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Hello everyone! My name is Daniel Curiel, I'm 20 years old and have grown up in Arizona my entire life. I'm a History major with a minor in Prelaw at the University of Arizona. My interests include international politics, futbol, jamming out on my drumset, guitar and keyboard, and basically learning about the world and all the beautiful people that comprise it. The Southwest has definitely shaped who I am and what I hope to achieve in the future. My parents are both Mexican immigrants, my mom coming from the North and my dad from the South. Because I'm a first generation child of immigrants, I grew up speaking both Spanish and English, a skill that has served very handy here in the Arizona-Sonoran desert. I'm very interested in U.S.-Mexico relations, especially along the border since it's always been my home. Through the course of my life I have witnessed the fierce militarization of the border which has only empowered me to seek solutions based on social justice and equality. These interests in human rights led me to a very important movement, the feminist movement. I became a feminist every since I realized I loathed double-standards and backwards thinking. Most importantly, a very special woman made me fall in love with the theory and the good it would do for the world.  I hope to bring my knowledge of feminist theory and social justice into action as an intern here at the WRC. I'm hopeful we will move forward in the struggle for equality!

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Hi everyone! My name is Laura Neff and I am a sophomore majoring in environmental science at the UA and a new intern at the Women's Resource Center! I am part of the Film Series and Educational Programming Committees. I know this internship does not necessarily fit my major, but science is not my only love. I grew up in Phoenix and worked on many social issues with a non profit called Peer Solutions for many years. Now I am proud to continue my work in Tucson! As a freshmen living on campus, I couldn't wait until each new WRC film came out and would use those Wednesday nights as a friend's night out. Now, I am extremely excited to participate in program that put on these wonderful films.

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My name is Angelique Owczarzak, and although my family name sounds Polish, I'm definitively French ! I come from Paris more precisely, and despite of all my love for my hometown, in 2010 I chose to migrate to the USA for a year ... The question that people always ask me is WHY ARIZONA ?? Good question. Actually, I needed change ( and I got it ! ). I thought that if I wanted to know better America, I had to go to the deep, deep part of it. Since I also love beautiful landscapes and was curious about the Wild Wild West legends, Arizona proved to be the ideal destination, didn't it ? And let me tell you : I don't have any regrets. I have fallen in love with Tucson and its nice people, much nicer than Parisian people !
My major is political and social sciences and I have always been interested by feminism and political activism. This year was thus an opportunity to get committed while improving my English. I decided then to apply for an internship at the Women's Resource Center, and now I'm writing a presentation on me ! What I really appreciate about the Women's Resource Center in UofA is that I have the chance to defend women's rights while respecting everyone, including men. I also like the fact that the Women's Resource Center offers services, events and programs, which is a little bit different from the feminist organizations whose goal is only talking, talking about women's issues without acting.
Although I come back to France in June, I want to give a lot of myself to this organization this semester, as well as I can. Women in Europe are in some ways and sometimes kind of different from American women, and that is for me an opportunity to learn more about American women's issues.
Sorry for my English mistakes and I'm impatient to begin this semester with the Women's Resource Center's team ! A tres vite !

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Hey Hey! My name is Adriana Calvillo, and this is my first semester interning for the WRC!! I am a sophomore and a Gender and Women's Studies major. I am on the Films Series and Educational Programming committees. I really enjoy interning for the WRC. The interns are super nice, and the events are educational and fun. 

I come from Eloy, Arizona. Most of you may not know where it is, but its ok not very many people do. My dream job is to work for Vogue magazine, but I'd be satisfied working for just about any magazine. That's all for now! 

Salutations to the readers of this blog. By reading this, you have either consciously or sub-conciously developed sympathies for the feminist struggle. This may come as a surprise to certain readers, but never fear, feminism is developing into a very inclusive movement.

Due to my own allegiance to feminism, it is important to explain where I am from. By doing so, I can better explain where my personal visioning of the world originates.

My life began in Des Moines Iowa. According to Jack Kerouac, "The prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines." Though I do not believe entirely in Kerouac's assertion  I did meet incredible women there after my family's three year stint in Montana (my father was in the Air Force at the time).

This ability to meet these phenomenal women was because of one of the most phenomenal woman I know, my mother. Despite being eighteen when she had me and vulnerable to the expectations that befall wives and mothers, my mother raised me in a household where the arts were necessary to a fulfilling life and that difference should be celebrated not condemned. My mother, being a poet, had been involved in writers' workshops in the Des Moines area and helped to create the first ever Des Moines Slam team. As a result, I become acquainted with a multiplicity of strong women early in my life.

At ten, my family decided to move to Casa Grande Arizona. The immediate culture shock was often unsettling. However, I would never trade those experiences. Growing up in one of the more economically depressed areas of the town, I learned the overall disdain for the white middle class, a category my family was a member of. This lesson, as difficult as it was to learn, would never had been taught if I had continued to live in the comfortable whiteness of the Midwest. Consequently, I have developed insights into various cultures, beliefs I never would have encountered in Iowa.

But my education is not over. Currently, I am a student at the University of Arizona double majoring in Gender and Women's Studies and Media Arts, and minoring in Religious Studies with the aspiration to contribute factual representations of women in the media. The classes I have been fortunate enough to take have informed me immensely about the, to use a term created by Kimberle Crenshaw, "intersectionality" of people's experiences. Because of this I have learned of the pitfalls of feminism and how my white skin carries a level of privilege that is used as a form of oppression over numerous people. Therefore, I intend to be a member of activist organizations that work to abolish the systems of oppression for all people. I feel I am stepping in the right direction with my involvement in the Women's Resource Center.

Thank you to our readers. With your support we can collectively continue the livelihood of activist communities who welcome instead of alienate.

Hey Loves!!!

My name is Aureana Lowe and I am one of the many new WRC interns here at the University of Arizona!!!  I am a senior and this is my fifth year on campus and would like to finish out with a BANG!!! My major is Interdisciplinary Studies with the subject areas of Gender and Women Studies, Health and Human Services, and Speech Language and Hearing Sciences.  The WRC has been a major impact on my life, especially the Breast Party!!!  I hope that students are aware of how much the WRC actually has to offer as a whole, whether that is to be a place to hang out or a place to really enjoy getting new information on a variety of topics.  This year for the WRC, I will be taking on the wonderful position as the Marketing and Advertisement Chair.  I am also on the Film series and Educational Programming Committees!  I am super excited about the semester and can’t wait for the many more amazing events that are to come!!!!  LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!!!!!!!

Hey there WRC and supporters!

Hi, I'm Liz Mitchell, and I'm back!!! I was a new intern for the Fall of 2010 and now I am returning for the Spring 2011 semester. I am junior with a Marketing major and a German Studies minor. I am  no longer serving on the Film Series committee but I can tell you I am their biggest fan! This semester I am solely on the Health and Sexuality Committee so look for me at the presentations. :)


After the two+ years at the University of Arizona, I can look back at the student organizations that have improved my experience here – the Women’s Resource Center is one of them. When I was a freshman living on campus I looked forward to the Film Series every other week as both an entertainment activity and to discover more about the issues presented in the films. I also attended SECS and was able to gain knowledge about sexual health that I had not heard of from my conservative family. The Women’s Resource Center has given me invaluable information from trustworthy sources. Now I want to give back to the organization through my internship! Let's have a good year!