lecturer, and religion writer J. L. Wohls. Workship topics include bisexual relationships and lifestyles; the sexual orientation grid; bisexual politics; bisexuality and the media; religion, spirituality and sexual orientation; bisexuality and feminism; transcultural and transgender issues; AIDS and safer sex. For information on the conference contact Dr. Regina Reinhardt (619) 259-8019 or FAX (619) 259-8591. *************************************************************** HYPATIA has her old e-mail address: dllafaa@cfrvm.cfr.usf.edu But Linda has a new one she'd prefer you to use for non-Hypatia and non-SWIP-L mail. It's mcaliste@chuma.cas.usf.edu Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 13:29:57 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Bob Bender Subject: Re: political novels In-Reply-To: Message of Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:30:01 -0500 from I suppose it depends on how one defines "political," but a great many novels come easily to mind. Marge Piercy's VIDA and WOMAN ON THE EDGE OF TIME, Kath- erine Ann Porter's SHIP OF FOOLS, Margaret Walker's JUBILEE, much of the work of Toni Morrison, Toni Cade Bambera and Alice Walker is political. Marilyn French's THE WOMAN'S ROOM. Bob Bender engbob@mizzou1 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:17:29 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: d000wgsp@LEO.BSUVC.BSU.EDU Subject: Re: political novels What about Agnes Smedley, Daughter of Earth? Written in 1929, I think, it traces the growth and political awareness of a rural Arkansas woman who goes to work for freedom for India and is picked up by the FBI, jailed, and harassed. It also covers her feelings about her brother going into the Army for a country that didn't help feed or clothe him. Smedley herself later went to China to work for the Revolution there. Reading this message again, I can see I haven't made it clear that Daughter of Earth is the title of the book, Agnes Smedley the author. Irene Goldman 00ICGOLDMAN@BSUVC.BSU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:15:52 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Jo Hinchliffe Subject: Research Abroad I am posting this message for a woman in India. Please respond to her in writing to the address at the end of the message. Thanks. Jo Hinchliffe Centre for Research in Women's Studies University of B.C. joey@unixg.ubc.ca The message: I am in looking for a short internship, fellowship etc. with financial support for the summer of 1994. My colleague (Jasjit Purewal) and I would like to produce a book on women and violence in India. However, time and a dearth of research resources in New Delhi has been problematic. I would therefore like to investigate the possibility of carrying out part of my research abroad with a women studies unit. In 1985, I graduated from Kings College, University of London with an LLB.Hnrs. in Law. Since 1985 I have been living and practising law in New Delhi, India. In the past four years, I have been working specifically on women and violence. In my practice, I am attempting to develop alternative ways in which women in violent situations can obtain redress out of court given the Indian Legal system is the second most litigious system in the world which denies the majority of women access to redress. At the same time, I have worked actively with women activists, individuals and organizations at the rural level in training and empowerment workships on issues around women and violence. I am working with a woman journalist (Jasjit Purewal) on developing communications methods in the area of counselling, training and research on women and violence. We have been engaged by the Ministry for Women and Child Development to carry out gender sensitivity training with the police as well as train rufal-based family counselling centres on sexual violence. Jasjit and I have recently set up a violence intervention centre called "SAKSHI". At the same time we are carrying out research for a book on violence against women in india which is long overdue. Thank you for any information you can send to me. Ms. Naina Kapur 87 Lawyers' Chambers Supreme Court of India New Delhi - 110001 India Phone 91 11 3782115/ 383703/ 381041 Fax 91 11 3782595 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 12:34:09 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "E. Butler-Evans" Subject: Re: political novels In-Reply-To: <9307281849.AA18076@ucsbuxb.ucsb.edu> There is no such thing as a nonpolitical novel. All novels are in the last instance political. Elliott Butler-Evans ebevans@humanitas.ucsb.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 15:43:03 EDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "John C. Berg" Subject: Re: political novels Catherine Drinker Bowen, Miracle at Philadelphia ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 16:32:35 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Von Bakanic Organization: College of Charleston Subject: Re: political novels I enjoyed "Why aren't They Screaming" by Joan Smith. Its a mystery set amidst an environmentalist protest movement. _____________________________________________________________________ Von Bakanic (803) 792-7105 Dept. of Sociology internet address: College of Charleston bakanicv@cofc.edu Charleston, S.C. 29424 ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:41:00 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Roth, Benita (GRAD) SOCIO" Subject: Political Novels Any good novel is political, and if the personal is political, women have written as many as men. There are lots to choose from, and if i recall there've been a few messages that have listed bibliographies of appropriate novels (listserve has bibliographies as well) In women's studies, and sociology courses here at UCLA, i've t.a.ed courses that have used novels as part of the reading assignments, asking people to read and write a paper about what they found in the novel relevant to course material, or answer an essay question on an exam. As an undergraduate english major turned sociologist-in-training, i'm all in favor of this kind of use of "non social science" material in our classes, just as i was captivated by an undergraduate english course that I took, "the social and political novel in the 19th century" that looked at Gissing, Eliot, and Conrad in a new sociological light. benita roth, broth@soc.sscnet.ucla.edu ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 14:51:54 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Ruth Dickstein, University of Arizona Main Library" Subject: Women soldiers I have come across a citation to an article that appeared in Women's Studies International Forum, 1987,p53-62. It is entitled "Disguise Autobiographies: Women Masquerading as Men". It apparently discusses women who have fought as soldiers from the 1700s on. I could not tell from the abstract whether it covers France or any other countries than the US. Ruth Dickstein dickstei@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU --Boundary (ID 2cJh4CzIdGHyMlksFoWSug)-- ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 17:00:16 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Dianna Laurent Organization: Southeastern Louisiana University Subject: Re: political novels What about Doris Lessing? The Golden Notebook and others surely qualify as political novels. Dianna Laurent FENG2213@SELU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 17:23:49 -0500 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Mindy Fiala Subject: Re: political novels As Dianna Laurent noted, Lessing's novels are all extremely political. Margaret Drabble and Penelope Lively's work is also political although moreso in the later novels. Another American example would be _In Country_ by Bobbie Ann Mason (I think). Mindy Fiala mfiala@vax1.umkc.edu Dianna, are you especially interested in Lessing? I am beginning a dissertation on her works and would love to discuss some of her works, if you are at all interested. ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 15:58:38 PDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Jennifer New (Sakson)" Subject: Re: political novels Regarding political novels: I'm not sure if this fits your bill, but Josephine Herbst is definitely political. Her trilogy of novels from the 1930s captures a woman's perspective of this politically intense era. I know you are looking for fiction, but her memoirs and socio-political essays are also wonderful. Also, try Meridel LeSeur. ---------- From: To: Multiple recipients of list WMST-L Subject: Re: political novels Date: Wednesday, July 28, 1993 02:17PM What about Agnes Smedley, Daughter of Earth? Written in 1929, I think, it traces the growth and political awareness of a rural Arkansas woman who goes to work for freedom for India and is picked up by the FBI, jailed, and harassed. It also covers her feelings about her brother going into the Army for a country that didn't help feed or clothe him. Smedley herself later went to China to work for the Revolution there. Reading this message again, I can see I haven't made it clear that Daughter of Earth is the title of the book, Agnes Smedley the author. Irene Goldman 00ICGOLDMAN@BSUVC.BSU.EDU ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 20:18:30 -0400 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: "Linda Mcalister (HMS)" Subject: Re: political novels In-Reply-To: <9307282346.AA22194@umd5.umd.edu> What about The Handmaid's Tale? ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 19:22:00 CDT Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: Beth Lee Simon Subject: political novels Sylvia Townsend Warner's Summer Will Show All of Nadine Gordimer Cynthia Ozick beth simon blsimon@macc.wisc.edu dictionary of american regional english english department university of wisconsin-madison ========================================================================= Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1993 17:38:18 -0700 Reply-To: Women's Studies List Sender: Women's Studies List From: nancy felipe russo Subject: Re: Committees/Commissions on the Status of Women In-Reply-To: Message of Tue, 27 Jul 1993 19:44:00 EST from The Federation of Organizations for Professional Women put out a directory of committees, commissions and organizations for women in the sciences and professions. Gwen Keita, APA, 750 1st St. NE, Washington DC 20002-4242 is still the president, I think. Nancy Felipe Russo, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology and Women's Studies Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1104 (602)965-0380 FAX:(602) 953-2693 BITNET: ATNFR@ASUACAD INTERNET: ATNFR@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU