FEM 2110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Julia Serano, Bell Hooks, Mumblecore
6 Apr 2016
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How do you think rape culture is best resisted or contested? (5 points) - 1 out of each pair of questions. B answers don"t link to readings and concepts. A range always make reference to course material. As you study, first review notes from class and consider major themes and questions. Think about the main theoretical tools we used to analyze popular culture, then think about specific cultural trends, examples or cases we focused on. Masculinity and popular culture: change or lack thereof, mumblecore, bro man . Cultural appropriation: snail and caterpillar, pocahontas, bell hooks readings, Femininity and beauty standards: the policing and surveilling of beauty and bodies, body shaming (mean girls), slut-shaming, rape-culture, etc. Happiness scripts and killjoys: sara ahmed, refusal to be made happy by something that is being sold to you. Gaga feminism: jack halberstam, argument of disrupting gender scripts and happiness scripts. Rape culture: slut-shaming, purity myth , enthusiastic consent, sex positivity.
