Such a student needs to see me be uncertain and anxious - a 'work in progress'. She needs to realise *on a personal level* that my work is shaped by my own emerging sense of identity - and so can hers be.
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I'm thinking esp. of students who might read Dinshaw and feel utterly alienated, because that's now how they feel 'queer'. Dinshaw is brilliant, yes. But a student might need and deserve space to say 'I feel uncomfortable with this, and I'll write an essay about it'.
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Replying to @LucyAllenFWR @dorothyk98 and
I firmly believe this is work only the student - the individual - can do for themselves. Reading someone else expressing their own doubts won't cut it. They must learn that to be an academic *is* to be doubtful, and personal, and imperfect - and that's ok.
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Again I am really not sure how this fits w/ your early statement about students having to learn the system. What you are discussing is critique. Students have every right to critique. And they do.
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No: we must be honest about the system. Students may do what they will with the information. But honesty is a basic requirement. (This wasn't actually my comment, I think?)
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But only certain bodies get to be vulnerable in front of students without consequence. At least in N. America, evaluation statistics and studies bear that out. Authority is often envisaged as white and often male. What you do or John does may or will not work for other bodies.
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Absolutely. When I was married to a man, I was very conscious of how differently my sexuality played, and how vulnerable it feels to out myself now (as I did there). And also conscious it's a choice many students don't have.
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And as you say, some of us can't afford to be vulnerable. I have had students who couldn't even talk about sexuality. But I think, if we can, being visible is helpful to them. Even if maybe they can't say so.
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I think this is a topic that you probably need more time to make clear what you are saying about pedagogy and vulnerability. And also what you mean by the comments about feminist activism etc. I think you just need to formulate exactly what you are trying to say.
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I think it's twitter as a medium - I'm not following you terribly well either, but perhaps this is a sign we all just needed more time!
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Down rather unusual areas including a discussion of teaching the students to work the system. So again, I think you just need to figure out clarity.
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