THIS HIKE IS INTENDED FOR GENDER STUDIES MAJORS, MINORS, GENDER MINORITIES, AND MEMBERS OF THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY! If these categories do not apply to you, feel free to check out all of the other amazing hikes that we have planned in this wave!
If you missed last years hike with Gender Studies Professor Diana Blaine then don’t worry because we’re heading back to Mount Baldy for round 2! Professor Blaine is a Mount Baldy local who will show us around the 5 mile (1,387 foot elevation gain) Cedar Glen Camp Trail. You’ll see plenty of streams and wildflowers along the way! Come for the beautiful views and stimulating conversations with this amazing professor.
PACKING LIST:
WATER! (at LEAST 32 oz.)
Sunscreen
Hiking shoes or sneakers
Snacks or lunch
WAIVERS
Professor: Diana York Blaine
DEPARTMENT: Gender & Sexuality Studies
SCHOOL: Dornsife
Professor Blaine teaches in the Department of Gender and Sexuality Studies where she also serves as Director of Undergraduate Studies. She grew up in Pomona at the foot of Mt. Baldy, over which she ran wild as often as possible. Today the mountain still serves as a source of pleasure, wonder, and spiritual solace for her, and she looks forward to sharing this beautiful part of her world with students. When not in nature. Her research and publications examine gendered representations of death in media, including analysis of corpses in advertising, literature, news, films and television. For better or worse, she sees everything through the lens of mortality. Also check out her Maymesters for 2023!
PEAK: Mt Baldy (Cedar Glen Camp Trail)
DIFFICULTY: 3/5
SCENERY: Amazing views, cute cabins, & (possibly) some running streams
FUN FACT: According to Google: “Locals have affectionately called it Mount Baldy (or sometimes Old Baldy) because of its barren treeless summit.” We’ll have to ask Professor Blaine about this.
TRIP LEAD: Aditi