In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
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In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
Season 1, Episode 12: On the “Truth of Biological Sex”
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7 months ago
Season 1, Episode 12: On the “Truth of Biological Sex”
We will continue exploring the assumptions that underlie ‘woke gender ideology.’ This particular episode will focus on the purported ‘biological reality of sex’ as defined by the Trump administration’s Executive Order ‘Defending Women from Gender Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government.’ More specifically, we will explore how a scientifically inaccurate understanding of biological sex is leveraged in anti-gender and anti-trans political efforts.
Feminist Professor
In this episode, we will launch the first of three conversations on masculinities with Dr. Suzanne Ashworth. We will discuss why masculinities should be understood as plural even though our culture seems to ignore all but the most dominant and idealized version of it. We will also discuss boyhood and the ways in which mainstream culture begins to ‘boy’ our boys in the direction of emotional indifference and cruelty. Throughout the three-part series, we will constantly return to the questions: what does masculinity feel? And what more might masculinity feel?
SHOW NOTES
The following texts were cited in this episode:
Masculinities (R.W. Connell): https://www.ucpress.edu/books/masculinities/paper
Guyland: The Perilous World Where Boys Become Men (Michael Kimmel): https://www.amazon.com/Guyland-Perilous-World-Where-Become/dp/0060831359
Deep Secrets: Boys’ Friendships and the Crisis of Connection (Niobe Way): https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674072428
Perverse Feelings: Poe and American Masculinity (Suzanne Ashworth): https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/perverse-feelings-9781978798533/
