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Hello!

Hi!

My name is Gracie, I am 22 and I live in Orlando, FL. I am an art history major with a minor in women's studies. I am a transfer student from Seminole Community College where I was originally a psychology major. In fact, I had no interest in art whatsoever. By a series of mistakes I was dropped from every class I had enrolled in for my very first semester. Most classes were full, so I begrudgenly ended up in a Renaissance humanities class. This class was where my world changed. I never understood people that had a passion for art until that day. I remained a psychology major until a semester until I graduated and then I finally worked up the courage to change my major. I then transferred to UCF after getting my associates degree. I decided to pick up a women's studies minor after taking a Women in Art class. There I learned how little respect and representation women get in the art world, and the rest is history. I also spend a lot of my spare time working as a bartender. I enjoy the actual job, but people can be mean and I wish that would change. I'm also an intern at a local art gallery and LOVE that. I would give anything to be surrounded by art for the rest of my life.

Surprisingly enough I have never actually taken a women's studies class in person before. All my classes previously were online. I'm excited to actually have discussions that do not require waiting for the next response. I also think it will actually help me grasp the reality of the subjects we are looking at. As for my taking this class, I am not very well versed in women's studies and I am even less versed in global and transnational feminism. I don't particularly have strong views when it comes to feminism, not because I am not passionate. I just don't have the basic understanding that many other people when it comes to the subject. I hope to have this class open my eyes, test the opinions I already have, and help me to formulate my own new opinions.

I love college, I guess you could say I'm typical in that way. My thirst for knowledge will never be quenched, if I could stay forever I would. I'd consider myself a hard worker, the only problem I face is fitting everything into the 24 hours I have a day. If days or weeks were longer I would still have no problem filling my days. I procrastinate but somehow manage to get everything done.

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