Women and Writing 1st post

This is my first post in over a year, and I will be updating my blog regularly now, with thanks to my women and writing class. We are required to keep a blog and put up new post weekly. So I am hoping I can incorporate some of my photos from this quarter in the posts as well. Our first post for class is just an intro of ourselves. So here it goes..

My name is Kristen Norman and I am a junior at OU majoring in photojournalism. I live in house with five other girls on Palmer street, which so far has lived up to its 'party street' reputation. My sister is a freshman this year here and I am so excited to be able to spend part of my college experience with her here. I love to capture moments and the way I am feeling through a still image. I can't begin t express how awesome I think photography is and I can't wait to be able to share some of it with the class.

I am in this class because it is a required junior comp class. I had no idea what to really expect for this course, and after the first day and couple of weeks, I am thrilled that I signed up for this one. I think that this class will be a ton of fun and get me back into writing, which I adore. The first two years of my major were pretty grueling and I haven't done much extensive writing since high school, so I'm very excited for that.

I love the title of this course and of our text books. I honestly didn't play with Barbies much as a child, dolls, any and all, have always freaked me out. I do feel that Barbie gives society a false perception of what beauty and a woman should be. Which when you really think about it, it's repulsive. I think that many girls and women of my generation can say the same thing about their opinions of Barbie. It will be interesting to see other's opinions on the topic.

So now that I have rambled on long enough ( I believe this is my longest post ever) I will end this here.