Stream of Consciousness

Showing posts with label class. Show all posts
Showing posts with label class. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Making the personal political

We had a discussion today about body politics and using personal experiences to influence laws and policy. However, when Tonn asked what issues were relevant to us and our identities everyone in the class seemed to suddenly go mute. Somehow we were unable to translate identity politics from theory into practice. So he made us break up into pairs and write down who we were. After each person read their list aloud, the conversation flowed freely. Some people who never talk in class even offered opinions and insight.

In that spirit, here are the things that make me who I am:
woman
young
white
blonde
college student
middle class
single
straight (mostly)
French-Canadian
oldest sister, daughter, cousin, granddaughter, niece
Girl Scout leader
volunteer
size Large
"country girl"
liberal
sexual
writer
blood donor
Journalism & Sociology student
New Englander


Those are all that I could think of in class. This list may grow or shrink over time.

So, I ask you: Who are you?

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Nomads

Is it possible to forget so completely how busy your life is? I have not stopped since arriving back in Boston/NH. It is fantastic and exhausting. I've been couch crashing and spending a lot of quality time in my car. I'm also carrying around about 25 lbs. of luggage everyday -- althought as a bonus I guess that means I'm burning extra calories!

So far classes are going well. I'm glad I made the decision to take TV Newswriting with Schroeder this summer. He's such an excellent teacher. Plus, he provides some of the best off-the-cuff quotes during class. Islam is interesting in that it is paced completely different from TV News. It's a straight-up lecture for an hour and forty minutes. Granted, we cna ask questions if we want too, but mostly we just scribble notes and attempt to absorb everything El Shihibi throws at us. He's a soft-spoken man who just has so much knowledge to impart that it all tumbles out too fast for us to grasp sometimes.

I had my first bartending class last night. Within ten minutes of being there the six of us were shooting the shit and cracking jokes. The instructor, Tom, was a classic old-school Boston guy. Got to love local flavor. Apparently I'm a natural and pretty decent at it for just trying it out last night, which was really cool. Can't wait to see where the rest of the week goes and where I end up working.

There are so many people coming to visit in the next few weeks! There's some kind of party every Saturday for the next month. First, Solstice on Saturday (a little late this year), Josh & Angies Reception, Mookfest, and finally Michele is coming into Boston with her two kids. Going to see John Mayer next week with Nicolle for her birthday.

Alright, it's time for some lunch and trying to keep my brain from exploding. I will be in and out for the next month or so -- please bear with me.