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Writing for Living: Helene Moglen Conference in Feminism and the Humanities *DAY 2*

This 2-day conference is in honor of the first woman dean in the UC system (1978), eminent UCSC faculty member in Literature from 1978 until her retirement, mentor of numerous grad and undergrad students, builder of feminist institutions and departments at UCSC, teacher of writing on and off campus, and significant feminist literary and psychoanalytic theorist.

Saturday, February 20, 2021
Session 1, 11:00-12:30
Moderator, Carla Freccero
Leslie Bow, Racist Love, pre-recorded, 30 minutes (35 minutes max)
Discussants
Christopher Chen, Literature, UCSC
Amy Mihyang Ginther, Theater Arts, UCSC
live, 8-10 minutes each
Open Discussion, 20+ minutes

BREAK, 20 minutes, 12:30-12:50

Two 5-minute Chairman Mao YouTube exercises will be available to
play during the break. Food, break for dogs and humans, all good.
Here is the original Chairman Mao footage, very revolutionary, patriarchal, and militaristic, plus satire, 5 minutes. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnakWocA3sc
I love the Mao-Nixon comparative moments in this one.
This one is more fun, full of feminist twists. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dprdt8LWzuA
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Session 2, 12:50-2:20
Moderator Jennifer Gonzalez
Susan Derwin, “Writing with Veterans,” pre-recorded, 30 minutes (35
minutes max)
Discussants
Dee Hibbert-Jones, Art, Film and Digital Media, UCSC
Brenda Sanfilippo, Writing Program, UCSC
Live, 8-10 minutes each
Open Discussion, 20+ minutes
Donna Haraway, “Re-writing, not an ending,” remember the Endowment
Fund, thanks to everyone, and write on, 3 minutes

Feb 20, 2021 11:00 AM in Pacific Time (US and Canada)