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A University of Notre Dame professor who teaches a course on drag shows does not see “any conflict” with the material and the university’s Catholic mission.
“Notre Dame is an institute of higher learning engaged in intellectual inquiry,” Professor Pamela Wojcik told The College Fix via email. “I don’t see any conflict with the university mission or culture in the course. I believe our students have the right to consider truths about all topics.”
She chairs the film, television and theatre department at Notre Dame, which plans to host a drag show on Nov. 3. It’s part of a symposium on “efforts to ban drag,” according to comments the professor made to a conservative student publication on campus.
The event comes as part of a class assignment for Wojcik’s course, “What a Drag: Drag on Screen – Variations and Meanings.”
“The course looks at many different uses of drag on screen,” Wojcik told The Fix via email. She referred to films such as “Tootsie,” “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” “Diary of a Mad Black Women” and “Victor/Victoria.”
“As the course title suggests we are considering different meanings and uses of drag. Some are gay drag, some are straight drag, some are women, some men, some Black drag and some white,” the professor said.
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A University of Notre Dame professor who teaches a course on drag shows does not see “any conflict” with the material and the university’s Catholic mission.
“Notre Dame is an institute of higher learning engaged in intellectual inquiry,” Professor Pamela Wojcik told The College Fix via email. “I don’t see any conflict with the university mission or culture in the course. I believe our students have the right to consider truths about all topics.”
She chairs the film, television and theatre department at Notre Dame, which plans to host a drag show on Nov. 3. It’s part of a symposium on “efforts to ban drag,” according to comments the professor made to a conservative student publication on campus.
The event comes as part of a class assignment for Wojcik’s course, “What a Drag: Drag on Screen – Variations and Meanings.”
“The course looks at many different uses of drag on screen,” Wojcik told The Fix via email. She referred to films such as “Tootsie,” “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert,” “Diary of a Mad Black Women” and “Victor/Victoria.”
“As the course title suggests we are considering different meanings and uses of drag. Some are gay drag, some are straight drag, some are women, some men, some Black drag and some white,” the professor said.
Continued below.
Notre Dame professor doesn’t see ‘any conflict’ with drag programs and university mission | The College Fix
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