non-book club - book club (n-bc-bc)
Laura Schmitz, Kelley Marie Adams, Duane De Four
Tue Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 07-09:00pm, 5-232
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Like Book Clubs? But hate the time commitment? This non-book club-book club is easy and painless. N-bc-bc will meet one night a week during IAP and will discuss topics related to different kinds of gender issues in today’s world. Each week a discussion will be sparked by short articles, book excerpts or movie clips.
View or download n-bc-bc materials at: web.mit.edu/end_violence/
Refreshments Provided!
Discussion Topics: January 10: “You Are Not Going Out Dressed Like That!”: Dressing “Sexy”
January 17: “Oh, It Was Nothing!”: Why Taking Credit Is a Gendered Phenomenon TED Talk by Sheryl Sanderg, COO of Facebook: Why We Have Too Few Women Leaders
January 24: Gender, Language + Power: The Historical {R}Evolution of Words and Their Meanings
January 31: "Can’t You Take a Joke?": Humor, Gender and Violence
Web: http://web.mit.edu/end_violence/bookclub.html
Contact: Laura Schmitz, W11-011, (617) 253-0108, lschmitz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Women's and Gender Studies
Cosponsor: Technology and Culture Forum
Latest update: 05-Jan-2012
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