As up right now, my thesis for my paper is ‘Understanding the rigid parameters of socially accepted performances of sex, gender, and sexuality, this project will attempt to demonstrate how individuals define and find themselves within these borders, sometimes breaking through them to do so.‘ and my current outline for the project is (keeping in mind that I haven’t gotten a chance to start the psychical portion for studio portion)
- Visuals
- Photograph individuals
- Open to all backgrounds, no prejudice
- Good amount of people who identify as part of the LGBTQA+ community
- Open to all backgrounds, no prejudice
- Ask them to write one of the following prompts
- Their definition of
- Identity
- Sex
- Gender
- Sexuality
- Their story
- For those who identify as part of the LGBTQA+
- In terms of how their family accepted them coming out
- More geared towards parents/legal guardians
- Did they ever tell you to always stay true to yourself? You can be anything you wanna be? etc?
- In terms of how their family accepted them coming out
- For those who identify as part of the LGBTQA+
- Unconditional love
- Definition
- Do they believe in it?
- Do they feel that from their families?
- More geared towards parents/legal guardians
- Their definition of
- Photograph individuals
- Essay
- Introduce ‘Social Constructionism’
- Colonialism: first conquering (bordering) of a land (Nature/Earth), then conquering (bordering of identities) of its people
- The second step could not happen without the first because the divisions are made to seem natural as a result of the power of man to dominate Nature.
- Colonialism: first conquering (bordering) of a land (Nature/Earth), then conquering (bordering of identities) of its people
- Introduce ‘Identity’
- What does identity mean to me
- Subjectivity
- Introduce ‘Sex’
- Define sex
- Use the Contra-sexuality article
- Sex as a tool/machine
- Introduce ‘Gender’
- Define gender
- Use the gender performativity article by Butler
- Gender as a tool/machine and a performance that is constantly reenacted
- Introduce ‘Sexuality’
- Define sexuality
- Use the Contra-Sexuality Article
- Sexuality as a tool/machine
- Introduce how they are all independent of one another
- Introduce how they do overlap
- Consequences of overlapping
- Intersectionality
- Introduce Consequences of being true to oneself
- Since a young age, told to
- Be whoever we want
- Be true to yourself
- Share my own personal experience
- Since a young age, told to
- Introduce ‘Social Constructionism’