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INSTRUCTOR: Mat Wenzel, Ph.D., MFA, M.Ed.
EMAIL: m.wenzel@tcu.edu
OFFICE: Reed 133
OFFICE HOURS: T/R 11 to 1:50 and by appointment
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Alok!
If our heavy reading has you a little lost and confused, or you are just looking for a little more, I couldn't speak more highly of Alok,...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 26, 20221 min read


Crip and Transnational Cultural Production
For Monday, please read “The World-Making Potential of Contemporary Crip/Queer Literary and Cultural Production” by Robert Mcruer from...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 24, 20221 min read


History of Oppression
For Wednesday, please read “There is No Hierarchy of Oppression” by Audre Lorde from Homophobia and Education: Council on Interracial...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 21, 20221 min read


Women-identified women
You may be struggling with Lorde's use of the term women-identified women. It can be difficult to understand, and in some ways is very...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 19, 20221 min read


Intersectionality
For Monday, please read “Race-ing Homonormativity: Citizenship, Sociology, and Gay Identity” by Roderick A. Ferguson from Black Queer...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 15, 20221 min read


Time
Time might not be as fixed a concept as many believe it to be. For me, at the intersection of oppression I see a complex conversation...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 13, 20221 min read


MLK Day X-page
For Martin Luther King Day, please create an X-page for some MLK content that you engaged with. For a link to TCU activities/resources...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 12, 20221 min read


The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
For Wednesday, please create an X-page for “The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House” from Sister Outsider by Audre...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 11, 20221 min read


1984 - Audre Lorde
We listened to this poem several times in class and created an x-page together. We also wrote about why we read and write.
Mat Wenzel
Jan 10, 20221 min read


Creating an X-page
Throughout the course we will be writing in our notebooks as a means of concentration, of accessing other parts of consciousness, of...
Mat Wenzel
Jan 10, 20222 min read


Poetry is Not a Luxury
For Wednesday, we'll be reading and responding to Audre Lorde's "Poetry is Not a Luxury" from Sister Outsider. If you prefer to listen,...
Mat Wenzel
Dec 16, 20211 min read
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