Blog #3

How and to what effect do the terms "butch" and "femme" (as they are used in Stone Butch Blues as well as queer communities more generally) both reinforce and denaturalize heteronormative categories of sex and gender? Consider Judith Butler's theory of gender performativity in your answer.

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Write about a time when you felt uncomfortable with your own sex and/or gender. Be as specific and detailed as possible.

Blog #2

Select a video/clip that complicates a binaristic understanding of gender and/or sexuality. Then, do a Derridean reading of that video/clip. Pay very close attention to FORM as well as to content. Be sure to post the clip!