Week 10
Under the Rigor-mortis paragraph... Does the move of making something "straight" still happen today when people hide their true selves in order to gain something?
What are the limitations of using ephemera as evidence of queer history?
The story talks about how finding a place where someone’s queerness can be displayed is within itself a queer space. How broad or defined can queer spaces be within someone’s life? Can any space be considered queer if someone defines it as a queer space? Could childhood areas be defined as queer space for queer kids/teens or any moment in time?
Why was there limitations on queerness involved with race?
What was the "proof" that was needed to justify someone being a lesbian and not because of the race or where they come from?How does the use of ephemera as a form of queer evidence challenge traditional understandings of historical documentation and truth?
ue to exclusion of butchness within the queer community and its history, how has it affected our perception of gender normativity, especially within the lesbian community now and its history?
We met on Zoom at 2 pm. The people who were present were Dylan, Carmen, and Sidney. Lauren was not present.
