BEGIN:VCALENDAR
PRODID:-//planitpurple.northwestern.edu//iCalendar Event//EN
VERSION:2.0
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
CLASS:PUBLIC
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Chicago
TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/Chicago
X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0600
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:CDT
DTSTART:19700308T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0600
TZNAME:CST
DTSTART:19701101T020000
RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
SEQUENCE:0
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261001T183000
DTSTAMP:20260930T045131Z
SUMMARY:Kadji Amin Talk: The Contradictions of Sheer Identity: Nonbinary Gender From Tumblr to IRL
UID:646933@northwestern.edu
TZID:America/Chicago
DESCRIPTION:Nonbinary identity was born online and developed a new assertion: that individual gender identification alone constituted transition. By 2020\, this doctrine of sheer identity had become hegemonic. This talk tracks the online ascent of the principle of sheer identity\, as well as its inevitable disappointments IRL. These disappointments are inevitable since nonbinary identity was designed for the disembodied medium of the internet\, not for a material world that only recognizes two genders. The key problem is that nonbinary identity politics never made a properly political effort to transform the two-gender system\, nor did it acknowledge gender’s material anchors in sexed bodies\, sexual attractions\, and divisions of productive and reproductive labor. The doctrine of sheer identity prevents it from doing so\, ensuring that nonbinary gender remains fundamentally apolitical and consigning ordinary nonbinary people to the lived experience of “cruel optimism.
LOCATION:University Hall\, Room 201\, 1897 Sheridan Road\, Evanston\, IL 60208
TRANSP:OPAQUE
URL:https://planitpurple.northwestern.edu/event/646933
CREATED:20260928T050000Z
STATUS:CONFIRMED
LAST-MODIFIED:20260928T060849Z
PRIORITY:0
BEGIN:VALARM
TRIGGER:-PT10M
ACTION:DISPLAY
DESCRIPTION:Reminder
END:VALARM
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR