This piece is reflecting on Rubin’s work Thinking Sex. It starts with a description of the Barnard Sex Conference and the academic history of discussing pornography. The conference was protested by a group of antipornography activists who handed out leaflets. The major theme of the conference was, ironically, how sexuality is both a means for …
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Coming to Power: Writings and Graphics on Lesbian S/M
Coming to Power is a collective book containing excerpts of multiple individual’s thoughts, experiences, or fantasies of Lesbian S/M. The book started out with an introduction that laid out what was to be expected of the book as a whole and the tremendous struggle that each of the publishers had on deciding what the book …
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Post class reflection 2/28
Thursday’s class was different from the other classes we have had so far this semester and I really enjoyed it. I felt like there was a lot of interaction from everyone in the room and it was interesting to hear everyone’s take on the book. We discussed each section from beginning to end and you …
Section II: Entering the Lives of Others
Theory in the Flesh The second section consists of poems and short essays about marginalized people, especially women of color, experiences of their oppression and pain. “A theory in the flesh means one where the physical realities of our lives — our skin color, the land or concrete we grew up on, our sexual longings — all fuse …
This Bridge Called My Back, section IV: Between the lines
On culture, class, and homophobia. The fourth section of A Bridge Called My Back collects short essays and a few poems that serve to highlight not only the experiences shared between Third World Women but also the differences between them. The chapter is about finding strength in a bond even when there is no connection. …
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This Bridge Called My Back Section 6: El Mundo Zurdo
The final section in “This Bridge Called My Back” details the experiences of feeling different or “alien” in this world, and using those feelings as strengths to create a unified feminist movement. The section includes short essays and poems that illustrate the knowledge and experiences that Third World women can use to fix the current …
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Post Class Reflection: 2/21
One of the things I reacted to most strongly during this week’s class period was the very end question. “If we could use our studies in conflict to reimagine our program, what would (and what wouldn’t) we change?” I really liked this question because I really like focusing on practical applications of the things we …
Getting Disciplined: What’s Trans* About Queer Studies Now by Cael M. Keegan
Cael M. Keegan writes “Getting Disciplined: What’s Trans* About Queer Studies Now?” as a follow up to “What’s Queer about Queer Studies Now?” by David Eng, Jack Halberstam, and Jose Esteban Munoz. Trans studies, as a field, becoming a recognized and legitimized in the academic world over the past 10 years. However, there are still …
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What Has Happened Here by Barkley Brown
The purpose of this piece by Elsa Barkley Brown is to point out the way feminist historians, and the fact that the majority of them are white women, aren’t going to impact the systems and oppressions they wish to if they continue trying to see history through the lens of gender, specifically “women”, without acknowledging …
For and About Women
I always enjoy reading about the origin of Women’s Studies because I feel like I always view it in a new lens. These readings are usually assigned in the beginning of the semester, so it is an interesting gauge on how much I have grown as a feminist since the last time I had read …