pgcwwn
Postgraduate Contemporary Women's Writing Network. Cross-institutional, student-led, bringing together postgrad scholars working on contemporary women's writing
Cococatani: Don't know where to go with... The_cwwa: PGs in #cww will be attending... More good news… My essay, “Pinspiration: How Pinterest reinforces American ideals of feminine beauty and shame,” will be published in American Shame: Body, Culture, and the Politics of an Emotion, scheduled to be released in summer 2013.
I’ll also be presenting “Getting Shorter, Thinking Bigger: Feminist advocacy in the digital age” at the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network’s conference, The F Word in Contemporary Women’s Writing in early April. Don’t forget that I’ll also be delivering a lecture on the politicization of women’s health next Thursday, December 6th at (un)SAFE: A Graduate Student Conference in Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania. See you there! No, I Don’t Spend All My Time On Twitter. Time for a short update on my academic activities.
Just because I can, and because I’ve been doing so many different things over the past few weeks that I need to step back and take a look. I’ve been busy with training lately. UEA offers a great program for research students; over the past few weeks I’ve learned how to publish my work, how to write more effectively, how to write for a non-academic audience, and how to engage with the media.
Very useful, and it’s a great way to meet fellow research students. I’ve also been working on several abstracts for conferences. Furthermore, there’s the paper on Joyce Carol Oates’ Foxfire which I’ll deliver at The F Word. There’s also an exciting event taking place this summer in Norwich: the PGR showcase. And then there’s my main project. Plenty of stuff to do, in other words.
Conference Website. ‘The F Word in Contemporary Women’s Writing’ was the fourth biennial conference of the PG CWWN.
It was held at Queen’s University, Belfast on the 4 – 5 April 2013. Keynote Speaker: Professor Diane Negra Diane Negra is Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture and Head of Film Studies at University College Dublin. She is the author, editor or co-editor of eight books, among them In the Limelight and Under the Microscope: Forms and Functions of Female Celebrity, (Continuum, 2011), What a Girl Wants? : Fantasizing the Reclamation of Self in Postfeminism (Routledge, 2008), Interrogating Postfeminism: Gender and the Politics of Popular Culture (Duke, 2007), and most recently Gendering the Recession (forthcoming, Duke 2013).
Her keynote was be titled ‘Claiming Feminism: Commentary, Autobiography and Advice Literature for Women in the Recession’. Conference Programme. CFP. Wine reception. Pgcwwn: The pgcwwn conference cake! Conference dinner at Carlitos. The F Word: A Short Report. I just returned from my first conference as presenting delegate: The F Word, organised by PG CWWN.
I could write a long and detailed report but actually I only need one word: awesome. First of all, it was a great opportunity to hear what others are up to. The programme was varied, with people presenting on many different subjects. The panels, however, worked very well. It was great to see how different topics spoke to each other and every session was followed by a productive discussion. It was also a great opportunity to get feedback on my own work. But most importantly, perhaps, it was a lot of fun. Given the theme of the conference we had many discussions about feminism. I would like to thank everyone who made the conference such a big success. Facebook activity. Estellemalmed: Thanks so much to @pgcwwn for... HannahYelin: OK so #thefword13 was basically...
EmmaYoung22: Fabulous time had at the @pgcwwn... Nadine_Muller: There's lots of great conferences... Alexpryce100: Another day ahead at #thefword13... Theplathdiaries: Wishing all the ladies at the... Cococatani: Second day of @pgcwwn conference... Cowling_claire: Morning everyone! I'm up and... Pgcwwn: Professor Diane Negra delivered... PerformGender: @pgcwwn Raging I missed the... Pgcwwn: "There is no female mind" -... Pgcwwn: "No woman gets an orgasm from... Pgcwwn : The sun is shining (allbeit... Claireocall: Bit snowy in parts of NI but... HannahYelin: In Belfast to give a paper... EilidhABHall: Happy conferencing @HannahYelin...
EmmaYoung22: All those joining us in Belfast... HannahYelin: POW! Just chaired my first... Pgcwwn: Some of the @pgcwwn crew... Pgcwwn: In line with today's pgcwwn... Dr Helen Davies. Workshop Handout. Conference reports.