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<DIV dir=ltr><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>Reparing the world - that is
so cool! Let's all do it!</FONT></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> International Gender and Language
Association on behalf of Barbara LeMaster<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thu 4/7/2005 1:03
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<P><FONT size=2>Great idea, Amy. I'll bring this into my class
tomorrow.<BR><BR>Barbara<BR>On Apr 6, 2005, at 2:44 PM, Amy Sheldon
wrote:<BR><BR>><BR>> Another angle on this:<BR>> I have an assignment
in my Language & Gender class called "Repairing<BR>> the<BR>>
World". Responding to an item such as the juicer info would be a
way<BR>> to<BR>> do this assignment. It also requires the student to do
some analysis<BR>> about<BR>> what's "wrong' with the world wrt the matter
that they are repairing.<BR>><BR>> Amy Sheldon<BR>><BR>> On Wed, 6
Apr 2005, Jane wrote:<BR>><BR>>> And it raises the question of whether
IGALA could usefully play a role<BR>>> as a pressure group in response to
this sort of thing.<BR>>><BR>>> Jane
Sunderland<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Jane Sunderland<BR>>>
Director of Studies, PhD in Applied Linguistics by Thesis and<BR>>>
Coursework<BR>>> and New Route PhD<BR>>> Dept. of Linguistics and
English Language<BR>>> Lancaster University<BR>>> Lancs. LA1
4YT<BR>>><BR>>> j.sunderland@lancs.ac.uk<BR>>><BR>>>
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On Behalf Of Valentina<BR>>> Pagliai<BR>>> Sent: 06 April 2005
21:48<BR>>> To: GALA-L@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG<BR>>> Subject: Re:
Language, Gender and Healthy Eating<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
Wonderful example to use in my class when on language and gender,<BR>>>
thanks! As to what to do, I am not sure. What about a website<BR>>>
dedicated<BR>>> to these kinds of stereotypes?<BR>>><BR>>>
Valentina Pagliai<BR>>> Oberlin College<BR>>><BR>>> On Apr 6,
2005, at 4:39 PM, Lucy Horder
wrote:<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>><BR>>> Dear List
members,<BR>>><BR>>> Recently, I decided to buy a juicer. According
to the literature,<BR>>> juicers are a great way to fit in your RDA of 5
portions of fruit and<BR>>> veg if you're like me and don't really enjoy
eating fruit.<BR>>><BR>>> The juicer I ended up buying included a
leaflet that gave some tips on<BR>>> healthy eating, as well as a few
recipes and ideas. I was stunned by<BR>>> the<BR>>> inclusion of the
following paragraphs in this guidance:<BR>>><BR>>> "The average
woman - say someone who weighs 10 and a half stone - uses<BR>>> in an
average day around 2000-2200 calories. Of those calories,<BR>>> 1400-1500
will be burned by her body performing its everyday bodily<BR>>> activities
- heart pumping, tissue renewing, general maintenance and<BR>>>
functions.<BR>>><BR>>> A mere 600-700 calories will be burned by her
preparing and taking the<BR>>> children to school, going to work all day,
cooking tea for her<BR>>> children<BR>>> and dinner for her husband,
followed by perhaps an hours ironing!"<BR>>><BR>>> No mention is
made, incidentally, of men who might wish to eat more<BR>>> healthily, and
the kinds of activities that they might engage in to<BR>>>
help<BR>>> them burn off calories (although perhaps that's for the
best...)<BR>>><BR>>> I have written to the manufacturers and protest
heavily at the<BR>>> inclusion<BR>>> of this statement in their
leaflet, but, unsurprisingly, have not yet<BR>>> had a reply. I'd be
interested to hear some comments from you all if<BR>>> you<BR>>> are
as alarmed by this whole episode as I am.<BR>>><BR>>> Yours
(fuming),<BR>>><BR>>>
Lucy<BR>>><BR>>><BR>>>
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