Diagnostic

 
For your diagnostic:

1. Read both "When I Stopped Shopping by Gender, I Fell in Love with Fashion Again” (Vogue) nd “How TikTok Became a Haven for Queer and Questioning Kids” (Vox) from the eReader.
2. Write a 1.5 page response about one of those articles (you decide which one to respond to).
   

Due: Thu 9.26-Tue 9.31 (via Canvas)

 

Sex and Gender in the News 8.18

• Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and husband Chasten announe they've adopted a child (Forbes)
• Actress Mae Whitman, of Good Girls and The Owl House, comes out as pansexual (People)
  
• These female politicians have stayed in Afghanistan despite the return of Taliban rule (NPR)
• Opinion: Republican men, overwhelmingly opposed to a woman's right to choose, suddenly espousing a "my body, my choice" mantra to dodge Covid-19 vaccine mandates (MSNBC)
• Eating disorders surging in teen boys and young men (People)

 

Week 1: Thu 8.19

"I'm sick of sexuality being fluid. I miss the days when
your gays were gay, your straights were straight, and
your bisexuals were lying."

                                                                        —Josh Thomas, Please Like Me

Week 1: Thu 8.19
Class: Syllabus review

Upcoming:

Week 2: Tue 8.24/Thu 8.26
Read: eR—"When I Stopped Shopping by Gender, I Fell in Love with Fashion Again” (Vogue), “How TikTok Became a Haven for Queer and Questioning Kids” (Vox)
Class: Introductions; Lecture—“Crafting the Essay: Writing as a Process”
Due: DIAGNOSTIC