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Approximate Calendar (this WILL be updated and is subject to change as needed)

Students should log into Blogs@Baruch DAILY to keep up with assignments and check for updates and messages. Do not wait for the last day each week to complete your assignments. Assignments are due according to the descriptions on the previous page. You may always submit work prior to the deadline. Details for each assignment will be provided on Blogs@Baruch.  

Weekly readings, videos, and podcasts will likely vary in length. Please allow yourself sufficient time each week to complete them as well as time necessary for the assignments. Contact me as soon as possible if you have concerns or questions.

Some readings may address triggering topics. Please be prepared for this and speak to me with any concerns you might have.

  Dates/Topic    Readings/Videos/Podcasts  Assignments Due
Week 1
What to Expect
1/25  
Read: SyllabusIn Class: Syllabus Quiz and Discussion of Text Choices and Course Topics  
Week 2
Latina Voices
1/30    
Read: Introduction to American Like Me, by America Ferrera  

Watch: America Ferrera’s Iconic Barbie Speech  
In Class: Discussion of Ungrading/Grading, Late Policy, and Course Participation/Class Discussion Policies  

Due: Text Selection, round 1  
Latina Voices
2/1    
Read: “Movimientos de rebeldía y las culturas que traicionan” from Borderlands/La frontera by Gloria Anzaldua, pp. 37-45  In Class: Discuss Assignment Types, Complete Assignment Type Worksheet  

Due: Policy Worksheet  
Week 3
Latina Voices
2/6  

Read: Selections from Latinas: Women’s Voices from the Borderlands
* Puertoricanness, by Aurora Levins Morales, pp. 69-72
* Only Daughter, by Sandra Cisneros, pp. 156-160
* Arte in America con Accento, by Cherrie Moraga, pp. 210-220
In Class: Grade Breakdown for Assignments  

Due: Text Selection, round 2  
Latina Voices
2/8  
Read: Updated Syllabus  

Listen: An Interview Episode of Latinx Visions with a Latina (choose 1)
* Latinas, Culture, and Community – Mixteca Org with Lorena Kourousais
* Afro-Latinidad, Culture, and Community – Black Latinas Know Collective with Omaris Zamora
* Queer Latinidades and Literature – Interview with Carmen Maria Machado
* Bonus: Entrevista con Helen Ceballos (in Spanish)
* Amplifying Latinx Voices – Literature with Dr. Amina Gautier  
Due (by Sunday 2/11): Blog Post #1 – Latina Voices
Week 4
Latinas, Family, and Education
2/13
Read: “How to Leave Hialeah,” by Jennine Capo Crucet  

Read: “What We Pack,” by Jennine Capo Crucet  
 
Latinas, Family, and Education
2/15
Read: “Reconsidering the Role ‘Familismo’ Plays in Latina/o High School Students’ College Choices,” by Melissa A. Martinez  

Listen: “Episode 40 – Jennine Capo Crucet,” ReadMore Podcast  
Week 5
Latinas, Family, and Education
2/20
Read: “Botánica,” by Dolores Prida  

Listen: “Latinx NYC: Theater by Dolores Prida,” Latinx Visions Podcast    
 
    No Class 2/22 (Monday Schedule)Due (by Sunday 2/25): Blog Post #2 – Latinas, Family, and Education  
Week 6
Queer Latinidad and Coming of Age 
2/27  
Read: Spit and Passion, by Cristy C. Road  

Listen: “Christie Road,” by Green Day  
 
Queer Latinidad and Coming of Age
2/29  
 
Week 7
Monstrous Latinas: Horror Stories and the Latina Experience
3/5  
Read: Our Shadows Have Claws, edited by Yamile Saied Méndez and Amparo Ortiz
* Beware the Empty Subway Car, by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite, pp. 75-98
* La Patasola, by Racquel Marie, pp. 221-243
* La Madrina, by Yamile Saied Méndez, pp. 261-277  
In Class: Go Over Research Project Guidelines  
Monstrous Latinas: Horror Stories and the Latina Experience 
3/7  
Read: “The Horror in Gloria Anzaldua: Reclaiming the Monstrous,” by Orquidea Morales  Due (by Sunday 3/10): Blog Post #3 – Spit and Passion  
Week 8
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
3/12  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* Author’s Note, pp. 1-4
* Introduction, pp. 5-15
* Turning Gringa, pp. 17-36  

Listen: “The Power of Giving to Others and to Oneself – Conversation with Rosie Molinary” Entre Hijas y Mijas Podcast    
In Class: Go over Research Project Proposals
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
3/14  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* Double Lives, pp. 37-59
* In the Name of the Father, pp. 61-83    
In Class: Blog Post Self-Assessment #1

Due: Research Project Proposals
Week 9
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
3/19  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* Ay, Mami, pp. 85-125
* The Latina Mystique, pp. 127-148  
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
3/21  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* How Latina Are You?, pp. 149-180  

Watch: Afro-Latinos Get Photoshopped into Latin American Beauty Standards  
Week 10
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina 
3/26  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* María de la Barbie, pp. 181-216
* Five Journeys to Success, pp. 217-243  
Due: Research Project – Draft Bibliography/Works Cited
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina 
3/28  
Read: Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina, by Rosie Molinary
* Giving Up Beauty, pp. 245-263
* Raising Our Voices, pp. 265-278  

Listen: “Why Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s Stephanie Beatriz Bends the Rules.” Latina to Latina Podcast  
Due (by Sunday 3/31): Blog Post #4 – Hijas Americanas
Week 11

Latinas and a Sense of Belonging 
4/2  
Read: La Gringa  

Latinas and a Sense of Belonging 
4/4  

In Class: Visit from Carmen Rivera, VC 10-175

Due: Research Project – Outline or Quote Analysis  
Week 12

Latinas: Race and Ethnicity 
4/9  
Read: “Your Lips, Mapping Afro-Boricua Feminist Becomings,” by Yomaira C. Figueroa  

Watch: Yomaira Figueroa Globus Talk (first 20 minutes)
Latinas: Race and Ethnicity   
4/11  
Read: Sabrina & Corina, by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
* Sugar Babies, pp. 3-24
* Sabrina & Corina, pp. 25-46
Due (by Sunday 4/14): Blog Post #5 – Latinas: Race, and Ethnicity  
Week 13
Latina Creators and Community
4/16  
In Class: Visit to “Histories We Carry” exhibit at the Latinx Project, meet at 20 Cooper Square at 2:30pm  
Latina Creators and Community
4/18  
**Note** No In-Class Meeting  

Due: Research Project  
 
     No Class 4/22 – 4/30 (Spring Break) Deadline (by Sunday 4/28): Research Project
Week 14
Latina Creators and Community
5/2  
Listen: “Boricua en la Luna” from La Brega podcast
* Listen in English
* Escuchar en español
In Class: Conversation with Alana Casanova-Burgess about La Brega, VC 14-270

 
Week 15 
Latina Creators and Community
5/7  
  In Class: La Gringa Performance Recap (if you could not attend live, please be sure you watched the streaming version prior to coming to class)    
5/9    In Class: Watch Real Women Have Curves, arrive 2:15 to watch full film

Due (by Sunday 5/12): Blog Post #6 – La Gringa    
Week 16 
  5/14  Watch: Real Women Have Curves if you were not in attendance last classIn Class: Blog Post Self-Assessment #2

Due: Event Reflection  
Finals 
Final Exam 5/21 ETRA: 3:30-5:30   In Class: End-of-Semester Self-Assessment