New Queer Cinema

indicate a manifestation of the self, a personal alter ego, and not a “real” woman. As such, investigating the different facets of identity present in the performance of Suzanne, a drag queen hostess at Jay’s Bar, offers insight into another aspect of queer characterization through language. For example, Suzanne, though herself white, utilizes African-American Vernacular English to establish a bond with fellow performers, many of whom are people of color (Mann 800). Similarly, some functions of…

the safe path of normativity and glamorized violence. A film like, A Single Man, deserves any accolade it can get from not only being somewhat mainstream, but for participating in the normalization of the Queer community, despite itself. One of the central questions which is dealt with in Queer media, is how we can portray the average everyday gay individual; while at the same time creating a product designed for consumption. Jennifer Guthrie, Adrianne Kunkel, and K. Hladky describe the identity…

The focus for this week is the status of queer people in international organizations and development projects. Lind argues that through conscious effort international organizations positions people who defy heteronormative gender and sexual norms as visible or invisible. This strategic placement of queer people helps their agenda of governing intimacy in order to further a specific development narrative; which founds itself in heterosexuality and traditional gender norms. Lind mentions the…

as well as laws the government has implemented to reduce bullying. I will also mention the different workshops/movements that society has provided to stop bullying. 4. Queer theory is a method of analyzing pieces of literature and studying material that reject traditional categories of gender and sexuality. The main concept of Queer theory is an examination whether…

activist, published the groundbreaking article “Punks, Bulldaggers, and Welfare Queens: The Radical Potential of Queer Politics?” a year after a controversy she introduces in the beginning of the essay. The famed Gay Men’s Health Crisis, best known for their active role in the treatment of HIV/AIDS during the AIDS crisis, came under fire after…

into dichotomous halves. The characters of Osment’s play speak in secret through monologues, subtext, or in collective unison. They are careful not to expose the transparency of their true feelings as being apprehensive of a surveilling gaze. The queer identity begets conflict for the individual’s passions. This disjunction manifests within racial paradigms, social strata, national intrigue, and gender roles which disables certain halves to enable a heteronormative whole. How this appropriation…

By using queer theory, Pinar suggests that the democratization of American society cannot be reformed without reconstructing the notions of hegemonic white masculinity. As this male subjectivity and its narcissistic unity must be dissolved, as contends Katja Silverman…

Queer theory, explained through Eudora Welty’s Moon Lake Moon Lake, by Eudora Welty, narrates the adventures of a group of girls during a summer camp, exploring their desire of discovery and their transition to adolescence, which is also related to the expression of their bodies and their public behavior. Moon Lake, then, is an important space of socialization where orphan and wealthy girls interact with each other, despite of the notorious differences between them; and to explore new…

My practice predominantly focuses on an exploration of my queer identity, with a particular interest in the negative historical representation of queer people as deviants. As the semester developed I began to explore this idea in relation to the stigma surrounding the title of ‘artist’ in western society. Formally, my practice has predominately focused on digital media and performance as well as performance documentation. I have focused on these material approaches because I do not consider the…

knowledge. But do we want to pursue that ideal through struggle every time we experience something, or should we be occasionally satisfied with the limited, “spoiled” experiences? In the second chapter of his book, “The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other”, Walker Percy argues that lack of independence, as well as the presence of “symbolic complexes,” or interpretations of an experience in the eyes of the public, deprives an…