Author Archives: pflegers

Western human nature is a product of social technology that reproduces the equation “nature = heterosexuality” on our bodies, architectures, and discourses. The heterosexual system is an epistemic regime and social apparatus that produces femininity and masculinity and operates by dividing and fragmenting the body: it cuts out organs and generates zones of high senseContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR GLOBAL SEXUALITIES”

[Feminism] brings to mind loud acts of refusal and rebellion as well as the quiet ways we might have of not holding on to things that diminish us. It brings to mind women who have stood up, spoken back, risked lives, homes, relationships in the struggle for more bearable worlds. Sara Ahmed, Living a FeministContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR FEMINIST FUTURES”

Leila J. Rupp is a historian, feminist, and professor of Feminist Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She is an alumna of Bryn Mawr College, a member of the well-known Seven Sisters women’s colleges in the US, where she received her Ph.D. in history. Together with Verta Taylor and Nancy Whittier, Rupp isContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR GLOBAL SEXUALITIES”

In this assigned chapter—the concluding chapter to her 2012 book Feminisms Matter—Victoria Bromley describes the ways in which gender inequalities continue to impact women’s lives. Her focus is on violence against women, reproductive rights, paid and unpaid work, and broad feminist struggles for equality. Though the chapter emphasizes how inequality persists in Canada and theContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR FEMINIST FUTURES”

The Orient, once conceived in Foucault’s ars erotica and Said’s deconstructive work as the place of original release, unfettered sin, and acts with no attendant identities or consequences, now symbolizes the space of repression and perversion, and the site of freedom has been relocated to western identity. Jasbir K. Puar, Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in QueerContinue reading “BIG IDEAS + LESSON FOR GLOBAL SEXUALITIES”

Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing. Arundhati Roy, Confronting Empire, 2003 Visionary thinking has often been central to feminist scholarship, literature, and activism. Take for instance the world making gesture that drives Christine de Pisan’s The Book of the City ofContinue reading “BIG IDEAS + LESSON FOR FEMINIST FUTURES”

Reproduction through an Intersectional Lens This module has explored a central concern of feminist scholars and activists: reproductive justice. Along the way we have discussed the concept of birth in feminist philosophy as well as the history of the abortion debate in Canada. As we saw, women of colour collectives have developed the concept ofContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE”

If there’s one thing I want to be when I grow up, it’s a Disney princess. . . Between the glamorous dresses and the dashing person that comes and sweeps you off your feet, what’s not to love. . .? Until that dream comes true, at least we can rewatch our favorite Disney princess movies.Continue reading “SUMMARY FOR FAIRY TALES”

Fanny Söderbäck is a feminist philosopher who has written extensively on the topic of birth. In the first assigned reading for this module, she gives an overview of birth as a keyword in feminist theory and politics. Söderbäck’s essay discusses a number of feminist philosophical engagements with the topic of birth as well as theContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE”

. . .the feelings of love and happiness we associate with Disney Princess films bind us to particular representations of femininity. Julie Garlen and Jennifer Sandlin, “Happily (N)ever After” in Feminist Media Studies, vol. 17, 2017, pp. 959 The article that we’re reading for this module was published in an issue of the feminist scholarlyContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR FAIRY TALES”