Category Archives: intersecting

Feminists Have Free Speech Too: Action Alert I

July 25, 2008 · by · in action-alert, disability, feminism, objectification, op-ed, violence

I’ve labelled this post as (I) because my spidey-sense tells me that this will become a series. Here you go: [link]. Tell this cartoonist what you think of jokes about his comic’s protagonist drooling about raping disabled homeless women because “it’s hard to keep your legs closed if you don’t have any”. Hey, having no […]

Disability is a feminist issue

May 2, 2008 · by · in announcements, disability, discrimination, self-sovereignty

The 2008 roundup is at Diary of a Goldfish

Focus on: Equal Pay

April 30, 2008 · by · in discrimination, gender gap, intersecting, op-ed

Here’s an excellent column by Amanda Teuscher in Ohio U’s student newspaper which sums up the issues regarding the defeated Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: The Feminist’s Corner: Equal pay litigation is justice, not an inconvenience There’s not much commentary around pointing out that the proposed legislation would have enabled more than just women to […]

What Shakesville Said

April 13, 2008 · by · in discrimination, op-ed, privilege, race & racism, Solidarity & Sisterhood, womanism

Shakesville: We Write Letters This blog resolves to acknowledge our social privileges without defensiveness, to welcome the comments and contributions of socially marginalised voices, and when our work builds on the ideas of others we will fully attribute our debt to their work. We will no doubt get it wrong at times. Call us on […]

Feminism Friday: When women who advocate for women’s rights reject the label “feminist”

January 26, 2008 · by · in classism, discrimination, Feminism Friday, feminisms, privilege, race & racism, Solidarity & Sisterhood, womanism

2nd May 2008: This post has been updated in light of the recent flare-ups in the rounds of discussion about how mainstream feminism remains inadequate in engaging with matters of race. See footnote. There are many critics who view “feminism” (and the progressive movement generally) as focussing too much on the West, and too much […]

FAQ: why do some people talk of "feminisms"?

March 12, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, classism, FAQ, feminism, feminisms, introductory, race & racism, Solidarity & Sisterhood, womanism

Most recently updated 17 March 2007 Because, as was said back on the What is a feminist? and Why are there so many fights between feminists? posts, Feminism is not a monolith. From the soc.feminism Terminologies FAQ compiled in 1993 by Cindy Tittle Moore, here is a following non-exhaustive list of feminisms (read fuller descriptions […]

FAQ: Why are there so many fights between feminists?

March 10, 2007 · by · in clarifying-concepts, classism, discrimination, Family & Work, FAQ, feminisms, gender, identity, introductory, privilege, race & racism, Sexuality & Health, Social Justice, womanism

Quoting from Sage’s FAQ: 1. Why do feminists all disagree? Feminism isn’t a movement, it’s an argument! We all want to raise the status of women to the level of men, to feel safe and respected, and to have a fair and equal chance for all our opinions to be heard. Since the movement is […]

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