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Fem Theory & Feminist Epistemology: This Semester Wrapped
Andrea Long Chu
Femlaes pt 1
continues solans feelings and has sense of duality in her piece
" I'm not sure if what you're reading is a feminist text either. I'm not sure if i want it to be"
Female in this text means self scarified to make more room for desires of another incubator for an ailien force
"Everyone is female"
Everyone hates being female
"To be female is, in every case, to become what someone else wants. At bottom, everyone is a sissy.”
Themes of anti misogyny
Females pt 2
"isn't that the whole point of gender-letting someone else do your living for you?"
Femaleness always centers this other serving men serving children aiding and helping society and others we are always seen as the helps but who helps us we just keep producing more helpers through these implicit biases
Femaleness hurts sometimes but is always bad for you at all times
After Trans Studies
Where is trans studies in the discussion of queer studies
How can we have trans studies without the idea of trans studies and why is it always so easy to exclude the trans community from the LGBTQ community they are often throughout history given the short end of the stick
Why can we never hold space for trans studies why are they immediately couples into queer studies and not their own thing
Our in class discussion and presentation for this day gave root to lots of thoughts and ideas for my potential thesis
Couples in many authors and ideas but over all how I grapple with medical history and the idea of medical decisions over children of marginalized backgrounds in comparison to those of privileged bac grounds
How does this promote surveillance of bodies that are not white
Can this be a from of debility to keep children of color children of marginalized communities under control fitting the cookie cutter mold of society
Could this be a from of debility how is this affecting children in the long run in comparison to those children who are considered the "standard"
How can we examine this throguh a hierarchal lens because in my case it was easy to give a child hormones with no psychological aid but when a queer trans child argues they feel like a stranger in their own body they are completely denied care
What identities have this power dynamic that is above or below or beyond another identity
How is maturity and the levels of it measured when we are all children w why are children of color always expected to be able to handle themselves and their emotions better than the white child
Ideas of children of color appearing older than white children of the same age we have seen this time and time again through police violence how does this affect children
I loved all things Andrea Long Chu I loved the duality of her work and her ability to add to the many conversations or lack there of in Fem Theory while also being humorous
Puar
The Right to Maim: Ch 4. Will Not Let Die
Various examples on Tactics of debilitation used against Palestinian's from the Israeli Army
Connecting to Israelism and the visual representations of years and years of psychological and physical oppression faced by Palestinians for years not just starting on October 7 2023
Puar wants us to see beyond the huge spectacle of death that is not the worst scenario yet it is so media catching we should turn our focus to the slow everyday injury faced by communities this sense of exhaustion is used as a political tool
the biopolitics of debilitation is a quieter version of disability that is overshadowed by t this very loud and apparent act of violence that sustains the state and the government who are benefiting from this debilitation
The Right to Maim: Preface: Hands Up, Don't Shoot!
The Idea of being maimed and this debilitated state between dead and not dead just enough to live but not enough to die
Essentially Slow Systemic Harm: Referring to worn down populations
How does debility and disability differ
Populations that go through debility or the process of debility and being maimed are not recognized as people that need aid or help or that they are even in any harm
Disability is an identity and status that is recognized individuals are even given aid because of it
Disability is something society can recognize, included, and even gain profit from, debility is something that the system relies on to keep running
Are general frameworks incorporated into laws like accessibility laws and diversity initiatives
I think it also shows the power of internet communities in times of need
Not just through knowledge but through connection through the shared connection of pain and debility even if they might not realize it
"Ferguson to Gaza"Forums
This portion of the text was very eye opening to say the least because I personally would have never made this connection on my own but it makes such sense
debility is seen in US contexts in racialized population's and their exposure to intentional oppressional harm they are systemically exposed to violence, poverty, and poor health care
LACK OF ACCESS
New York Times "Stand Off In Ferguson After Death of Michael Brown Video
Coupled together with the Israelism film and 5 broken cameras it paints a vivid picture that the right to maim and the state of debility also exists within the US if people want to see it or not
There are similarities even with how the community responds to police violence against brown bodies and even the formation of the police to "tame" individuals who are outraged
Police lined with protective gear against peaceful protestors
Connects to this common saying that the it can only be a war when there are two armies and there seems to only be one
Constantly living in fear always that alone is debilitating
A major topic of discussion and theme that pulls it all together here in Puar's work is this nuance of Biopolitics and the state the nation or nations harm communities to keep them down
Rachel Lee
Notes From the (Non) Field: Teaching and Theorizing Women of Color
Idea of hierarchies even within marginalized communities during my oral presentation we discussed this point at the every end of the article
Hierarchies and ideologies that became very apperant when deciding what to teach in a women's gender and sexulaity course or even what to call it
"women's studies"
"Gender Studies"
what stories of women of color do we get to pick and choose to discuss in these courses how is this a service and disservice to students in the department
"women's gender & sexuality studies
"I think, build a corpus of classes on women of color; solidify cultural, service oriented, and political collaborations among women of color; or ultimately deepen student' understandings of "women of color" as anything other than a marginal perspective. Perhaps the time is ripe to begin enunciating "women of color" with respect privilege and dare I say? within and through privilege"
when thinking about an immersive course that teaches about women of color we need to be able to learn and discuss all aspects of that the areas of which yes these are marginalized communities but also areas in which these communities are privileged in comparison to to others.
Sara Ahmed
"Feminism is Sensational"
"Feminist theory, in other words, comes out of the sense-making process of becoming feminist and navigating a way through a world"
I found this text so grounding it encapsulated feminism in all it's forms beautiful and ugly
Connects to this common theme and topic we talked about in class once you learn about fem theory there is no going back
All connected Ward talks about aspects of being a women and femineity that Ahmed discusses as the aspects of feminism that make it sensational and that lead many down feminist lenses
One of my favorite close reads because it was one of my favorite readings to unpack and analyze i mean it constantly had me nodding in agreements and aggressively circling and underlining
she encapsulates this idea that as a feminist you will always be at odds you will always be at a constant tug of war with yourself and society
"The safe space that you find that allows you to finally understand and gain a sense of relief is able to greatly be scrutinized or criticized" simply because you are going against society's correct ways
Jane Ward
Let's call it what it is: The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Toxic Masculinity and Femineity are running ramped on TikTok
How is society still pushing and genuinely believing that tapping into their inner masculinity and femineity better for them and making them more desirable as a partner
"Queer people have been concerned about straight culture for decades, not only for our own sake because we fear homophobic violence or erasure of queer subculture"
Also fearful to due "straight cultures impact on straight women" this is a often a cause of confusion and distress for the queer community as well
Men have a desire for women but societal cultures encourages the hatred of women and we see this in as young as elementary school students
"if he hits you he likes you" Chat how does this ever mean liking and how have we become so blind to this its normal I was even told this as a child when i was hit by boys in school
Definitely a clicking moment for me when thinking of implicit gender roles places on children
Claim to want women and boast about having sex with women but are not concerned about their partners pleasure only their own and their own performance
Never talk about their pleasures and what tickles their fancy because some how that conversation is "gay"
I think my close reading on this chapter of the book shows my growth in analyzation and also encapsulates the topics and themes discussed later in class
We are not wanting to glorify the queer way of living but how doe sit provide a fresh perspective on daily living how does not fulfilling or bending gender roles provide a whole new perspective how can we learn from communities around us rather than bringing them down for being different
Deep Heterosexuality: The Tragedy of Heterosexuality
Why are we so afrid ot talk about sexuality and the things you life when they are against the grain
We learned you never know what happens behind closed doors and men have been seen to indulge in practices that traditionally would question their sexuality
pegging
BDSM
Valarie Solanas
Scum Manifesto
Shares initial ideas that men the inferior sex
Men represent not complete women they are "failures from the start"
Despite her work being so anti men and anti the maleness in what seems to be all aspects she is almost so hateful of men that she in turn in equally or possibly even more hateful towards women
Solana's piece was the first article where I wanted to look more into the author and what they did during their life time this was also an author and ideas I shared with my roommates and anyone that would really listen
Israelism
I talked about this in my presentation but seeing this film along with 5 broken cameras again as a Junior now in college when the first time I ever watched these films was as a college freshman was incredibly eye opening
It helped solidify these ideas Puar was trying to share though her work where systems of oppressions exist on large minority communities to have them live in fear
" If I don't take your land someone else will"
" 5 Broken Cameras"
Looking at Years and years of oppression of an army against unarmed civilians
Close reading for Spivak and the ideas of surveillance
we live in a society that is constantly being surveilled and was a theme we came back to almost every week not just in the themes and topics of each reading but as well as the news headlines that came out in this absurd administration every week
How do we live in a society that cares so much about what you do or say but also not care at all about what others do or say
When I received this article back I was also given an additional article I read that has interesting ideas about cancel culture in today's society as well
Why I've started to fear my fellow social justice activities
cancel culture is so toxic it is even stopping action from being able to take place people are scared to speak up and speak against because they might be canceled and it might come back to haunt them years later
The idea of surveillance is one i think about now almost every day in my past experiences and the experiences I am now having in the present
"White men are saving brown women form brown men"
Close reading on Gerwal about the US Secretary state
I found this close reading important because it talks about societal normalin certain areas that i can relate to and i remember in class thinking of this theme after the close reading
even connecting back to the idea of surveillance
US secretary depends on this copy and paste idea of a soldier the tough and buff masculine man pushing its authoritative front
this is what many think of and idealize when thinking of MERICA and the free nation i guess
this a power many wish to also communicate to other many civilians want this power as well
people want ot assimilate and perceive this shade of white that covers the US like a fresh blanket of snow
this fresh blanket makes it easy to point out those who don't fit in those who are not white making them easier targets to pin point and surveil
in New haven public schools the schools i went to my whole life have all high schools with multiple metal detectors at primary entrance points of school your bag was checked each and every single day and each and every single time you left and reentered the building
Harms of pushing homoanationalism as the ideal
Gerwal Close reading on Transnational Practices :
this idea that because we describe cultures as global doe snot mean that all populations have culture
I think when thinking about cultures specifically in my self with my Mexican and Guatemalan heritage it is so interesting how the west can just clump us all together and the same goes for all of Asia Africa etc when we are all different
I hate the idea of colonial Spaniard Spanish that is seen as the proper way of speaking when in every country the dialect is different and no one can tell an American from the east or west coast that they speak English funny
what has happened after colonization and what was it like before and not like the way they speak about Aztec and Mayan communities that were ethnically cleansed from their land and now idealized and glorified and awed over
there is no concern for postcolonial products of culture in this postmodern society
the west mystifies and almost makes other cultures around the world as magical but also seemingly no mans land and so obscure from the "traditional west"
Sentimental bio power Shuller Bio politics of feeling
how bodies are used as weapons they are used as tools of harm and destruction
Sentimentalism as a link of sensory impressions to emotional reflections
Human body is conditioned to feel emotions emotions that can be managed and judged by others
The idea of feeling correctly
AGAIN SURVEILANCE ITS EVERYWHERE
We need to feel in a way that is correct within our society and that is a way of managing individuals of managing populations and communities
and this is so engrained in us to the point where we do not even question it it is simply what is normal and what is agreed upon
Describes how feeling becomes a way to manage race gender, and sexuality
Focualt Lectures
Surveillance He brought this to our table and it never left
we have seen it in various areas throughout history: threatening with diseases shifting punishments these are all ways of continuing to have a leash on the general public
we even listed ideas of surveillance in class and saw this idea everywhere not just from our cellphones but from kids toys like elf on the shelf and songs as well that share ideas of always being watched in order to encourage good behavior like Santa clause for example even the current situation with ICE
The state shows control through a variety if institutions
Medicine
Psychiatry
Prison System
How power operates by regulating and managing life instead of simply punishing or taking it
He brings to the table the big term BIOPOLITICS this is another term we see discussed not only in his description of it but others interpretations and spin on it