September 11, 2014 - 22:52
Reflect back on this week's discussion of Eli Clare's memoir, applying what you have learned to the current conversation on campus about the admission of trans women. Think about the role that environment plays in creation of the self: What might be the effect, on transwomen, of being welcomed by BMC? What is the effect, on transmen, of being welcomed here? (Feel free to flip the question--what might be the effect on the campus of a larger population of transfolk?) That is, make local the questions we've been exploring in class: What happens when you start identity work with place? What role does environment play in the construction of identity?