fandomhigh | Women and Gender Studies, 6/6/07

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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"I think that is just great. Too bad there aren't any vampires around here for you to hunt. I would like to tag along for that. And how come you couldn't do it if you were a boy?"

"Boys don't get called," Vi explained. "It's all girls. Very cool, though living with a bunch of them was annoying." She realized what she had just said, and added, "Not like here at all."

Annette laughed, "I used to have to live with a bunch of girls all the time so I know what you mean. Here it's different. So what do the boys do if only the girls are called to hunt?"

Vi shrugged. "Normal stuff. Sometimes they bake us muffins or build things. Oh, and they can help train us."

"I am from earth and this time and everything," she clarified. "I'm guessing they don't have Slayers where you're from."

"The boys bake you muffins?" That was totally a surprise and actually hard to picture. "If they help train you then how come they can't be hunters too?"

Annette shook her head, "No. I mean if they do have Slayers I've never heard of them or seen them or know about vampires or anything."

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