Update from todays sesh: 6 questions please.

So, to give me something to work with on Thursday--my appointment with the specialist friend is at 11am so before then would be great--we think it would be a good idea if we all come up with 6 questions each to get me started.

It doesn't matter what they are or how simple or even complicated they are. Even if you think of something whilst doing the dishes: 'how does performativity relate to my life', for example, i will then formulate them into a script.

Does anyone have a preference as to who they want to play? The contestants are: Butler, Foucault, Marx and person from the street/NORMAL person!! To be honest, i don't think it matters too much since it will be scripted. Although we anticipate the normal person needing to be rather animated so this is the one that needs to do the most acting. The others can simply read the script (if they want to)

Anyway guys (and girlies) please come up with ANY 4 questions by Thursday 10am iff you can. Leave them on this post-just click the pencil thing to gain access.


Thea:
1) Why is it so easy to be heterosexual yet so subversive to be homosexual?
2) How has the ideology of the garden of eden infiltrated modern secular society?
3) Should we celebrate or lament the paradox of modern society which forces us to affirm a sense of self when it is visible that this is an alienated and unachievable goal?

Ieva:

1) How do you see the discourse of gender binary oppositions would have developed, lets say, in 50 years time?
2) In regards to categories, what are the possible solutions in, for example, taking a stand in political activism?
3) Can we ever avoid identity categories? How do we minimize the violence of the other by exclusion? Is it ever possible? How do we escape this violence and yet not become politically passive?
4)The terminology and the language used in academic discourses is often very specific and complicated. How do you think this might be affecting the level of understanding and accessibility for wider audiences that do not necessarily come from the academic arena? Do you not think that this aspect might be excluding non-members and might be an elitist in itself? If so, what possible problems and consequences could arise from this inaccessibility and do you think that the scholarly work is as effective as it might have been hoped for?



Ina:
1) To what extent can we dismiss the issue of biology and 'natural science' when talking about gender and sexuality?
2) Does the obligatory heteresexuality actively affect who we fall in love with, e.g direct our inner feelings, or does it just mean that we might not act on them?
3) Who benefits from heteronormativity?



Clare:
1) What is performativity?
2) Can we fight these categories? And if so, how?
3) is the search to transcend the 'self' by 'performing' drag simply a circular argument?

Tom: