Queer

Chapter 1 Introduction Jonathan Earl Franzen, an American writer, is one of the most acclaimed novelist and essayist of today’s era. Born in Western Springs, Illinois on August 17, 1959 this prolific writer has contributed greatly in the industry of literature by producing number of creative pieces of work throughout his writing career. Franzen was brought up in Webster Groves, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri. In 1981 he graduated from Swarthmore College with a degree in German. His…

what it means to be queer in a heterosexist society3. Having young children already have an idea of what they think being queer is, is a problem. They were most likely told about this from their parents or the media4. Many adults are very uneducated when it comes to transsexual and homosexuality. This then gets passed down to their children and can result in the HTP bullying we are seeing so often. Children are so immune to listen to their parents that when they say “Queers are bad people” or…

Outline Summary - “Documenting the undocumented: Toward a queer politics of no borders” by Melissa Autumn White Questions being asked Is the promise of migrant mobilization achievable? By what means is it worth it? Main argument Author argues that the fight for queer no borders is worth taking the risk despite the drawbacks of not being able to take down the entire oppressive system. She references examples from the “Let Alvaro Stay” campaign videos and Julio Salgado’s portraits to show how…

“The big lie about lesbians and gay men is that we do not exist.” Vito Russo, The Celluloid Closet (1981). LGBT people have always been treated poorly, throughout history queer people have been erased, belittled, and ignored. People are generally more accepting and inclusive with queer people, including us in their movies and tv shows sometimes, but more often than not they don’t, and when they do they tend do not do it right. In 2014 only 17.5% of major studio releases included LGBT characters…

In the book “Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory”, Lynne Huffer teases out exciting new aspects of Foucault thoughts. She then rethinks and rewrites the theorists ethical work after these discoveries. In this book Huffer writes that Foucault recasts the Western rationalism as a project that both produces and represses sexual deviant, calling out the complicity of modern science and the exclusionary nature of family morality (Huffer, 2009). Sampling from unpublished…

Sex Education and Queerness Since its introduction into the educational system, sex education has always been a topic of debate. What should be taught? When? By whom? Parents, schools, and the government have frequently been at odds with each other, disagreeing on what information is appropriate for what students, and when. Religious and cultural values have become a part of the conversation, as well as scientific studies looking at what sorts of curricula are effective and the effects…

gender roles of the dominating society around us, and in doing so propel gender roles continuation. However, continuing to perform in particular ways to suit gender roles affects not only its continuance in society but as well as the queer community. It affects the queer…

and queer men, who must live off of what little possessions they have due to the inequalities of the society they live in. In Shulamith Firestone’s The Dialectic of Sex, Firestone details the possibility of a feminist revolution in the modern era which frees women from the natural and societal inequalities that they experience. In both texts, the effects of inequality in society are discussed. However, Mitchell and Asta detail the effects of inequality with respect to ‘faggots’ and queer men,…

deconstruct the discourses that not only allow for this to occur, but shape the way this sex is approached and interpreted. To do that, there is some background knowledge needed. Queer readings are essential to the basis of Ward’s study, and queer theory sits at the heart of her argument. To better understand that way queer theory is structured, it’s important to note the differences between the heterosexual imaginary, heteronormativity, heterogenders, and supplementarity.…

20th century. Once homosexuals became more studied in sociology, sociologists painted them as “strange” and an exotic “other”. As the gay movement progressed into the 1970s, there was a backlash against homosexuality. Then came the rise of queer theory. Queer theory, “wishes to challenge the regime of sexuality itself – that is, the knowledges that construct the self as sexual and that assume heterosexuality and homosexuality as categories marking the truth of sexual slaves” (Seidman, 1994, p.…