English 104 - Student Led Class

Student Led Class (Subject to Revision)

Date	Subject	Name
January 27	“You Don’t need Their Approval: The Decline of Social Rules” “An Army of One: Me”
February 3	“You Can Be Anything You Want to Be” “The Age of Anxiety (and Depression, and Loneliness): Generation Stressed
February 10	“Yeah, Right: The Belief That There’s No Point in Trying” “Sex: Generation Prude Meets Generation Crude”
February 17	“The Equality Revolution: Minorities, Women, and Gays and Lesbians” “Applying Our Knowledge: The Future of Business and the Future of the Young”
February 24	The Hip-Hop Reader – For this book, considering it showcases many dynamic essays, you will have the opportunity to select one of the essays we may not have read for this week; however, if you do wish to use the essays we have read as a starting point, then that is fine. The only requirements that I ask is that you select an essay in the chapter of the book that we are reading for that week. “The Roots and Stylistic Foundations of the Rap Music Tradition” by Cheryl L. Keyes “Rap Music” by Tricia Rose
March 3	The Hip-Hop Reader – For this book, considering it showcases many dynamic essays, you will have the opportunity to select one of the essays we may not have read for this week; however, if you do wish to use the essays we have read as a starting point, then that is fine. The only requirements that I ask is that you select an essay in the chapter of the book that we are reading for that week. “Elvis, Wiggers, and Crossing Over to Nonwhiteness” by David R. Roediger “Rap’s Embrace of ‘Nigger’ Fires Bitter Debate” by Michel Marriott “The Hip-Hop Nation: Whose Is It? In The End, Black Men Must Lead” by Toure
March 10	The Hip-Hop Reader – For this book, considering it showcases many dynamic essays, you will have the opportunity to select one of the essays we may not have read for this week; however, if you do wish to use the essays we have read as a starting point, then that is fine. The only requirements that I ask is that you select an essay in the chapter of the book that we are reading for that week. “Hip-Hop Women Shredding the Veil: Race and Class in Popular Feminist Identity” by Marcyliena Morgan “Beyond Racism and Misogyny: Black Feminism and 2 Live Crew” by Kimberle Crenshaw
March 24	The Hip-Hop Reader – For this book, considering it showcases many dynamic essays, you will have the opportunity to select one of the essays we may not have read for this week; however, if you do wish to use the essays we have read as a starting point, then that is fine. The only requirements that I ask is that you select an essay in the chapter of the book that we are reading for that week. “Gangsta Rap and American Culture” by Michael Eric Dyson “Gangsta Culture” by bell hooks
March 31	“You’re a Hardcore Feminist. I Swear.” “Feminists Do It Better (And Other Sex Tips)” “Pop Culture Gone Wild”
April 7	“The Blame (And Shame) Game” “If These Uterine Walls Could Talk” “Material World”
April 14	“My Big Fat Unnecessary Wedding and Other Dating Diseases” “ “Real” Women Have Babies” “I Promise I Won’t Say “HERSTORY”” “Boys Do Cry”
April 21	“Beauty Cult” “Sex and the City Voters, My Ass” “A Quick Academic Aside” “Get To It”