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Websites of the Week / Postlude:   Well, this is it, folks.  As Professor Freedman said in lecture, we're all off on our own adventures; whether as members of Virginia Woolf's "Society of Outsiders," as "survivors of fs101," or simply as individuals now well-informed and wonderfully confused about the complexities of gender inequality, you are off to make feminisms happen in your own lives.  On behalf of all the teaching staff, it's been a pleasure working with you.  Best wishes,                                                           --susana, your webjefa

 

Feminist/Women's/Gender Studies Resources

 
Sweet Honey in the Rock.  Sweet Honey is performing in Oakland on January 24!!  Inquire at Feminist Studies about subsidized tickets!  (priority given to Feminist Studies and CSRE majors, but general tickets are expected to be available).  The bonding of text and song for this ensemble began in 1973 under the guidance of founder and artistic director Bernice Johnson Reagon, who was then vocal director of the D.C. Black Repertory Company in Washington, D.C. Sweet Honey's first members came out of her vocal workshops.  This commercial site includes a short bio of Sweet Honey, a list of albums with all song titles, and short song clips. (discussed in lecture, 10/20/97 and 10/27/97)  Pictured are Ysaye Maria Barnwell, Nitanju Bolade Casel, Shirley Childress Johnson, Aisha Kahlil, Carol Maillard and Bernice Johnson Reagon, order unknown (sorry).
 
The FS101 Soundtrack.  Not available in stores!  Here's a complete songlist with titles, artists, and production information.

Feminist Science Fiction.  Bibliographies, book reviews, suggestions for books, TV, radio, and just about everything else you could possibly imagine.  Enjoy.
 
South Asian Women's Network.  A forum for those interested in South Asian women's issues.  Books, films, political organizing, domestic violence resources, etc.  This is also a great research site which provides or links to groups/organizing/resources that you won't find anywhere else.
 
JusticeNet follows current events on the prison system, criminal justice, and related issues...check out their list of articles and links on women and the prison system...
 
Webjefa's choice:  ba/three, an incredible piece of poetry by Vietnamerican poet Tran Trong Dat at his personal website.
 
The MilitaryWoman Website contains a fascinating mix of first person accounts from women's lives in the military, including training camp, harassment, family issues, and tours of duty.
 
Check out Ladyslipper Music, a non-profit organization whose "primary purpose is to heighten public awareness of the achievements of women artists and musicians, and to expand the scope and availability of recordings by women." They also have a good listing of Sweet Honey albums.
 
Sakyadhita: the International Association of Buddhist women has a collection of links and resources for Buddhist women.
 
Women in Judaism: A Multidisciplinary Journal is a forum for
scholarly debate on gender-related issues in Judaism. The ultimate aim of the journal is to promote the reconceptualization of the study of Judaism, by acknowledging and incorporating the roles played by women, and by encouraging the development of alternative research paradigms.
 
Sister-Site is a site for the discussion of issues relating to the lives of Catholic women religious which has a small section on Interfaith Women's Communities, and International Women's Spiritualities.

The Andrea Dworkin website offers references and discussion of Dworkin's feminist and legal work....

Adrienne Rich, reina del feminismo.  Check out her semi-official website with info about her MacArthur "genius" award, a list of her books and awards, some poetry, more links, and why she turned down the presidential National Medal of the Arts.
 
Sexual Assault Information Page.  An excellent extensive collection of web resources and links including issues around rape, domestic violence, child abuse, sexual harassment, activism, women's resources, and men's resources.

Research on Sterilization Abuse is a recommended link but you may want to cruise the rest of the Women, Medicine & Biology Website at Haverford College.  Find Topics in Women's Health and Student Research on everything from tamoxifen to Norplant to midwives.
 
The Abortion Rights Activist Site.  The site includes updates on clinic violence, information on abortion, tools for activists, and a general reference library.  Also see basic information on abortion from the Barnard/Columbia Women's Handbook.
 
Still thinking about the "perfect" body?  Check out fatso.com for a dose of fat pride ("for people who don't apologize about their size")...and a great cover page.
 
Here's a horrifying recent L.A. Times story of murder, domestic violence, gross sexism, and its interface with our legal system.  The writer never directly identifies gender issues, unfortunately, but you should be able to identify its relevance to this course....

New site on Women in the Global Economy with a focus on CrossBorder Organizing. Includes updates on Women in Action: organizing strategies (which includes a slew of women's labor groups including Mujer a Mujer, Justice for Janitors, La Mujer Obrera), a history of Chicana organizers in Texas, as well as research and information on Global Solidarity.
 
Welcome to the Future.  Internet Sex Tours via the Internet...an article by Donna Hughes in Feminista webzine.
 
The Young Women & Media Project is "an arts project aiming to engage young women in creative activities to promote positive and realistic portrayal of women" (submitted by Lindsay Keach).

Per last week's discussion, you might nose around the official website for the International Monetary Fund (IMF)....
 

The National Organization for Women (discussed in FS101 lecture, 10/8/97) includes substantive sections on Abortion and Reproductive Rights, Affirmative Action, Economic Equity, Electoral Politics, Fighting the Right, Global Feminism, Legislation, Lesbian Rights, Racial and Ethnic Diversity, Violence Against Women, Women-Friendly Workplace, Young Feminisms, etc.

 

University of Maryland's Women's Studies Resources  Feminist Resources at University of Wisconsin  CLNET's Chicana/Latina Studies Research Site  Border Crossings  at the University of Iowa  Vernalia Randall's site on Gender & the Law, Race & the Law and other legal issues.   Her site also includes this terrific bibiliography on Reproductive Issues and Women of Color.    The Women's Studies Department at Northern Arizona University has an amazing hotlist of resources...

...and don't forget these Stanford sites!     Fem Stu Collections:  Internet Resources.  A comprehensive resource by librarian Kathy Kern   The Chicana Art Project Database (Stanford students only 'cuz of copyright issues)   The Women's Center   Feminist Studies Program   Institute for Research on Women & Gender

Isis --  a page dedicated to the art and culture of women of the African
diaspora. At a new address, so not fully functional, but definitely worth a visit.

Updates to Internet Resources on Women Manual

Women's Issues - Welcome from The Mining Company

 African-American Women: On-Line Archival Exhibits: archival memoirs and correspondence by black women in the South during slavery.

Isis --  a page dedicated to the art and culture of women of the African
diaspora. At a new address, so not fully functional, but definitely worth a visit.

ACLU Division on Women's Rights
 
Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (Summary), United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, Bejing, China 1995

USIA Resources for Women: Implementing the Platform  Includes summary of Beijing Platform and links to the various strategies and resources implementing each section of the platform.

President's Interagency Council on Women, US Department of State

Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) Equity Resource Center

Feminism & Global Economies, Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

Carrie Rentschler writes Perpetuate My Fist! on women and self-defense

 Girls On Film

MANUSHI  Feminist Activist Resources on the Net  FEMINIST.COM  Webgrrls! - Women on the Web -   The Cybergrrl Webstation--Welcome  Lesbian.org: Resources for Lesbians--Info,   News, Links, Publications, MailingLists, and More!  American Basketball League  Amy Lewis' WWW Women's Sports Page  Women's National Basketball League  (WNBA)

Yvonne Trevino, World Super Flyweight Champion, Women's Intl. Boxing Federation (5/6", 115 lbs.)

 
 

Historical Documents

Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Women

John Stuart Mill, The Subjection of Women

Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Seneca Falls Resolution

Sojourner Truth, "Ain't I a Woman?"  (Ain't I Sojourner?)

The Equal Rights Amendment

Chicanas Speak Out!  Women:  New Voice of La Raza (1971)

Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech (1992)
 

Literature

Jane Austen, Emma

Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre

Willa Cather, O Pioneers

Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Mary Wollstonecraft:  Maria, or the Wrongs of Woman

Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out
 
More women's literature online
 
Voices from the Gaps:  Women Writers of Color

Recent writing by feminist scholars

bell hooks, "Sisters of the Yam," an articulate critique of Katie Roiphe's The Morning After.

bell hooks, "Misogyny, Gangsta Rap, and The Piano"