F113.
The Queer Art of Problematizing Masculinity
Friday, March 25, 2022
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Feminist economist Heidi Hartman defines patriarchy as “relations between men, which have a material base, and which, though hierarchical, establish or create interdependence and solidarity among men that enable them to dominate women.” Masculinity is one of the defining forces of our contemporary world; its presence or absence is always a salient choice in prose. This is an exploration of craft choices across genre that problematize masculinity with intentionality and artistic rigor.
Participants
Sarah Madges is a Brooklyn-based writer and literary organizer whose work explores gender, sexuality, and trauma. They hold an MFA from The New School, copy edit for Guernica, and have words in the Rumpus, the Village Voice, A Shadow Map: An Anthology by Survivors of Sexual Assault, and elsewhere.
A.E. Osworth is a transgender novelist. Their first book, We Are Watching Eliza Bright is based on Gamergate and is narrated collectively and unreliably by Reddit. They teach digital storytelling at The New School and fiction at Catapult.
Nick White is the author of two books of fiction: Sweet and Low, a collection of stories, and How to Survive a Summer, a novel. He teaches creative writing at Ohio State University.
Meredith Talusan is an award-winning author and journalist who has written for The Guardian, the New York Times, The Atlantic, and WIRED and has contributed to several essay collections. Her debut memoir, Fairest, is forthcoming.
