Category: Identity
Fame and Body Politics: The Question of Coherent A...
Posted by Tamia Fowlkes | Aug 16, 2021 | Identity | 0
The Pop Feminist Poetry of Saâda Bonaire
Posted by Christina Keyser | Jul 24, 2021 | Identity | 0
Race and Identity: Power Plays in Communication an...
Posted by Tamia Fowlkes | Jul 23, 2021 | Identity | 0
IDENTITY IN ART: THE TRUTHS WITHIN SELF-PORTRAITS
Posted by Lily Pickart | Jul 7, 2021 | Identity, Truth | 0
Gopi Shankar Madurai: Understanding LGBTQIA Rights in India
Gopi Shankar Madurai is one of the youngest and first openly intersex and genderqureer politicians in India. Ze uses neopronouns and was instrumental in outlawing forced selective sex surgeries on infants in Tamil Nadu, India, with India being home to an estimated 20 million intersex people.
Read MoreCarole laFavor’s Evil Dead Center
This is a review of Carole laFavor’s book, Evil Dead Center. laFavor was an Ojibwe two-spirit nurse, writer, and activist who led the struggle for indigenous people, especially women, suffering with AIDs to be recognized and given proper care. This 1997 novel was the second book in her Red Earth Series of mystery novels, which would never be completed due to her death from HIV/AIDs complications in 2011. The books were nearly lost to obscurity but received a second life when republished by the University of Minnesota Press in 2017, bringing to light her well-crafted stories for any fan of genre fiction.
Read MoreLucianne Walkowicz
In the arena of astronomy, Lucianne Walkowicz is a nonbinary astronomer with the Adler Planetarium in Chicago who studies ethical concerns surrounding space exploration, like the topic of their recent Ted Talk, which concerns the need to shift focus away from Mars exploration as a “backup planet” for Earth. Likewise, they study the factors that come together to make planets suitable for life and star-related phenomena.
Read MoreRoadmap to Pandemic Resiliency
Vi Hart is an incredibly talented mathematician with a large body of published work on topics such as mathematics in music, virtual reality, and nature.
Read More“Being a Trans Mathematician: A Q&A with Autumn Kent”
Autumn Kent is a trans mathematician and a professor in the department of mathematics at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She specializes in the mathematics of topology and geometry and has published a little over 2 dozen papers on these topics, which you can read at www.math.wisc.edu/~kent.
Read MoreEva Kittay – “Dependence”
“If we manage dependence, we acknowledge its presence in our lives, select and optimize the opportunities that such acknowledgment makes possible, and can better detect and protect against the fault lines that are part and parcel of our condition as dependent beings.
In its name we can demand a reordering of priorities and an assertion of entitlements that are our due, not because we can be independent and productive, but because our value derives from the chain of dependent relations that make all our lives possible. Bringing this understanding into the lifeblood of society can be a precious contribution from the community of disabled people.”
Read MoreAnne Carson’s Pronoun Envy
“PRONOUN ENVY” POEM BY ANNE CARSON (2014) Read Here “Anne Carson, Autobiografia del Rosso,...
Read MoreSam Pickart Photography
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
SAM PICKART PHOTOGRAPHY Personal Instagram Here Queers of New York Instagram Here Known for his...
Read MoreDanez Smith Reads From Their Collection
DANEZ SMITH READS FROM THEIR COLLECTION, DON’T CALL US DEAD This video is a reading from Danez...
Read MoreEteri Chkadua’s Powerful Alter Egos
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
ETERI CHKADUA’S POWERFUL ALTER-EGOS Artist Webpage Here Learn More Here Eteri’s portraits of...
Read MoreIn a Word: Trans
In A Word: Trans View Kickstarter Here “trans” by penguincakes is licensed under CC...
Read MoreI’m a Genderfluid Activist and Here’s How I Fight Back
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
I’M A GENDERFLUID ACTIVIST. HERE’S HOW I FIGHT BACK In their TED Talk, Jeffrey Marsh unpacks their...
Read MoreStudio Ghibli
STUDIO GHIBLI: HOW CLOTHING SHAPES IDENTITY Mina Le is a fashion YouTuber who also has some great...
Read MoreThe Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
THE REDUCTIVE SEDUCTION OF OTHER PEOPLE’S PROBLEMS Read Here Exotic problems in exotic locations...
Read MoreStories of Asian and Asian-American Women
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
STORIES OF ASIAN AND ASIAN-AMERICAN WOMEN: SHIFTING THE NARRATIVE This panel discussion...
Read MoreBerlin Film Festival 2021 in Review
“BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL 2021 REVIEW: GENDERATION ★★★1/2 Read Here Self portrait with nail polish,...
Read MoreAfro Italian Artists Speak on Citizenship, Activism, and Politics
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
AFRO-ITALIAN FEMINISTS SPEAK: ON CITIZENSHIP, ACTIVISM AND POLITICS View Panelist Discussion Here...
Read MoreIs There Something Special About The Way Women Do Philosophy?
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
IS THERE SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT THE WAY WOMEN DO PHILOSOPHY, OR IS THAT JUST ANOTHER ESSENTIALIST...
Read MoreJustin Baldoni’s Why I’m Done Trying to be Man Enough
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
JUSTIN BALDONI’S WHY I’M DONE TRYING TO BE MAN ENOUGH A great look into how dismantling toxic...
Read MoreThe Philosophy of Early Motherhood
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
THE PHILOSOPHY OF EARLY MOTHERHOOD: INTERVIEW WITH FIONA WOLLARD Read Here Learn More Here Fiona...
Read MoreLoose Canon
LOOSE CANON: THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST This video comes from Lindsay Ellis’ cultural criticism...
Read MoreI’m Not an Imposter (I think)
I’M NOT AN IMPOSTER (I THINK) I love Tiana Sao’s videos especially because of her dry sense of...
Read MoreJulia Keshe on Depressive Realism
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
JULIA KESHE ON DEPRESSIVE REALISM Read Here I don’t endorse Keshe’s ideas here, but I think this...
Read MoreWhat History Reveals About the Rise of Anti-Feminist Women
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
WHAT ART HISTORY REVEALS ABOUT THE RISE OF ANTI-FEMINIST WOMEN Read Here Learn More Here In this...
Read MoreAnger, According to Mrs.
by Lily Pickart | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
ANGER, ACCORDING TO MRS. BY REBECCA DUNHAM Read Here A phenom on the page with sharp wit and...
Read MoreMai: Feminism and Visual Culture
by Christina Keyser | Mar 7, 2022 | Identity | 0
MAI: FEMINISM AND VISUAL CULTURE Read Here A non-hierarchical journal open to multivalent feminist...
Read MoreYou Look at us like Insects
“YOU LOOK AT US LIKE INSECTS” – A CONVERSATION BETWEEN FILMMAKERS JEAN ROUCHE AND OUSMANE SEMBÈNE...
Read MoreFame and Body Politics: The Question of Coherent Autonomy for Black Women in Professional Sports
by Tamia Fowlkes | Aug 16, 2021 | Identity | 0
Fame and Body Politics: The Question of Coherent Autonomy for Black Women in Professional Sports...
Read MoreThe Pop Feminist Poetry of Saâda Bonaire
by Christina Keyser | Jul 24, 2021 | Identity | 0
“Well, we don’t understand ourselves as feminists and we’re not militant either. We only tell stories that happen to us every day. The songs are about things that happen to everyone and we want to at the most convey a message to the women who read these texts, about our difficulties and how we cope with them.” — Saada Bonaire
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