ENGLISH 3AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Heterosexuality, Performativity, Billy Tipton
31 Jan 2017
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Based on the musician billy tipton, who after his death was found to have breasts underneath his clothes. The tragic trans subject who cannot speak but is spoken about when they are dead. Joss moody has died and the information about his private parts has been leaked. The (cid:272)hapte(cid:396) (cid:862)people(cid:863) different one-off characters (the doctor, the man who gets to record the death of moody and the funeral director) These characters only encounter moody after his death. The doctor being present is a formal procedure. The diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)t (cid:374)a(cid:373)es e(cid:373)phasize the i(cid:374)te(cid:396)(cid:272)ha(cid:374)gea(cid:271)ility of o(cid:374)e"s ide(cid:374)tity. Milly has the most as she is milly, millicent macfarlane, mrs. moody, mrs. joss moody. Imitation begins at known terms and identity categories. The categories of oppressive normative ideologies need correction b/c they are pathological. Queer is an identity and the word comes from the shaming of people who identified as being queer.
