On Friday, January 30th, Mary Ward J-students and members of Gender Justice had the opportunity to meet Madeleine White, a 23-year-old feminist and writer with the Toronto Star. She shared her experiences of the newspaper business, her writing process and how she integrates her feminism into work.
Writing an Opinionated Editorial (Op Ed) is not an easy task. It does not simply mean jotting down your personal rant on paper, but as we discovered through Maddie, it involves research with friends, professionals, and essentially anyone willing to share an opinion.
Read Maddie's article, entitled Gender studies missing from high school. From her talk, we learned about the hoops that Maddie had to jump through in order to learn why her source was threatened with job loss if her quote was published. What are your thoughts on how Maddie dealt with the situation? Identify the all the sources that Maddie uses in this article. How does using a variety of different voices enrich the article? What is Maddie's opinion about the addition of Gender Studies in Ontario high schools and what are your thoughts about it?
1 comment:
I really enjoyed Maddie White's talk with us. She gave a lot of helpful information and tips while keeping it interesting. I read her article and found it to be very strong and well written. I agree with her point that locked doors and dogs are not going to solve the problem. I also think her statement that female students are afraid to stand up to their peers because of the possible consequences is true, I see it too often. I think if people learnt to better stand up for themselves and woman opression is taught in school the then issue may improve.
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