Princeton University offers classes on 'BDSM,' 'Fetishism and Decolonization'
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Princeton University advertises numerous classes on BDSM culture, "Black leather," and "decolonization and fetishism" in its spring course catalog.
"Black + Queer in Leather: Black Leather/BDSM Material Culture," which is taught by Lewis Center for the Arts lecturer Tiona Nekkia McClodden, "will explore the material culture of this community from three perspectives: Architecture + Location, Visual Artists and Exhibitions, and Black Queer BDSM communities." BDSM is "sexual activity involving such practices as the use of physical restraints, the granting and relinquishing of control, and the infliction of pain," according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Nassau Hall, Oldest Building at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (Getty) Princeton Professor Joshua Katz's spouse Solveig Gold wrote a substack about her experience with her husband's firing. (REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz) Princeton, New Jersey - April 14, 2017: People wander around the Princeton University Campus during early spring. (iStock) Blair Hall on the campus of Princeton University. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images) Kendall Tietz is a Production Assistant with Fox News Digital.
The sample reading list includes books such as "Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism" by Amber Jamilla Musser, "The Color of Kink: Black Women, BDSM, and Pornography" by Ariane Cruz, "The Black Body In Ecstasy: Reading Race, Reading Pornography" by Jennifer C. Nash and "Fetishism as Cultural Discourse" by Emily Apter & William Pietz (Eds.).