Tags: discourse/language, gender, lgbtq, sex/sexuality, fag discourse, homophobia, hip hop, Identity politics, masculinity, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2009 Length: 3:37 Access: YouTube Summary: This clip presents witty commentary from Bryan Safi about the emergence and popularity of the phrase "no homo" in hip hop music. Safi takes aim at artists like Cam'ron and Lil Wayne and suggests that their need to use this phrase in order to establish themselves as heterosexual men is ridiculous. The clip is a nice follow-up to reading Dude, You're a Fag, where C.J, Pascoe argues that through a "fag discourse" boys effectively police the boundaries of masculinity. Students can be encouraged to consider how the phrase is deployed as a part of an interactive process between men which renders homosexuality an abject identity. Note that this clip works well in tandem with a second short clip by Jay Smooth, which similarly draws attention to the emergence and use of the phrase "no homo." Submitted By: Jessica Holden Sherwood
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Tags: foucault, knowledge, lgbtq, sex/sexuality, theory, asexuality, identity politics, queer theory, wilchins, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2010 Length: 3:48 Access: Kickstarter.com Summary: This is a promotional clip intended to raise money to complete a documentary film about asexuality. The clip's description explains that while the asexuality movement was inspired by the LGBT movement of the 1960s, some members of the asexual community are hesitant about being a part of the broader LGBT community. The filmaker poses the question: Can asexuals--members of a group who have rejected sex--be members of the sex-positive pride march? This clip might be useful in a class on the sociology of sexuality or gender, as it wrestles very directly with the topic of identity politics. The clip might also work well as an accompaniment to Foucault's The History of Sexuality or Wilchins' excellent primer, Queer Theory, Gender Theory. Using this clip, one could ask students to reflect on the way sexual identities, which scarcely existed 200 years ago, are now a primary means by which people politically organize themselves. The clip would work well with another short promotional film called "The Bi-deology Project," which similarly argues that bisexuality is an identity that needs to be recognized. Submitted By: Lester Andrist Tags: Inequality, lgbtq, prejudice/discrimination, marriage/family, sex/sexuality, same sex marriage, marriage equality, 06 to 10 mins Year: 2010 Length: 6:38 Access: YouTube Summary: This is a compilation of interview questions between Fox News host Chris Wallace and conservative lawyer, Ted Olson, who represented Bush in Bush v. Gore. He appeared on Fox News to discuss his recent victory in overturning Prop 8, which banned same-sex marriage. Throughout this compilation, Olson defends marriage equality (i.e. same sex marriage) against several common conservative critiques, and stresses marriage as a right upheld by the constitution. Submitted By: Paul Dean Tags: foucault, lgbtq, media, sex/sexuality, Identity politics, queer theory, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2010 Length: 0:47 Access: current.com Summary: This clip presents sarcastic commentary from Bryan Safi about the Wall Street Journal's coverage of the nomination of Elena Kagan for Supreme Court Justice. Her sexuality has come under question and the Wall Street Journal ran a picture of Kagan playing softball, presumably to imply that Kagan is a lesbian. Safi makes the observation that the Wall Street Journal is talking around the issue and not directly addressing the issue. Safi's charge is that the Wall Street Journal is uncritically participating in the politics of sexual identity and failing to analyze the deeper question of why and how a lesbian identity is being used as a basis for political exclusion. This clip might be useful to instructors who are teaching Foucault's The History of Sexuality. Submitted By: Lester Andrist Tags: children/youth, discourse/language, emotion/desire, foucault, gender, lgbtq, marriage/family, religion, sex/sexuality, social construction, discipline, heteronormative, femininity, masculinity, norms, socialization, purity ball, virginity pledge, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2008 Length: 1:23 Access: YouTube Summary: This clip describes and visually portrays an example of a purity ball, a formal ritual/party in which girls take a purity pledge (a.k.a. "virginity pledge") in front of their family and friends and, most prominently, they make this pledge to their fathers. I use this clip when introducing Foucault to my students, and I ask them how Foucault might make sense of purity balls and virginity pledges as a social and cultural phenomenon. Submitted By: Valerie Chepp Tags: biology, bodies, children/youth, gender, lgbtq, marriage/family, sex/sexuality, social construction, sex reassignment surgery, socialization, subtitles/CC, 21 to 60 mins Year: 2001 Length: 24:00 Access: no online access Summary: This lighthearted and poignant documentary profiles three sisters, ages 6, 9 and 11, struggling to understand why and how their Uncle Bill is becoming a woman. These girls love their Uncle Bill, but will they feel the same way when he becomes their new Aunt Barbara? With just weeks until Bill's first visit as Barbara, the sisters navigate the complex territories of anatomy, sexuality, personality, gender and fashion. Their reactions are funny, touching, and distinctly different. This film offers a fresh perspective on a complex situation from a family that insists there are no dumb questions (description from the film's website). Submitted By: Valerie Chepp Dave Zirin discusses controversy surrounding Caster Semenya Tags: biology, bodies, foucault, gender, intersectionality, lgbtq, media, prejudice/discrimination, race/ethnicity, sex/sexuality, social construction, sports, caster semenya, norms, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2009 Length: 3:44 Access: YouTube Summary: Interview and commentary with Dave Zirin, sports writer for "The Nation." Zirin discusses the case of South African runner, Caster Semenya, whose gender was called into question after her victory at the 2009 World Championships. This clip is useful for talking about the social construction of sex and gender, and the pervasive discomfort around - indeed "disciplining" of - bodies that do not neatly "fit" into clear sex and gender categories. Submitted By: Valerie Chepp Tags: art/music, bodies, children/youth, discourse/language, gender, lgbtq, social construction, poetry, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2009 Length: 2:45 Access: YouTube Summary: This poem from Brave New Voices is performed by two young women from Philadelphia. The poem is useful for introducing students to discussions of transgenderism, as well as for talking about the ways in which language constructs our social experiences (the term "hir" is the gender-neutral pronoun that replaces either "her" or "his"). Submitted By: Valerie Chepp Tags: consumption/consumerism, gender, lgbtq, marketing/brands, media, sex/sexuality, social construction, theory, masculinity, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2009 Length: 0:33 Access: YouTube Summary: This commercial for Pepsi Max, marketed as the first diet cola for men, demonstrates how masculinity (and by implication, femininity) is constructed in western culture. Unlike the consumption of traditional diet cola which suggests a concern over one's figure and a willingness to sacrifice flavor in exchange for fewer calories (i.e., appropriately "feminine" concerns), the taste of Pepsi Max is the first diet cola that is flavorful (i.e., potent/powerful) enough for men. To demonstrate men's ability to handle most anything besides the taste of traditional diet cola, this clip portrays men claiming their tolerance for pain in the face of extraordinarily painful - and dangerous - events. Significantly, this unrealistic tolerance for pain is asserted exclusively by men in the presence of other men. This clip is useful for exemplifying Connell's concept of hegemonic masculinity and Kimmel's concept of masculinity as homophobia. Submitted By: Valerie Chepp Tags: bodies, crime/law/deviance, discourse/language, foucault, gender, knowledge, lgbtq, religion, science/technology, sex/sexuality, social construction, theory, discipline, norms, power, 00 to 05 mins Year: 2010 Length: 3:29 Access: YouTube Summary: This short clip summarizes the main arguments of Foucault's "The History of Sexuality" in a playful song/music video format. Submitted By: Valerie Chepp |
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