A note on the CUNY Calendar: we do not practice the CUNY “Friday is a Monday schedule” nonsense. Between us, we have six other jobs and our own student duties, so we do not have the flexibility to just swap days. We assume that you also have responsibilities outside of our classroom and cannot just pretend that one day is *actually* another day. The calendar reflects this practice, but this may not be the same for other classes you take at CUNY.
Full CUNY Calendar available here.
Calendar |
Date |
In-Class Activities |
For Next Class |
| Week #1
August 28, 2018 |
Intros; WordPress workshop | To read: Dr. Traci Gardner’s “When Your Grades Are Based on Labor” and “Labor Log”, then complete labor log #1 and post to Commons forum by end of Week #1 |
| August 30, 2018
F2F |
Syllabus read-through
Course site tour Read, in writing groups: “Why I Don’t Grade” by Jesse Stommel “How to Ungrade” by Jesse Stommel “(Un)Grading: It Can Be Done in College” by Laura Gibbs “My Grading System FAQ” by Traci Gardner “All Teachers Should Be Trained to Overcome Their Hidden Biases” by SORAYA CHEMALY |
To read: Dr. Traci Gardner’s “When Your Grades Are Based on Labor” and “Labor Log”, then complete labor log #1 and post to Commons forum by end of Week #1
To read: Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing and “Understanding Visual Rhetoric in Digital Writing Environments” To do: respond with your understanding of the authors’ main points and your response to those claims, ~300 words, Commons Blog by end of Week #1 (Monday before class by 11:59pm) with tag #Week1 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella To do: Introductory Survey |
| Week #2
September 4, 2018 F2F |
Quick lectures: MAIDS, the parlor model, safe spaces, trigger warnings, free speech | To watch: discourse videos: Should Problematic Critique Be Excused? | Kat Blaque and You’re Not Entitled to a Debate | Riley J. Dennis and Does the Left Hate Free Speech? Pt. 1| Contrapoints & Pt. 2 | Contrapoints |
| September 6, 2018
ONLINE |
Discourse | Commons post: what are some of your biases? explain why you think you have these biases, any examples of times your POV has been challenged, how did it go, what changed (if anything), and how does your experience relate to the discourse videos?, ~300 words by end of Week #2 (tag #Week2 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) |
| Week #3
September 11, 2018 NO CLASSES SCHEDULED |
— | To watch: Nanette (Netflix)
To read: Sedgwick Between Men intro and “The Comedy-Destroying, Soul-Affirming Art of Hannah Gadsby” by Melena Ryzik |
| September 13, 2018
ONLINE |
— |
To do: Commons response: what does Gadsby *do* with her stories? how does she defy genre expectations? what’s your emotional response? connect Gadsby to Sedgwick, ~300 words, Commons blog (tag #Week3 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #3 DUE |
| Week #4
September 18, 2018 NO CLASSES SCHEDULED |
— | To read: When the First Voice You Hear Is Not Your Own by Jacqueline Jones Royster
To watch: Queer History | them |
| September 20, 2018
F2F |
CLASS CANCELLED
FIRST-YEAR CONVOCATION; |
To watch: Questions Non Trans People Are Too Afraid To Ask | Buzzfeed and If Gender Didn’t Exist, Would Trans People? | Kat Blaque and TERFs | Contrapoints
Commons post: how do you identify on the spectrum of feminism? what life experiences have you had that helped you figure out your own feminism? connect to Royster & at least one video, ~300 words to Commons blog (tag #Week4 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #4 DUE |
| Week #5
September 25, 2018 F2F |
Watch: Autogynephilia | Contrapoints, and Why I Quit Academia | Contrapoints and How to Talk About Trans People | Riley J. Dennis | |
| September 27, 2018
ONLINE |
To read: Trans femme poetry: “On Using the Trans Panic Defense” & “Behold! A Spectacle” – Chrysanthemum Tran
“Ekphrasis on Unsolicited Dick Pic” & “Burning Haibun” – Torrin A. Greathouse “The Bath” – Tyler Vile ~300 words to on your reactions to our discussion of gender and sexuality: any questions, confusion, insights, personal examples, as well as one quote from the assigned readings that you like, are welcome on the Commons blog (tag #Week5 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #5 DUE |
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| Week #6
October 2, 2018 F2F |
Discussion: trans femme poetics; common themes, metaphors, techniques; trans 101;
Discussion Q: If you do not identify as trans, how would you react to some of the questions from the Buzzfeed video? |
To watch: Pose (FX); Transgender Rights: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
To read: “How Pose Changed My Life — And Season 2 Will Change the Future” by DEVIN-NORELLE |
| October 4, 2018
ONLINE |
To watch: positionality videos: Riley J. Dennis, Kat Blaque
To do: what identity hierarchies can you name? explain your understanding of the relationships amongst/within these hierarchies; discuss your own identities and how you understand your own positionality (what kinds of privileges do you have? what identities do you have that are more marginalized?) ~300 words to Commons blog (tag #Week6 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #6 DUE |
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| Week #7
October 9, 2018 F2F |
Positionality mapping | To read: excerpts from The Argonauts – Maggie Nelson
“Body of a Poem: Transition as Act of Consent//Writing as Act of Consent//Ghosts as Act of Consent” – Zefyr Lisowski |
| October 11, 2018
ONLINE |
Discussion Q: write a brief annotation of the text: citation (MLA), reflection, quotables | To do: discussion on form, who gets to write?
~300 words to Commons blog (tag #Week7 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #7 DUE |
| Week #8
October 16, 2018 F2F |
RESEARCH LECTURE starring JRE: study guides, finding sources, logging in offline, citation generators, how to make sure your source is *legit* | To read: “The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers” – Katharine Cross and “Rise of the Gender Novel” by Casey Plett |
| October 18, 2018
ONLINE |
To read: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
To do: what other media items have recently openly discussed gender and sexuality? make connections between Cross/Plett and your text ~300 words to Commons blog (tag #Week8 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #8 DUE |
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| Week #9
October 23, 2018 F2F |
Guest Speaker:
Zefyr Lisowski |
To continue reading: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom |
| October 25, 2018
ONLINE |
Fierce Femmes discussion | To continue reading: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom
To do: Pick a passage from Fierce Femmes that you think relates back to the theme of our course; describe how the writer achieves this, and why you think this passage is valuable, ~300 words to Commons blog (tag #Week9 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #9 DUE |
| Week #10
October 30, 2018 F2F |
CONFERENCES W/ A&J | To finish reading: Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir by Kai Cheng Thom |
| November 1, 2018
ONLINE |
To do: Respond to Fierce Femmes forum by end of week | To read: excerpts from Zami: A New Spelling for My Name by Audre Lorde
To do: ~300 words by end of Week #10 (tag #Week10 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #10 DUE |
| Week #11
November 6, 2018 ONLINE |
Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W” // Last day to file for Pass/NC option
CLASS CANCELLED |
To watch: JRE on Fierce Femmes
To read: “Uses of Anger” by Audre Lorde and “The Transformation of Silence into Action and Language” by Audre Lorde |
| November 8, 2018
ONLINE |
— | To read: “Girl” & “Bronx Antipastoral (#1-#6)” – Christina Olivares
“Dear Gone” by Grey Vild I GOT LOST / I GOT DELETED – Andrea Abi-Karam To do: choose quotes from Lorde, Vild, Abi-Karam, Olivares ro respond to in ~300 words by end of Week #11 (tag #Week11 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #11 DUE |
| Week #12
November 13, 2018 F2F |
Quick lectures: femme theory, femmephobia; queer feminism | To watch: Mykki Blanco feat. Jean Deaux – “Loner”; Make Me Feel – Janelle Monae; choose one music video that you feel represents queer themes! |
| November 15, 2018
ONLINE |
To read: excerpt from That’s Revolting!: Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
~300 words on queer multimedia (music videos, video games, etc.) and capitalism by end of Week #12 (tag #Week12 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) Labor log #12 DUE |
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| Week #13
November 20, 2018 |
THXGIVING – NO CLASSES SCHEDULED | CATCH UP WEEK — play assigned Porpentine games: Neon Haze, Frolic RPG, One-Move Boss, All Your Time-Tossed Selves, and Sim Crystal Mud City! and Tyler Vile’s Hasidic Witch Murderer; and finally, Stephon Lawrence’s poems in glittermob |
| November 22, 2018 | THXGIVING – NO CLASSES SCHEDULED | CATCH UP WEEK — Labor log #13 DUE |
| Week #14
November 27, 2018 F2F |
Genre! Discussion of Portfolio assignment and Porpentine stuff | SPEC. FIC.
To read: “Falafel” by Ryka Aoki To watch: Black Mirror “San Junipero” (Netflix)
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| November 29, 2018
ONLINE |
— | Labor log #14 DUE
To do: respond to Black Mirror, Aoki, and Porpentine in ~300 words by end of Week #14 (tag #Week14 and #YourFirstandLastName, e.g. #JesseRice-Evans or #AndréaStella) |
| Week #15
December 4, 2018 F2F |
WordPress workshop! | To do: Draft final portfolio on the Commons |
| December 6, 2018
ONLINE |
To do: portfolio draft for 12/11
Labor log #15 DUE |
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| Week #16
December 11, 2018 F2F |
PORTFOLIO WORKSHOP | To do: portfolio due 12/20 |
| December 12, 2018
F2F |
LAST DAY OF FALL CLASSES | To do: portfolio due 12/20
Labor log #16 DUE |
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