Watching Daria

Trinity College

April 17, 1999

    Morning Sessions

Session I: "Girls Looking at Girls"

Moderator: Brendan O'Connor

Gary Reger, "Why Daria?" (9.00-9.10)

Amy Buchner, "The Specs Say It All" (9.10-9.30)

Kristin Hagan, "Looking Inside" (9.30-9.50)

Watching Daria: "Through a Lens Darkly" (9.50-10.10)

Discussion (10.10-10.25)

Break, 10.25-10.40

Session II: "TV, Malls, and More TV"

Moderator: Gemma Rhodeside

Alyssa Katz, "Thanks Beavis: Daria and the Marketing of Youth Culture" (10.40-11.00)

Botha Bip, "Mall Rats and Mall Bunnies" (11.00-11.20)

Leslie Magraw, "At Odds? Brains and Beauty in Daria" (11.20-11.40)

Discussion (11.40-12.00)

LUNCH, 12.00-1.30

Afternoon Sessions

Session III: "Gender, Daria, and Lisa Simpson"

Moderator: Benson Chan

Sarah Bradley, "Father Doesn't Know Best Anymore: Gender Role Reversal in Daria"  (1.30-1.50)

Jessica Polin, "Lisa Simpson: A Prototype of the Ideal Modern Female." (1.50-2.10)

Watching Daria: "The Daria Hunter" (2.10-2.30)

Discussion (2.30-2.50)

Break, 2.50-3.10

Session IV: "A Word from the Inside"

Moderator: Andrea Damar

Anne Bernstein, "Where DO I get my Ideas? The Agony and the Ecstasy of a Daria Writer" (3.10-4.00)

Discussion (4.30-5.30)