students

With the first week of classes done I want to thank all my new women’s poetry students and intro to lit students for starting off the semester wonderfully!

And while I’m at it, I want to thank my fantastic students in my women and poetry class I had last spring and my amazing students I had this summer in women and popular culture. Each day the latter group arrived ready to discuss and contribute insightful comments. My favorite day was an activity in which I asked them to work in groups to design the cover of a girl’s or women’s magazine that some how interrupted and challenged the majority of magazines aimed at those gendered female. Here’s a picture of their work on the whiteboard:

You can zoom in here. Some of my favorite features of their ‘zines included, “How to Dress Your Body,” “Girls Night In,” “Guide to Healthy Living: How to Love Your Body,” and “Sexuality Vs. Sexualization.” It’s classroom moments like these that remind me why I love teaching.