Subject: Gender/sexuality Class
From: michelle trudo (michtrudo@hotmail.com)
Date: Wed Aug 25 1999 - 21:31:50 CDT
Hi, Sandy, I‘m Michelle. This past year of my 28 years has been
unquestionably been the most difficult and exciting time since I’ve tried to
know myself. I started graduate school, became a lesbian, lost my parents
respect [I guess everyone encounters that though] and found
theory/discussions focusing on gender and sexuality issues. The hardest to
get through was the personal relationship with family and friends. It was
though I had been lying to them for years and they needed time to
understand. “I wasn’t who I always was.” What the hell does that mean? So
their cognitive picture of me changed. Can anyone hold up their high school
senior picture and say you haven’t changed? And suddenly my sexuality is the
one of first thing people associated with me. I don’t really mind that.
Thinking about sex or each other sexuality is more interesting that talking
about a program NBC had on last night or even the what’s in the news. Our
sexuality helps define and shape who you are or what to be. What I find
difficult to deal with is the issues of sexuality within the context of
myths. Myths of our culture and of our everyday. Myths about how we live and
how we do things. Like weddings for example. The modern wedding day is a
myth which is very ritualistic. It’s amazing to see the expectations, rules
and limitations that surround an event from within the communities,
families, government, nationality and religion. These rules or expectations
surrounding the issues of gender and sexuality effects everyone. Some more
that others, especially if you are gay.
My work in graduate school focuses on the issues of representations of myths
and rituals within the context of gender and sexuality. I would like to
participate in your Gender and Sexuality Issues in Media because the class
would be the only open platform available to me to have discussions about
issues related to gender and sexuality. A platform that allows mischief to
be made and talked about. A platform for queer theory to be talked about and
perhaps understood and considered openly. I am interested in this open
exchange of ideas, experiences and theory. And finally, where then, do I and
how do I go on in my work once I depart form your class? I hope to find some
new development in my personal work through your class.
Currently, I am a graduate student in the department of graphic design in
the Art and Art History College. I hope that we can work together because
you came so highly recommended by Diana Gramala, whom I just recently got to
meet and listen to.
If you could please let me know if I can enter you class I would appreciate
it. Thanks you.
Best Regards,
Michelle Trudo
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