Section outline

  • October 27

    Ongoing Feminist Activism: Gender and Sexual Violence

    Read:    

    ·      Carol Smart, “Rape: Law and the Disqualification of Women’s Sexuality,” 26-49

    ·      Lila Abu-Lughod, Rema Hammami, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian, Laura Charney.  “Feminism and Geopolitics: A Collaborative Project on the Cunning of Gender Violence,” Feminist Studies, Volume 48, Number 3, 2022, pp. 638-654.

    ·      Beth Richie “A Black Feminist Reflection on the Antiviolence Movement” Signs 25:4 (Summer 2000).

    ·      Courtney Bailey. “A Queer #MeToo Story: Sexual Violence, Consent, and Interdependence.” 302-306.

    Optional: watch documentary film CUSP (available on prime and showtime). https://www.cuspthefilm.com/. Library unable to purchase from filmmaker.  Viewing options are: https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/cusp (it is on Amazon Prime for purchase or free with Paramount subscription, on Apple TV, Roku....).