Week 07

"...I was a Flower of the mountain yes when I put the rose 

in my hair like the Andalusian girls used or shall I wear a
red yes and how he kissed me under the Moorish wall and
I thought well as well him as another and then I asked him
with my eyes to ask again yes and then he asked me would
I yes to say yes my mountain flower and first I put my arms
around him yes and drew him down to me so he could feel
my breasts all perfume yes and his heart was going like mad
and yes I said yes I will Yes."

—James Joyce, Ulysses

Week 07 Tu 10.02 

Read: GUY—“Predatory Sex and Party Rape” – “’Just Guys’” 

Class: Reading discussion; Presentations; Lecture—“The Most Common Grammatical Errors—And How to Avoid Them” 

Th 10.04 

Class: Writers workshop; Reading discussion 

Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY (DRAFT 1; BRING 2 COPIES)  

Upcoming:

Week 08

Tu 10.09*

Read: eR—“What Girls Want” (Atlantic ), “Boys Get Cool Stuff, Girls Get Pink Stuff” (Salon),

“I Want a Wife” (Ms.), “99: I Enjoy Being A Girl, Sort Of” (This American Life ) [Audio],

“My Daughter Likes Being a Boy” (Salon)

Class: Reading discussion (Special guest lecturer—Nicole Maranhas, SJSU English Dept.)

*This class should be attended by women only; Email your EDITORIAL ESSAY to me by noon on Thursday the 11th

Th 10.11**

Read: eR—“220: Testosterone” (This American Life ) [Audio], “The Problem with Boys”

(Esquire ), “The Truth of Why ‘Manly’ Men Order Steak, and ‘Wimps’ Order Salad” (Forbes ),

“My Son is Gay” (Nerdy Apple), “A New Masculinity” (Postmasculine)

Class: Reading discussion

Due: EDITORIAL ESSAY (DRAFT 2; ATTACH ONE COPY OF DRAFT 1)

**This class should be attended by men only