{"id":128578,"date":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T23:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writemyessayfree.com\/activismoutreach-letter"},"modified":"2017-08-16T06:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T06:27:28","slug":"activismoutreach-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benedictsol.com\/blogs\/activismoutreach-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"Activism\/Outreach Letter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Write a letter to someone, making a case for something you have learned about in this class with the help of at least three sources from our class readings.<\/p>\n

For example, you might undertake:
\u2022 a critique of a corporation, government, or organization\u2019s practices, directed either at the organization itself or at people who are familiar with it
\u2022 a request for change in the way an institution or organization conducts itself
\u2022 a proposal for a new organization, event, class, or cultural production
\u2022 an explanation of how LGBTQ Studies changes the perspective previously held by a particular individual, group, or institution.<\/p>\n

When I grade your narrative, here is what I will be hoping to see:
\u2022 A clear and persuasive argument. You\u2019re making a case for something, not just reporting your experience in class.
\u2022 An appropriate tone for your audience. If you\u2019re writing to your grandmother, I don\u2019t expect to read the same kind of letter as I would if you were writing to the State of Maryland.
\u2022 Effective integration of examples. Quote your sources conversationally and persuasively, as you would if you were using them in an informal discussion, but include full citation details in a bibliography at the end.
\u2022 A letter that\u2019s the right length to make its case well. If you finish your letter and have not reached the required page length, use the remaining space to write a reflection explaining why you decided to write this letter.<\/p>\n

Nuts and bolts:<\/strong>
\u2022    Length: 2 pages. SINGLE-SPACED. (This is a letter).
\u2022    Submit your finished assignment on ELMS by 9:30 am on the last day of class, Thursday, May 11th. Email and paper submissions will not be accepted except by special agreement.
\u2022    Essays must be in Word (.doc or .docx), RTF, or PDF format. Use Times New Roman or a similar font in 12-point, with 1-inch margins.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Here are a list of the readings from this year:<\/p>\n

Tuesday, January 31st<\/em><\/p>\n

-The Gender Book (ELMS)
-Anne Fausto-Sterling Chapters 1-4 (ELMS)
-Dean Spade\u2019s \u201cPurportedly Gendered Body Parts\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Emily Martin\u2019s \u201cEgg and Sperm\u201d article (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 2nd<\/em><\/p>\n

Hanne Blank\u2014 Straight, Chapter One (ELMS)<\/p>\n

INFO SHEETS DUE<\/p>\n

Recommended: Hanne Blank Intro<\/p>\n

Week Three-Gay and Lesbian Identities and Homophobia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 7th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Jewelle Gomez \u201cSilence is Costly\u201d (ELMS)
-CJ Pascoe \u201cDude, You\u2019re a Fag\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Suzanne Pharr \u201cHomophobia, A Weapon of Sexism\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 9th<\/em><\/p>\n

DTWOF:<\/p>\n

Required: intro, 17-27, 50, 55, 56, 78, 79, 81, 91, 92, 113, 114, 123, 147-149, 155, 157-168,<\/p>\n

Recommended: read as much as you can\/want of 1-184.
Specific pages I would recommend: 17, 18, 21, 22, 24, 27, 37, 74, 90, 94, 95, 96, 109, 124.<\/p>\n

Alison Bechdel\u2019s website is a useful resource for remembering characters<\/p>\n

Week Four-Bisexuality and Pansexuality<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 14th<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Notes from a Bi Revolution, Eisner (ELMS) (Note this is a LONG reading, so give yourself time to complete it all)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Bisexual vs. Pansexual  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online), Eisner Chapter Two<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 16th<\/em><\/p>\n

DTWOF: 184, 188, 191, 192, 194, 197-199, 207, 216, 218, 223<\/p>\n

Week Five- Transgender Identities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 21st<\/em><\/p>\n

Chapter Two from Susan Stryker\u2019s \u201cTransgender History\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Redefining Realness excerpts (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Navigating Masculinity as a Black Trans Man (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online)<\/p>\n

In class: Laverne Cox speech.<\/p>\n

Thursday, February 23rd<\/em><\/p>\n

Julia Serano \u201cDismantling Cisgender Privilege\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

DTWOF: 125, 126, 230<\/p>\n

In class: TransGirlNextDoor: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/<\/p>\n

If you want a pre-view of her work:<\/p>\n

Strangers: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/108760963229
Media: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/108214208434
Adjusting: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/106921336585
Asking: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/107330473434
That Damn Tuck: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/102411924984
Problematic Men: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/99672717489
Happiness: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/96580505064
Catcalling: http:\/\/transgirlnextdoor.tumblr.com\/post\/95662262474<\/p>\n

Recommended: Mutilating Gender by Dean Spade (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Week Six- Queer, Two-Spirit and Asexual Identities<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, February 28th<\/em><\/p>\n

Two-Spirit and Queer Videos (first four of the playlist are required, others recommended) (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Recommended: Janet Mock\u2019s Chapter 8 (ELMS), and \u201cOn Queer Privilege\u201d  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online)<\/p>\n

In class: Group Speed-dating Activity<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 2nd<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 5 Myths about Asexuality (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online)
\u2013 Aven website (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online) Please read the Welcome page, and \u201cOverview\u201d and \u201cGeneral FAQ\u201d under the About Asexuality tab.<\/p>\n

Gender and Sexuality Reflection Due Sunday, March 5th at 5 pm.<\/p>\n

Week Seven- Gay and Lesbian Histories<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 7th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Finding Out, chapters one and two (readings section optional) (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 9th<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Faderman, Butches\/Femmes\/Kiki\u2019s (ELMS)
-In class excerpt from Stone Butch Blues (read aloud)<\/p>\n

Week Eight \u2013Stonewall and Beyond<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 14th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Finding Out Chapters 3 and 4 (ELMS)
-Transgender History Chapter 3 (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 16th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Mia McKenzie \u201cResistance is the Secret of Queer Joy\u201d
-lesbian separatist article (TBD)<\/p>\n

Week Nine-<\/strong>SPRING BREAK-<\/p>\n

Week Ten-AIDS and ACT-UP<\/strong> *content warning for graphic depictions of death and illness*<\/p>\n

Tuesday, March 28th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Reed\u2019s ACT-UP chapter from The Art of Protest (ELMS)
\u2013 Queer America Chapter 7 \u201cFrom Carter to Reagan\u201d and \u201cThe Challenge of AIDS\u201d (elms)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Attend the presentation by Dr. Salvador Vidal-Oritz who will discuss
The Feminist Racial Justice Project of Queer Brown Voices. March 28, 2017, 12-1:30 pm. Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall. (This would count for an Active Engagement Point)<\/p>\n

Thursday, March 30th<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2013 Watch for class \u201cThe Normal Heart\u201d (optional class screening Wed March 29th at 7pm in Talliaferro 0135, the WMST multimedia studio)<\/p>\n

-Read excerpts from Ron Mohring\u2019s \u201cSurvivable World\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Week Eleven- History Projects Due<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 4th<\/em><\/p>\n

No Class\u2014time to do last-minute preparations on projects<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 6th<\/em><\/p>\n

Group Presentations\/Conference<\/p>\n

Final projects due on ELMS: Sunday, April 9th at 5 pm.<\/p>\n

Week Twelve \u2013 Queer Cultural Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 11th<\/em><\/p>\n

NO CLASS\u2014mandatory event Wednesday night\u2014read the following in prep:
-Audre Lorde\u2019s Silence Into Action (ELMS)
\u2013A Queer Musician\u2019s Guide to Being Heard by Be Steadwell (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online)<\/p>\n

MANDATORY: Wednesday, April 12th \u2013BE STEADWELL\u2019s campus visit. (evening)<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 13th<\/em><\/p>\n

-discussion about Be\u2019s visit, Audre Lorde\u2019s reading<\/p>\n

\u2013B Steadwell Youtube Playlist (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>
-class activities<\/p>\n

Week Thirteen-Drag Culture and Beyond Gay Marriage<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 18th<\/em><\/p>\n

Drag King and Drag Queen reading (ELMS)<\/p>\n

DTWOF: 230, 232, 238, 240, 244-245, 254, 262, 263<\/p>\n

Recommended: My Son Loves Drag Races (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (about a 9 year old gender-creative kid who loves ruPaul\u2019s drag race), Watch Paris is Burning<\/strong> on Netflix (we will watch a section in class), RuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/strong> or the Kinsey Sicks on youtube.<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 20th<\/em><\/p>\n

-Calling in a Queer Debt by Mia McKenzie (ELMS)
-Queer Kids Against Queer Marriage (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Their Laws Will Not Make Us Safer\u2014Dean Spade (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Recommended: Friday, April 21st \u2014The Queer Studies Symposium, all day, Tawes Hall.<\/p>\n

Week Fourteen- Black Lives Matter and Orlando *content note: violence\/murder*<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 25th <\/em><\/p>\n

Watch: Tongues Untied (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

(Optional class screening Sunday, April 23rdth at 7 pm, WMST multimedia Studio, Talliaferro 0135)<\/p>\n

A Herstory of Black Lives Matter,  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online)
Why Black Lives Should Matter to All LGBTQ People  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online)
Mia McKenzie\u2019s \u201cTo the Black Queer Kids\u201d (ELMS)<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 27th<\/em><\/p>\n

A Queer Muslim Response to the Shooting,  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online)
What 14 LGBTQ Activists Want You to Know (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online)
Latinx Queer and Trans Activists Explain the Shooting  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(online video)<\/p>\n

Week Fifteen- The Body and Mind<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 2nd<\/em><\/p>\n

-Eli Clare\u2019s \u201cThe Marrow\u2019s Telling\u201d poems (ELMS)
\u2013 Eli Clare\u2019s disability and queerness essay (ELMS) (content note: mentions sexual assault, violence against women, people of color, trans folks)<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 4th<\/em><\/p>\n

Unalterable (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online) (The first link goes to this article published on Autostraddle\u2013I would recommend this because you can also read the comments). (It is also published on Everyday Feminism here (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>, and the text is in smaller chunks which may make it easier to read for some people.)<\/p>\n

Autistic and Queer (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> (online) (Note that Lydia\u2013who is featured here uses \u201cthey\u201d pronouns, not \u201cshe\/her\u201d)<\/p>\n

Recommended: \u201cThe Talk\u201d  (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a>(About an autistic individual\u2019s experience of the body and intimacy)<\/p>\n

Week Sixteen\u2014LGBTQ Children<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 9th<\/em><\/p>\n

Podcast \u201cHow to Be A Girl\u201d (Episode to be announced)
Excerpt DTWOF: 282, 306, 312, 316, 320, 351
A Message From a Ten-Year Old Lesbian, \u201cIn Her Own Words\u201d (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Recommended: \u201cStop Waiting For My Gay Son to Change\u201d (Links to an external site.)<\/span><\/a> \u2013Amelia (whose son came out at age 7). Raising My Rainbow blog (online): \u201cTrust Your Mama Gut\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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