Sex and Gender: Barbie’s Philosophical World
Sunday October 6 at 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie.
Want to better appreciate Greta Gerwig’s highbrow screenwriting, or been wanting to read some philosophy but need a bubblegum pink excuse? Join philosopher Ryan Miller for eleven weeks as we read and discuss classic philosophical texts in conjunction with brief scenes from Barbie.
‘Is that a mirror in your pocket?’
Does gender reflect biological sex, or stand on its own? If gender is a performance, is it one we can choose? When Barbie and Ken enter the Real World, they must confront these urgent social questions. We will do so by reading and discussing chapter 3 of Judith Butler’s Bodies that Matter, the sequel to their famed Gender Trouble.
- Is gender just a reflection of sex, or something else?
- If gender is a performance, is it one we can choose?
- What do bodies have do with anything?
Before the session, please check out the following:
- Pages 30-32 of the Barbie screenplay and/or this clip of Barbie being sexually harassed in the Real World
- Judith Butler, Bodies that Matter, chapter 3
