Eight of these courses are actually being offered at major U.S. universities. Two are bogus. Can you guess which are which? (Answers follow the Top Ten list:)
10. Eco/ Queer/ Feminist Art Practices
9. Lenin, Castro and Manson — Misunderstood Populists?
8. The Rights and Wrongs of Killing People
7. Unsettling Whiteness
6. Zombies: The Anthropology of the Undead
5. Senior Seminar: The Drag of Black Masculinity
4. Queering the History of Emotions
3. Queer Theory and the Bible
2. Can There be Too Many Genders? An analysis of the 100 most popular choices.
…and the NUMBER ONE POLITICALLY CORRECT COLLEGE COURSE BEING OFFERED THIS FALL is:
1. Geographies of the Sexiness: Dance and Politics of (Dis)Respectability Across the Americas
ANSWERS: 10. Actual course offered at University of Michigan 9. Fake — created by your humble editor. 8. Offered at the University of Maryland. 7. Offered at Northwestern University. 6.Offered at Ohio State University. 5. Offered at Williams College. 4. Offered at Swarthmore College. 3. Offered at Pomona College. 2. Fake — created by your humble editor. 1. Offered at Bowdoin College.
THANKS GO TO YOUNG AMERICA’S FOUNDATION (Reston, VA) for PROVIDING THESE and COUNTLESS MORE RIDICULOUS COURSES NOW OFFERED AT AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES…
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