notes by hand, doodle, knit, or whatever else you need to do to focus. But I do not allow computers in my class since nearly everyone taking notes on them is also answering emails, Facebooking or watching the next really cute kitten video. The point is, if I can’t watch that really cute kitten video or send a tweet during class, then neither can you. A note on the messiness of gender: Gender is a highly fought over category and much of our discussions and readings involve painful topics. I do not give trigger warnings since everything we read and discuss involves social power, oppression, and the messiness of gender, race, class, sexuality, sex and more. I encourage you to decide upon reading this whether you are comfortable in a class without trigger warnings and if not, wish you luck finding a class that better suits your needs. I. The Discovery of Gender your gender and how do you know? Check this out: 9/11 Introduction: What’s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRw4H8YWoDA 9/13 Judith Butler, Preface and of 34 in Gender “Subjects Sex/Gender/Desire”, pp. vii- Trouble and a look at David Valentine, “The Categories Themselves,” GLQ 2004. Take http://www.autostraddle.com/judith-butler-101-58115/ Discussion Question 1 narrative style. Take a particularly Let’s consider Butler’s complex passage (a paragraph or two) from work and rewrite it in a more Butler’s accessible way- consider putting it into bumper sticker or comic strip form. Why do you think Butler writes the way she does- do complex notions about gender require complex language? 9/18 * Siobhan Somerville, Introduction and pp. 1-38 in Queering “ Scientific Racism”, the Color Line and and the Geometry of Black *Evelynn Hammonds, “Black (W)holes from Skin Deep. Female Sexuality,” Discussion Question 2 According to these authors, only white, heterosexual and middle class women were considered fully feminine at the birth of the Modern Era. Find an example from advertising or pop culture where Black women and or lesbians are masculinized in some way. 9/20 * and the Cult of Anne McClintock, “Imperial Leather: Race, Cross-Dressing, pp. 132-180 in Imperial Leather Domesticity,”
notes by hand, doodle, knit, or whatever else you need to do to focus. But I do not allow computers in my class since nearly everyone taking notes on them is also answering emails, Facebooking or watching the next really cute kitten video. The point is, if I can’t watch that really cute kitten video or send a tweet during class, then neither can you. A note on the messiness of gender: Gender is a highly fought over category and much of our discussions and readings involve painful topics. I do not give trigger warnings since everything we read and discuss involves social power, oppression, and the messiness of gender, race, class, sexuality, sex and more. I encourage you to decide upon reading this whether you are comfortable in a class without trigger warnings and if not, wish you luck finding a class that better suits your needs. I. The Discovery of Gender 9/11 Introduction: What’s your gender and how do you know? Check this out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRw4H8YWoDA 9/13 Judith Butler, Preface and “Subjects of Sex/Gender/Desire”, pp. vii- 34 in Gender Trouble and David Valentine, “The Categories Themselves,” GLQ 2004. Take a look at http://www.autostraddle.com/judith-butler-101-58115/ Discussion Question 1 Let’s consider Butler’s narrative style. Take a particularly complex passage (a paragraph or two) from Butler’s work and rewrite it in a more accessible way- consider putting it into bumper sticker or comic strip form. Why do you think Butler writes the way she does- do complex notions about gender require complex language? 9/18 * Siobhan Somerville, Introduction and “ Scientific Racism”, pp. 1-38 in Queering the Color Line and *Evelynn Hammonds, “Black (W)holes and the Geometry of Black Female Sexuality,” from Skin Deep. Discussion Question 2 According to these authors, only white, heterosexual and middle class women were considered fully feminine at the birth of the Modern Era. Find an example from advertising or pop culture where Black women and or lesbians are masculinized in some way. 9/20 * Anne McClintock, “Imperial Leather: Race, Cross-Dressing, and the Cult of Domesticity,” pp. 132-180 in Imperial Leather
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