Becoming the "professors of lesbian love" | Reflection

Becoming the "professors of lesbian love"

Leila J. Rupp & Verta Taylor 

Brief overview:

The article is written by two lesbian professors, on their journey of becoming professors of lesbian love. They described the five major struggles/discrimination they encountered as being a woman, lesbian couple in academia. Including,  "discrimination in hiring, bias in tenure and promotion, exclusion from social and professional networks, devaluation of scholarly work on queer topics, and harassment and intimidation" (Rupp & Taylor, 2005, p. 30). Then, they described how they promoted an inclusive, LGBT space within their university. These include hiring lesbian colleges, as professors (authority figures to students) actively participated in LGBT movements, formed campus groups, mentored and encouraged students to conduct research in this area, and taught gay and lesbian courses.  

Interesting notes:

- Reading this article also made me realize that being able to read these publications on lesbians, women or any margin groups is a great honour. As the scholars have to face discrimination and even risk their careers to get these published.  

- authors described how drag shows are the "performance of protest" and try "to make their audiences think in a more complex way about gender and sexuality"(Rupp & Taylor, 2005).

- *(word): bestowed upon... = present as a gift (ex. the complimentary name was bestowed upon me/ the prize was bestowed upon her)

-*(word): polemical = strongly critical

- *(word): endow: provide, supply, gifted (ex. someone endowed with something)

- *(word): congenial = connected, like-minded, pleasant bcz align with my taste, twins (ex. congenial company)

- *(word): askance = suspicious, side-eyed, disapproval (...looked askance at...)

- *(word): deface = destroy a surface (ex. the book was defaced, defaced doors)




References

Rupp, L. J., & Taylor, V. (2005). Becoming the "professors of lesbian love". Journal of Lesbian Studies, 9(4), 25-39, DOI: 10.1300/J155v09n04_03 

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