Un/Scripting Queer Subjectivity: Queer Futures Envisioned in 'It Gets Better'

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  • Author(s): Schmidt, Sandra J.
  • Language:
    English
  • Source:
    High School Journal. Fall 2021 105(1):43-59.
  • Publication Date:
    2021
  • Document Type:
    Journal Articles
    Reports - Research
  • Additional Information
    • Availability:
      University of North Carolina Press. 116 South Boundary Street, P.O. Box 2288, Chapel Hill, NC 27515-2288. Tel: 800-848-6224; Tel: 919-966-7449; Fax: 919-962-2704; e-mail: [email protected]; Web site: https://ed.unc.edu/high-school-journal/
    • Peer Reviewed:
      Y
    • Source:
      17
    • Education Level:
      High Schools
      Secondary Education
    • Subject Terms:
      LGBTQ People; Video Technology; Self Disclosure (Individuals); Social Bias; High School Teachers; Educational Environment; High School Students; Behavior Standards; Social Behavior; Coping
    • Accession Number:
      10.1353/hsj.2021.0012
    • ISSN:
      0018-1498
      1534-5157
    • Abstract:
      This paper explores the joyful subjectivity of LGBTQ+ youth. The study analyzes It Gets Better videos for their evolving narratives of queer lives. Using feminist theories, I find complex manners in which the videos script and surveil queer subjects, articulate the transitions associated with coming out, and embrace joyous refusals of victim paradigms. The critique of norms and the production of queer give high school educators a means for seeing, listening to, and constructing communities of difference for queer youth.
    • Abstract:
      As Provided
    • Publication Date:
      2022
    • Accession Number:
      EJ1346009