Yara,

Thank you for these thoughts! Your point about the inclusiveness of the course for all women (and other minoritized genders) is exactly what I was going for. And although you don’t really toot your own […]

Sabrina,

Thanks for such a thoughtful reflection. I love your second two sentences of your first grad so much. The way you talk about unraveling yourself from cultural expectations is so poetic and also a […]

Amanda,

What a thoughtful and heartfelt reflection; truly a pleasure to read. I’m so tickled that in your first sentence, as I read it, you credit everyone in the class with exceeding your expectations. That we […]

Shannon,

I so deeply appreciate your thoughtful and deep candor here. You really took this reflection seriously, which doesn’t surprise me at all, but I want to name it because that’s hard to do at this time in […]

Dana,

What an insightful and thoughtful set of observations you’ve shared here. I really appreciate how you describe your added exposure to the literature of gender as well as the way that your beliefs have […]

Sadaf,

I’m so glad that the course was able to add to your insight in the queer topic-based ways that you list out. I’m particularly glad that the Davis book was useful to you. It’s such a wonderful text and it […]

Adrianna,

Your comments on my teaching and what it meant to you made me cry. I appreciate them so much. I’m so glad that you felt like you were in an in-person class, partly because as a huge fan of in-person […]

Karen,

Your first paragraph is such honest and important context (although based on the insight and register of your discussions and writing about gender, I am really surprised to learn that you hadn’t been […]

Jessica,

I really appreciate your thoughts here — listening can be hard (especially on zoom and for three hours at a time!), and I’m so glad you got so much out of other people’s comments in our discussions. […]

Lindsay,

Wow! What a tremendously thoughtful and thorough reflection! I think your question “What about gender would I learn that I don’t already know” Is a really important one, and I’m glad that you shared it […]

Amarah,

I love that gender myths and gender performance are two of the ideas you start with! And I love that you connected Marsha P. Johnson’s childhood experiences with children knowing who they are — I think […]

Syedah Fatima,

Wow! What a tremendously thorough and thoughtful reflection! I love learning about why you signed up for the course, and while I think you started out knowing more about gender than you give […]

Estrella,

Thank you for this thoughtful reflection! I appreciate how thoroughly you lay out what you learned and also what was hard (writing is not easy, nor is it fun for everyone — especially in public!). […]

Aaliyah,

Thanks for this thoughtful look into your experience. I’m glad you liked the Davis and Stryker readings, and I especially appreciate that you lay out what you learned from them — and those things turn […]

Mildred,

Thanks for your thoughts here. I’m glad you got to have your first experience in a gender studies class in this community. I appreciate (and agree with!) your observation that “we were all able to feel […]