Consciousness-Raising
“There is no gap between feminist theory and feminist practice.” The separating out of theory from practice creates a false dichotomy. Why? Because “in the production [of theory] lies the possibility of naming all our pain-- of making all our hurt go away. This is bell hooks' main argument (in her piece by the same name)-- that we should understand Theory as THIS.
What is (Theory as) LIBERATORY PRACTICE?
The author of A Vindication of the Rights of Women (1792) who, in a call for equal education, identified bourgeois women as "the feathered race" created by the tyranny of men.
Who is MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT?
Vandana Shiva, Ynestra King, Winona LaDuke, Rachel Carson
Who are ECOFEMINISTS?
I wrote the S.C.U.M Manifesto in 1967 and, oh, I shot Andy Warhol also.
Who is Valerie Solanas?
Along with Catharine Mackinnon, she argues that pornography harms women. Pornography can be defined as “the graphic sexually explicit subordination of women through pictures or words that also includes women dehumanized as sexual objects, things, or commodities; enjoying pain or humiliation or rape; being tied up, cut up, mutilated, bruised, or physically hurt; in postures of sexual submission or servility or display; reduced to bod parts, penetrated by objects or animals, or presented in scenarios of degradation, injury, torture; shown as filthy or inferior, bleeding, bruised, or hurt in a context that makes these conditions sexual” (1987).
Who is ANDREA DWORKIN?
Being 'feminine' and being a whole person are irreconcilable. Some may be afraid of the 'lavender menace,' but at the heart of women's liberation is developing a new way of defining ourselves not in relation to a man. We need a cultural revolution-- we need to create a new consciousness of women relating with and to one another.
What is a WOMAN-IDENTIFIED WOMAN?
As defined by feminist scholar Naomi Wolf, is the idea that societal standards of beauty are a powerful tool used against women, diverting their attention from real issues like equality and reproductive rights. Wolf argues that the it promotes a false belief that beauty is a universal, inherent quality, and that women are inherently judged and valued based on their physical appearance. This focus on physical attractiveness, she argues, distracts women from their own struggles and undermines their collective action
What is THE BEAUTY MYTH?
Rebecca Walker, Jessica Valenti, Jennifer Baumgardner, Ariel Levy, Riott Grrrls
Who are THIRD WAVE FEMINISTS?
Nice, passive, accepting, "cultivated," polite, dignified, subdued, dependent, scared, mindless, insecure, approval-seeking women who can't cope with the unknown; who want to continue to wallow in the sewer that is, at least, familiar, who want to hang back with the apes; who feel secure only with a big strong to man to lean on, and with a fat, hairy face in the White House.
Who/What are DADDY'S LITTLE GIRLS?
According to Gloria Anzaldua, “The future depends on the breaking down of paradigms. It depends on the straddling of two or more cultures. We need to develop a new consciousness. The first step is to take inventory: to assess the weight on her back-- which is the baggage from her Indian Mother, which the baggage from the Spanish father, which the baggage from the Anglos? She must then simultaneously rupture from and take it all-- with all its ambiguities-- and transform herself into something new. THIS concept is what I call the new consciousness."
What is MESTIZA CONSCIOUSNESS or Consciousness of the BORDERLANDS? (....una lucha de fronteras; la encrucijada; el camino de la mestiza)
According to this author of The Subjection of Women (1870), under the law of England in the 19th Century, the position of a wife is akin to that of a slave, and in some ways, worse.
Who is JOHN STUART MILL?
Alison Jaggar; Heidi Hartmann; Barbara Ehrenreich, Rosa Luxemburg
Who are (MARXIST or) SOCIALIST FEMINISTS?
All women have a fink streak in them, to a greater or lesser degree, but it stems from a lifetime of living among men. Eliminate men and women will shape up. Women are improvable; men are not; although their behavior is.” And always remember, Girls: “Dropping out is not the answer; THIS is!”
What is FUCKING UP?
What potent metaphor does Susan Stryker use for the trans experience, highlighting themes of embodiment, monstrosity, and queer subjectivity. This analysis draws parallels between the this figure's unnatural creation and the trans experience of existing outside of hegemonic gender norms, and her work reclaims the term to assert trans identity as a powerful and subversive force.
Who is Frankenstein's Monster?
In “Under Western Eyes” (1984/1991), Chandra Talpade Monhanty analyzes how Western feminist scholarly discourse engages in discursive colonization. Its discourse produces THIS: a pre-constituted coherent group with identical interests and desires, regardless of their class, ethnic or racial location; a category defined by their oppression, lead an essentially truncated life, and set up in contrast to Western women who are educated, free, modern, and in control of their bodies, sexualities, and decisions.
What is "THE THIRD WORLD WOMAN" or the "THIRD WORLD DIFFERENCE"?
A framework that advocates for the right to have or not have children, and the right to parent in safe and sustainable environments. It's a human rights approach that acknowledges and addresses how race, class, gender, ability, and sexuality intersect with reproductive choices and the ability to parent.
What is REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE?
Judith Butler, Helene Cixous, Joan Scott, Julia Kristeva, Jack Halberstam
Who are POSTSTRUCTURALIST FEMINISTS?
In the conventional usage of the word, I'm the scum who wrote Atlas Shrugged among other things, continues to inspire and galvanize current libertarian extremists, and I lionize individual greed as a proof of moral superiority.
Who is Ayn Rand?
This view stands against the strand of feminist politics contending that the best strategy for remedying sexual violence and other forms of interpersonal gender violence is through increasing punitive state power. Instead, this movement seeks to address the transformative potential of community-based responses rooted in care and strategies that dismantle the prison industrial complex, defund the police, counter mass-criminalization, and sees the perpetration of racist state violence as intertwined with capitalist, patriarchal, and other structures of oppression.
What is ANTI-CARCERAL Feminism or ABOLITIONIST Feminism?
A landmark civil rights lawsuit (1975) filed by ten Mexican American women against the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center. The women alleged they were subjected to forced or involuntary sterilization after giving birth, despite not properly consenting or being fully informed about the procedure. Although the plaintiffs lost, this case helped shape the Chicana feminist movement and reproductive justice.
What is Madrigal v. Quilligan?
We wrote "A Black Feminist Statement" in 1977 outlining the necessity of intersectional and coalitional politics for effective movement toward social justice.
Who is the COMBAHEE RIVER COLLECTIVE?
A US-based social advocacy organization that fights against ageism and other social injustices. Founded in 1970 by Maggie Kuhn, this group aims to engage older adults in activism and empower them to challenge ageist attitudes and policies. They have been involved in various social justice issues, including anti-war activism, Medicare and Social Security preservation, LGBT rights, and environmentalism.
Who are the Gray Panthers?
This is when the actual activist organization of SCUM formed and attempted to wreak havoc through their works and unworks.
When is NEVER?
The scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism, author of LIVING A FEMINIST LIFE whose work informed your FIG Projects.
Who is Sara Ahmed?