Tough Chicks: Representations of Women’s Strength and Anger in Popular Culture and Society

Undergraduate

This course examines popular interest in “tough chicks.”. Students investigate the social construction of women’s and girls’ anger and aggression in fiction, popular media, and real life. and how these understandings are rooted in sexist, racist, homophobic, and other oppressive discourses. Students are encouraged to examine how their own lives and the lives of other women are impacted by these understandings. This course can be used for either an Arts or Social Science credit. (Prerequisites: ICWG-1000 and one 2000-level Women's and Gender Studies (ICWG-) course or consent of the instructor)