Smith College's Moodle

This course will teach you how to use the knowledge and concepts you have learned in your women and gender studies classes to write publicly in a range of formats, including book and film reviews, opinion editorials, and news articles. Over the course of the semester, you will learn about and practice translating feminist scholarship for a popular audience. You will also learn to discern your audience, find your voice, and develop a message. During the semester, we will meet and speak with professional feminist editors and writers who have successfully published in the popular press. We will examine some of the barriers, challenges, rewards and impacts of feminist public writing, and explore some of the political and ethical questions relating to feminist public writing.