tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604023787594058757.post8123964954042184258..comments2023-10-23T13:09:56.166-04:00Comments on ASC Queer Theory: "Toxic Bodies? ACT UP’s Disruption of the Heteronormative Landscape of the Nation" by Beth BerilaProfBaileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11318245231937813930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604023787594058757.post-21686232898554891392010-09-18T20:48:39.798-04:002010-09-18T20:48:39.798-04:00ProfBailey: I can definitely go back and add some ...ProfBailey: I can definitely go back and add some links for clarity, and yes, I definitely meant "consumption," sorry! :)<br /><br />Please feel free to let me know if there's anything else this needs.millertimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07669471723332250614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604023787594058757.post-24145879655130974802010-09-17T13:59:26.289-04:002010-09-17T13:59:26.289-04:00My response is not only to the article, but also t...My response is not only to the article, but also to a certain comment made in class. Saying that a certain group of people is "at risk" defeats the whole purpose of the author and the discussion. Labeling a group of people under this title is perpetuating the same form of oppression that is mentioned in the article describing the AIDS phobia and the association of being a "toxic" body. It is fair to ask who determines the groups who are "at risk" the same way it would be fair to question who is able to determine "facts" or "statistics". How do we know that one group of people is more vulnerable to this disease than another group? How do we determine that one group of people has a higher percentage of AIDS? As long as an individual is sexually active, they are no more or no less vulnerable than someone else because of their race, gender or sexual orientation. AIDS does not discriminate. An important point that I drew from this article is that a privileged group of people get to decide what is considered factual vs. fictional, normal vs. abnormal, and what is natural vs. unnatural. The statistics that are commonly misconceived as "facts" are a political game that is in the hands of biased, privileged individuals who disparage the identities and faces of communities whom they deem threatening or "toxic" to their "pure" white communities.Femihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129232977484242426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4604023787594058757.post-44109458604364275482010-09-16T12:19:27.290-04:002010-09-16T12:19:27.290-04:00Very nice summary! So thorough millertime and than...Very nice summary! So thorough millertime and thanks for providing an image! Can you help readers out with some of the terms you use like dichotomy, purity, toxic, hegemony, un/contaminated, detriment, consumerism, etc. I can kind of get some of the definitions from context but can you say a bit more or provide a link to a definition? Also I don't think you mean "our ethics of consummation has been so fully integrated" might you mean consumption?<br /><br />Really thoughtful summary. I can tell you got a lot out of the piece! Let's see if we can help others get the most out of it too.ProfBaileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11318245231937813930noreply@blogger.com