Nerd Nite December [47]: Meow-llennium Falcon Edition
We are ending 2015 with two AMAZING speakers!
High Dive
Tuesday, December 15th
Doors open at 6:30, talks start at 7:30
$5
21+
William McKeithen: “Crazy Cat Ladies”: Sexist Stereotypes and Queering Human-Animal Relationships
Are you or someone you know a “crazy cat lady”? The Seattle Times just named our city the nation’s second capital for these woman-feline companionships! But what exactly makes someone a “crazy cat lady”? For this Nerd Nite, cultural geographer Will McKeithen will talk about the “crazy cat lady” stereotype, its history, its meaning, how it impacts women with cats, and how they also resist its norms. Drawing on feminist and queer theory, this talk will explore how heteronormativity and human-animal hierarchies combine to make women with cats who live on the edges of polite society seem like freaks. The talk will also explore the recent popularizing of the “cat lady” (it’s cool now, right?!) and what this might mean for the future of people and pets. **Possible “cat lady” special guests to be announced!**
Will McKeithen is a doctoral student in Geography at the University of Washington. When he’s not talking about “crazy cat ladies,” he’s researching the effects of heteronormativity on the environment, parasitic worms and their use in illicit medicine, STIs and sexual governance, or gay penguins. Read his work at: http://willmckeithen.wix.com/scholar
Tomas Lafferriere: The New Star Wars Canon: What we lost and what we’re happy to see go.
Episode VII is released in less than 48 hours! (After this talk…). Learn about all the stuff that used to be in the Star Wars Canon, what Disney threw out and what they kept.
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/481712458674810/
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