1. On page 23 of “The Politics of Pictured Reality: Locating the Object from Nowhere in fMRI,” Letitia Meynell uses the following image to demonstrate why it is easy to be deceived by fMRI images. How are the brain images depicted here deceptive, or in Maynell’s words, “objects from nowhere”?

2. What is one visual convention at work in the image above that makes it seem true? 

3. Look at the images below. If you were trying to teach someone about the harm the gender binary causes, which image would you choose and why?

 

4. What was your favorite part of Carolina’s guest lecture?

5. Do you know what sex chromosomes you have? Why or why not? 

Pick one book cover below and answer the following prompts: 

Identify the element of the cover that represents chromosomes.

Where do you see color on this cover? 

How is color being used to convey a message about sex/gender?

What claims are being made about sex/gender using colors and symbols?

Explain how these claims are dependent on biomedical conceptions of sex/gender.

How does this cover question or reinforce binary sex/gender ideologies?

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