This course is designed to think critically about the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, and political capacities of feminist thought. We will explore the diversity of feminisms that have emerged from historical movements alongside contemporary discourses. As a class, we will explore how feminist theory is a tool used to deconstruct injustice and articulate alternatives to oppression. There will be emphasis on the body and the ways intersectional approaches reckon with difference in regard to identity (gender, sexuality, race, citizenship, class, disability). Contributes to Race and Ethnicity Studies/Allied Course. (H) (ScS) (SJ)(PJ)

This course traces the intellectual traditions of contemporary feminist theories and practices. Topics will include feminist methodologies and the formation of, and challenges to, the discipline of Feminist Studies. Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 04-104. (H) (WA)

Using an interdisciplinary framework, this course traces key debates in contemporary feminist theory. Areas of concentration might include theories of the body, queer theory, migration and borders, critical race theory, or methodology. (H)

May be repeated with change in topic. (ScS)

This course critically examines literary expressions of Latina lesbian identity, sexuality, politics, and culture from the late twentieth century into our contemporary moment. Through close readings of novels, essays, and poems, students will analyze how Latina lesbians navigate and resist intersectional oppressions while also situating Latina lesbian literature within a larger women of color feminist tradition. Topics include coming-of-age and coming out, butch/femme identities, sexual politics, love and relationships, family and culture, gender variance, and more. Prerequisite: FST04-104 or an instructor-approved alternative. Contributes to English, Latin American and Border Studies, and Race and Ethnicity Studies/Concepts Course. (H)

Inspired by the 1981 anthology This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, this interdisciplinary course focuses on the literature, politics, and activism of women of color who forward radical visions of justice. Through an exploration of women of color feminist thought across the late twentieth century into our contemporary moment, students examine how women of color critically challenge settler colonialism, white supremacy, cisheteropatriarchy, classism, ableism, and imperialism. Topics include queer and trans liberation, reproductive justice, bodily and sexual autonomy, abolitionist feminism, disability justice, and more. Prerequisite: Feminist Studies 04-104 or an instructor-approved alternative. Contributes to Race and Ethnicity Studies/Concepts Course. (H)

(Fall) (WA)