Abstract
This thesis emerges from that tension between protest and living. It considers what it means to have one’s existence continually framed as resistance, and how that condition reshapes embodiment, temporality, and identity. By situating my lived experience within broader social and political structures, I examine how bodily autonomy functions not only as a personal necessity, but as a regulated site of power. The work that follows investigates how queer and transgender bodies navigate visibility and risk, how time is warped through prolonged struggle, and how survival becomes a form of authorship.
Publication Date
5-6-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Student Type
Graduate
Degree Name
Metals and Jewelry Design (MFA)
Department, Program, or Center
American Crafts, School for
College
College of Art and Design
Advisor
Juan Carlos Caballero-Perez
Advisor/Committee Member
Laurel Fulton
Advisor/Committee Member
Suzanne Peck
Recommended Citation
Shufelt, Soph, "Unfixed Bodies" (2026). Thesis. Rochester Institute of Technology. Accessed from
https://repository.rit.edu/theses/12645
Campus
RIT – Main Campus
