This document discusses key concepts in feminist thought and queer theory, including performativity, the heterosexual matrix, critiques of queer theory from feminists, and possibilities of queer theory in rethinking norms. It also provides historical context for waves of feminist thought from the 19th century to today and discusses benefits and drawbacks of the wave metaphor.

1. Dr. Sarah Rainey

2. Topography of Feminist Thought

3. Queer As a politics… As an identity… As a theory… Postmodernism Performativity (Butler) 'There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender; ... identity is performatively constituted by the very "expressions" that are said to be its results.' ( Gender Trouble , p. 25). Abject Heterosexual Matrix

4. Feminist Critiques of QT Marginalization of lesbians, people of color Glossing over of difference Difficult politics Place of the “subject”

5. Possibilities of QT Rethinking normative ways of seeing, looking for outliers, looking for the abject Community, solidarity Queering nationality, ability, race…

6. Queer Globalization Relationship to Capitalism Local/global Queering development discourse

7. Putting Feminist Thought Into Historical Context Important Vocabulary Backlash Post-feminism/t “ power feminism”

8. 1 st Wave 1848 Declaration of Sentiments 1920, 19 th Amendment

9. 2 nd Wave

10. 3 rd Wave

11. 3 rd wave A generation A time period An ideology/politics

12. Wave Metaphor Benefits Drawbacks