Second Week Boogie…
It’s the end of second week now, and classes are getting into full swing. I’ve had to go back to spending most of my free time doing homework. My Feminist Perspectives and History of Ideas classes require tons of reading (which is pretty typical for honors courses), and I need a lot of extra time to puzzle through problems for Discrete Structures 2. I’m a little rusty, since I took the first Discrete course my freshman year and haven’t looked at it in the year and a half since then. In any case, it’s a challenging workload but nothing impossible.
One of the things that interests me particularly is a collection of short stories that we’re reading in my Feminist Perspectives class called Feminist Philosophy and Science Fiction: Utopias and Dystopias. The stories all examine gender from a science- or speculative-fiction perspective. That in itself is interesting, because I can tell you from experience that women in science fiction tend to be cast in smaller or more stereotypical roles, so stories specifically written to address gender are a refreshing change. I’m also a huge fan of the utopia/dystopia model. In general I think science fiction and the like are among the best ways to explore new ideas and perspectives, and so far it hasn’t disappointed. I’d recommend it to any fan of science fiction or gender study.
I haven’t had a chance to do anything really exciting socially since school started. I went to see the new National Treasure movie with my dad last weekend, but that’s really been it. This Saturday is one of my friends’ birthdays, so some of us are going to go out for dinner and then see a movie to celebrate. Also, next weekend COW is going to sponsor a trip to play laser tag, which everyone is really excited about. Check in next week for a report of how well everything went!
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