Faculty First Year Seminars 191WG1 - Queer Feminism

This course will provide an introduction to queer feminist thinking. Over the course of the semester we will explore topics such as desire, love, pleasure, monogamy, polyamory, pornography, marriage, friendship, and community. We will begin by looking at different ideas about what ?feminism? and ?queerness? are and ways the relationship between them has been explained and debated. We will use short readings, videos, poems, and mini-lectures to frame our discussions. Some of the big WGSS questions will encounter include: what are feminist studies, queer studies, and trans studies and how are they connected?; what do ?normal? and ?healthy? mean?; how do things like healthcare and inheritance shape relationships?; how are ideas about sex and family connected to other sorts of ideas that often seem to have nothing to do those ?personal? matters?

Freshmen Only