A Naval Academy course – English literature through the prism of gender and sexuality
One of the English Major classes at the U.S. Naval Academy dives into gender and sexuality aspects of literature. The course syllabus traces this topic from its women’s studies roots through the current developments including themes from LGBTQ, race, CRT, etc. The course description described early Women’s Studies programs as being limited to White middle-class women.
From the Daily Caller:
“Most of the faculty, students, and topics of study in early Women’s Studies programs were limited by being White, middleclass, women,” the female instructor, whose name is redacted but who appears to have served as Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences during that semester, wrote in the course description.
“In the 2000’s, some Women’s Studies Departments renamed themselves Gender and Sexuality Studies in order to better reflect Women’s Studies’ growing interest in exploring Queer Theory, Masculinity Studies, Intersectionality, race, and class. Women’s Studies Programs are feminist at their hearts; Gender and Sexuality Studies Programs are not, and in fact, might even reject feminism for its original focus on White middleclass women.”
Students begin the class by performing a land acknowledgement, the syllabus shows. Students also set the learning outcomes for the course.
The second class period involve study of “theories of gender” and learning about the Genderbread person, a visual made to show a difference between “gender identity,” “gender expression,” “anatomical sex,” “gender” and “sexual orientation.” On the third class period, students create a diversity statement and learn gender and sexuality vocabulary.
Another in-class activity scheduled for week 3 is reading pan-African and socialist civil rights activist W.E.B. DeBois’ “Double Consciousness.”
The Daily Caller has additional information here. The Syllabus provides more details on the course itself.
Category: Navy
I can foresee more and more future ‘commanders’ being relieved due to “lack of confidence.”
Patchouli!!!!!!
Gesundheit!
One can only hope.
Guess I will not be enrolling in that course.
Only if said literature can be used as psyops against said enemy, and as a means to understand them in order to kill them and break their toys.
Otherwise……that’s a hard NOPE!
Right up your alley.
Yet Biden’s administration is the one weaponizing the DOJ and IRS. As did his lord and master, Obama. Both ruled by executive order, skirting Congress at every opportunity. And Trump is the one they fear?
Weaponization of the DOJ, IRS, and other federal alphabets is just the beginning. The DemPanic of 2020 showed us just how compliant we are. “Here’s your stimulus check, Citizen, thank your Lords and Masters in DC for their generosity.” Of course, that was under Trump’s watch, though he doubtlessly had few choices other than signing the CARE Act. Most of us, me included, took the money. At the time, I was listening to the likes of Andrew Wilkow and David Webb on SiriusXM, and like them, I knew that refusing any payment was an exercise in futility. If our government is that willing to bankrupt itself, “what difference at this point does it make?” (to quote a well-respected would-be President) if 1% of us don’t take the bribe.
Disarm us, defund those police departments who aren’t fully complicit with government dictatorship, build up the various DOJ, DHS, and other agencies who are loyal to the Regime. We must then rely on those valiant law “enforcement” lackeys for our own protection, even as crime rises, and organized crime becomes the norm. Massad Ayoob recently hosted a shorter video for Wilson Combat, where he explained the advantages of higher capacity magazines, talking about the increase in crimes being committed by groups as opposed to individuals. Organized retail theft, often ballistic in nature out in California and other Dem bastions of sanctuary, is getting out of hand. The chance of a random meth head breaking into your house at night versus five is decreasing. Carry, prepare, and never get caught off-guard.
But I digress… If the federal government dictates, it must be adhered to. Let’s try to make one of those super effective protester rants:
“Hey hey, ho ho, Donald Trump has got to go,
Ho ho, hey hey, we must submit to DOJ”
or…
“NYPD, KKK, IDF, they’re all the same,
IRS, DOJ, don’t protest, we must obey”
Annapolis teachers?
I, for one, am certainly glad that this type of subject matter, which is so very important to the defense of our country, is given a priority in teaching to our future Floating Artillery Platform/Marine Cult leaders. I feel safer already.
I helped my Grand Daughter make some Ginger Bread Persons cookies this weekend. Ginger Bread Persons are the very best type of persons. They’re warm, soft, sweet, and if they give you any crap you can bite their heads off.
MRS D was baking cookies last week and I said something about “non-gender-specific gingerbread persons” and was told it was gonna take a team of doctors to remove the pastry bag from my ass. Oops.
Alright. Now speak slowly, use small words, draw me a picture, and explain to me how this increases the lethality and efficiency of the U.S. Navy. I’ll bet dollars to dogturds you can’t.
Best they’ll be able to do:
Studying English Literature was horrific enough already. Don’t ask how I know this.
English literature is tip-top. American literature, on the other hand…..
You obviously have not read enough Mickey Spillane. Or Clive Cussler. May I suggest “The Destroyer” series of novels. All of them. 😉
The year is 2049. Twenty-five years ago, the military finally rid itself of the heteronormative White male hierarchy, and now we are facing off against a non-diverse coalition of evil White and Asiatic Russians and Chinese. Iran and its allies started the war, when they welcomed LBGTQIA students to embark on an all-expense paid trip to witness the tolerance of the peace-loving Muslim nations. Once they arrived, the students were placed in a large auditorium, which then had its doors chained shut, was set alight, and then bulldozed. When America retaliated with glitter bombs and rainbow beams, China and Russia both stepped in to disarm the Americans of their pronouns. Then things got serious…
Something like this:
Thank God Mel Brooks was part of the WW2 generation and made the movies because he would never made it today, that is a lot of laughter we would have missed.
And the UN send a strongly-worded message.
That way, the enemy will have the fear of homos in the perimeter wire and death by boofoo, from those gay Marines.
Ether Bunny rides again!
After 10 days of merciless sex the god of thunder stood upon the mountain and shouted;
“I AM MIGHTY THOR!”
And the fair maiden who had started out as a virgin was heard to say;
“YOU’RE thor!? Jethuth Chritht! I can hardly pith!”
I elect for death by snu snu.
So obviously they want to make a USNA Degree as worthless as one from say, UC Berzerkely.
Or Haaaaavad.
So, this must be necessary to obtain a BS degree, just not a Bachelor of Science.
1990 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3wcxHiorJ4
2nd try….
Need to get the US Military back to the original mission of killing our country’s enemies. I miss how that used to be a thing.
Does this fit this category?
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/12/us-navy-begin-allowing-recruits-use-personal-cellphones/
Why is a Bachelor’s Degree in English from a Service Academy even an option?
There are times – and this is one of them – when I’m glad that I’m old. It means I don’t have that many years left on this earth to witness how badly the left destroys this nation. Back in my day even the hard left socialist set would look at this LGBTQIAZWK….nonsense and say, “Fuck no! Those people are freaks!”
Diversity Thursday – CDR Salamander (substack.com)
Ahem. Calling Senator Tuberville!
There needs to be an EPIC purge that would make Stalin blush.