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The activity I did was experimenting with makeup products. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not the best at it but, the act allows me to take some time to focus on myself and try out different beauty looks. I don’t typically go outside in my looks (because I’m a little nervous too) however, I typically… Continue reading Reading Journal – Prompt 7

(GENRE ANALYSIS & MUSIC) “Love Drought” is a song by Beyoncè that was released on her album “Lemonade” in 2016. The song was produced by Beyonce herself, along with producers Kevin Cossom and Hit-Boy. The song is also a mid-tempo ballad that features a piano-driven instrumental and introspective lyrics that explore themes of love, relationships,… Continue reading Reading Journal- Prompt 3

“There’s a word Trevor once told me about, one he learned from Buford, who served in the navy in Hawaii during the Korean War: kipuka. The piece of land that’s spared after a lava flow runs down the slope of a hill—an island formed from what survives the smallest apocalypse. Before the lava descended, scorching… Continue reading Reading Journal 13

Coming into this class I viewed queer reading as a noun: understanding historical context, reading queer novels, and analyzing how queer people and culture was viewed in all forms of media is how I interacted with a queer reading. While I believe that these are all still true understandings of queer reading, this course helped… Continue reading Reading Journal 14

A novel that I would like to recommend is “Real Queer America: LGBT Stories from Red States” by Dr. Samantha Leigh Allen, who received her Ph.D. in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies with a Psychoanalytic Studies certificate from Emory University. The book details personal stories and an overall look into queer communities in red states.… Continue reading Reading Journal 11

How would you define “queerness”? Is it the state of simply being “not straight” or something more complex, like challenging the mainstream normative notions of gender and sexuality? The former definition can be very restrictive because a) it places more focus on sexuality and does not include non-normative gender identities as well and b) it… Continue reading Queerness: From the West to the Rest

I came into this class expecting to learn mostly about queer literature and stories, and while a big portion of class was spent doing exactly that, I thought it interesting how a lot of the course schedule was spent developing a sense of “reading” rather than just reading on your own. In texts, we read… Continue reading Reading Journal 14 – Chris Cardenas

I chose this meme above that has been circling all over TikTok these past few weeks. In this picture, we see a young boy (playing a character in the Disney Channel TV series A.N.T. Farm) who is apparently being interviewed by someone. What makes the meme so “memeable” is the pose that the boy adopts,… Continue reading Reading Journal 12 – Chris Cardenas

I have chosen the key-word Ballroom Culture. DEFINITION: I think it means: a queer sub-culture that can be pinpointed in time at the start of concern and growth queer liberation ideologies and has grown in influence throughout time, developing a plethora of cultural phenomena both within and outside of queer spaces, and comprised of Black… Continue reading Reading Journal 10 – Chris Cardenas

TEXT CHOSEN: SINNER GET READY – Lingua Ignota DESCRIPTION/SUMMARY: Here is what this text means to me: A jarring and at time repulsive sound of eclectic instrumentation and haunting lyrics, the album SINNER GET READY is one of those albums I could not shake out of my head for many reasons. I am obsessed with… Continue reading Prompt 5 – Chris Cardenas