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( I NTERSECTIONALITY : T HE F INAL F RONTIER )
Imagine it. You’re hanging out on the quad, enjoying the last of Central New York’s warm fall weather when an alien being suddenly appears out of nowhere. The alien introduces herself: “Hello. My name is Star. I represent an interplanetary feminist collective. I’ve come to earth on behalf of the collective to learn about intersectional feminism. Do you know anyone that can help me?” Despite feelings of fear, excitement and confusion, you manage a response: “I can help you with that. I’m learning about intersectionality in my WGS 101 class. I’ll write an essay and teach you what I know.” it should be made up of two parts: description and analysis. To better focus your thoughts, you will exclusively focus on readings assigned between 9/24 and 10/24.
PART ONE: Intersectional Feminism (2 t0 2.5 pages)
Define, describe and discuss intersectionality using ideas and examples found in TWO of the sources listed below. For example, how does intersectionality complicate universal definitions of ‘woman’ and ‘women’s issues’? Does intersectionality only address differences, or can it also help us develop analyses of shared struggles & similarities? Part One of your essay should be about 2.5 pages and must include citations from two of the following sources (assigned readings from 9/24 class):
· “Disability as a New Frontier for Feminist Intersectionality Research” (Hirschmann 2012)
· “Warring on Women: Understanding Complex Inequalities of Gender, Race, Class, and Nation” (Okazawa-Rey 2002)
· “Standing for Women? Which Women? The Substantive Representation of Women’s Interests and the Research Imperative of Intersectionality” (Smooth 2011)
PART TWO: Intersectional Feminist Analyses (2.5 to 3 pages)
Now that you’ve defined and described intersectional feminism, you’ll demonstrate its analytical potential. That is, you’ll put intersectionality into practice by developing an intersectional feminist analysis of ONE of the following topics. Your analysis must include references to THREE different course readings assigned between 9/26 and 10/24.
( Essay Two Assignment )
· Body/Sexual Politics & Representation (9/26, 10/1 & 10/3 assigned readings)
· Sexual Violence & Rape Culture (10/8 & 10/10 assigned readings)
· Reproductive Choice / Reproductive Justice (10/15 & 10/17 assigned readings)
· Work, Welfare & Poverty (10/22 & 10/24 assigned readings)
9/26
· Segal (1998) “Sexual Liberation and Feminist Politics”
· Hill Collins (1995) “Black Sexual Politics”
· Lorde (1997) “Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic As Power”
· Franzway (2016) “The Sexual Politics of Citizenship and Violence”
10/1
· Chernik (1995) “The Body Politic”
· Rajan (2013) “Fragmented Self: Violence and Body Image among South Asian American Women”
10/03
· Martynuska (2016) “The Exotic Other: Representations of Latina Tropicalism in U.S. Popular Culture”
· Leng (2013) “Calling on All ‘Dragon Ladies,’ ‘China Dolls,’ and ‘Lotus Blossoms’: The Need for Asian American Feminism”
· Griffin (2015) “Olivia Pope As Problematic And Paradoxical”
10/08
· Moor (2010) “She Dresses to Attract, He Perceives Seduction: A Gender Gap in Attribution of Intent to Women’s Revealing Style of Dress and its Relation to Victim Blaming the Victims of Sexual Assault”
· Bedera & Nordmeyer (2015) “‘Never Go Out Alone’: An Analysis of College Rape Prevention Tips”
· Mantilla (2013) “Gendertrolling: Misogny Adapts to New Media”
10/10
· Freedman (2013) “Redefining Rape”
· Lindsey (2015) “Post-Ferguson: A ‘Herstorical’ Approach to Black Violability”
· Smith (2003) “Not an Indian Tradition: The Sexual Colonization of Native Peoples”
10/15
· Gerber Fried (2000) “Abortion in the United States: Barriers to Access”
10/17
· Jesudason & Kimport (2013) “Decentering the Individual and Centering Community”
· Levi (2006) “Doing What Is Medically Necessary”
· Pugh, Desai, Ferguson, Stöckl & Heidari (2017) “Not without a fight: standing up against the Global Gag Rule, Reproductive Health Matters”
· Acker (2009) “From Glass Ceiling To Inequality Regimes”
· Crunkista (2017) “Does This Make Me Look Latina?”
· England (201) “The Gender Revolution: Uneven and Stalled”
Required Essay Components:
1. Develop a descriptive introduction to intersectional feminism; descriptive essay writing involves painting a picture of the person, place, or thing you’re writing about. For this essay, intersectional feminism is the thing — the idea — that you’ll paint a picture of.
2. Your description must make substantive use of TWO readings listed under Part One of the assignment. How do the authors define intersectionality? What components do they identify as important? What arguments do they advance in support of intersectionality? What information is revealed by the authors use of intersectionality?
3. Develop an intersectional analysis of ONE topic listed in Part Two; include quotations from THREE readings assigned between 9/26 and 10/24
Grading Criteria:
· Required essay components are adequately & accurately addressed
· Use of course readings (limited to readings assigned between 9/24 & 10/24); do the quotes accurately represent the authors ideas? Do the quotes serve a descriptive or analytical purpose?
· Organization, structure & grammar: logical, cohesive flow of ideas; thesis, topic sentences and transitions; punctuation, spelling, sentence structure & proper citation format
· 5 full, double-spaced pages; 1 inch margins; include page numbers
Citation Example:
“To acknowledge that conversations about race were difficult is altogether different from claiming that there were no such conversations” (Evans 2015: 144).