May 1, 2023 On Campus
Brace Student Fellow Presentation
The sexual revolution was supposed to set us free, and yet Amia Srinivasan writes, “I have a friend who explains that because she is Black, and despite being beautiful and otherwise popular, she was simply ‘off the table’ when it came to dating in her predominantly white prep school.”
Building on Srinivasan’s groundbreaking scholarship, Leo Peters ’24 explores how patriarchy and racism shapes who we do—and do not—desire or love; uncovers the historical origins of sexual racism against Asian American men; and asks how we can set our desires free from oppression.
By illuminating the often-overlooked experiences of gay Asian American men, Peters paints a deeply humane portrait of the freedoms and hierarchies of our modern sexual reality as shaped by politics, and creatively engages with this reality to help us imagine a world where we are finally liberated to desire and love one another better.
Open to the PA community; dinner will be served.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kiran Bhardwaj, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Abbot Hall, School Room“So You’re Gonna Be My Little Geisha Boy Tonight?” Gay Asian American Men and the Politics of Sexual Discrimination and Desire
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Abbot Hall, School RoomBrace Student Fellow Presentation
The sexual revolution was supposed to set us free, and yet Amia Srinivasan writes, “I have a friend who explains that because she is Black, and despite being beautiful and otherwise popular, she was simply ‘off the table’ when it came to dating in her predominantly white prep school.”
Building on Srinivasan’s groundbreaking scholarship, Leo Peters ’24 explores how patriarchy and racism shapes who we do—and do not—desire or love; uncovers the historical origins of sexual racism against Asian American men; and asks how we can set our desires free from oppression.
By illuminating the often-overlooked experiences of gay Asian American men, Peters paints a deeply humane portrait of the freedoms and hierarchies of our modern sexual reality as shaped by politics, and creatively engages with this reality to help us imagine a world where we are finally liberated to desire and love one another better.
Open to the PA community; dinner will be served.
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Kiran Bhardwaj, Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies