The Beginning

One of the most common criticisms of second wave feminism is that the movement left many women behind. The poor and the working class, migrant and Indigenous populations, mothers and the very young and old; it was a movement for the white and middle class.

One of the most common criticisms of undertaking a Bachelor of Arts is that the degree is useless, airy-fairy and completely unrelated to the realities of working and living in the real world (emphasis on working, stress on real).

This blog is an attempt to counter those arguments, and get marks toward my grade in the process. Blogging provides an environment  in which to reflect upon and analyse the world around you, on either a micro or macro level, as well as get first hand experience with online publishing, harsh feedback and dialogue with the public. The feminist blog-o-sphere is increasingly the easiest place to learn of and engage with the dialect of sex and gender, sexuality and other feminist concerns. Blogs such as this also allow those people not able to attend university to study such issues, and those at uni that can't take such subjects, to learn and enter into the debates surrounding feminism and other GSDS topics. So, hopefully it's not just my lecturer reading these pages.

This is me:

My name is Sarah-jo, and I am entering my third year of study at La Trobe University, almost half way through the completion of my double degree and majoring in both human anatomy and physiology (A&P) and gender, sexuality and diversity studies (GSDS). I am enrolled in GSD2GES and have created this blog as part of the assessment criteria. Neither major nets me a nice, neat career path at the end, but the subjects are engrossing and fascinating and I've never been more engaged with the world around me.

My pet subjects are embodiment, (anti)capitalism, queer theory, environmental sustainability, feminism, Indigeneity and interpersonal relationships. I enjoy coffee, beer, kittens, gardening, arguing about GSD, explaining physiology and learning the theory of writing good software.

Hope you enjoy the blog, and stay tuned for posts actually related to GSD2GES.