Definitions and Food for Thought

Big thanks to DS and SV for doing such excellent jobs!

Next week, the order of presentations will be SC followed by RE and then JM.

JM asked me to post some definitions on the blog in preparation for next week. JM plans to use some terms like queer, trans, and two spirit as shorthand next week precisely because many words involve exclusion or distortion. For that to make sense, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with terms that may be new to you. As always, we each come to the class with different associations and different vocabularies. You can prepare for next week by checking out the definitions available here, here, here, and here. One term in particular JM will use is discussed here and here, as well as on websites for groups like this one and this one. Oh, and check out this too.

JM would also like you to watch the following video before class. When you do, please think about what Ellen says. JM would like us to think about "what is good about it but also how it might be harmful." JM also asks us to consider, "how we might be able to talk about situations like this in different ways so as to not cause harm."


There may be more to come, so stay tuned!