My Queers and Theory Final Project

I started a new blog for my project.

You can find it at :

http://pervertclassspace.blogspot.com/

I am so sorry I had to miss the last class and the dinner afterwards, but trust me... you are glad I wasn't there. I really enjoyed meeting you all and getting to know so many wonderful people with big beautiful brains. please stop in over at Queering the Apparatus and say hello occasionally.

2nd Try

In case the other link does not work, or that the link only works for 72 hours, thanks to Julie, it is also somewhere else.
Hope this works
Gen

http://members.aol.com/julierenszer/GenFinal.pdf

The link must have the capital G and capital F for it to work -

Translations and Glocalizations of Queer Theory Across Cultures

Finally, after two days of trying, this should be working.
Here is the url address where you can find my work.
I think, however, that this link is only good for 72 hours. so if anyone wants me to send it directly to them, let me know.
Thanks to Rebecca and Julie for their help.
I wish everyone an amazing break, see you in January.
Gen
Translations and Glocalizations of

Queer Theory Across Cultures
https://createpdf.adobe.com/cgi-pickup.pl?LOC=en_US&CDS=45846B94-2EC2-08D88E&LID=GENEVIEVEPAGE%40YAHOO.COM

Laura's Final Project: Syllabus

Final Project Contents:

1. Syllabus
2. Syllabus Rationale
3. One-Term CORE Approval Form
4. CORE Human Cultural Diversity (D) Proposal
5. Vice President's Advisory Committee (VPAC) Add a Course Proposal

You may view my final project's contents on the blog that I created for my hypothetical course:

From Silence to Song (http://silence2song.blogspot.com/)

Sara Jaye's Project

Hi guys,

I'm trying to figure out a way to post my powerpoint, but until I do, I will copy the text of my script as a comment to this.

Rebecca's Project

Hello All,

Here is the link to my project: https://createpdf.adobe.com/cgi-pickup.pl/nightsweat2.pdf?BP=IE&LOC=en_US&CUS=3fed6a2c78a61c98e2a2b2b3e983fe7f&CDS=45819A76-131D-28262C

Please let me know if anyone has trouble accessing the file.

Kelly's project

Hi all-

My conference paper is here.

See you soon!

Professional Project: Journal Article by Julie R. Enszer

My professional project, a journal article titled, “Uncoupling Lesbians: Kinship, Community, Society, and Liberation,” is available in two downloadable PDF files.

The first contains:

1. Sample Cover Letter
2. List of Potential Journals
3. Abstract
4. Research on Each Journal

It is available here:

http://members.aol.com/jrenszer/WS698SuppMat.pdf

The second contains the article.

http://members.aol.com/jrenszer/UncouplingLesbians.pdf

See everyone in class today!

Samantha's Resturant

I called Samantha's Resturant. We do not need a "formal reservation" even for a large group - I gave them an FYI for 6ish on Thursday, thats all we will need.

Samantha's Resturant
Mexican
631 E. University Boulevard @ Piney Branch
Silver Spring, MD 20901
(301) 445-7300

GOOGLE MAP

http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&lr=&q=samantha%27s&near=Hyattsville,+MD&radius=0.0&latlng=38955833,-76945833,17341596869193865348&sa=X&oi=local&ct=authority

-Mel

presentation day organization: UPDATED

Hi all-

Let's all do our best to NOT go over 15 minutes. Which means we all should practice (as if this were for a "real" conference presentation) and time ourselves. We'll all retain your presentation more readily if it's read clearly and at a reasonable pace. I, for example, know that I can read no more than 8.5 pages in 15 minutes, and that's only if I've practiced enough so that it "flows" comfortably off my tongue.

It seems that, for the moment at least, Blogger's willing to let me post and comment here. Anyone who is having trouble with Blogger can email me-- we can do some of our organizing off the blog and list so Katie doesn't have to keep forwarding stuff. My email is my last name [at] the school email. If you're planning to present, please email me. Maybe we could organize according to readings we're referring to, so tell me who you're examining, too.

Officially at this point, these are the people who I know are presenting:
Sara Jaye
Damion
Gen
Kelly
Mel
Rebecca
Anyone else?

(Laura has opted to do a syllabus instead)

Swap?

If anyone is interested in swapping papers on Wednesday evening for final proofreading purposes (catch all of those nasty missing "r"s in your and other pesky problems), I would love to do that in whatever form might suit someone. I'm planning to be done with my article by 2 p.m. on Wednesday - I'm in class from 3 until 7 p.m. or so, but have the evening to proofread for someone if that would be helpful (and you would do me while I'm doing you, so to speak.)

Julie

Thoughts on Irony

Hi all! Here something I wrote after the class where we discussed the use of irony and its problems in class. I wrote a little about it to clear my mind, but I forgot to post it. In case some of you are interested, here it is.

I remember being introduced first to irony as a political tool in a class I took in my undergraduate degree at the Simone De Beauvoir Institute, where we were discussing the use of Irony as a political tool. More than answers, this topic stimulated a range of questions. In trying to find a definition to irony, I realize that even scholars who use irony as a central concept have a hard time defining it (Diner, 2001; Ferguson, 1993; Hutcheon, 1994). Donna Haraway suggests that : “Irony is about contradictions that do not resolve into larger wholes, even dialectically about the tensions of hording incompatible things together because both or all are necessary and true. Irony is about humor and serious play.”(1991, 149) Similarly, Ferguson posits that it makes its entrance in the gap between what is said and what is meant; what is indicated and what is implied, and in the dynamic space between stability and motion (1993, 30-32). The contrast between the treatment of irony in these earlier texts (drawn from my old coursepack) and the offensive nature of irony in the wrong place at the wrong time¹ as we discussed in class (Halberstam, Perez) only raise more questions: What is the subversive power of irony? Does it depends on the time and place it is activated? How can it link post-colonialism and the bending of boundaries and norms? Does it have to be performed by 'the Other' to be an effective criticism? What happens when privileged bodies perform irony? How can irony account for the material reality of 'Others'? Although Diner (2001, 2002) suggest that it can be an interesting political tool to question the discursive formation of identity since it can play on both positions: “they also inevitably trouble the foundations upon which an imperialist and colonialist sense of self stands firmly in relationship to, and differentiation from, a pure and untouched "Other." In other words, they refuse to play "Other" to a white "Self." Rather, they make a promising mockery out of both positions even as and especially as they refuse to fully give up their own.” (2001, 7 pars) The discussion on irony remains for me an unresolved issue, although I feel that the class discussion has allowed me to reflect more closely on the double edge of this potential political process. I think, as Damien wisely pointed out in class, an important element is the fact that the audience has the right to call the performer on the problematic issues they see, regardless of the intent of the performer.

Work Cited:

Allen, Judith A. and Sally L. Kitch, “Disciplined by Disciplines?: The Need for an Interdisciplinary Research Mission in Women's Studies” Feminist Studies, 24, 2 (Summer 1998):275-300.

Wendy Brown, “The Impossibility of Women's Studies”, Differences 9 (Fall 1997).

Diner, Robyn. “Things to Do with the ‘F-Word’: The Ironic and Unruly Adventures of Liz Phair and Courtney Love.” Canadian Women’s Studies/cahiers de la Femmes 20-21, no. 4 (winter/spring 2002), 76-81.

Diner, Robyn.“Not-So-Exotic Indians: Irony, Identity and Memory in Spiderwoman’s Spectacles.” thirdspace 1 (October), 2002, http://www.thirdspace.ca/articles/diner.thm.

Ferguson, Kathy. The Man Question: Visions of Subjectivity in Feminist Theory. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Friedman, Susan Stanford, “(Inter)Disciplinarity and the Question of the Women=s Studies Ph.D.” Feminist Studies 24, 2 (Summer 1998): 301-325.

Haraway, Donna. Simians, Cyborgs and Women: the Reinvention of Nature. New York: Routledge, 1991.

Hutcheon, Linda. Irony's Edge: The theory and politics of irony. London: Routledge, 1994

King, Katie, “Theorizing Structures of Women's Studies.” Unpublished ms.

May, Vivian, “Disciplinary Desires and Undisciplined Daughters: Negotiating the Politics of a

Women’s Studies Doctoral Education,” NWSA Journal, 14, 1 (2002): 134-59.

Pryse, Marjorie, “Trans/Feminist Methodology: Bridges to Interdisciplinary Thinking”, NWSA Journal 12, 2 (Summer 2000): 105-118.

1It should be said that it is unclear if the event described by both Halberstam and Perez was in fact a display of intentional irony and because of a lack of response on the part of the performer, one can only stipulates on the intent of the performer. Regardless, the discussion in class lead to us to address the mentioned performance as an ironic display of colonial discourse on gay sexuality.