I definitely enjoyed this class. I wasn't really sure how I was going to like it when I first enrolled because 1850-1950 is kind of a random time period. However, there were actually some great films and books that depict the interactions between race, sexuality, class, gender etc. across Latin America during this period. Each week we had to do response of around 200-400 words to either a book or film. For the midterm paper we just had to expand upon one of our weekly responses to at least 1,000 words (roughly 4 pages). For the final we had to write another 1,000 word paper that examined one of the films or books that we learned about post-midterm by connecting it to any key term in Gender Studies. Professor Marchant is also very approachable and kind. She constantly offers her support to students when it comes to the course, the department, research opportunities, and even grad school. She gave us the freedom within our weekly responses and paper assignments to research into what was really interesting and stood out to us within the books/films. Since it wasn't so strict, I definitely didn't feel super pressured in this class, which was really nice for once. I'd recommend taking this course because Professor Marchant actually takes into consideration how she structures it based on how students respond to her teaching and the material. She is one of the rare professors who actually cares about student learning and she pays attention to our body language and cues during lecture to make sure that we're still getting the best out of what she's teaching us.