Mixed feelings, mostly positive, interested, intrigued, bothered, annoyed. As you say in your post, they didn't know that much about HIV/AIDS and they were truly interested and surprised by the reflections about cancer and illness, we had a good conversation about this. They still struggle with performativity and how it works, in spite of being in the last year of the Sociology degree and been taught already about this (Goffman and Butler) we had a good exchange about the implications of first person claims as well. Some disquiet about feeling interpellated as "heterosexuals" for some of them ("What should we do if we want to do things right, are we forced to take the whole patriarchy and heteronormativity package"), and some further explanations about heterosexuality, again, and why it is not just sex (they have already worked on this in their gender classes but it is still hard to grasp or easy to forget). It was good, we will go back to Sedgwick and queer, I read your post to them, and they appreciate it, I'm glad you wrote it. Wish you a good weekend
This was fantastic.
"Alphabet Mafia"!! <smirk, snicker, laugh out loud>
I love “Alphabet Mafia” a lot. I even have zero desire to theorize it. It’s simply fun.
This is everything — thank you.
Thanks for reading!
Thank you
Had a class yesterday abour this Sedgwick text, will tead your post to my students today
I wonder how students are responding to Sedgwick now.
It's history, yes. But also very much present. Thank you for continuing to teach her!
Mixed feelings, mostly positive, interested, intrigued, bothered, annoyed. As you say in your post, they didn't know that much about HIV/AIDS and they were truly interested and surprised by the reflections about cancer and illness, we had a good conversation about this. They still struggle with performativity and how it works, in spite of being in the last year of the Sociology degree and been taught already about this (Goffman and Butler) we had a good exchange about the implications of first person claims as well. Some disquiet about feeling interpellated as "heterosexuals" for some of them ("What should we do if we want to do things right, are we forced to take the whole patriarchy and heteronormativity package"), and some further explanations about heterosexuality, again, and why it is not just sex (they have already worked on this in their gender classes but it is still hard to grasp or easy to forget). It was good, we will go back to Sedgwick and queer, I read your post to them, and they appreciate it, I'm glad you wrote it. Wish you a good weekend