Chapter 1: Introduction
“Foucault Explained with Hipsters”
http://binarythis.com/2013/05/21/foucault-explained-with-hipsters/
“Judith Butler Explained with Cats”
http://binarythis.com/2013/05/23/judith-butler-explained-with-cats/
“Michel Foucault on ‘Pleasure Vs. Desire’”
“LGBTQrstuv: Bisexuality & Transgender – John Corvino”
“The Wonderfully Terrible and Awfully Wacky World of the Jumbles: An experiment in staging queer theory/ies”
Full “Jumbles” skit
Berlant, L. & Warner, M. (1998). Sex in public. Critical Inquiry, 24 (2), 547–566.
Bérubé, A. (2011). How gay stays white and what kind of white it stays. In A. Berube (Ed.), My desire for history: Essays in gay, community and labor history (pp. 202–230). Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Cerankowski, K., & M. Milks (Eds.). (2014). Asexualities: Feminist and queer perspectives.New York, NY: Routledge.
Johnson, E.P. (2005). “Quare” studies or (almost) everything I know about queer studies I learned from my grandmother. In E.P. Johnson & M.G. Henderson (Eds.), Black queer studies (pp. 124–157). Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Stein, E. (1999). The mismeasure of desire: The science, theory and ethics of sexual orientation. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Social Scientific vs. Critical/Cultural Approaches
Read the following articles from Journal of Homosexuality:
Fisher, D., Hill, D., Grube, J., & Gruber, E. (2007). Gay, lesbian, and bisexual content on television: A Quantitative analysis across two seasons. Journal of Homosexuality, 52, 167–188.
Hilton-Morrow, W., & Battles, K. (2011). Between a rock and a slippery slope: Negotiating the intersections of religion and sexuality on network television’s The Book of Daniel, 58, 355–381.
Which approach (social scientific or critical/cultural) does each article take? What type of questions do they ask? What methods do they use to answer their questions? What are their conclusions? What assumptions about the relationship between media and identity can be found in each?
Fifty Shades of Grey and the charmed circle
Originating as fan fiction related to Twilight, best-selling e-book Fifty Shades of Grey tells the story of a BDSM relationship between young college graduate and BDSM novice, Anastasia Steele, and rich, powerful businessman, Christian Grey. The 2015 release of a movie version sparked a great deal of commentary criticism centering on the nature of the relationship between the two protagonists, including calls in various countries to ban the film.
Read some of the linked sources below and consider how the concept of the charmed circle can help us make sense of deviant forms of heterosexuality.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jan/31/fifty-shades-of-grey-film-sex-sam-taylor-johnson
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/15/fifty-shades-of-grey-observer-film-review
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/23/pain-gain
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/11/kink-experts-critique-fifty-shades_n_6662350.html