Prescription Rage: On Teaching Susan Stryker, ‘Frankenstein,’ and Affect in Medical Discourse

My university students are very good at behaving. They say “thank you, Heather,” after every class, write emails with streamlined professionalism, and (almost) always follow instructions. This quarter in my “Medicine in British Popular Culture” seminar course, we’ve committed to loosening that grip on affective constraint. We start class with silly ice-breakers, we welcome deep…