Please turn up on time (10am) this Wed (August 11) at LT10. There will be a special guest star, a filmmaker, who will screen some movies, and you can ask questions thereafter.
If you have decided to read this module, print out the following Statement of Consent, sign it and bring to the lecture theater on Wed, August 11 before viewing the films. (Note: former students claimed that the visuals shown in SC3219 were not as explicit as they hoped even though the Statement of Consent they signed appeared to hint that way. Read the Statement carefully: what is deemed explicit or erotic or obscene, etc varies widely I am not here to settle all these demands. Moreover, if you are longing for visual pleasures, you probably know where to source that out. Still, you need to sign this Statement of Consent to acknowledge that this is a Sexuality course you are taking.)
This morning I woke up and realised that I had just signed up for a module on Sexuality, not Gender. When I took the gender module last sem, I watched "Anna and the King". But this was about Sexuality. Difference? Gender looks into issues concerning the roles of man and woman- you know, the power struggle between the king of Siam and Anna kinda thingy?
Sexuality... looks into matters concerning your choice of sexual partners.
So I strode into the lecture theatre after reading my bible and sat next to Yaoqi as we watched some really beautiful short films. One spanish one had a threesome, one had neo swee lin struggling with a gay son and the last had nick shen as one arrested for gay activities, all of which were wonderfully, beautifully shot and produced. It was actually very well done. I spoke to the director after that to find out how in the world he shot the night scenes without proper lighting. I really want to watch his latest Singapore film. No, it's not a gay film. It's communist.
Came out to find Amy in the canteen to my joy- she's my friend from last sem's gender studies class who brought me to timbre for the first time and ordered me a pint (I finished a fifth), and I was not sure if she would stay on to do her honors. Looks like she did! Anyhow she told me that sexuality was the most difficult level 3000 module in sociology. Nice.
Then, having a 4 hour break, I went to visit my gender studies lecturer from last sem. I knocked on her door and heard her voice but she didn't open the door. I knocked again but there was no reply. Thinking I heard wrong, I turned to leave, when another student knocked on the door of the room opposite and when the door opened I found out where my lecturer's voice was coming from. Hahaha. Nice! So I sat down and had a wonderful chat with her.
So I'm done with day 2, I've eaten at 2 new stalls in arts canteen today, and I've another item to strike off my list. And one more to add actually- I want to go for the CPR refresher course in NUS. Then I'll be certified to kiss sleeping beauty.
NUSSU! Hurry up and give us our student diaries please! I cannot plan for the future without it! I voted for you/PAP already!
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