use any (at least three) of these as the sources for course material All course materials- Tough Guise 2- (0:00-7:40, 10:40-27:45, 31:41-38:28) then pick either of the films below to see the whole thing of Women- looks at womanhood from a global perspective, it’s like you get to meet ladies from 50 different countries in an hour. Men- explores masculinity in modern America from a variety of racial groups, socioeconomic backgrounds, and ages.
You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity is a really good film for student athletes and anyone who likes sports. Start by reading Being 13 – about young adolescence for American girls in the modern age. Also check out It’s Dangerous To Be a Boy – and come to class ready to discuss what these articles say about adolescence these days for males and females. In addition to the readings, I want you to set aside an hour and the time stamped excerpts below. Have a notebook out and write what impressions or thoughts come across your mind as you view this stuff – this will make it easy for you to get references when we do our next discussion board post. Just a reminder that none of these will work unless you’re logged into MyRCC for free access to Kanopy. Killing Us Softly: Advertising’s Image of Women (0:00-16:00) Then pick either Social Animals which is a film about mental health but it covers a lot about disordered eating. We can’t cover gender & society without talking about sex and sexuality.
There is nothing explicit in this material, but keep in mind that we will acknowledge the fact that humans are just like every other species and you might want to wear headphones if there are people in your household who are uncomfortable with or not ready to hear this stuff. The same goes for Boys and Sex, it’s a 30+ minute interview with a sociologist who studies young people. It’s a follow up to her work on What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure that got a lot of media attention. A basic takeaway is that lots of people are learning sexuality from porn that has saturated our culture and are confused about what consent even is, let alone about physical intimacy, emotional connection, or mutual pleasure. Give either one (or both) a listen while you’re doing dishes, on a walk, at the gym, or whatever you do with yourselves in downtime.
How Working Class Life is Killing Americans The Geography of U.S. Inequality Middle Class Crunch: A Look at Four Family Budgets *extra credit alert* make your own family budget and write an analysis of which family in this article most closely relates to yours. This is personal information, so it’s not required work and you only have to share what you’re comfortable disclosing. The Diploma Divide A Life Without a Home A couple of you are having trouble accessing the NY Times articles. There’s free access if you log in to MyRCC and read them through the library. I’ll show you how to do this in class if you can’t figure it out by the time we meet. For documentaries, take a pick and choose from either The Great American Lie (which personalizes a lot of the abstract economic stuff in our readings), The Battle to Fix Educational Inequality in America (pretty obvious by the title), or Dynsfunctional Societies: How Equality Makes Societies Stronger (which puts these issues in a global perspective). Start with Top 10 Migration Issues of 2024 and click on whichever subjects interest you to learn a little bit more. Also for reading, check out Risking Everything to Come to America on the Open Ocean. There’s a lot of angles this could be seen from and I’m looking forward to your thoughts on this. For viewing, watch these short videos about and this one about in the early 1900s. Set aside about an hour for either The Wall or Papers: The Stories of Undocumented Youth – these are behind a Kanopy paywall and you won’t have free access unless you’re logged into MyRCC. Let me know if you need help figuring out how to use this resource. Another option is to watch the first hour of In Jackson Heights about a neighborhood in Queens that is one of the world’s most diverse places. Dismantling Racism has a useful and succinct read that puts the theoretical language from the text articles into plain talk. Bias alert that they’re kind of activist-y so take that for what it is, but they do good work explaining theory. For viewing, watch Race: The Power of an Illusion (episode 1) This film streams for free on Kanopy, but you need to be logged into your RCC Library account to get access.
Click around and you’ll probably figure out how to get in, but let me know if you have trouble and I’ll try to help you out. Feel free to watch the whole thing, but these time stamped segments are required 0:46-12:00 and 23:10-36:00. This documentary is a little dated but the content remains resonant and it’s what we have access to so it’ll get the job done. Also check out this talk by Cameron Russell about the image of privilege.
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