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The following is the final paper I wrote last semester for the Queer Studies class I took at the University of Iowa. While the original assignment was to choose a current event of interest and apply course readings to analyze it, my professor presented me with a specific challenge to consider instead: is it a formContinue reading “Boys’ (who dress like girls) Club: whose femininity and whose stage?”

Here is another reaction essay I have written for my LGBTQ/Queer Studies class I am taking this semester (Fall 2018). It has been a good exercise to tackle a larger issue in a succinct four pages. I hope to revisit the issue of Queer Theory and race in a larger format after much more researchContinue reading “Queer Studies and Race: Methodology Matters”

This semester (Fall 2018), I am taking an undergraduate queer studies class at my University. The professor was generous enough to allow me to join the class and tailor a separate syllabus to challenge me at a graduate level (I am pursuing a certificate in gender and women’s studies along with my MA and PhD).Continue reading “Gender in Queer Community, Gender in Queer Studies”