1.  Compare and contrast D’Emilio’s Capitalism and Gay Identity with the From Mary to Modern Woman reading.  What patterns do you see that are similar to the modern American society?  What can be said about global notions of gender in the modern age?  Feel free to invoke Foucault.

2.  How is the writer’s experience important in the story being told in Middlesex?  Describe your reaction to the reading and invoke some of the concepts discussed in the Queer Theory reading to try to make sense of sexuality when it does not match your own conventions.  Compare both readings, but go deeper to explore your own stereotypes and socialization.

Responses should be at LEAST 250 words each.