Queer

Mean Little deaf Queer, her intersectional identity is just as pertinent, as demonstrated by the title of the text. Nearing the end of the memoir, Galloway establishes her “crippled” and “queered” identity yet again, claiming that her path to understanding her place in society is by “[surrounding herself] with stories that tell [her] who [she] is” (212). This statement bolsters Mean Little deaf Queer’s position as an identity-specific memoir, reaching out, not only to deaf or queer folk, but to…

As co-president of Queers and Allies (abbreviated Q + A), I have come across several disputes that have involved more than one teacher and an administrator. It came to the administration’s attention that one of the club members had expressed anger about how the presidents had chosen to present the club at fall fair. Despite the fact that the majority of the students at my school are liberal, the parents tend to be a more conservative crowd. My co-president and I took it upon ourselves to…

what is considered normal and critiquing the binaries in society. Queer theory is important to address because of the lack of knowledge our society has on queerness. Butler’s ideas on queerness and gender will not only empower others, but it will help social workers in their practice. One of Butler’s ideas is that sex, gender and sexuality are not linked together. Butler questions the distinction between sex and gender. Butler…

They only see them as a form of entertainment for those of lesser sophistication. Contrastingly, Judith Halberstam takes a meticulous look at these movies. In the chapter from her book The Queer Art of Failure, Halberstam analyzes popular animated movies and identifies elements in them that correspond with the queer theory. She exemplifies the ideas of Schulz by looking past the surface…

They are mentioned as lip service or as a punchline, but rarely seen or heard on screen.There is also the issue of queer women in media who are stated to be exclusively attracted to the same gender and then are “fixed” by a man. This is incredibly misogynistic and adds fuel to the thought that gay women are only gay because they haven’t met the right man yet. This is…

Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the portrayal of lesbian women, relationships and communities prominent within media culture. Yet increasingly so, the same types of lesbian women and relationships are repeatedly shown. Certain systems and structures of power have regulated the way gayness and lesbianism are viewed and thus seen while media has the tendency to naturalize these stereotypes and assumptions. As the prominence of lesbians’ figures in media has risen, it seems that the…

In Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, David abandoned his lover, Giovanni, for his fiancee, Hella. David faced pressure from society and himself to be with a woman, any woman. Queer theory can be clearly seen as David’s morals drive him away from Giovanni and other men. To begin with, David discovers that he may be interested in men when he spends time with a boy named Joey. They kiss and spend a night together and the next morning David leaves. “Above all, I was suddenly afraid. It was borne in…

Throughout the article, "Feminism is Queer" the social construction of sexuality, it went into depth using rating scales and different culture's own definition of different culture's own definitions of different forms of sexuality. In 1999, a study of the percentage of Caucasian male and female college students who had been excluded homosexuals after adolescents was done by Kinsey. The results were 4% of males and 3% of females at the time. In ancient Athens sexuality was as a role that was…

Sidney Duarte Mrs. Huddleston English 12AP Gender Studies & Queer Theory: Paul's Case From the second wave of feminism emerged a new school of criticism: gender studies and queer theory. This type of criticism explores the issues of gender roles, power, sexuality, and masculinity. In "Paul's Case", Willa Cather establishes a male character who tests the accepted norms for men and women in America; Paul's sexual orientation results in apathy for his community, contempt for his teachers, and an…

Considered one of Denmark's most queer and baffling murder cases in the late middle ages, starting with the unforeseen death of King Hamlet from there the royal family’s empire came crumbling down falling into their own demise. The chief advisor Polonius of King Claudius and the previous King Hamlet, had two children Laertes and Ophelia whom were very close to the royal family mainly with Prince Hamlet. The current king of Denmark King Claudius and brother to the former King Hamlet, married…