Thursday, March 22, 2007
Fight For It!
Stupid fucking uni admin. Under their new bullshit academic overhaul for next year, Gender studies, and other subject areas like creative writing are being scrapped as a major. What the hell? I'm not just offended, as a student doing gender studies; I'm not just offended, as a woman, I'm fucking offended as a human being! The admin doesn't give a shit about subject areas that don't bring the cash rolling in - after all, what are the chances that a gender studies major, or someone doing gender studies for their masters or post-grad degrees are going to drive around in big rolls royces, own enormous mansions, and make ridiculously obscene amount of donations to the uni?
This isn't just a move that fucks over 52% of the world's population, it's an attack on the student union. It's pandering to corporate bottomline concerns, and not giving the students what they want to study.
We camped outside the meeting room making noise and chanting slogans. They definitely heard us, for sure - soon enough they were forced to close the windows and draw the huge wooden shutters (on a hot day) to drown out the noise. Well, even if we didn't manage to change their minds, at least we made them sweat in there.
This isn't just a move that fucks over 52% of the world's population, it's an attack on the student union. It's pandering to corporate bottomline concerns, and not giving the students what they want to study.
We camped outside the meeting room making noise and chanting slogans. They definitely heard us, for sure - soon enough they were forced to close the windows and draw the huge wooden shutters (on a hot day) to drown out the noise. Well, even if we didn't manage to change their minds, at least we made them sweat in there.
Labels: Gender studies, University
# posted by me lah @ 4:29 pm 
