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While there were so many great readings this semester (you did an excellent job Tyler), I would highly recommend adding a reading about queer and disability intersection. I felt this was an area that was often overlooked in the class but could be an experience many students would benefit from engaging in. If you want… Continue reading Reading Journal 11 – Dylan Gandy

For my final project, I think I will want to discuss the keyword “Accessibility.” The word kind of jumped out at me when I was looking through the list, and I feel like I could say something really meaningful about the word. I think I might write my final project as a blog post because… Continue reading Reading Journal 9 – Dylan Gandy

My addition to the syllabus would be Tomboy Survival Guide. I think most of the queer experiences focused on and found within the course are from growing up or living in a city or cultural center, while in this work, the experiences come from a small rural town.  Another possible addition to the course I… Continue reading Olivia Ralston – Reading Journal 11

I have chosen the key-word Homosexuality & the DSM (medical discourse) DEFINITION: I think it means the intersectionality of mental health, specifically psychiatry, and how it tends to marginalize and pathologize behaviors of queer communities. More specifically, it refers to how homosexuality used to be a diagnosable mental disorder found in the DSM, which is… Continue reading Olivia Ralston – Journal 10

I have chosen the key-word fetishism. DEFINITION: I think it means the worship of an object as having some sort of value beyond the literal sense. PURPOSE: I intend to create a blog post. An example of this format is any of the multitude of food blogs, travel blogs, lifestyle blogs, etc. across the internet.… Continue reading Reading Journal 10- Emily Zhang

I have chosen the key-word ballroom culture. DEFINITION: Ballroom culture describes the culture surrounding the drag shows that majority Black and brown queer people participated in in New York starting in the 70s and 80s. They are drag performances where people perform different identities such as femme queen, executive realness, and town and country. People… Continue reading Journal 10 – Margarethe Conner

I have chosen the key-word HIV/AIDS. DEFINITION: I think it is a sexually transmitted disease. PURPOSE: I intend to create an infographic. An example of this format is a flyer, and some of the generic conventions of this format are images, data, and graphs. CONTENT: I intend to talk about my key-word in relation to social perception and… Continue reading Reading Journal 10 – Laura Zvinys

After writing most of the essay, I am pretty disappointed and frustrated with how much my writing skill has decreased since freshman year. I would have thought that my writing was going to be more creative and detailed but I feel like I have yet to be great in those skills. The strengths with this… Continue reading Reading Journal 8 – Danny Flores

Around this time, I was able to call my mom and FaceTime her. While I do call her regularly, I hadn’t called her in about 3 weeks because of school work and was really around that time. Calling my mom was something I enjoyed because she is essentially the one that brings me joy. I… Continue reading Reading Journal 7