As of late, I have considered myself a feminist - someone who supports and believes in the full equality in society for women as well as men. Some of my closer friends have discovered SWMS classes in their freshman year, and have changed majors from pre-med to gender studies as a cause of this discovery. Even though I've touched on feminism in previous classes (Classes entitled "Gender, Sexuality, and the Media" and projects in Institute of Multimedia Literacy (see the video project I helped make with a partner: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOuu9WQk7cM )), I have never had the opportunity to explore it as much as in this class so far.
Now, finally, references they make ("Did you know that Lady Gaga's "Paparazzi" is about her having daddy issues?") and events they invite me to (which you should also go to this Thursday:
http://www.facebook.com/events/386973374649171/) make more sense and are so much more interesting.
If I wouldn't be in my third year into Mechanical Engineering, I would also consider maybe switching to a major in SWMS, or at least add a minor in it. It's a fascinating issue that concerns us even today in the modern world.
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