Rape Jokes

The disruptive speech act

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. When I first heard that the writer and attorney Vanessa Place had written a performance piece entitled “Rape Jokes,” I was intrigued. Within feminist discussion, the concept of “the rape joke” was always batted down as morally repugnant and triggering, and ...
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Caitlyn Jenner: Our Pharmacapornographic Hero

This post is part of the Bodies, Gender, and Domination OOPS Series. In April of 2015, Caitlyn Jenner came out as a transgender woman on Diane Sawyer’s 20/20. Formerly known as Bruce Jenner, Caitlyn’s identity before her transition represented the paragon of what it meant to “be a man.” Caitlyn was ...
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Caitlyn Jenner: Our Pharmacapornographic Hero