Feminist/queer

Blog Assignment Instruction

I. Prepare a brief blog post (750-1,000 words) on a topic of your interest that can be tied back to two major concepts/themes of the course.

Here are requirements:

(1) In your blog, you must apply intersectional feminist/queer analysis.

(2) In your blog, tie an “artifact” (current event, campus event, image, song, poem, etc.) to the two major course concepts/themes of your choice (in addition to intersectionality).

(3) Draw from at least four course readings. Make sure to demonstrate full comprehension of the readings you utilize. (This means that you demonstrate a full understanding of the author’s overarching argument and are not simply quoting randomly to fulfill this part of the assignment.)

(4) Find one outside source directly related to the topic you have chosen. The source needs to be scholarly or other reliable source(s). (For example, a news article from an established credentialed news outlet.)

(5) At the end of your blog, provide a list of works cited, using a standard format (Chicago, MLA, etc.) Use parenthetical citations in the main text of your blog. You may consider making hyperlinks to relevant sources or embedding them in the main text of the blog, if that is effective for your argument.

(6) Please give a descriptive title to your essay, and center it above your blog.

(7) Please write down your name and a brief (a couple of sentences) author bio at the end of your blog.

Rubric:

· Selection of the main topic/artifact

· Title

· Intersectionality: Define the concept using at least one course reading

· Intersectionality: Apply the concept to your analysis

· Course Concept #1: Define

· Course Concept #1: Explain relevance to artifact

· Course Concept #1: Use at least one course reading

· Course Concept #1: Go beyond course material (Use scholarly or other reliable sources)

· Course Concept #2: Define

· Course Concept #2: Explain relevance to artifact (2 points)

· Course Concept #2: Use at least one course reading

· Course Concept #2: Go beyond course material (Use scholarly or other reliable sources)

· Original thesis/argument

· Clear and creative presentation of your argument and evidence

· Grammar, syntax; adherence to Chicago, MLA, or APA format

Blog ideas:

· You could report on a current news article of your choosing (summarize, synthesize, analyze and critique).

· You could select a current issue or happening and take a position on how feminist movement should resist, approach, and/or understand this issue.

· You could also select a series of media representation of a specific item and analyze how women, non-binary, and/or LGBTQ folk were represented in the media. Think about, for example, what kinds of stories made the news.

· You could write an open letter to an organization (CDC, Gates Foundation, SFSU, a Zionist organization, Governor, etc.) outlining in a concise way what the issue was, what had been tried to fix it, and what you think should be done.

· Be creative!

the sources
https://aas.princeton.edu/news/black-skin-white-masks-racism-vulnerability-refuting-black-pathology
https://www.ebar.com/news/news//280952
http://bostonreview.net/race/robin-d-g-kelley-what-did-cedric-robinson-mean-racial-capitalism

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