ENGL 1A: Gender, Then and Now

DH De La O, Fall 2012 @ San José State University

Thursday, September 6, 2012

Gender in the News: 09.06.12 (Democratic Edition)

First Lady Michelle Obama makes her case for her husband's reelection



  • FLOTUS reaches out to women—and men CHICAGO TRIBUNE
  • Anne Coulter's tweets during the DNC National Convention that "They're spicing things up with a live abortion on stage!" HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
  • Susan Fluke: President Romney would bring "an America in which access to birth control is controlled by people who will never use it, in which politicians redefine rape so survivors are victimized all over again" ABC NEWS
  • Democrats officially support full abortion rights for women—with no exceptions FOX NEWS
  • Historic: DNC is first of two major parties to support same-sex marriage in its platform SLATE
  • Zach Wahls on his "two moms": "Mr. Romney, my family is just as real as yours" HUFFINGTON POST
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Course Information

DH De La O,
The Department of English & Comparative Literature
at San José State University

Sec. 6 (43513): Tu/Th 7:30 – 8:45 AM, SH 411

Sec. 19 (42367): Tu/Th 9:00 – 10:15 AM, SH 238

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Office Hours: Tu 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM; Th 10: 30 AM – 11:30 AM

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Email: dhdelao@gmail.com

Selected Posts

  • Editorial Essay: Guyland
  • Expository Essay: Delusions of Gender
  • PowerPoint Presentation, Pt. I (Sec. 06)
  • Powerpoint Presentation, Pt. I (Sec. 19)
  • Process Essay
  • Reflection 01: I Love You, Man—Exploring "Bromances"
  • Reflection 02: I'll Have What She's Having—Analyzing Romantic Comedies
  • Reflection 03: The Color of Love—Navigating Interracial Relationships
  • Reflection 04: Playing it Straight—The Politics of Sexual Orientation in Acting
  • Reflection 05: Breast Friends Forever—America's Breast Obsession
  • Reflection 06-A: I Feel Pretty—Attractiveness in America
  • Reflection 06-B: I Kissed a Girl—Lesbianism in Pop Culture
  • Reflection 07-A: The New Birds and the Bees—Sex Education for the 21st Century
  • Reflection 07-B: It's Complicated—Dating in the Age of Social Media
  • Reflection 08-A: Dirty Pictures—The Practice of "Sexting"
  • Reflection 08-B: Crowning Achievements—The Cult of the Princess
  • Week 01
  • Week 02
  • Week 03
  • Week 04
  • Week 05
  • Week 06
  • Week 07
  • Week 08
  • Week 09
  • Week 10
  • Week 11
  • Week 12
  • Week 13
  • Week 14
  • Week 15
  • Week 16
  • [Week 17]

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    • ►  December (6)
    • ►  November (14)
    • ►  October (11)
    • ▼  September (14)
      • Week 07
      • Editorial Essay: Guyland
      • Gender in the News: 09.27.12
      • Week 06
      • Gender in the News: 09.20.12
      • Reflection 03: The Color of Love—Navigating Interr...
      • Week 05
      • Expository Essay: Delusions of Gender
      • Gender in the News: 09.12.12
      • Editing Marks Guide
      • Week 04
      • Gender in the News: 09.06.12 (Democratic Edition)
      • Reflection 02: I'll Have What She's Having—Analyzi...
      • Week 03
    • ►  August (7)

Dropbox Documents

  • Citing Sources in MLA: The Basics
  • Easy Fixes: 10 Grammar Rules to Know
  • Fall 2012 Syllabus
  • MLA Style 101
  • Sample PowerPoint Presentation

eReader

  • "220: Testosterone" (This American Life )
  • "99: I Enjoy Being A Girl, Sort Of" (This American Life )
  • "A New Masculinity" (Postmasculine)
  • "Boys Get Cool Stuff, Girls Get Pink Stuff" (Salon)
  • "Father's Letter Disowning Gay Son James after Coming Out Goes Viral" (Huffington Post)
  • "I Want a Wife" (Ms. )
  • "My Daughter Likes Being a Boy" (Salon)
  • "My Son is Gay" (Nerdy Apple)
  • "Nicki Minaj’s Retroactive Feminism" (Salon)
  • "Pixar’s ‘Brave’ Feminist Bet: Does a Princess Need Prince Charming?" (Hollywood Reporter)
  • "Red Sex, Blue Sex" (New Yorker)
  • "The Problem with Boys" (Esquire)
  • "The Truth of Why ‘Manly’ Men Order Steak, and ‘Wimps’ Order Salad"(Forbes )
  • "What Girls Want" (Atlantic )

Writing Resources

  • DailyGrammar
  • Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University
  • Grammar Bytes!
  • Grammar Girl
  • MLA Block Quotations, Northern Oklahoma College
  • MLA Citation Generator, Palomar College
  • MLA In-text Parathetical Citation, Duke University
  • MLA Style Guide, Purdue University
  • MLA Works Cited Page, Cornell Univeristy
  • Online Writing Lab, Purdue Univeristy
  • Writing Center, San Jose State University

Gender Resources

  • Adbusters
  • Bitch
  • Bro Bible
  • Bro My God
  • Colored Girl Confidential
  • Concerned Women for America
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Details
  • Embarrassing Bodies
  • Esquire
  • Feministe
  • Feministing
  • Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
  • GQ
  • iVillage
  • Jezebel
  • Men's Health
  • Ms.
  • National Organization for Women
  • Primer
  • Promise Keepers
  • Secret Society of Women
  • The Advocate
  • The Art of Manliness
  • The Everygirl
  • The Good Men Project
  • Uncrate
  • Vogue
  • Voices of Conservative Women
  • Women's eNews
  • Women's Health
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