Women and Gender Studies, 6/6/07

[getupanddoit]

Maddie clapped her hands to get everyone's attention at the start of class. "Hello! Everybody! Students, students, your attention, students!"

It was entirely possible the students were paying attention already, in fact. But Maddie liked clapping and calling for attention.

"Okay then, is everybody here? Did Holly and Molly scare everyone off last week?" She burst into giggles. "Oh, darlings, I know they're weird, but you've got to love their enthusiasm. And we've seen weirder, trust me,"

"We have," agreed Syvvie.

"But that's neither there nor over further over there. I hope you all had a great week and moved safely back into your dorms. . . . Today, we're going to do a little bit of imaginationing. Get yourselves loosened up for some role-play we might do later. That's right."

"That's right. What we want you to do today is to imagine what your life might've been like if you'd been born of a different gender."

"If you're a boy if you'd've been a girl, if you're a girl if you'd've been a boy--don't tell me men or women, Syvvie, I don't have time, today."

"I wasn't going to say anything."

"Sure you were. Anyway. Pair up, you know, like you usually do, or you can work in bigger groups if you'd like, but I want you all to draw a picture of what you might've looked like as the opposite gender, and tell a little story of what your life might have been like. Get creative! Would you have been a sports star? A cheerleader? A band geek? What? Go ahead now, get talking!"

[ooc: Yeah, I know, kind of lame, but I didn't get a chance to post it last night so I'm typing off the top of my head from work, today. OCD is on its way]

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[getupanddoit]

With a boy name if you're a girl and a girl name if you're a boy. And some other name if you happen to be some other thing.

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac.

... she was pretty sure it was more a boy name than a girl name anyway.

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[likethegun]

Samantha. That was easy enough.

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[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Uh... Ant

Hey, some guy out there was probably named Ant. Somewhere.

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[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

ANNIE-MAL! ANNIE-MAL!

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[iftheseshadows.livejournal.com]

"Nellie Perriwinkle"

Pair up and imagine

[getupanddoit]

Just like the text says. Imagine what your life would've been like if you'd been born of the opposite sex.

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac isn't really up for anything like class right now. The fact she's even here is enough as far as she's concerned.

So she's not even really looking for a partner. She's deep in emo thoughts instead, and looking like she could probably do with a hug right about now.

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[getupanddoit]

Syvvie noticed. "Darling, are you alright?"

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

Mac, dragged out of her thoughts nodded slowly. "I-- yeah, I am," she said. "Just... bad day. Really bad day."

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[getupanddoit]

Syvvie grabbed a chair and eased herself into it. "You want to talk about it? Or should I distract you with boring tales of 'the good old days'?"

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[imac-kenzie.livejournal.com]

"My girlfriend left this morning," she said simply, deciding she should at least give an explanation. "I think distraction from that would be really good right about now."

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[lovesrenoir.livejournal.com]

Animal scratches his head for a moment or two.

"KISS BOY! KISS BOY!"

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[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

Annette thought. She had no idea what she would be like if she had been born a boy. She'd probably still like to play dress up.

"Hmm."

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[cutestripeyhat.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Vi said, sliding into the seat next to Annette. "Are you working with anyone yet?"

[OOC: Will likely be slow, sorry!]

Re: Pair up and imagine

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

She smiled, "No, I'm not yet, Vi. Want to partner up?"

(ooc: no prob whatsoever! :P)

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[cutestripeyhat.livejournal.com]

"Works for me," Vi agreed. "So what did you come up with? Because being a guy would really be a big thing for me."

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[likethegun]

Sam had never really thought about this unlike many, many fanfic writers, but he had a feeling his life would have been a lot different.

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"I don't want to be a girl," Cedric said without preamble.

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[likethegun]

Sam snickered. "I don't know, maybe being a girl wouldn't be so bad. Girls get away with so much stuff that guys don't."

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[chasingsnitches.livejournal.com]

"Would you like to wear dresses and go through...girl stuff?"

Talk to Maddie and Syvvie

[getupanddoit]

Syvvie swears her life wouldn't have been any different. Maddie knows she's full of crap.

Do something else

[getupanddoit]

Hey, you can do anything you want to do, as long as you're willing to get up and do it.

OOC

[getupanddoit]

Yeah, I am teh lame today. Ugh. I should have called out.

*curls up under her desk for a nap*

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[repeterpetrelli.livejournal.com]

*sends chicken soup*