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Review of the page for heteronormativity The taskbar of this page says that this article is apart of series on LGBT people, which in itself has a whole column of sections like "History," "Culture," and "Academic Fields."

The word "transsexual" is used multiple times, and while it is being used in reference to a work by Patrick McCreery, it should have a citation saying that while this term has been used by individuals in the past, it is a term that many see as offensive (my attempt at neutral wording). I also don't know if the subsections "Intersex people" and "Transgender people" fit in the sense that they relate back to heteronormativity? To me they seem randomly placed, but maybe that's because the article has to remain neutral; I still think there are ways to link it all in a neutral manner without writing with bias. Or, the main heading should be changed to make a better connection that way. The section "Homonormativity" I felt was done very well, it flowed in a cohesive manner and it was clear how it related back to heteronormativity. Since the overall page is including information about intersexuality, I think that it could be better represented, not just with the subheading under "Transgressions" and the small paragraph at the end of "Media representation" I also think that there could be more space devoted to gender roles, since that's an integral part of what heteronormativity is.

- Citation number 15 used under the section "Relation to marriage and the nuclear family" is referencing an article from Salon.com that can no longer be reached - citation 17 doesn't take you to a court case, it takes you to a site called marriagedebate.com and has links such as "Sex Dating" "Adult Cam Sex" and "Adult Affair Dating" - citation 25 no longer works, but the archived link does. - citation 22 works fine, I found the book relatively easily as well as the passage cited, and I feel it is still a useful and relevant source

It's clear from looking at the talk page that editors do have strong opinions about what should be included on the page and how things should be worded, but they are careful to fully explain what they find issue with and what they think could be done about it. Everyone makes sure to take other editors into account and asking other's opinions on if the edit they want to make would be productive.With topics like this one it can be tricky to make sure that you're being respectful as well as accurate and unbiased in your writing, and I can see just how tricky the process can be.

Choosing possible topics: 1. "Queering" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queering - the article and its subheading focus mainly on queering as it deals with sexuality, but even that doesn't quite do it justice - this topic has no talk page

2. "Social construction of gender" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_construction_of_gender - could be a possibility, if I did it I would focus solely on the heading "Gender roles" - it's incredibly long, and pretty poorly done - the talk page is incredibly long and it shows how much of a mess the article/page for the topic itself is; one of the headings on it is literally "This Page is a Mess"; even with the amount of edits done it still has a lot of problems

3. Disciplining gendered bodies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplining_gendered_bodies - Wikipedia notes that there are several problems with the article, like needing more neutral language that is easier to follow - there are only three subheadings, and while they are alright, there could be more information underneath them; authors like Iris Marion Young and her essays, or theorists like Simone de Beauvoir - the talk page is more cordial than others that I've seen; it's all either positive criticism or grammar fixes. It also gives the impression that one person wrote everything in the original page - there could be new subheadings altogether, potentially including race (providing there is research that can be cited, which I would think that there is)

Week 12

Queering: The page has some good beginning information defining queering as a reclaimed verb that can be used to view history or literary works through a queer lens. What I would want to do is maybe edit/build upon some of the information in the introduction paragraphs and possibly shifting around the example of King Richard I. I want to include an origin section about how it came to be used as a verb for analyzing things like texts and histories; queering history includes not just looking at it from a queer lens, but also looking for missing information and ignored histories. I am also interested in creating a section that focuses on examples of what things have been queered in the sense of sexuality or gender, as well as other uses of the act of queering that are not specifically about sexuality, like queering the idea of the family. Maybe even a camp section.

Potential sources: Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. "Queer and Now," 1991. The Routledge Queer Studies Reader, edited by E. Hall and Annamarie Jagose, Routledge, 2013, pp. 3-17. Dean, Tim. "Lacan Meets Queer Theory," 2000. The Routledge Queer Studies Reader, edited by E. Hall and Annamarie Jagose, Routledge, 2013, pp. 150-162 Soderling, Stina. “Queer Rurality and the Materiality of Time.” In Queering the Countryside: New Frontiers in Rural Queer Studies. Edited by Mary Gray, Colin Johnson, and Brian Gilley. NY: NYU Press, 2016. Pp. 333-348

Young, Thelathia "Nikki". “Queering ‘The Human Situation.’” Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion , vol. 28, no. 1, 1 Apr. 2012, pp. 126–131., doi:10.2979/jfemistudreli.28.1.126.

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Introduction

Queering is the verb form of the word queer and comes from the shortened version of the phrase queer reading. It is a technique that came out of queer theory in the late 1980s through the 1990s and is used as a way to challenge heteronormativity by analyzing places in a text that are centered around heterosexuality or identity binaries. It is a method applied to literature as well as film to look for places where things such as gender, sexuality, masculinity, and femininity can be challenged and questioned. Originally the method of queering dealt more strictly with gender and sexuality, but quickly expanded to become more of an umbrella term for addressing identity as well as a range of systems of oppression and identity politics. Even the term queer itself can be queered, because much of queer theory involves working to fight against normalization even in the field itself. In the context of queer theory, "queering is something we do, rather than something we are (or are not)."

Origins and other uses

Historically queer was a word that referred to something as odd or strange. As the verb form of queer, queering can refer to the act of taking something and looking at it through a lens that makes it strange or troubles it in some way. By the 1940’s (in the United States) queer came to be used in reference to sexuality that deviated from heterosexual norms. It was in the period of the late 80’s and early 90’s when LGBT AIDS activist groups, such as Act Up and Queer Nation, began to reclaim the term queer as a positive identifier and as a process of questioning mainstream ideas about what was considered normal. Cathy Cohen argues that groups like these also extended the use of queer to move past “assimilationist tendencies" present in AIDS activism. This is based on sentiments expressed by groups like Queer Nation who felt that queer as a word and a sentiment was too focused on assimilation of non-normative sexualities and identities. Within such groups, queer as a noun was reclaimed again to mean something radical. Queering was used as a tool for social and political subversion of dominant culture. Because it is rooted in queer theory, it is also closely tied into queer politics and queer activism.

Because the idea of queering comes from the term queer, it has a wide variety of definitions as well as uses. For example, Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, a foundational theorist of queer theory says that queer can mean “the open mesh of possibilities, gaps…and excesses of meaning when the constituent elements of anyone’s gender, of anyone’s sexuality aren’t made (or can’t be made) to signify monolithically”[1]. Literary critic Michael Warner offers this definition: "Queer gets a critical edge by defining itself against the normal rather than the heterosexual." Judith Butler, another theorist credited with the founding of queer theory, talks about queer as being an act that that can be performed. In a more current context, methods of queering extend beyond critiquing literature to examine topics from popular culture to more abstract topics like theology and time. In her essay about the benefits of queering theology, Thelathia "Nikki" Young, says that queering is a way to "[deconstruct] the logics and frameworks operating within old and new theological and ethical concepts." In addition to these deconstructions, she argues that queering "dismantles the dynamics of power and privilege persisting among diverse subjectivities."

Uses in Literature

In Pia Livia Hekanaho’s essay “Queering Catcher: Flits, Straights, and Other Morons” she uses queering to analyze “the leaking boundaries of 'straight' (heterosexual) masculinity and the queer identities that may lie beyond those boundaries” in J.D. Salinger’s 1951 novel Catcher in the Rye. In it, she looks at how the narrator Holden Caufield is caught between the strictness of normative masculinity and a fear of non-normative sexualities and manhood. Judith Butler uses a queer reading of the 1929 novel Passing by Nella Larson to see the possibilities of blurring the binaries of both race and attraction.