This was my FAVORITE class of the quarter. The material was incredibly interesting and I learned so much from this class. The lectures (despite what the UCLA course enrollment page will say) are pre-recorded/asynchronous so you can watch the lectures whenever you want. It was nice because the Professor has a bit of an accent so if you missed a word you could go back in the recording. I would also recommend watching the lectures on 1.5 speed because she can speak a little slowly. Discussion sections are the only thing that you have to join a live Zoom meeting for, and participation does matter during discussion. The only assignments in this class were weekly reflections due on the reading homework and lectures, which were relatively easy, although I'm sure the grading style of the TA's also vary. There were 9 weekly reflections total but only 6 were graded, so you could do all 9 and drop your lowest 3 grades or only do 6. The reading homework was also relatively light and were always really interesting. The only thing that was a little time consuming were the weekly documentaries we had to watch. They usually took around an hour to watch so just make time for that. There was no midterm, no final, and no quizzes or tests throughout the course. I took this as a GE and it was definitely the best decision I have made, 100% recommend and would take this again!!

Off the bat -- she was not a great lecturer at ALL. Her lectures are all pre-recorded and she has somewhat of a thick accent so it's pretty hard to understand her and the transcribe option in zoom also could not understand her for the life of it. I usually would just listen to lectures on 2x speed to get through it. There are biweekly live discussions that you'd have to show up and talk about the assigned film & articles of the week.
The grading structure was 5 weekly reflections (you could choose to write 5 out of any of the 10 weeks except week 1) but they're due on Monday 8AM of the week that you're writing on.
My TA wasn't great with feedback or getting grades back on time so I didn't even know if I was doing anything wrong and had nothing to work off on besides my own intuition.
There was a supposed 8-page take-home final but it was made optional due to the current climate of things but the questions were basically very broad and you'd have to write and explain it using all the articles and documentaries assigned over the quarter.
Was a pretty easy A but there was quite a lot of reading, and each film was about an hour long so you gotta make time for that.

I really loved this class, but unfortunately the professor is impossible to understand... I'm sorry, but she did not articulate in the pre-recorded classes and always talked low, and sometimes noises in the background would make the lectures impossible to decipher (for me, at least). What saved me was having to read all the readings and attending every discussion, and my TA was awesome and explained everything so I managed to get an A in the course.

her voice puts me to sleep. havent received a grade yet. Her voice, the way she talks, her accent, her tone, paired with the fact that its online just doesnt go together. takes me 30 hours to watch a 30 minute lecture cuz i keep snoozing. easy but very un-engaging and hard to decipher her accent especailly through the screen.

LOVED both the class and professor and 100% recommend taking it as a GE. I took this class as a GE and really enjoyed the material and learned a lot. There are weekly readings and reading quizzes but the readings are very interesting and do not take much time. I found the lectures to be very engaging.

A fairly easy GE.

You don't really have to go to lectures since very little is covered, but sometimes there are pop quizzes. I would often go to lecture but just browse the internet the whole time.

You do have to do the readings for the quizzes, but they are short, like ~30 minutes per week.

The midterm was writing a reflection on gender in our own life. The final was a few short essay questions that were pretty simple.

No homework.

I would recommend, it was pretty chill and if you are interested in feminism then you won't mind this class.

The only thing that is awkward it is a required category to write about race in your paper, and if you are white, you might not have very much to write about.