Masculinities

A blog by the students of ANTH 311/CSWGS 333

Author

Isabel Samperio

Incels: the bad, the bad, the bad

I don’t specifically remember the first time I heard the term ‘incel’ being used, but it was definitely not referring to the original context. Originally, the term was coined in the 90s by a queer young college-aged woman named Alana… Continue Reading →

On “Being and Having”: Catherine Opie

Currently on view at Barbican Art Gallery in London is “Masculinities: Liberation through Photography”, an exhibition documenting how masculinity is “experienced, performed, coded, and socially constructed as expressed and documented through” (Barbican) photographs and films by 50 artists. Highly influential… Continue Reading →

Queerbaiting?

“Queerbaiting” as a concept first became apparent to me after vocalizing some of my frustrations with the ways cis straight white men were performing certain “queer aesthetics” online while still engaging in misogynistic and homophobic behavior. I initially didn’t really… Continue Reading →

Male Bias in Art: Where do Women Artists Fit?

As an artist, I feel like I am almost always made aware of my otherness, racially and in terms of gender. It’s not exactly a surprise that art is both very deeply gendered and racialized, but it is something that… Continue Reading →

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