Today we talked about food, gender, and sexuality with Prof. Yooris.  We discussed the article “Lesbian Potlucks” and the comic series “Dykes To Watch Out For.”  I don’t know much about lesbian culture so I learned a bit today about some stereotypes.  I found the theory of homonormativity to be very interesting.  The idea is that same-sex couples are the same as hetero couples, but that this idea upholds harmful institutions anyway.  For example, the nuclear family would have a mother, father, son, and daughter.  Swapping out the father for another mother does not challenge the idea that a family must be two parents with two children.  Rather, we must also recognize the possibility for other family types such as those that sleep in separate beds, those without children, single parents, poly families, etc.