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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Jane Clare Jones launches Institute of Feminist Thought

25 replies

MhairiV · 08/03/2019 09:01

Ooh look at this.

feminist-institute.org

Jane Clare Jones launches Institute of Feminist Thought
OP posts:
Mumfun · 08/03/2019 09:04

Excellent . GoonerProf mentioned she would launch something today :)

SonicVersusGynaephobia · 08/03/2019 10:02

This is brilliant. I will be signing up!

ValWiggin · 08/03/2019 10:06

This looks amazing! I've registered.

Happy IWD! Smile

Oldstyle · 08/03/2019 10:13

Fabulous - and so important to re-discover and build on what was achieved. Hope it's a roaring success.

Anlaf · 08/03/2019 10:17

SO EXCITING

I LUFFS JCJ

ColeHawlins · 08/03/2019 10:19

She said she would and she did.

Fantastic!

Melroses · 08/03/2019 11:50

Exciting Grin

Knicknackpaddyflak · 08/03/2019 11:56

Well if those courses are even half as good as her articles then wow, that's something I'd love to do!

boldlygoingsomewhere · 08/03/2019 12:20

That looks fantastic!

LangCleg · 08/03/2019 13:06

I notice Jane says a few concession spaces will be available to low income women.

If she were to set up a concurrent crowdfunder, I would be very keen to make a regular donation to help finance a place on as many courses as possible for a woman on Universal Credit or legacy disability benefits.

Manderleyagain · 08/03/2019 13:21

This looks really good.

DoctoressPlague · 08/03/2019 13:38

If she were to set up a concurrent crowdfunder, I would be very keen to make a regular donation to help finance a place on as many courses as possible for a woman on Universal Credit or legacy disability benefits.

Great idea, I would too.

TallulahWaitingInTheRain · 08/03/2019 14:20

Oh Lang, what a good idea

Caileag · 08/03/2019 14:26

Looks great, I’ve always wanted to learn more about feminist theory but the idea of ‘gender studies’ in this climate ... I dunno has been somewhat off putting Hmm

Any indication of when this will run? I’ve got a lot on on the next wee while.

LangCleg · 08/03/2019 16:36

Great idea, I would too.

If anyone's on Twitter, could they suggest it to her? I would really like to support something like this.

SpartacusAutisticusAHF · 08/03/2019 16:42

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Leapyearlover · 07/09/2019 08:45

Bumping this as I am interested in the course. Did anyone take the course first time round? If so, what did you think?

NonnyMouse1337 · 07/09/2019 08:48

Oh I hadn't heard of this. Thanks for bumping it back up. I'd be interested to know the thoughts of those who took the course.

Novina · 07/09/2019 10:46

Yes, I took the course in May. It is fantastic. Have a look at the testimonials page (I'll find you a link.)

Novina · 07/09/2019 10:48

feminist-institute.org/testimonials/

Leapyearlover · 07/09/2019 11:08

@Novina - that's great to hear. Would you mind telling me how it works? Specifically I don't understand how the group discussions work - is it a forum where you type messages or some sort of video link? Also how much time did you have to put in each week? Thanks. As it sounds as if it would be useful for my work, I am not sure whether I would be better off doing an accredited course. On the other hand, this sounds more up my street!

Novina · 07/09/2019 11:39

Hi Leapyearlover I can tell you how it worked on my course. I don't know whether Jane has made any changes since then.

There were 7 weeks. Weeks 1 and 7 were a roughly 30 min 1:1 video call with Jane. The middle 5 weeks were seminar style. In my class we had Jane and 5 students. It's a video conference (via zoom), so discussion rather than typing. These were 2 hrs long, though sometimes ran over due to interesting discussions!

There is an extensive reading pack for each week of the course. You don't have to read it all. There is core reading and optional reading, and questions to answer that go on to frame the seminar discussions. I was very pushed for time during the course. I probably averaged something like 5hrs self-study per week but would have liked to do more. It is understood that we all have busy lives so it's not a problem if you haven't had time to do much reading, or look at questions, or haven't got around to a key text. Having said that, the more prep that's been done by the class as a whole, the more you can get out of the discussion. One of the things I was looking forward to after the course was reading all the stuff I had skipped over in the prep.

Last I heard Jane was considering setting up a follow-on course involving more self-study and then the two courses together could be accredited (I don't know by whom.)

On the whole I enjoyed it immensely. The course packs are brilliantly put together and cover extensive amounts of original feminist texts. On top of that, the seminars were a real treat - spending an evening with Jane and a set of other brilliant women getting into the meat of these ideas.

Hope that helps.

Leapyearlover · 07/09/2019 11:42

Thank you! That's really helpful.

ChattyLion · 08/09/2019 06:11

Wow that sounds amazing Novina

TinselAngel · 08/09/2019 10:53

Ooh. Thanks for posting OP. I'm definitely interested in that.

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