Exam 4: Epistemologies of Bodies: Ways of Knowing and Experiencing the World

What causes Ifemelu's hair to begin falling out?

How did Agha know that the testosterone was working even though they were not seeing changes in their body?

What did exploring the cultural politics of intersexuality represent to the author? A new configuration of what?

Which two aspects of her identity does Hill say people like to keep separate, "pretending they don't dance in the dark?"

In ads for skin whitening products, the products are portrayed as a necessary ingredient for what?

"The bad news-and the good news- is that living a good life is more about acceptance than it is about _______. Sure, change is possible, but it's not always the change you were taught to believe you should want."

What is the author's call to action to mediate the issues discussed in the article?

"From this vantage point, I can see and hear everyone; to my right are all of the sopranos and altos and to my left are all of the tenors and basses. The conductor is right in front of me. While my voice doesn't fit neatly with the singers on either my right or my left, it allows me to _______ between them."

"Religious activities such as praying together, learning how to read Qur'an, and singing religious songs allow these workers to feel empowered and to express their religious subjectivities. Many of the women that I encountered would wear their best clothes, colorful abayas and sparkly hijabs to attend their religious activities every Sunday. Rather than representing a system of oppression, religious piety allowed these women to express their individuality amidst the commodification process that attempts to flatten their identities into a homogenous group of laborers. In other words, by deeply engaging in _______ life over the weekend, these women build a counter-narrative against the _______ narrative that is dehumanizing them."

"Controlling images (and the institutions and people that communicate them) are a mechanism to control _______ groups. Controlling images constrain: they divert education, impose suspicion of illegality, block upward mobility, and cause stress. Controlling images are intersectional, specific imagery applying to different groups based on axes of difference such as race, gender, sexuality, and skin color."

What is the author's call to action?

What did the narrator do at the age of 12?

In what way does the poem ask the "you" to draw a woman?

What line is repeated to create tension and urgency in the poem that takes place during an intimate sexual encounter?

What does the narrator worry about at the end of the poem?

Why is the essay titled this way?

"Gender, which is a state of mind and embodied attitude, is a site of volatile power, pleasure, and subtle coercion, often used to _______ our thoughts and bodily affects. Normative gender is certainly wielded as a weapon by children anxious to shore up their own selfhood by challenging someone else's. Consider your memory and you'll find that this is true."

Which of the following terms does Williams NOT use when explaining her identity even though others around her try to ascribe to her?

What is the system of social control that privileges sexuality over asexuality and nonsexuality?

Which is NOT included in the "Pleasure Pack variety" description in the poem?