tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post747948066311145517..comments2023-10-03T08:54:50.508-04:00Comments on Bri Ribaj: Halperin's Masculinity Course on How-To-BeB.R.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00224691839509403692noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-16083571319680939162008-01-10T10:25:00.000-05:002008-01-10T10:25:00.000-05:00Gee, upon reading this, I thought I would take thi...Gee, upon reading this, I thought I would take this class without feeling out of place (I'm a girl). I guess this is due to my 'I don't fit in anywhere, therefore, I fit in everywhere' mentality. Afterall, there were men in my Women's Studies class last quarter-nobody looked twice at them being there!EvaDresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502630604741538174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-81448593461123322702008-01-09T23:24:00.000-05:002008-01-09T23:24:00.000-05:00Joanna over at Zeitgeistboheme shared the followin...Joanna over at Zeitgeistboheme shared the following with me today: "Does it presume that only gay male students would or should enroll in the class? I wonder if it will cover "culture" vs. "stereotype." It seems as though it would which is partly what makes identification aspects of gay culture an ambivalent subject for those finding themselves in those contexts. I wonder what's on the syllabus."<BR/>Knowing which primary texts he plans to feature on the syllabus would help me understand the syllabus better.B.R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00224691839509403692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-76971590175513443992008-01-09T20:11:00.000-05:002008-01-09T20:11:00.000-05:00oopsie daisies! I meant to write 'my job here is d...oopsie daisies! I meant to write 'my job here is done' on my earlier comment.... Pardon the extra use of "'s." I hope it didn't vex you too much.<BR/><BR/>I also got a copy of Constructing Masculinity. Will hit you up with comments/?'s when I get done. TTYL.<BR/>-AndyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-46811387111367640572008-01-09T11:26:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:26:00.000-05:00g-ma: nicky,honey, what are you taking this quarte...g-ma: nicky,honey, what are you taking this quarter?<BR/>nicky: g-ma, i'm taking this class called 'how to be gay.'<BR/>gma: well, honey, you've got to learn how to be happy, might as well learn it in school.<BR/><BR/>u like?Nickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051360996540758952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-64820581820082934712008-01-09T11:24:00.000-05:002008-01-09T11:24:00.000-05:00"Liberace Learns How to Drive Lorries?"Ha.This was..."Liberace Learns How to Drive Lorries?"<BR/>Ha.<BR/>This was my sentence of the day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-74731354028083642082008-01-09T10:52:00.000-05:002008-01-09T10:52:00.000-05:00Beware of mega-popular syllabi, eh?By the way, is ...Beware of mega-popular syllabi, eh?<BR/>By the way, is this the guy you wanted to speak at our grad student conference in '04?<BR/>It would have been fun. However, I would still privilege a Chomsky over a Halperin or Butler but that's only because I like my scholars to make sense to me.<BR/>I figure you're laughing now and my job's here is done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-26107526199692604172008-01-09T10:36:00.000-05:002008-01-09T10:36:00.000-05:00Brikena: I realize I could be 'way off the mark' h...Brikena: I realize I could be 'way off the mark' here but isn't Halperin being unFoucaultian here. If nothing else, Foucault stayed away from the urge to comment on the notion that sexual identities are socially/culturally produced.... Or do I remember my Foucault wrong?<BR/>And the 'How to Be Gay' class would perhaps be sth I'd take if I were a graduating senior, was done with my other requirements and wanted to see how a 55-year-old bloke would go about doing the class.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-19288133884653222722008-01-09T10:17:00.000-05:002008-01-09T10:17:00.000-05:00i'd be interested to know what texts he is using. ...i'd be interested to know what texts he is using. also, he mentions show tunes, movies, and marked cultural signs which some tend to associate with alternative orientations. i wonder how he'll manage to scape the stereotype or if he is going to use the stereotype to eventually denude/deconstruct it.<BR/>bottom line: i'd like to see which primary literary texts he is using. broadway musicals are fine and dandy, but i'm actually referring to pieces from the canon.....<BR/>too bombastic a syllabus, by the way. i wouldn't have signed up for it as i can see do contemp. 'texts' on my own. what i need help from Halperin with would be Plato, Aristophanes and some Foucault, not Mamma mia, or Les Mis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-751335156965060433.post-89608650912153753602008-01-09T08:14:00.000-05:002008-01-09T08:14:00.000-05:00I wonder what a course like "Liberace Learns How t...I wonder what a course like "Liberace Learns How to Drive Lorries' would be like.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com