I am doing a podcast series and looking for volunteers who are open to exploring empathy in one on one interviews for publication. The interviews are based on the study “The Experimental Generation of Interpersonal Closeness” by psychologist Arthur Aaron. This study is often talked about as “36 questions to fall in love.” The format… Continue reading A Call To Empathy!
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LGBT1 – Midterm Exam
CJ Trowbridge LGBT1 2018-10-23 LGBT1 Midterm Exam 1. What is the problem of the gender binary? The sexual orientation binary? Explain how these binaries are both repressive and constructive. (What does it mean for power to be repressive and constructive too? Apply this to both gender identity and sexual orientation.) The gender binary is… Continue reading LGBT1 – Midterm Exam
LGBT1: Sister Outsider Quiz
CJ Trowbridge LGBT1 2018-10-13 Sister Outsider Quiz 1. Audre Lorde critically approaches each of her three main intersections. She sees each of these movements as umbrellas which focus unfairly on privileged members to the exclusion of marginalized intersections, perpetuating those other forms of oppression. She approaches Lesbians as a Black Woman. She approaches the Women’s… Continue reading LGBT1: Sister Outsider Quiz
The War On Minorities
CJ Trowbridge SOC 3: Race, Ethnicity, and Inequality 2018-10-19 The War on Drugs MINORITIES In the mid nineteenth century, an enormous number of Chinese immigrants came to California to help build the railroads. White people didn’t want to do this work, and yet blamed Chinese workers for the lack of jobs. Bigotry, populism, and economic… Continue reading The War On Minorities
Topic Paper: Sexism, Trans Oppression, Heterosexism
CJ Trowbridge Social Justice 2018-10-09 Topic Paper: Sexism, Trans Oppression, Heterosexism Examples; Interpersonal Institutional Internalized Sexism Gender roles in relationships. Wage gap. Stereotype threat. Transphobia Deliberate or accidental misgendering. Student ID with dead name instead of chosen name. Acceptance of the binary or pathologization and related complications. Homophobia Prevents heterosexuals from forming close relationships with… Continue reading Topic Paper: Sexism, Trans Oppression, Heterosexism
Social Problems: Local Claimsmaker Analysis
SOC 301 Social Problems CJ Trowbridge Local Claimsmaker Analysis Midterm Paper Description of the group Stand Up Placer is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Auburn, California. According to their website, the organization was founded in 1974 by a group of concerned women as a rape crisis line. The organization has grown a lot since… Continue reading Social Problems: Local Claimsmaker Analysis
Transgender History by Susan Stryker
I read this book as part of a LGBT studies class at Sierra College for my degree in Social Justice. It’s a great read and eponymously covers the history of an important marginalized group in America; transgender people. As always, I am happy to share the audiobook with any friends who want a copy. This… Continue reading Transgender History by Susan Stryker
Topic Paper: Intersectionality
CJ Trowbridge SOC 110: Intro To Social Justice 2018-09-11 Topic Paper: Intersectionality The authors of reading #4 state “from our perspective, no one form of oppression is the base for all others, yet all are connected within a system that makes them possible.” (pg. 23) Referencing your readings and our class discussion/lecture, discuss the impact… Continue reading Topic Paper: Intersectionality
Topic Paper: Power Dynamics
CJ Trowbridge 2018-09-04 Soc 110: Intro to Social Justice Topic Paper: Power Dynamics Selection #3: Johnson’s “The Social Construction of Difference” Johnson quotes James Baldwin’s statement that “No one is white before he/she came to America. It took generations, and a vast amount of coercion, before this became a white country.” He uses this statement… Continue reading Topic Paper: Power Dynamics
“Str8 4 trans ONLY” [Draft]
Sublimation Is The New Reaction-Formation For Homophobia Freud argued that all neurotic or psychologically atypical behavior is caused by dissonance. He defined dissonance as when the person one is, is different from the person one feels one should be. He argued that this causes what he called repression; the dissonance is pushed into the unconscious… Continue reading “Str8 4 trans ONLY” [Draft]