FS 004 PZ -Speculative Feminisms and Sustainable Futures

Institution: Pitzer

Description: The future is female, proclaims a well-worn feminist adage. Emerging from a circle of radical lesbian intellectuals in 1970s New York City, the statement operates simultaneously as incantation and prediction, synthesizing the voices of all who utter it into something generative, rather than simply descriptive. Yet, it reverberates somewhat dissonantly in our contemporary moment; even the term “female” can evoke the same essentializing tendencies that queer and intersectional feminisms today actively unsettle. Drawing on a range of recent fictional, critical, and localized knowledges, this seminar invites additional speculative futures, exploring interdisciplinary thinking and writing as generative practices. [Instructor: Sarah Gilbert]

Prerequisite(s): None

First-Year seminars are not listed on the course schedule. Incoming students will be assigned to a first-year seminar and registered automatically.