Shimazaki is the sweetest professor ever! I loved going to her office hours to talk about the class and getting ideas for the papers we had to write. If you brainstorm early and talk to her about it, she is sooo helpful with fleshing it out and guiding you. The class itself was really interesting and I enjoyed some of the films we saw. We only had to write 5 postings for the entire quarter. You do not have to keep up with all the readings and films, but you should be familiar with a couple for the final paper. Loved her so much! She's amazing and super passionate!

TA didn't read our final papers, as everyone got the same grade. Class was easy but was an A- magnet, with the finals being so hard that nobody from my discussion group got an A.

Took this class during winter quarter & it has been one of the easiest classes I've taken so far. There's only one midterm paper, one final paper & you have to do 5 postings for the whole quarter which are short, one page papers that are based on the readings/films. She would post two postings per week and you get to choose which ones you will do. I will say that she does assign multiple readings/films that you should read/watch previous to attending lecture but she does discuss them & lowkey you don't have to read all of them. I would recommend reading enough of them/ watching the movies because the papers will require you to use some of your choice. Attendance isn't mandatory for lecture & they're recorded.