{"id":9040,"date":"2023-03-08T19:36:53","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T19:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-5-to-8-page-1250-2000-word-critical-creative-project-inspired-by-sojourner-truth\/"},"modified":"2023-03-09T08:08:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T08:08:09","slug":"a-five-to-eight-page-critical-creative-project-inspired-by-sojourner-truth","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/a-five-to-eight-page-critical-creative-project-inspired-by-sojourner-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"A five- to eight-page critical-creative project inspired by Sojourner Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Hi! Please help me create a a short story adaptation in alignment with Sojourner Truth\u2019s \u201cSpeech to the Women\u2019s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, 1851\u201d. I would like you to write from the perspective of a revolutionary Black nonbinary woman. In the story, the protagonist will navigate 1970s Chicago as an individual whose identity transcends the colonial constructs of dyadic gender expression and racial affinity. The protagonist recognizes the caveats of who is granted womanhood, and the absence of Black women\u2019s role in this bestowal. They receive much criticism from conservative traditionalists, to which they respond that they can specifically be a Black woman and nonbinary due to the distinctive and secular experiences that only the Black woman will face; an identity wholly separate from their genderfluidity and queerness. Their goal is to begin a political party that unites all who deviate from cis, hetero white male. The protagonist and their speech will echo Truth in that both their ascribed societal roles and respective introspective ideas ultimate catalyze a movement of change. Please cite or integrate ideas from \u201cSpeech to the Women\u2019s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio, 1851\\” into the protagonist’s story at least 3 times. Also, please ground it in the particular historical moment in 1970s Chicago – the police murder of Fred Hampton on December 4, 1969, and the aftermath of which contributed to the dissolution of the Chicago branch of the Black Panthers a few years later. Include dynamic events and a speech that places the character in the midst of those events–particularly charged by the intersectional tensions raised by the frequently misogynistic and homophobic rhetoric of the Panthers. <\/b><\/p>\n


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Some helpful links and starting ideas:<\/b><\/div>\n
Blackness as inherently gender nonconforming, as Black identities have long expanded the notions and white supremacist constructs of woman (and manhood). <\/div>\n
https:\/\/voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu\/truth-address-at-the-womans-rights-convention-speech-text\/ (Truth speech trasncription)<\/div>\n
https:\/\/aninjusticemag.com\/the-gender-binary-is-a-tool-of-white-supremacy-db89d0bc9044<\/div>\n
https:\/\/online.ucpress.edu\/representations\/article\/158\/1\/106\/168618\/We-are-All-NonbinaryA-Brief-History-of-Accidents<\/div>\n
https:\/\/www.wecreatespace.co\/post\/being-both-non-binary-and-black-woman<\/div>\n
https:\/\/985queer.queergeektheory.org\/summaries-students-only\/week-3\/the-combahee-river-collective-statement-summary-powers\/ (please reference this!)<\/div>\n
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Thank you so much!!! Please reach out with any questions, and be creative and fun with it \ud83d\ude42 Much appreciated!<\/div>\n

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