Redefining Masculinity

For today's discussion of hegemonic masculinity we will watch and discuss this video featuring Justin Baldoni from Jane the Virgin. Please use the comments section to ask any questions you have about concepts from the readings that we don't have time for in class. Meanwhile, this story provides more data for Gans' analysis of class mobility for African-Americans.

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#WhyIStayed and intersectional intimate partner violence narratives

The National Coalition Against Domestic Violence compiles facts about the prevalence of DV in the United States, including these statistics . Gendered violence must be examined through a lens of intersectionality if we are to have more compassionate communication about victim/survivors, as well as abusers. We read Rosemary Clark 's 2016 essay from Feminist Media Studies about hashtag activism in the context of domestic violence. Below is a short news clip about one of the viral stories that ignited the #WhyIStayed online movement. Here or on the Scholar Discussion Board be prepared to discuss one of the following questions: 1. How is intimate partner violence an important issue for gender/race/class and feminist discussion? 2. What dominant discourses exist around DV? 3. How does hashtag activism invite intersectional feminist organizing? 4. What outcomes did #WhyIStayed lead to? Please note, this is not optional. All students are required to post a comment or...

Contemporary Families Part Two

32. “Loving Across Racial Divides,” Amy Steinbugler In spite of dramatic positive shifts in public attitudes toward racial intermarriage, only a small percentage of people in the United States date and marry across racial lines. Steinbugler’s research explores the ways that race impacts daily life for interracial couples, finding that racism continues to shape everyday life in three primary ways. First, because of racial neighborhood segregation, many interracial couples face challenges of belonging and ease in residential spaces. Second, in spite of intimate relationships, interracial couples may not share the same perspectives on race and racism: White partners in interracial relationships can reflect the attitudes of many White Americans who question the scope and severity of contemporary racism. Finally, interracial couples sometimes reflect the power of racial-gender stereotypes within their relationships. Some highlights: Current public attitudes toward racial ...

Black Feminism and Hashtag Activism

53. “(Re)Imagining Intersectional Democracy from Black Feminism to Hashtag Activism,” Sarah J. Jackson Sarah J. Jackson - #Hashtag Activism: The Rise and Influence of Networked Counterpublics from Engagement Lab on Vimeo . Jackson writes about the intersectional lessons of the Black Lives Matter movement, which can be traced to the legacy of the larger Black freedom movement and also to the more recent work of millennial Black activist organizations like the Dream Defenders and the Black Youth Project 100. These recent movements have been created or heavily influenced by Black feminist principles. Millennial movements have eschewed the respectability politics that guided the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s and have worked instead to center the voices, experiences, and knowledge of those most often at the margins. Black Lives Matter, founded by Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, and Patrisse Cullors, has insisted on radical intersectionality: Garza writes that the org...

Communicating Gender, Race, and Class: 2020

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