lily_liedtome ([info]lily_liedtome) wrote,
@ 2008-12-03 18:47:00
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throwing a fit
I kind of hate everything right now.

My Women and the Body teacher gave us a final project that requires anyone doing it to be cisgender.  When I pointed this out she gave me a different assignment which is to, "reflect over the time period in which you have made the transition away from traditional female-sex body norms." 

WHAT. THE. FUCK .

a) invasive
b) broad as hell
c) ;sdfhg;kjsdhg;dkjfgh;
d) I can't do this.  Or, I can, but WOW, i really fucking dont want to. 

I cannot deal with this week.  I WANT TO DESTROY SOMETHING.  I'M GOING TO CUT OFF MY HAIR.


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[info]mxtape
2008-12-04 02:16 am UTC (link)
Yeah, that's really inappropriate. I'm sorry that happened, what a shitty teacher. I had someone like that my first year at college, ugh.

If I were you, I'd talk to her or email her to let her know that and suggest a topic you'd feel comfortable writing on instead. Or just ask her for non-personal essay topic, if it comes to that.

>:( I hate Women's Studies teachers who have no clue. *nurses grudge against 2nd wavers lol*

♥

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[info]lily_liedtome
2008-12-05 07:37 pm UTC (link)
♥

Unfortunately i didn't really have time to ask for a new topic because the paper was due... yesterday. I wrote the thing, but from a totally different angle, talking about the limits of visibility as a form of activism -- basically ignored the part about talking about my life. Because, NO.

And yes, second wavers are DEFINITELY NOT my cuppa. >:(

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[info]clex_monkie89
2008-12-04 02:18 am UTC (link)
WHAT THE FUCK?! Dude, you should totally ask her when she decided to embrace "traditional female-sex body norms."

That's incredibly offensive of her, whether she meant it or not.

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[info]forcedmovement
2008-12-04 02:43 am UTC (link)
Oh my god. I'm sorry, bb. That is fucking ridiculous. I agree with [info]mxtape that you should email her and explain how invasive that really is.

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[info]moondarri
2008-12-04 02:44 am UTC (link)
guh. that's not even a good topic. like, that's a badly-worded, confusing subject. that's a thing with - like, when i was doing feminist philosophy, & we studied some interesting shit, but everything about it was cisgendered as hell.

i'm going with the ask-for-something-different approach, if you can. ♥,

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[info]scatterheart
2008-12-04 07:35 am UTC (link)
Wow, way to be inclusive and open-minded there. >:( I second [info]clex_monkie89's suggestion to ask her when she decided to embrace those "norms". (Or maybe turn the assignment around and reflect over the time period in which you realized that "traditional female-sex body norms" and the base for this assignment were bullshit?)

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[info]xhrkbhrl
2008-12-05 03:37 am UTC (link)
That actually makes me genuinely angry. I don't know, something about the way she worded it and her use of the word 'norms' and just. RAGE. I agree with what everyone's been saying--email and ask for a new one, one that's, you know, on the same level as the rest of your class has been assigned.

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[info]hikarinotabi
2008-12-06 07:57 am UTC (link)
Just, WTF. >= (

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