Disability Studies Course at Penn to ‘Fuse’ Queer Theory and Black Feminist Theory
“ongoing racialized and gendered logics of colonialism and imperialism”
That is a lot to pack into a course. Behold the concept of intersectionality.
The College Fix reports:
Penn disability studies course to ‘fuse’ visuality studies, queer, Black feminist and film theory
A new “disability studies” course offered through the University of Pennsylvania’s Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Department will look at the intersections of “queer theory, Black feminist theory, visuality studies, and film theory.”
Instructor Mae Eskenazi (pictured) told The Daily Pennsylvanian that topics covered in the class — COVID, financial difficulties and “ongoing racialized and gendered logics of colonialism and imperialism” — are still “extremely relevant.”
Additional topics include “crip” theory, the AIDS epidemic, “mutual aid justice” and “multi sensorial artistic practice.”
According to the GSWS 1500: Intro to Disability Studies description (pictured), the course “center[s] the praxis of disability justice” in which students will “create works that looking [sic] towards models of production that center community based [sic] and interdependent relationality.”
Eskenazi said the class came about because there’s a “lack of focused disability studies courses” at Penn. “Disability, debilitation, and illness are facets of everydayness.” they said. (Eskenazi uses plural pronouns.)
One student said it’s difficult to find courses that consider disability a “sociological phenomenon” rather than a medical issue.
Lex Gilbert, president of the Disabled Coalition, added that he is excited Eskenazi will offer perspectives “other than the cis, white, abled thoughts [he’s] gotten used to hearing in academic spaces.”
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“Penn disability studies course to ‘fuse’ visuality studies, queer, Black feminist and film theory”
If those are considered disabilities, I am all for it! Of course, they will demand ADA accommodations and compensation.
They argued all night /
Over who had the right /
To do what, and with which, and to whom.
That course description is the best example of a Wernicke’s Syndrome word salad I have ever come across. I could even create that kind of example for a medical school lecture!
The gibberish they use sounds no different than the nonsense you hear from Scientologists. Lex Gilbert is obviously trying to sound impressive and intellectual but sounds like a blithering idiot.
I found Lex Gilbert’s LinkedIn page:
“ I am a driven, enthusiastic student who is eager to learn and make new connections. I am working towards degrees in Communication, B.A and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies, B.A.”
Penn costs about $75,000/yr.
And those degrees won’t even qualify Lex to bag groceries or be a barista because Lex will be too busy whining about how hard the work is.
I’m glad I went to Penn when there were real scholars teaching there like Alan Kors and Tom Childers.
Well, speaking as a person genuinely classed as disabled, I haven’t got a clue what the FH that’s all about!
These nutters need help!