Hi.
My name is Brittany and I'm a student the University of Oklahoma. This blog is part of the Introduction to Women's Studies course I'm taking this semester. On the off chance someone besides my instructor/TA end up on here and have any suggestions, questions, comments or resources I should make myself aware of during this episode of learning, please feel free to let me know.
Women's Studies is not my major. I'm at OU for the English-Writing program, but I think that women and their role in the world can effect any art form, especially writing. Knowing how women have become active and continue to make changes in the world is encouraging on a personal level for me to break in to the literary world. Another reason I decided to try to introduce myself to Women's Studies is that my family has instilled on me the responsibility of becoming active in the world and to do that at this point in history you have to pick a cause and I could easily see myself as an advocate for women's rights in my writing and in my life.
The questions I’d like to answer for myself this semester are:
How can I become involved on a local and global level for women’s rights?
How can I use my writing (fiction and nonfiction) to make positive statements for women and for change to better women’s roles in society?
Is the third wave of feminism something that I want to associate myself with on a personal and professional level? And do I have perspective that can help to further current and past postive changes for women?
How can changes be made supporting women in the political and personal arenas?
What will I teach my future children about the women in history and where women are going in society?
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