Lindsay's Topic Brainstorm
1. Women of the Ramayana
I am interested in this topic because it was what I did my original readings over. The majority of my chosen classes here at OU have had to do with gender relations in some way or another. It really is my passion and I love breaking down the environmental and internal stressors put on people, especially people perceived to be a minority. From these readings, I have learned a lot about the women already and would be excited to learn more about them from my perspective. For instance, I am excited by the idea of focusing on women that are depicted as animals or not exactly human. The story of Tara (the wikipedia page is really cool) in particular attracts me and I'd love to tell her story from the perspective of an actual woman who was depicted by a man as a monkey. Additionally, Suvannamaccha attracts me for the same reason. Her story in particular is moving as she is a determined, smart mermaid who is distracted by love off the course she had chosen for herself.
2. Loving Couples of the Ramayana
Again, my love of gender studies drew me to this topic. Though I was excited to delve into this topic, I came out pretty much empty handed. It's basically the women's stories, but this time with a little more focus on men, which is disappointing. I did, however, find Nicole's take on this topic really refreshing and funny! As much as I enjoy looking at the relationships though, I'd much rather focus on the woman and what she is experiencing. I do like the idea though of entering the male psyche for some inventive story telling. Who knows.
Okay the reason I was originally interested in this topic was the idea of pursuing a specific being and figuring out what their world view would be. BUT NOW I am very excited to learn more about the Rakshasas, specifically the Rakshasi. I have literally zero prior information on them, and I am extremely excited to learn more. As soon as I read on the Wiki page that they are known as maneaters I immediately thought "The First Feminist: The Rakshasi" and burst out laughing. Now that's all I want to write about. I'm just picturing one of those awful looking things burning a bra and smashing the patriarchy. It would be marvelous.
4. Kamadeva, The God of Love
I was interested in this topic because, continuing in my theme of gender studies, I thought the ideas of working with a love god would be interesting. I had no prior knowledge on this god and still sort of don't besides the obvious. To look further, I picked the student story that I found most entertaining based solely off of title, Kamaveda, Love Therapist. This story did not disappoint and was very cute and informative, not necessarily on the god himself but on other people's relationships. I would have probably taken it in like a bootcamp or reality television show direction.
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