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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
11:31 am	University of Washington study abroad opportunity Roskilde, Denmark, Autumn 2008 Race, Gender, and Nation: Immigration in Denmark and the United States (Program dates: August 30, 2008 - December 15, 2008 -- 24 Credits Sponsored by The Comparative History of Ideas Department) A recent study named Denmark the happiest place on earth. That people in Denmark report a high degree of happiness isn’t surprising, given widespread economic prosperity and extensive government-funded healthcare, education and social service programs. Denmark is also a beautiful country—bounded by white sand beaches and fishing ports on all sides and filled with sprawling castles and parks and distinctively Danish modern art, architecture and design. But happiness isn’t the only thing that has recently put Denmark on the map. A set of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad first published in a Danish newspaper in 2006 sparked protests across Europe and the Middle East over the unequal treatment of Muslim immigrants in Denmark as symbolic of their treatment around the world. And a country that has historically been defined by progressive politics and inclusivity is increasingly shutting its doors to immigrants; largely through the rise in power of a nationalist radical right party that is working to restrict Denmark’s public resources to ’ethnic Danes’ alone. As in Denmark, immigration is currently a topic of widespread public discussion and concern in the United States. The U.S. Congress has been debating major immigration reforms, the U.S./Mexico border is increasingly fortified and militarized in the name of Homeland Security, and immigrant communities and families across the country are being split apart through detention and deportations. At the same time, unprecedented numbers of immigrants have been resisting their treatment by the U.S. government, employers, and everyday people as they march for immigrant rights and a path to citizenship. Program Description The interplay of race, gender and nation is paid little attention in popular and scholarly analyses of Danish and U.S. immigration. As the University of Washington’s first explicitly feminist study abroad program, this program will center the roles that race, gender and nation play in images and stories of immigration in Denmark and the United States in the context of contemporary inequalities of globalization. Students enrolled in the program will live and take classes at Roskilde University (www.ruc.dk), which is 25 minutes by train from Denmark’s capital, Copenhagen. Regular program excursions to museums, neighborhoods and public and private organizations in Copenhagen and Roskilde will supplement students’ work in the classroom. All students will also work together to produce group projects that explore some aspect of race, gender, nation and immigration in the U.S. and/or Denmark. Students will have the opportunity to complete these projects in collaboration with public or non-governmental organizations. These projects could culminate in a long research paper, but students will also be encouraged to take a creative approach to the projects that incorporates, for example, visual art, literature, and/or documentary films. Students will prepare for the study abroad program during Spring 2008 with a required 2 credit non-graded pre-departure seminar (CHID 496). This seminar will focus on feminist perspectives on race, gender and globalization and group learning in the context of study abroad. Study abroad in Denmark will begin August 30 and end December 15 2008. This program is open to students from all backgrounds. All students are encouraged to apply. Curriculum Students will receive between 20 and 25 total UW credits in Women Studies or CHID for the following: 1. Roskilde University Cultural Encounters program core course (September 8 to October 3) 2. “Images and Stories of Immigration” thematic course (October 6 to November 7) 3. Students’ choice of one of three other Cultural Encounters thematic courses on ethnicity, nationalism, identity, religion and culture (October 6 to November 7) 4. Participation in program outings and assignments outside the classroom 5. Completion of group projects Language Study Students are strongly encouraged to take some Danish classes before or during the program. Options for doing this include: 1. Coming to Denmark two weeks before the program begins to take part in Roskilde’s introductory course for international students, which includes an introduction to Denmark and Roskilde’s unique approach to teaching and learning as well as introductory Danish lessons. The course runs from August 13 to August 27, 9:30 am to 2 pm every weekday. (Students would have to pay an additional cost--approximately $500 US--for this introductory course.) 2. Taking Danish classes at Roskilde Fall semester during the program Note: students will receive additional credit for language study. Details: go to the CHID International page Questions? Contact Laura Hart Newton: lnewlon@gmail.com (Comment on this)
Friday, October 20th, 2006
12:26 am	my new blog http://shannarama.blogspot.com/ there it is! check it out. talk shit, swoon over me, just don't ignore me. if you do, i'll get you in your sleep, bitch!! Current Mood: sleepy (Comment on this)
Friday, April 7th, 2006
9:25 am	zine thoughts. ... Ok so, probably the most ubiquitous form of sex crime, one that almost all women encounter, is sexual harrassment. While this isn't the focus of the project, it should be highlighted. so, let's not forget it. One thing a coalition of organizations did in DC, to help promote harrassment free zones, was to photograph and record harrassers. I'm not sure how many people have dictation recorders, but we all have cameras. So, if you encounter lewd remarks take a picture and send it in. hairdonot@gmail.com Thank you! (Comment on this)
Thursday, April 6th, 2006
10:19 am	i need your help!!! As part of my Gender, Violence, and Social Change class, I am required to participate in a community activity. One option is to take a self-defense class, but one of the many other options is to put together and distribute a zine of survivor stories, poetry, etc. ... I would really like to be able to do this. So I, need collaboration. The scary fact is that most women have been victims of some sort of sex crime or know someone who has. If you have something you would like to contribute to my project please email me a story, poem, etc... hairdonot@gmail.com; send me a picture or anonymous piece shannon garcia c/o Edward Jones 5244 50th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105; or call me and we can meet up and do an interview or put together a collaborative piece 206/291-5879. also, i have never put together a zine before, so any advice on print shops that will give me a fair shake or after hours kinkos peeps who enjoy sticking it to the man by giving a girl with a cause free services. if you can't tell anything will help! i am very excited about this endeavor! Show me you're excited, too by helping with this cause. Also, if you just want to give me money to help cover the expenses, well i would not put up a fight. and if this idea flops just let me know if you'd like to go a home alive self defense class. Thank you! (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
11:25 am	my 24th yr is coming to a close and unbeknown-st to me, i have undergone a remarkable sexual revolution. it seems this year boys cannot get enough me. Perhaps, because this is the year i have no time for them. boys are all over you like hummus on pita bread, when you could care less about them. where the hell are they when you are watching Buffy the vampire slayer, coming to the end of a row, and staring at the telephone? that's what i want to know! anyway, last night my alcoholic friend convinced me to go to quiz night. i was so opposed to it because i had a ton of homework, had to work at the yarn store for a bit that night, and was so tired from not feeling well the day before. however, quiz night is a blast. so, it really did not take much convincing. while i was there I was frantically filling out my chem lab and trying in vain to discern state flags, when I look up and there is this smiling thing standing in my light. a cute, smiling thing of the boy variety. and we just started talking. then he walked off and seemingly disappeared. so for what seemed like an eternity, or maybe 10 mortal minutes, i thought i imagined the sweet smile with beautiful curls--he was no where to be found. Apparently, if i had just turned around i would have found him. So, i walked up to the bar and shot him a smile and he came over and again struck up conversation. We chatted until 1am. at that point i was too tired to hide it. So, we exchanged numbers and went our separate ways. it was nice and stuff. Current Mood: giddy (Comment on this)
Monday, February 27th, 2006
2:43 pm	what's your take on me http://kevan.org/johari?name=ShannyPantsGarcia Current Mood: curious (Comment on this)
2:20 pm	this is someone else's fault. i am quite sure of it. I tried to put a curse on the heads of daphne and seth for making me sit through seemlingly endless episodes of Strangers with Candy. Then I was informed that there is an episode where Flat Point High does a production of Raisin in the Sun with an all white cast. I was curious so, I borrowed the first season from L-Nutz. Then on This American Life David Sedaris Read a story about his father's obsession with beauty and how it affected his prettiest sister. Apparently she would do impersonations and at one point convinced her father over the phone that she was a friend of his and tried to initiate an affair. Then she once wore the bottom half of a fat suit and crammed ice cream in her face to drive her father crazy. all this seemed very funny to me and it mad me understand amy sedaris a littl more. And why jerrie blank must have such disgusting teeth and wear those awful clothes. So last night, I watched season 1 of Stangers with Candy from beginning to end. I enjoyed it and I didn't want to. and why the hell is stephen colbert so freakin' hillarious?!? anyway, i am quite sure that this is all your fault. Current Mood: blank (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, February 24th, 2006
10:10 am	rant and roll things i have beef with: you my mouth--i get myself in more trouble that way. snow. it's making me hate seattle. i want to wear my strappy sandals without my toes falling off! people in seattle. i have so many good friend in AZ, why have I been completely unable to make similar connections here? something is wrong with everyone. it's the rain, makes everyone too soggy to care. money. how come i don't have any my cats. why is it fun to jump on my face while i'm dreaming of being mrs. jake garcia-gyllenhaal? and damn them for being so cute when i'm trying to make them go away the university of washington. how can they give me an email address before they tell me whether i have been accepted or not. it is such a tease! malt balls. those fuckers have always bothered me. work. self-explanatory my schedule. i do too damn much. i'm sure there are other things i should be upset with, but these are the big ones. Current Mood: thirsty (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
12:29 pm	i am not sure why but i've dedicated myself to the undertaking of writing with my left hand. right now it appears as though a 5 yr old scribbled all over my food journal. it should be noted that the quality of my penmanship is progressing, however slow it feels. you never really know when you're going to have an arm sheared off clean by a great white. So, I may as well learn how to swith pen hands at will, before i am forced to. you know? Current Mood: groggy (Comment on this)
Tuesday, February 21st, 2006
10:59 am	i'm taking an opinion poll I want to run a hypothetical scenario by a couple eyeballs. Let's say you are on vacation with your best friend who has ancestry other than white american. let's also say, that you do not remember the last time you had sex--it was soooo long ago. so you are quite excited when you get some on your brief excursion. woo hoo for you. now let's say the next night dood who you slept with makes a comment to your friend that says eventually you people need to grow up and stop calling yourselves a mexican-americans. drop the hyphen. your friend responds. fine. then i am a mexican, hyphen has been dropped. and then another you people is inserted into diaglog, where your friend shuts down and refuses to carry the conversation further. now after a few seconds let's say dood makes a comment, this guy i was taking to had an accent and didn't speak english well, so of course i was mean to him. ... your friend calls him a racist ass while he is away from the table. ... is your response "i don't see that at all." or "fuck yea! how do we get rid of this creep!"? also, do you copulate with him again that evening and give him a kiss as you are leaving for home? now taking all this is. would your friend be irrational if she thought you a bigot and questioned your friendship based on this assessment? it is my opinion that if you condone racism, you are at very least a bigot if not a racist yourself. is this outlandish to say? i would also think to be a good friend, you would not stand for racism directed toward her, right? Current Mood: curious (Comment on this)
Friday, February 17th, 2006
9:21 am	this is my happiest of day. I woke up on time. I am not exhausted. Last night I spent time with a boy and I am certain I enamoured him as much as he did me. I fell asleep the second my head hit the pillow and I think I actually slept well. I got all my packing done. All the music played on KEXP was good. My tiny commute was smoother than normal--I did not get stuck behind any school buses. My boss came in today and told me to go home early. And what's more, I realized live journal is a message board I can actually access from work! Oh happy day. I actually have something to do when I am bored at work and my homework is completed. However be warned. I may use this as an outlet to type up school papers to be copied and pasted to my online class rooms. Since I am unable to do so any other way. I wish there were an emoticon to show jumping up and down. I am very excited about being able to type my duldrums away. Current Mood: chipper (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, April 3rd, 2005
8:10 pm	JFK sucks ass I am in New York right now. for the most part it's been great. however, my experiences at the JFK airport have temporarily erased all happy thoughts from my memory. I was supposed to fly home yesterday and now i'm sitting in a hotel hoping to board a plane sometime tomorrow, though I'm not sure the specifics. so, you do the math. jet blue delayed my flight into new york by two hours and now, going home, the bastards keep bumping me. and if that wasn't bad enough. they sent my bags to seattle without me. all i want is to be home, in my bed, snuggling my kitty. for the moment, i will drink tea, nurse my hay fever, and eat ice cream. if i had pajamas or a toothbrush i might not be so chagrin. in the meantime, i count the hours until i see my flat iron and other necessities. sleeping naked in a hotel room never felt so cheap. Current Mood: drained (Comment on this)
Sunday, August 15th, 2004
11:48 am	...got more songs than a song convention ARIZONA DON'T MAKE ME HATE YOU!!! The Graze is playing in Tempe and Phoenix! This is not to be missed. The Graze is wrapping up a tour of America in support of his new CD. Critics like it: "Ten songs of melodic, hook-laden, lo-fi indie melancholia in sparse guitar-and-vocal arrangements as well as full-on rock. Fans of bands like Neutral Milk Hotel, Mirah, Cat Power, and Elliott Smith should check out the Graze. " Where can I catch this not to be missed event? Ahhh, good question. Mon, Aug 16th at Bostons, in Tempe. The show starts at 7pm and it is $6. ALL AGES! ~ALSO~ the next day the rock will be broughten to the Market Street Coffee Company. The Graze is playing with Tough Call. The address 539 E Glendale Ave, Phx, AZ. 7th St and Glendale. I think the show will start around 7:30pm and I believe it's free. If not, suck it up in the name of rock n' roll. There is no reason why you can't go, so I don't want to hear any excuses. Just know there will be hell to pay. ... Current Mood: jubilant (Comment on this)
Monday, August 2nd, 2004
9:03 pm	I loved you Guenivere -- I loved you. Oh Jesus! Why does KEXP have to play so much damn death cab?!?! Granted, Benjamin Gibbard is a lyrical genius, but what a snore that early and that often. Now I have "We Laugh Indoors" circling through my head. My only hope is that one of the Mail Room Clerks will put a letter opener in my temple. Current Mood: indescribable (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 21st, 2004
9:02 pm	the gloating sun... tan lines! jesus! it has been warm and sunny sporatically over the last month. So, because of this I have a white stripe across my foot where my sensible sandals go! it makes me look like tom sawyer, or some other hobo hero figure, with dirty feet. this is fucking ridiculous! Current Mood: cranky (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, July 17th, 2004
5:21 pm	GO SEE THE GRAZE! The Graze is embarking on a personally funded, grassroots tour of America. The graze is Louis O'callaghan, with influences ranging from the beatles to neutrel milk hotel. There is a definite folk quality to his music. He is Seattle's premier musician. If you like good music, you'll love the graze! I guarantee he's playing a show near you. Come see him and keep independant music alive and well. 07/24/2004 Saturday Missoula MT Area 5 Art Gallery 9pm $4 All-ages 07/27/2004 Tuesday Neenah WI Blue Moon Coffeehouse 07/28/2004 Wednesday Chicago IL Bottom Lounge 8pm doors $7 21+ 07/31/2004 Saturday New Freedom PA Cripple Cave 08/03/2004 Tuesday New York NY Sidewalk Cafe 9pm 2 drink minimum 21+ 08/04/2004 Wednesday New York NY Pianos 8pm 08/05/2004 Thursday Baltimore MD The Mojo 9pm $5 All-ages 08/06/2004 Friday Charleston SC Redux 08/07/2004 Saturday Arlington VA The Galaxy Hut 9:45pm Free 08/11/2004 Wednesday San Antonio TX The Cove 08/12/2004 Thursday Dallas TX Double Wide 08/13/2004 Friday Amarillo TX The Pod 08/15/2004 Sunday Albuquerque NM The Atomic Cantina no cover. 21+ 08/16/2004 Monday Tempe AZ Bostons 08/18/2004 Wednesday Los Angeles CA Silverlake Lounge 08/20/2004 Friday Chico CA Moxie's 08/23/2004 Monday Seattle WA Rendezvous 21+ Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 14th, 2004
6:36 pm	i love eda mame Just sitting here eating my vegetables and recalling a fun visit with Andrew. We didn't get much time in, as his family consumed most of it. However, we did walk around Bellevue Square, eating Godiva chocolates. That was special. And he bought me breakfast. First time I haven't had to put out to get a free breakfast. Oh how I love me some Andrew, I mean eda mame. ... Current Mood: chipper (Comment on this)
Monday, July 12th, 2004
8:36 pm	nowhere, nothing, fuck up that's the boy in my previous entry. he spends all his days on the internet so he can point out my intellectual short comings. i know what you're thinking, what short comings?!?! i know. must take a real dip shit to not see that fabulous thing he's in danger of losing. Current Mood: annoyed (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, May 8th, 2004
10:08 am	i don't feel like i'm falling. ... Last weekend, at the decemberists/the long winters show at the crocodile, i met a boy. sweet as pie. nice nice nice. last night he took me to see aveo, ben kweller, and death cab for cutie at the showbox. it was an agreeable evening of sandwiches, street performers and a poorly ventilated venue. anyway, i've recovered from the last post. the boy turned out to be a total mailbox head and the girl and i kissed and made up. harboring no feelings, i can say most confidently that i have a crush. funny he looks as though someone took of my cousins former boyfriends (illya riske and joshua bockstahler) and morphed them into a brunette version. and if he's on this thing i'm going to be sorely embarrassed. Current Mood: ecstatic (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 30th, 2003
2:28 pm	i can't get no. ... i am filled with rage! shitty people make shitty friends! my only good friend in seattle just went out for drinks with the boy i'm enamored with--BEHIND MY FUCKING BACK! that is the meanest thing someone has done to me in awhile. then she has the audacity to say, "i think i like him, too, now." what the fuck is this shit?!?! i have been shaken with hurt feelings and violent fury for days now. my little pre-ulcers may become full blown ulcers by the time this is done. all i want to do is kick her in the teeth and say foul things that will make her cry. anyway, since moving to seattle i've only befriended gutless fuck faces. funny how certain mammals, whils having a complex skeletal system, can funtion without a spine. blood shall be spilled to equal the tears that have been cried. Current Mood: crushed (9 Comments |Comment on this)