ETS 154 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: My Own Private Idaho, Gus Van Sant, Todd Haynes
2 Dec 2016
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Sex = biologically assigned category of identity that designates one as male/female: may be changed with medical assistance, may involve variations in m/f characteristics. Gender = socially constructed category of indent that designates one as masculine/feminine: there is a variability in gender identity, which means what is masculine and feminine does not stay the same throughout space and time. Reclaimed by certain lgbt communities as a term of empowerment rather than homographic slur. Suggests just how weird sexuality is, regardless of one"s orientation and challenges any. Word? sense of sexual normalcy? (who decides what"s normal) As opposed to terms such as gay, lesbian, transgender or bisexual, queer is an umbrella term for non-normative sexual identities and includes people whose sexual identities is not necessarily exclusive to 1 category. Toronto festival of festivals, sept 1991 (now called toronto international film festival or. Tiff: my own private idaho (gus van sant, rsvp (laurie lynd, edward ii (derek jarman)
