Is Alien a Queer Text? | Lambert’s Gender

NOTE: In this video, I give a definition for intersex that implies that intersex characteristics are always identifiable at birth. This is not the case. There is a huge variety of intersex experiences, and many variations may not be identified until later in life. InterACT gives a much better definition here: https://interactadvocates.org/intersex-definitions/ Excerpt from that page: "Intersex is an umbrella term for unique variations in reproductive or sex anatomy. Variations may appear in a person’s chromosomes, genitals, or internal organs like testes or ovaries. Some intersex traits are identified at birth, while others may not be discovered until puberty or later in life." Is Joan Lambert trans? In James Cameron’s Aliens, it’s revealed that Lambert had a “gender alteration” surgery. In this video essay I talk about why that matters for the themes of Ridley Scott’s Alien, and whether or not it makes Alien a fabled “queer text”. https://www.seevid.ir/fa/result?ytch=UCZrELKT5sYc2ZkJx10x1Clg did a big chunk of the editing for this one! More info about intersex issues from InterACT: What is Intersex? https://interactadvocates.org/faq/ Intersex, Gender, and LGBTQIA+ https://interactadvocates.org/faq/intersex-lgbtqia/ Understanding Intersex & Transgender Communities https://interactadvocates.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/LavLaw-Trans-and-Intersex-Fact-Sheet.pdf Time stamps: https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/ISiAjJ1gVVM - Intro https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/ISiAjJ1gVVM - Part 1: Definitions https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/ISiAjJ1gVVM - Part 2: Who is Lambert? https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/ISiAjJ1gVVM - Part 3: Is gender arbitrary? https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/ISiAjJ1gVVM - Part 4: Is Alien a queer text? Resources used for this video: Alien (1979; dir. Ridley Scott) Aliens (1986; dir. James Cameron) America on Film (2005) by Benshoff & Griffin "The Debate Over Lambert's Gender - Explained" (2019) by Alien Theory https://www.seevid.ir/fa/w/--_F-gAALZk (I love that this channel is solely devoted to making videos analyzing Alien lore???) Academic analyses of Alien referenced: "Reassessing Alien: Sexuality and the Anxieties of Men" (2012) by Jason Haggstrom "'Who Are You?': Alien/Woman as Posthuman Subject in Alien Resurrection" by Ximena Gallardo C. "Woman: The Other Alien in Alien" (1986) by Rebecca Bell-Metereau "The ‘Alien’ Trilogy: From Feminism to AIDS" (1993) by Amy Taubin "Feminism and Anxiety in Alien" (1990) by Judith Newton Articles about Lambert’s gender referenced: "Why Alien’s gender politics run a lot deeper than Ellen Ripley” (2017) by Thomas Hobbs https://lwlies.com/articles/alien-gender-politics-ellen-ripley-joan-lambert/ "Intersexuality in the 'Alien' Franchise" (2019) by Alice Collins https://bloody-disgusting.com/editorials/3559224/trapped-gender-intersexuality-alien-franchise/

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