Dr. Daphne Brook's Women's Studies Event

This Wednesday I attended Dr. Daphne Brook's lunch talk, and what I took away from the lunch was not only information about her interesting body of research, but also what feminism in action looks like.  Dr. Brook was a well spoken, very intelligent woman and she honestly intimidated the hell out of me. She is not only a professor at Princeton, but works in so many diverse ways outside of academia. I thought that the talk that she gave was more than anything about doing what you're passionate about, and that your work should be a reflection of you, not just regurgitated material you learn in class. Having not read much music writing myself I thought it was interesting to learn that even in fields I am of unaware of sexism still prevails. When talking about her life story what struck me the most was how persistent and strong-willed she was at our age. I think that she was a fantastic example of what it looks like to break gender stereotypes and how not to let social constructions hold you back.