Reading group: When Monsters Speak by Susan Stryker

Conferences & public forums
Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide

When

5:30pm Wednesday 24 September

Where

Napier Building
259 North Terrace
Adelaide SA 5000
Australia

Why

Our September book is an anthology of writings by trans feminist Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark. When Monsters Speak is a vast and winding collection of work spanning 30 years and ranging from the densely theoretical to the activist to the avant garde. Susan Stryker’s contributions to trans studies, feminist theory, and trans feminisms are incalculable and this anthology gives us a chance to sit with these ideas as they have transmogrified in and across time and context.

We meet in the Napier Building at the University of Adelaide's North Terrace campus, please contact readingfeminism21@gmail.com or message if you need directions

The book is available .

This group is trans-safe. we are open to everyone (including those from beyond the university).

For scheduling updates .

Contact

Reading feminisms
Monthly feminist reading group. trans-safe. inclusive. open to everyone.
readingfeminism21@gmail.com

Location

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Secondary sources

There are so many secondary resources by and about Susan Stryker (including an appearance on Dax Shepherd’s podcast) so please dig around and share them!

This in-conversation with Susan Stryker and McKenzie Wark about this particular collection is a good place to start:

This is a recent interview that contextualises Stryker’s work in relation to contemporary anti-trans/anti-gender politics:

Susan Stryker is also a film-maker. her films are a bit difficult to find, so if anyone does track any more down please pass them on Screaming Queens (2005) is streamable here:

Her film Christine in the Cutting Room (2012) is available here:

Here are some other highlights:

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