Student Work: gender
On Washing Dishes
It is written that she who does not work shall not eat. Unavoidable as a law of nature, I propose that the inverse is also true; she who eats must wash her dishes. In the course of my (admittedly short) …
Gender Expression for Black Queer Women
How are Willow Smith and Janelle Monáe doing gender expression in their music videos?
On Being Edible
I believe that catcalling serves the double function of allowing the collective chauvinist culture to flex its muscles in the streets in order to keep women in a state of submission, and of allowing individual men to boost their egos by engaging in an activity that gives them a feeling of power.
The Radical Comedy of Fleabag and Get On Your Knees
In their groundbreaking one-woman plays, Phoebe-Waller Bridge and Jacqueline Novak prove that uncensored comedy celebrating female sexuality can find mainstream success.
The Woman Constructed
Language in Martha Rosler's "Semiotics of the Kitchen" and Mary Kelly's "Post-Partum Document"
“It Is Important to Know the Names of Things”
Language in "The Awakening" and "Dept. of Speculation"
OF SLUTS AND LOCKER-ROOM TALK
Apparently, women only had one shot at innocence and overall agency, and Eve had already thrown it away.
EX MACHINA: THE DIRECTOR’S DECISIONS
Is Director Alex Garland aware of how he abuses Kyoko and the impressions that the abuse leaves in the viewer?
DRAG RACE CULTURE
Mainstream drag culture in 2018 could not be further removed from the art form’s roots. How did we get here?