Emerson College Stone Butch Blues Novel by Leslie Feinberg Discussion

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Prompt 1 (500 words)

My chosen novel is Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg (CW rape, queer bashing)

Looking at your notes from the first half of the novel you chose to read:

1. Select a moment from your chosen novel that to which you had a big response. Name that response (one word that describes you not the book) and walk us through whether that response was created by your own expectations or it's something the novel was eliciting. So for example, if you cry when a character's father dies, but the character does not, that reaction might be a you thing rather than an emotion the text is trying to elicit. Reflect on what you learn from that reaction.

2. Identify a moment from your chosen novel that illustrates a concept from Queer: A Graphic History (other than homophobia, heteronormativity, or heterosexism). Name that concept and use the moment from your chosen novel to explain.

Prompt 2 (500 words)
Looking at your notes from the second half of the novel you chose to read:

1. Explain why your classmates who didn't read the novel you chose should have. Use a passage from the novel to help make your argument.

2. You're in the home stretch of your research project. Tell us how it's going! Go ahead and vent! Just explain why you're feeling what you're feeling and what you can learn from that reaction.

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Stone Butch Blues by Leslie Feinberg
Part One
Response to the Novel
Subjectivity. I had this reaction as a significant response created by the idea the novel is
eliciting. The story evokes this response in me by reflecting on the sexual trauma and the extent
to which it affects an individual's psychology to subjectivity. For instance, the sexual incidence
between Jess and other males gives her some identity, and the underlying trauma harms her
perception. My attitude is linked explicitly to Jess having rape encounters with her age mates and
even a police officer. Later after the occurrences, Jess reflects on what happens earlier, admits
that the awful experiences hurt her physically and psychologically. Still, she is not in a position
to disclose them in detail. My perception of this scenario is sexual subjectivity, which is the
leading cause of emotional torture.
From this reaction, I learn that subjectivity has negative consequences on the physical
and emotional dimensions of a person's wellbeing. There are some cases where failure to
acknowledge the need for self-efficacy that will compel someone to embrace their current
situation and improve it is a source of harm to their ...


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