courses I teach regularly:
"hate speech, manifestos, and radical writings"
technologies of power, anarchy, anti-assimilationist queers, radical feminist performance art, violence, suicide bombers, revolution, resistance, &more
"psychology of gender"
histories of madness, gender socialization, sexuality, eating and body image, stupidity, depression, feminist therapy, menstrual activism, & more
"critical perspectives on sexuality"
trans identity, history of sexuality, moral panics of sexuality, fetish, LGBT legal rights, orgasm, crime, sexual commerce, hooking up, sex ed, & more
"gender, bodies, and health"
food politics, breast cancer, intersexed infants, medicalization, pregnancy, exercise, birth control, abortion, fatness, low-wage work, menopause, & more
"race, class, and gender"
postcolonial manifestos, homophobia, rhetoric of war, interracial dating, wealthfare, poverty, immigration, sexual violence, third wave activism, & more
"women in contemporary society"
hunger strikes, globalization, women/animals, fraternity violence, genital surgeries, teen dating, race riots, politics of hair, language politics, & more
new course: "trash, freaks, and scum" (spring 2014)
circus freaks, white trash, scum and SCUM, dirt/housework, black rebellion, trashy novels, abject bodies, radical eco-activism, dumpster diving
"hate speech, manifestos, and radical writings"
technologies of power, anarchy, anti-assimilationist queers, radical feminist performance art, violence, suicide bombers, revolution, resistance, &more
"psychology of gender"
histories of madness, gender socialization, sexuality, eating and body image, stupidity, depression, feminist therapy, menstrual activism, & more
"critical perspectives on sexuality"
trans identity, history of sexuality, moral panics of sexuality, fetish, LGBT legal rights, orgasm, crime, sexual commerce, hooking up, sex ed, & more
"gender, bodies, and health"
food politics, breast cancer, intersexed infants, medicalization, pregnancy, exercise, birth control, abortion, fatness, low-wage work, menopause, & more
"race, class, and gender"
postcolonial manifestos, homophobia, rhetoric of war, interracial dating, wealthfare, poverty, immigration, sexual violence, third wave activism, & more
"women in contemporary society"
hunger strikes, globalization, women/animals, fraternity violence, genital surgeries, teen dating, race riots, politics of hair, language politics, & more
new course: "trash, freaks, and scum" (spring 2014)
circus freaks, white trash, scum and SCUM, dirt/housework, black rebellion, trashy novels, abject bodies, radical eco-activism, dumpster diving
