SEMINAR DESCRIPTION

This course will surface the ways in which LGBTQ+ people and communities have impacted the ways in which mainstream American culture has been shaped by cultural production derived from thinking that challenges heteronormativity in post-World War II America until the validation of same sex marriage in 2014 Through the lenses of queer theory, evolving queer history, Since the emergence of “homosexuality” and “transsexuality” as identities in the late 19th century, queer culture has been presumed to develop in the margins of American life, ancillary to and shaped by heterosexual norms. Yet, the vast majority of queer people in the last hundred years have lived (to at least some degree) in the closet, allowing them to exist in the mainstream while maintaining a distinctly non-normative identity. Thus, to quote bell hooks, allowing them "to bring the margin into the center." In 15 meetings over the course of the semester, through lectures, discussions, texts, slides, films and video, we will explore the ways in which transformative integration of queer designs for living have occurred. Highlighting pivotal events and shifts in American cultural, political, and creative history this course will provide food for thought about the ways in queerness is integral to American notions of progress and freedom.

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Tori Mather - First iteration of online exhibition!

This is the first couple of pages for my exhibition! I put it on dropbox, which isn't very clean but I can't find a way to attach a file to these posts. Eventually, there will just be a link to the site.

P.S. I know there are a few error messages, if there's one thing about me it's that I forget to close brackets. They're already fixed on the live version. :)

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/q6ao5dsggcl6qrc1j17ae/MOGAI-Exhibition.html?rlkey=naysuwfcmx9ox25phs08suwwp&dl=0

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  1. SamUrozaApril 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM

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  2. SamUrozaApril 12, 2024 at 2:51 PM

    This is a topic that I know confuses a lot of people and has even caused several debates between me and my cousins. The amount of pronouns that people on the internet use to refer to themselves is definitely hard to grasp and could be seen as absurd. But the clarification given by you and your research that some people online use these pronouns more so to describe how they are rather than what they are gave me a new view on it. Have you considered researching more on why these types of people use such pronouns, whether to be different from others or it being a side effect to being chronically online?

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Erika Bauer - Final Project

 Link to my final project https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/10M3X31MtgSnCAicMzf6pDhINFAjSNRaGX8BJnh3_9Eg/edit