GNDR 376 Feminism and Crip Justice
Crip justice, and broadly, feminism, resist the ableist societies that stigmatize and oppress people with disabilities. This course examines how crip justice and theory are essential in understanding contemporary feminist thought and activism and the importance of cripistemologies, which are the lived, embodied experiences of people with disabilities. Students will focus on addressing the intersections between disabilities, class, and medical racism. Specific topics explored in this course may include the continued impact of cisheteronormative embodiment; able-bodiedness and capitalism that include labor and work; and feminist queer crip theories. Focus will also include grounding theories and concepts from feminist, queer, critical disability justice and critical race theories, and discussing the possibilities of accessible pedagogy and praxis implemented within the classroom and beyond.
Prerequisites
4 Undergraduate credits
Effective August 18, 2025 to present
Learning outcomes
General
- Analyze the historical and current connections between feminism, disability justice, and crip theories.
- Explain the etymology, reclamation, and current debates regarding crip.
- Demonstrate an awareness of cripistemologies and how they challenge an ableist capitalism, or a capitalist society that privileges those who are able-bodied and oppress people with disabilities.
- Examine the intersections between disabilities, class, ethnicity, race, gender, sexuality, and medical racism.
- Apply crip and feminist theories to advocate for and create equitable accessibilities in academia and other spaces.