NOTES:

GRADING:
1). 20% Participation and attendance
2). 20% First Person Piece OR Twitter Rant: Individual Write a 900-1200 word “First Person” piece based on guidelines from the Globe and Mail and using feminist perspectives learned in the course (https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-person/submissions/) OR Write 10x ~280 character “tweets” about a course theme
3). 30% Reading Group Project (non-fiction) A project and presentation on your group’s book selection. The style, format, and purpose of the project/presentation is open, with guidance from the instructor.
4). 30% Reading Group Project (fiction) A project and presentation on your group’s book selection. The style, format, and purpose of the project/presentation is open, with guidance from the instructor.

REQUIREMENTS:

Weekly Schedule  
Part I: Ground Work
Week 1 – January 9 – Introduction
Week 2 – January 16 – Fat Histories and Feminisms on Fat
Week 3 – January 23 – Science and Medicine of Fat & Formation of Groups and book selections
Week 4 – January 30 – Intersectionality of Fat and ? First Person Piece OR Twitter Rant due
Week 5 – February 6 – Fat Activism  

Part II: Fat in Fiction
Week 6 – February 13 – Reading Group Seminar
Week 7 – February 20 – Reading Week
Week 8 – February 27 – Reading Group Seminar
Week 9 – March 6 – Fiction Presentations  

Part III: Fat in Non-fiction
Week 10 – March 13 – Reading Group Seminar
Week 11 – March 20 – Reading Group Seminar
Week 12 – March 27 – Reading Group Seminar
Week 13 – April 3 – Non-Fiction Presentations