Miss Representation

WFC Steering Committee member Meta Newhouse recently watched a documentary film called Miss Representation by Jennifer Siebel Newsom. The film explores how the media’s misrepresentations of women have led to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence. It was pretty terrific, and as an official Sundance entry, is getting lots of press right now. 

Meta tells us, "The amazing news is that Jennifer will be coming to MSU next semester (March 20th) as part of the President's Fine Arts Series. Kate Jo, our gallery director, has played a large role in getting her to visit."

The screening has been set for Wednesday night at the Ellen Theatre, followed by a panel discussion. The WFC is exploring programming around Jennifer's visit. We'll keep you posted!

In the meantime, check out the website and see if you can catch a screening!

Holiday Mixer, part 2

Hey, hey, hey!

Our end-of-the-semester snowshoe outing is happening this coming Friday, Dec. 16, and we hope lots of you can make it.  It'll be wonderful to get outside and unwind from finals!

Here are the details:

• Meet on campus at 1:00pm in the parking lot closest to the ORC (to accommodate those who need to rent snowshoes, gaiters, etc.).
• Carpool up to Hyalite.
• Convene at Blackmore Pavilion; do an easy snowshoe hike (~3 miles) around the lower Blackmore loop. Those who want a shorter hike can turn around prior to the 1.5 mile mark.  (Here's a downloadable trail map, if you want to see where we're going.)
• Reconvene at the pavilion around 2:30-3:00ish.
• Drink hot chocolate or apple cider, try to stay warm by the fire, chat.
• Depart Hyalite by 4:00 (or sooner, if people would prefer), be back on campus before dark.

In order to make sure that we have enough refreshments for everyone -- while not being stuck with 3 gallons of leftover drinks -- please click here to place your advance drink orders.

The poll is the same for both the blog and the listserv, so you only need to vote once  :-)

If you have questions, are running late, need to get in touch for another reason, you can call my cell (my number is in the email I sent out on 12/13).
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Let's see how fried everyone's brains are at this point in the year.  Here's a quick quiz:

WHY DOES THIS NOT RESEMBLE WHAT WE'LL BE DOING ON FRIDAY?

a. We won't be wearing as many clothes.
b. There will be a lot more men there.
c.  Hyalite Reservoir is a lot deeper than this.
d.  We won't need rescue personnel or an audience.
e.  This is actually what springs to mind when I imagine an outing with the WFC.
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This is much more like it, eh?

Yesterday's mixer

Thanks to everyone who came to the party yesterday evening!  It was a great turnout, and I hope/think that everyone had a good time.

For those who couldn't attend, this is pretty much how it went down:

It was really fun to be able to catch up with friends from other colleges & departments who I haven't seen in ages, and to meet new members of the WFC (as well as long-time WFC'ers who I just haven't had the pleasure of getting to know yet).

Thanks to Meta for arranging the venue, the Baja Fresh, and the margaritas!

Keep watching this space for info re our winter wonderland outing that happens 2 weeks from today...