Subversion Of The Transgender Gaze Through Cisnormativity,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Subversion Of The Transgender Gaze Through Cisnormativity, Debra Beight
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
This paper analyzes Halberstam’s interpretation of the transgender gaze as it applies to the character portrayal of Brandon Teena in the film Boys Don’t Cry. An oppositional approach examines the idea of a cisgender gaze that compromises the subjectivity of not only the character of Brandon but extending to dismissiveness towards trans identity as a whole. Dissecting the reveal scene from the film highlights Halberstam’s process of the transgender gaze and allows for a focus on cisgender interpretation and demands that illustrate cisnormative expectations on trans bodies and behaviors. Connecting these demands is the concept of abjection as described by …
“I Didn’T Think You Could Be Any More Butch”: Gender Performance, Expressions Of Masculinity And Rape In Veronica Mars,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
“I Didn’T Think You Could Be Any More Butch”: Gender Performance, Expressions Of Masculinity And Rape In Veronica Mars, Chelsee Bergen
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
No abstract provided.
The Case Of M.C. – An Argument For Legal, Medical, And Social Recognition Of Ambiguity,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
The Case Of M.C. – An Argument For Legal, Medical, And Social Recognition Of Ambiguity, Debra Beight
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
This paper is an examination of the interconnectedness of juridical, medical, and social constructs surrounding intersex/DSD (Difference/Disorder of Sex Development) sex assignment surgeries. Looking at a pending court case involving a child that was in state custody at the time of their sex assignment surgery, we can observe the influences of the medical industry’s tendency to treat intersex conditions like disabilities, as sites of therapeutic interventions. These pathologized intrusions become government-sanctioned interventions that are supported by, and in turn bolster, societal expectations of conformity and normalcy.
Liberation Is Not Wearing A Bra To The Gym,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Liberation Is Not Wearing A Bra To The Gym, Maggie Deagon
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
No abstract provided.
Grotesque Bodies: Transsexuals’ Struggle For Truth In Iran,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Grotesque Bodies: Transsexuals’ Struggle For Truth In Iran, Marie Lecuyer
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Many western commentators have been shocked by the legislation addressing transsexual’s’ right to transitioning and sex reassignment surgery in a strictly-gendered regulated county like Iran. As if all of a sudden Iran rose among countries of the Middle East as a paradise for transsexuals. Other recurrent narratives depicted the Iranian members of the LGBT community as victims of a purely theocratic and authoritarian regime, forcing non-gender normative individuals to change sex to fit in society. Rather, the space given to transsexuals now allowed to function more freely and be at peace with themselves reshapes the LGBT community’s relation to the …
Between Autonomy And Alienation: Creating The Self Via Sex-Reassignment Surgery,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Between Autonomy And Alienation: Creating The Self Via Sex-Reassignment Surgery, Annthony M. Duffey
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Upon a consideration of self-creation and the introduction of the gender binary a potential limiter of autonomy, sexQreassignment surgery (SRS) beckons significant reconsideration by the biomedical/ethical field, ranging from the transpersons who undergo it to the preoperative processes that oversee it. Autonomy does not underlie a majority of SRS on prevailing biomedical hypotheses; SRS is granted to those candidates who report symptoms of dysfunction and denied to candidates who do not confirm such suspicions. This research proposes that, upon his or her failure or refusal to demonstrate some understanding of the potentially limiting influence of the gender binary, a candidate …
Effects Of School Curriculum On Sexual Health,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Effects Of School Curriculum On Sexual Health, Emma Sturm
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Surveys indicate that, when asked directly, women have positive perceptions of their vaginas and perceive vaginal, sexual, and reproductive health as important. However, when asked about their actual habits relating to vaginal health, women’s answers seemed to suggest the opposite. This disconnect between perceptions and practice suggest there may be some societal influence keeping the women from carrying out their health maintenance as well as they would like to. This paper examines the role schools play in controlling women’s sexuality, which may be contributing to the lack of accessibility to vaginal, sexual, and reproductive health.
Sexual Assault: Whose Fault Is It Anyway In A Rape Culture?,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Sexual Assault: Whose Fault Is It Anyway In A Rape Culture?, Grace Pappas
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Sexual assault has recently gained attention as a prevalent issue in American culture, particularly on college campuses. While in some places much is being done to raise awareness and end this form of gendered violence, too often fingers are pointed at possible causes rather than intertwined as hands held together in the fight against this injustice. Through an examination of empirical research, it is clear that the issue of sexual assault stems from and is perpetuated by a rape culture, a culture in which we are all a part. This paper argues that if we are to fight sexual assault, …
Bending The Binary: Lgbtq Sex Workers’ Gender Presentations,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Bending The Binary: Lgbtq Sex Workers’ Gender Presentations, Nicole White
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
The lived experiences of LGBTQ sex workers are largely unknown. Of the few representations of LGBTQ sex workers in media and academia, most are shrouded in inaccurate and dehumanizing stereotypes. Through qualitative interviews with eight LGBTQ sex workers in Denver and Boulder, Colorado, this thesis attempts to portray an accurate view of the way LGBTQ sex workers negotiate their gender and sexual identities. LGBTQ sex workers were found to balance their queer and trans identities and presentations with clients’ perceived desires for hegemonic gender presentations, maintaining a unique blend of authentic presentation and marketability.
Gender Work: Survival, Subversion, And Subjectivity For Queer And Trans Youth,
2015
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Gender Work: Survival, Subversion, And Subjectivity For Queer And Trans Youth, Josie Wenig
sprinkle: an undergraduate journal of feminist and queer studies
Gender play as a mode of exposing hegemonic gender norms has become over determined and circumscribed within queer discourse. Subversion becomes only possible through hyperbole, drag, and performance. We play with gender, we fuck with it, and that’s that. What would a different framework, one that accounts for the very real labor of gender, look like and how would this redefine resistance? Discussions of “gender play” leave some things to be desired: an intersectional understanding of how people negotiate gender presentation, and a way to talk about how gender can be intentional, strategic, and still subversive. These considerations become even …
Carlisle Indian School Students Database,
2015
Gettysburg College
Carlisle Indian School Students Database, Amelia Trevelyan
Carlisle Indian School Students
This data collection helps to identify students who attended the Carlisle Indian School from 1879 to 1918. Data were collected from periodical publications in the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS) archive, such as The School News, The Red Man, The Indian Craftsman, and The Morning Star. Many of these publications are now available online in the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center.
Family Therapist Connecting And Building Relationships With Substance Abusers In The Seminole Tribe Of Florida: An Ethnographic Study,
2015
Nova Southeastern University
Family Therapist Connecting And Building Relationships With Substance Abusers In The Seminole Tribe Of Florida: An Ethnographic Study, Sunny Nelli Khachatryan
Department of Family Therapy Dissertations and Applied Clinical Projects
The purpose of this ethnographic study was to examine the process of a family therapist entering and then navigating the cultural system of working with substance abusing Seminole tribal clients. The study also utilized two tribal members sharing their opinions about how Seminoles view therapy. As noted in the interview questions and responses, the research presented guidelines for family therapists to follow when working with tribal members. Because there has been no study conducted with family therapists providing clinical services to tribal members, this study introduced tools for clinicians to keep in mind and utilize when working with tribal clients. …
Exploring The Spectrum Of Racialized Social Control: A Comparative Analysis Of Hate Crimes, Correctional Supervision, And Immigration Enforcement,
2015
Connecticut College
Exploring The Spectrum Of Racialized Social Control: A Comparative Analysis Of Hate Crimes, Correctional Supervision, And Immigration Enforcement, Jasmine Kelekay
Sociology Honors Papers
Hate crimes are informal social control mechanisms utilized in stratified societies to police relative identity boundaries (Perry, 2009). No research has, however, located racially-motivated hate crimes as a form of racialized social control. Considering the long history of racial violence and racialized social control in the United States, the war on drugs, the post-9/11 socio-political context, immigration reforms, and increased attention to racialized police violence, it becomes important to explore the spectrum of racialized social control. In order to do so, this study introduces racially-motivated hate crimes as an informal mechanism of racialized social control. As such, this study engages …
“I Am Not Free While [Anyone] Is Unfree”: A Proposal And Framework For Enmarginalized Feminist Policy Analysis,
2015
Virginia Commonwealth University
“I Am Not Free While [Anyone] Is Unfree”: A Proposal And Framework For Enmarginalized Feminist Policy Analysis, Avina Ross
Social Work Student Works
This paper introduces a new feminist approach and framework to policy analysis. As an integration of intersectionality, Black feminist thought and endarkened feminist epistemology, enmarginalized feminist policy analysis (EFPA) offers an intersectional and flexible scope in a framework to assess policy for a diversity of populations, focusing on groups who are forced to live marginal and oppressed lives. Discussion is provided on existing approaches and frameworks in addition to an overview of the theoretical underpinnings of EFPA. A nine-component framework, which includes a section for analyst reflexivity, is provided to guide users in conducting EFPA. The author concludes with implications …
Torch (January 2015),
2015
University of Southern Maine
Torch (January 2015), Brandon Baldwin, Civil Rights Team Project
Torch: The Civil Rights Team Project Newsletter
No abstract provided.
Loudness In The Library: Empowering Students To Think Critically About Identity And Bias,
2015
Bank Street College of Education
Loudness In The Library: Empowering Students To Think Critically About Identity And Bias, Anshu Wahi, Allie Bruce, Jamie Steinfeld
Progressive Education in Context
Describes how an unplanned, informal discussion about how race and identity are depicted on book covers evolved into a year-long investigation with a class of 11 and 12-year-olds where the interests and comments of the students drove the curriculum.
Book Review: Nature, Human Nature, And Human Difference: Race In Early Modern Philosophy,
2015
Touro College
Book Review: Nature, Human Nature, And Human Difference: Race In Early Modern Philosophy, David B. Levy
Touro University Libraries Publications and Research
The author reviews the book Nature, Human Nature, and Human Difference: Race in Early Modern Philosophy.
No Ordinary Field Trip: A Conversation With John Lewis,
2015
Bank Street College of Education
No Ordinary Field Trip: A Conversation With John Lewis, Sam Brian
Progressive Education in Context
Eighth grade students from Bank Street School for Children meet Congressman John Lewis in Washington D. C.
Census,
2015
Fordham University
Census, Clara E. Rodriguez, Grigoris Argeros
Sociology Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Latinos And The Colorline,
2015
Fordham University
Latinos And The Colorline, Clara E. Rodriguez, Nancy Lopez, Grigoris Argeros
Sociology Faculty Publications
This essay reviews the issues and current literature on how “race,” skin color, and/or phenotype operate as stratifying agents among Latinos in the United States. We review the trends and emerging issues in this area with regard to health, housing and segregation, and socioeconomic status (SES), including education and criminal justice.We do so in the context of the Census Bureau’s release of its 2010 Alternative Questionnaire Experiment (AQE) study. This 5-year study focuses on how to best ask the race question. One of the key findings of the study was that including “Hispanic/Latinos” as a race in the combined questionnaire …
