"Waves"

Brief Historical Overview
in Class Friday:

First Wave:
1848--Seneca Falls
18blah blah--13th Admend
followed by 14th Admend
1870-something women's suffrage bill introduced
1920 Right to Vote-Roaring 20s--Flappers

30s--Depression & survival
40s--The War to end all Wars--Rosie the Riveter
50s--Back to Housewives--pink appliances--MRS degrees--Valium

Second Wave:
60s--Civil rights movement--Vietnam--Betty Friedan
70s--Women in Academia--epistemological questions--battered shelters
80s--Backlash--Reagan--big hair--debt
90s--Technology--Gay rights--more debt

Now?
Terrorism--globalization--environment--and addiction

It's the addiction part that struck me. Meanwhile,
I checked out Showtime's _Weeds_ for a student who
thought we should analyze it in WS200. Yes, it's well written,
but the way it normalizes weed! How naive have I become?
I thought maybe 50% of the population smoked--
is it more like 80%?

Addiction is a central Q for our society now, but
does it define who we are?