Reviewed in the United States on December 7, 2008. Everyone’s mobility is impacted by labels you choose to associate yourself with, starting the documentary off with no expectations opens the viewer up to other identities. I really liked the way you linked “human nature” which bases all that we see and experience and theorize through all that we have seen, learned, experienced, and theorized previously. The theme of the movie is about six 20-something women of color that identify themselves as "aggressives", a sub-genre in the "butch" category of lesbians. i'm dying to see it ! It is about who you are and it was refreshing to see that they were proud of it all. However, each of the women defines and utilizes the term "aggressive" slightly differently. “Use past experiences and history to formulate a background embedded with the current socially constructed views.”. I understand this doc is decades old but this documentary didnt give me enough insight into the communities. She uses the term “affect” in a different definition than “the motor tendency on a sensitive nerve.” She wants to focus less on how “affect” is used to describe feelings or emotions, but how affect works “involving the mental activity required to make sense of the world,” albeit in a potentially harmful way because, “affectivity accesses our individual past experiences and the forms of common sense we have forged over time (even when it breaks the sensory-motor link that chains us to the past), it has both subjective and collective elements to it.”. Get your swag on with discounted movies to stream at home, exclusive movie gear, access to advanced screenings and discounts galore. Labels are often dangerous and limiting to an individuals identity due to the fact that they are constantly being judged by their label, and may also limit themselves because of the label they choose to use to identify themselves. Statement on Gender Violence and The Prison Industrial Complex Jessica Zuasola, Week 12, April 23, “Monster, Terrorist, Fag: The War on Terrorism and the Production of Docile Patriots,” Sara Prushan, Week 12, 4/21, Race Gender and the Prison Industrial Complex: California and Beyond Anaszsa Thompson, Week 8, Stone Butch Blues Chapt. And I think that’s a good thing. One young woman, demonstrated that she was not sure really whom she was, and some of that is society's fault for constantly trying to put labels on people. As I saw it, I was more of a "butch" than they were. A girl, who looks like a boy, who dates girls. Your right, Keelings analysis was dense but your post helped me better understand her ideas. To the outside world, it is hard to understand. IRONIC BECAUSE IT WAS CLEARER ON YOUTUBE WHEN IT WAS FREE. Keeling agrees that this is an important aspect of explaining queerness to an audience, but it lacks the ambiguity we’ll see presented in the third film, The Aggressives. He was sick of chasing down co-workers for information they promised to get him weeks ago. However, each of the women defines and utilizes the term "aggressive" slightly differently. Making sense of these three films and their advantages and disadvantages is difficult without going into too much summary from her perspectives on the films. Excellent documentary and I am glad that it was created. Keeling’s paper is dense with concepts concerning how society views the world, but also the ways in which we can effectively rewrite ideology in the future. Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2008. In the end, this documentary shows that it is not about what you wear, what you look like, what you do, or who you love. Keeling’s argument supports that all three films are experimental in their ability to affect. Gender, Sexuality and the Politics of Mobility. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. Thirdly, the film she focuses on, The Aggressives, is a story that is told pedagogically in a particular way that excludes past constructions to invoke new thinking for the future. Découvrez vos propres épingles sur Pinterest et enregistrez-les. Looking for movie tickets? I see more each time i watch it. Select the department you want to search in. It is hard to imagine the film without them, because they became the characters that they played. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out / Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Hey! But something like “Aggressive” is more of a description of your behavior rather than a sexual orientation or a gender identity. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Kudos! They also struggle with the limitations of adhering too closely to the label. This documentary was well done. ( Log Out / Even within the gay community, AG's are hard to understand. As I saw a few of those being followed as totally not true to what they were claiming. He was fed up hearing excuse after excuse, and growing tired of the complaining and water-cooler gossip. To be honest when watching the Agressives I had no idea why they couldn’t just call themselves butches or transgender or lesbians, but now I see its a whole nother identity these women want to associate themselves with.-Anaszsa Thompson. I got it within 4 days, and ripped open the packaging when I got home from work. Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2007. Both of these films work to recite the past to better understand contemporary society. As I do as well, which I think the only reason people mistake me for a man is that they take one look at my fade and assume, then they see my facial features and say I'm sorry. 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