Explores theories of disability justice as they intersect with feminist and antiracist struggles. Analyzing how disability has been an important aspect of institutions and social experience in the United States and beyond, the course considers how disability activists have responded to ableism by developing art, political strategies, and subcultures that promote a more just society built for a wider variety of human bodies.

Comics push the boundaries of representation in art, tempting curious readers with the hybrid possibilities that come from combining words and images. American comics have been met with restrictions due to reactionary fears about corrupting children. However, comics have a long history of challenging the status quo and forging a space for queer, women, and other marginalized communities to share their experiences through sequential art. With a focus on comics, zines, and self-published narrative images by trans, queer, and women artists, students explore the possibilities of comics as a medium of subversion and possibility. Read comics by Alison Bechdel, Bishakh Som, Lynda Barry, Julie Doucet, and others, and explore the image-texts that reshaped queer arts and literature. Students create their own comics in the tradition of boundary breaking narrative art. Prior experience in drawing is not required for success in this class.

The biology of the reproductive system with emphasis on mammals and, in particular, on human reproduction. Hormone actions, sperm production, ovulation, sexual differentiation, sexual behavior, contraception, pregnancy, lactation, maternal behavior and menopause.

Comparative analysis of forms, themes, and the politics of representation in film and video by and/or about LGBTQ people.