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We were fortunate to have Dr. Sue Wells of Temple University as our Keynote speaker today. Her talk, “Composing Our Bodies,” was both enlightening and entertaining.
As Dr. Wells took us through the history of the foundational feminist text, Our Bodies, Ourselves, the audience learned the power of the average person to enact real and lasting change–in this case, in the medial industry–with education, motivation, and writing.
Dr. Wells urged us to look for opportunities–to create opportunities–to bring together this discourse of the common person and the expert, to write our own Our Bodies, in whatever media we have.
Please check out Dr. Wells’s new book, Our Bodies, Ourselves and the Work of Writing, at Amazon!
Tim Crane here. We just figured out the Canon FS21. We’ve now got a means to upload photos from panels. Videos are still in the works. Here are some excerpts from sign-in and Session 2, Panel B: “Breaking the Rules: Writing Experiments.”
We’ve also set up a Wall where people can post their comments in 160 characters or less. Check out our WallWisher!
P.S. Katrina says “Hi.”
Session 3′s going on right now and we’re running all over the place here at the “multimedia base camp.” Woot.
Amy L-B here!
I just chaired session 2, panel B, “Breaking theRules; Writing Experiments.”
John Jablonski, TJ Twedle, and Jess Petresky impressed a lively audience in MSU 324. They told impassioned, even brave stories. The theme seemed to be emotion: they all agreed (as did their audience) that when genuine emotion fuels writing (even assigned writing), it’s just….better!
In one case the driving emotion was anger; in another, frustration; in the last, love (love for a place).
Thanks to all the writers and audience who made this session rock!
Come listen, learn, and join the discussion!
It’s only 10:00 and we’ve had more than 75 people at the conference already! Come on over to the student union and listen to fellow students present their work and join in the discussion. Register in 312 and grab a coffee and a snack, then decide which engaging panel you want to attend…
Moe
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