Presented by IU Cultural Studies Queer Methods Lecture Series

"The Fear of Pleasure: Queer Affects in Environmental Movements"

For decades, feminist and queer scholars have pointed out that erotophobia is connected to a masculine and colonial relation to the earth, and yet, within environmental movements the affects of sincerity, outrage, and anxiety are often emphasized. What, in pleasure, in joy, and laughter, are we afraid of? And how might this connect to a queer environmental politics? The talk and discussion will be followed by a screening of Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan's video Lesbian Park Rangers.