Mission Statement

Michel Foucault.  A queer intellectual. Pictured below.

This is a personal blog with an emphasis on the personal experience of the writer, Jose Carrazana. It explores the intersection of politics and gender in the day-to-day happenings of I, Jose (not exclusive of other areas–race, class, sexuality, etc.). Here, I aim to explore the social constructions that affect the community, but most especially me. Never forgetting the importance of humor, as artist Vito Acconci once said, “What humor does is allow a second thought, a reconsideration”.¹ Using this as a point of departure, this blog will recount my experience as a queer man, in my senior year of college, and how I explore the mediated spaces that I inhabit. This blog will be abundant with sarcasm, commentary, and insight into the challenges that are faced by (queer) college students entering the (mostly hetero-normative) labor force–the expectations and responsibilities that are asked out of a young adult. The blog will use third-wave feminist and queer theories to further elucidate the queer experience, hence the picture of Judith Butler as the header image of the blog.

1. Ward, Frazer, Jennifer Bloomer, Mark C Taylor, and Vito Acconci. 2002. Vito Acconci. London: Phaidon.