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Art interprets the world We covered a lot of material in this module! We began by learning about how feminist art historians have come to understand the under-representation of women artists in galleries and museums. In a nutshell, feminist art historians have argued that women – and indeed other folks whose life experiences are shapedContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR ART AND ACTIVISM”

Trans and Feminist Solidarities The first parts of this module introduced you to some key concepts in Trans Studies; to transmisogyny in feminist communities and scholarship; to transfeminism; and to Critical Trans Theory. Finally, in the last part of this module we considered some trans experiences of sexuality, including sexual pathologization, sexual objectification, and sexualContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR TRANS”

“Instead of focusing on what the law says about trans people, which is really what the law is saying about itself as a protector of trans people, we should be focused on what systems of law and administration do to trans people and our interventions should aim to dismantle harmful, violent systems such as criminalContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR TRANS”

Belmore’s thirty-year career has always proposed contestations to official histories and dominant narratives. Ellyn Walker, “Resistance as Resilience in the Work of Rebecca Belmore” in Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada, 2017, pp. 136 Born in Northern Ontario in 1960, Rebecca Belmore is a member of the Lac Seul First Nation (Anishinaabe) and aContinue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR ART AND ACTIVISM”

The lesson is organized around a 4 part lecture series on the history of the nude in Western art. The lecture begins with the question, originally posed by the art historian Linda Nochlin, “Why have there been no great women artists?” It’s a question that requires thinking about the ways that women have been excludedContinue reading “BIG IDEAS + LESSON FOR ART AND ACTIVISM”

Introduction This module is divided into four main parts: Before delving into these topics, however, it is helpful to introduce some key terms, borrowed from the introductory chapter of Julia Serano’s Whipping Girl: A transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity (2007). Although we are drawing on Serano’s book for definitions of transContinue reading “BIG IDEAS + LESSON FOR TRANS”

In her essay on Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s lifelong participation in American dress reform, Wrisley reveals that despite her forceful critiques of the social pressure placed on women to conform to expectations around clothing, she was still very much interested in dressing well, and dressing fashionably. This contradiction – or maybe it is just an apparentContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR FASHION AND GENDER”

The authors we read this module help us better understand some of the complexities of sex work. Rose emphasizes making space for a diversity of sex worker experiences and resisting the dominance of the discourse of the injured body of the sex worker. Hunt emphasizes the historical relationship between the Indian Act, colonial stereotypes, andContinue reading “SUMMARY FOR SEX WORK”

The true and reasonable dress means perfect ease and health and beauty of body, with the freedom of motion and increase of power and skill resultant therefrom.  Charlotte Perkins Gilman quoted by Patrick Madden, “Why Women Do Not Reform Their Dress” in Quotidiana, 2008 Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1860-1935) was a white American journalist, author, lecturer,Continue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR FASHION AND GENDER”

The readings assigned for this module address the way that sex work continues to spark intense debate, however, sex workers themselves are largely excluded from these discussions. The texts we will examine today force us to consider why it is that people with sex work experience are generally not included in discussions about sex work,Continue reading “ASSIGNED RESOURCES FOR SEX WORK”