This painting was done in response to Dante McGalen's poem, which arrived on Saturday, August 24, 2002. Since the painting based on Los Desparecidos de Guatemala had been up the previous week, I figured I'd better to change to a new one, so we won't get the issues mixed up. In my response to Dante's poem, Fukeritaville, I saw a split between the normative hallway settings and the sanctity of my office, seen only through the keyhole. There are symols denoting the exlusion fostered by normativity and the hostility of competitiveness in the normatively administered hallways. The bars were an intended barrier, out of which woman has spiritualized, right through the keyhole of her office, into which MAN cannot find his way..

The keyhole represents both the deep mystery of woman, of Lilith, of a threatening bird about to poke its beak through the keyhole. But there you will also find Mother Earth, a virgin, a friendly extraterrestial, and MAN lifting his arms in an appeasing gesture to WOMAN. All this, because Dante's poem led me to reflexively consider my own authenticity of identity. Thanks, Dante.

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Announcements:

Lecture Notes Up from Tuesday, August 26.

• Lecture Notes Up from Thursday, August 29.

• Fall 2002 Courses With Susan (UWP) and jeanne (CSUDH).
• Texts for Fall Courses
• Syllabus for Women in Society
  Class Page for Women in Society
• Syllabus for Sociology of Law
  Class Page for Sociology of Law
• Syllabus for Moot Court and Social Justice
  Class Page for Moot Court and Social Justice
• Syllabus for Graduate Seminar on Reinterpreting Theory
  Class Page for Reinterpreting Theory Up shortly.

Theoretical Musings for Us by Us

• Ethics? Rules? The Other? This piece offers a joke shared over a listserv on theory. How to become a CEO. Link added August 21, 2002.

• Sample Contents: Michael Daniels' Article on the Habermas-Foucault Debate Impressive article by a junior at Trinity Univesity in San Antonio. I plan to add explanatiory notes for those of you who may not have an adequate theory background for Michael's thesis, but restructuring the site has to come first. jeanne. Link added August 3, 2002.

Lived Experience: Emancipatory Narratives

• Fukeritaville A poem sent to jeanne by Dante McGalen. And jeanne's response to Dante. Consider both in terms of subjective authenticity. Link added August 24, 2002.

• The Commodification of Water in Bolivia This piece led me to a description of what had happened with the commodifiction of water in China this summer. The issue of commodification for me made more sense and struck home because of the recognition narrative on China. Link added August 21, 2002.

• Sample Contents: Transforming Discourse: Frankie and Johnny Personal reaction to review of new play; things we do to restructure our identities. Expressions from our own lived experience. Link added August 4, 2002.

Art Shenanigans


• Los Desparecidos de Guatemala Using art to bring awareness. Focus particularly on the power of color and line in adding to the aesthetic voice. Link added August 22, 2002.
• See also Fukeritaville Link added August 25, 2002.

• Sample Contents: Ten Little Indians Miller Updegraff, Artist
  September Exhibition at Gallery 825, La Cienega Blvd. Fine art paintings invoke nostalgia which puts us in touch with our authentic history, contributing to transformed discourse. Link added August 7, 2002.

Scholarly Resources

• Normativity, Commitment, and Instrumental Reason On Resource Site: Philosopher's Imprint. Peruse this piece, as it relates to our theoretical discussions, and will give you a sense of the resources available on the Web. The teching essay isn't up yet. jeanne. Link added August 22, 2002.

• Sample Contents: The Journal of Mundane Behavior Online Journal. Free access. Traditional journal, not student directed, not student writing, at least not primarily a teaching journal. At Cal State Fullerton. Link added August 17, 2002.

Classes, Workshops, and Lifelong Learning

• Classes and Lifetime Learning

  • Site Teaching Essays and Preparatory Readings:

    • Ethics? Rules? The Other?This piece offers a joke shared over a listserv on theory. How to become a CEO. Link added August 21, 2002. Link added August 21, 2002.

  • Site Teaching Modules with Self Tests and Exercises:

    • Practice Module on Ethics? Rules? The Other? Link added August 21, 2002.

• Thesis Projects

  • Essays on Thesis Praxis

    Reference Essays:

    • Pulling It Together How to get started writing once you've done your research. From Pat Acone's thesis project: Collaborative Writing in Online Education. Link added August 16, 2002.

    • Getting Started How to recognize what you've really been doing when you thought you were trying to do something else. Berthena Kemp's thesis project: Our African Heritage. Link added August 16, 2002.

    • Recharging Along the Way Millie Coulter has thought of changing topics frequently. Not because she doesn't want to write on her topic, but because barriers, institutional barriers, keep getting in her way. This is the problem of finding your authentic self in writing your thesis. How do you make the thesis fit you in spite of external institutional constraints? Lin to be added August 18, 2002.

      • Through Hot Pink Glasses: Fat Is Fun
        Link added August 16, 2002. This piece will fit into Millie Coulter's thesis project. Link added August 17, 2002.

• Workshops:

  • Alcohol and Aging In response to student requests for our Fall workshop on alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Link added August 21.

  • Menopause: from Sex, Gender, and Menopause Workshop In response to Agnes' request for our Fall 2002 workshop. Link added August 18, 2002.

Index of Site Teaching Modules: Our Topical Index

• Reference:
• Index of Site Teaching Modules
  With teaching essays, analyses of texts, discussion questions, field activities, and self tests.
• Module List Each essay or article paired with its Practice Module. Notation clarifies when Practice Module not yet uploaded.

Navigating the Site

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• Site Map
• Finding Stuff

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