- Reproductive struggles and global capitalism: what is MYOM trying to say by portraying Akiko’s and Jane’s shared but distinctive struggles with pregnancy within the context of global capitalism symbolized by BEEF-EX?
- Kudzu and transnational adoption Ch 4: how does Ozeki use this juxtaposition to comment on the commodification of racialized and gendered labor and bodies?
- Akiko’s sexual awakening and transnational politics of LGBTQ rights
- Development of Jane’s character (especially her self-portrayal): how does it simultaneously evoke and unsettle racist and colonial ideologies that undergird contemporary capitalism?
- Meat as a metaphor for toxic masculinity, especially through the character John
- Parallel between meat and women (to comment on “MAN’s” commerce and industries, p.154), commercial culture, and “fake truths”
- Truth, fiction, and authenticity
- *NEW: analyze the lyrics and music of Blue Scholars’ Tribute to Yuri Kochiyama (especially its historical allusions and references) and reflect on how it responds to the question issue of willful ignorance or other key issues in My Year of Meats
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