Monomyths [Tuesday, April 20, Period 3]

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"Well, this is our last class," Cindy said, giving the everyone a smile. "I want to thank you all very much for your attendance and participation this semester. This has been a difficult class, I know, but I know you've all worked very had and I appreciate it." She pointed to her desk, which had a box of J,GoB pastries and two carafes of coffee. "Feel free to partake, either before or after your presentation."

Leaning back, she gestured to the front of the classroom. "For your final, you were asked to watch all seven seasons of Wendy the Werewolf Stalker and decide whether Wendy is on a masculine journey or a feminine one. The answers 'both' and 'neither' are also acceptable positions to argue. Using scenes from the show and information about the individual stages, please share with the class what journey you think Wendy is on."

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Re: Presentations

[thatsamilkshake]

Francine did her best to make a case that Wendy really flipped back and forth between them, never really able to settle on one, or quite being successful at either: every time she came into some real awareness of her power and purpose as a woman, she did a backflip to the masculine journey and started taking that for granted, isolating herself from support and believing that hers was the only power that could save the day.

"The series ends happy, sort of," Francine finished up. "But that's only because they closed it on a high point, you know? I made the mistake of opening up one of the followup comics and it's like they're back to the middle of season six again, only with bigger monsters and more sex."