Non-recap from 10-26 and Future Reading Possibilities

We had a lively discussion of Jennifer Doyle's Sex Objects, but since Robert was not there to stare us down, we failed to appoint a recapper. Instead I will share a few intriguing phrases I found scribbled in my notes:

eroticism in detail: "She-Bop"
bad sex--as failure of objectification
queerishness vs. queerness, content vs. style
Katie hearts Russian formalism

We also failed to decide on either a date OR a reading for next time since so many people had conflicts. The two possible dates are 11-30 and 12-7. The top three reading contenders are below:

South Atlantic Quarterly, "After Sex" special issue
Robert Reid-Pharr, Once You Go Black: Choice, Desire and the Black American Intellectual
Heather Love, Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History

Also on deck/proposed for the near future:
Sharon Marcus, Between Women: Friendship, Desire, and Marriage in Victorian England
Kara Keeling, The Witch's Flight: The Cinematic, the Black Femme, and the Image of Common Sense
Jasbir Puar, Terrorist Assemblages: Homonationalism in Queer Times
Tom Boellstorff, The Gay Archipelago: Sexuality and Nation in Indonesia
David Valentine, Imagining Transgender: An Ethnography of a Category

...along with a mini- trans film festival, possibly for January.