![]() ![]() Our responses, we were told, would help shape the entire program. ![]() For our first assignment, we were asked to write about why we had chosen to enroll in the course, and what we hoped to gain from it. ![]() I felt like I was not just witnessing history, but actually participating in real societal change. Our written work would be read and critiqued by the three TAs, who would collectively agree on the grade. Authority would be decentralized: Our study groups would be headed by a cooperative panel of three teaching assistants, not just one. The syllabus consisted entirely of works written by women. ![]() A group of professors and grad students had dedicated years to lobbying for a Women’s Studies program this course was the first to be approved by the administration.ĭuring the opening lecture in the overflowing auditorium, we learned how hard the group had worked to make the course truly different. But first, a story.Īs a student in the inaugural Women’s Studies course at my university, I could hardly wait for classes to begin. I want to write here about looking at our own stuff. ![]()
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