Proletariat: the population operating within the capitalist mode of production that does not own the means of production. Consequently, the proletarian is forced to sell her labor to the owner of capital in order to secure her livelihood. These two forces, proletarian and capitalist, operate in contradiction to each other: the former to [...]
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proletariat
Posted in Marx, capitalism, feminism, gender, oppression on July 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Womanism
Posted in Alice Walker, black feminism, feminism, oppression, race, sexuality, womanism on July 17, 2007 | 12 Comments »
“Womanist is to feminist as purple is to lavender” -Alice Walker
Womanism is a feminist term coined by Alice Walker. It is a reaction to the realization that “feminism” does not encompass the perspectives Black women. It is a feminism that is “stronger in color”, nearly identical to “Black Feminism”. However, Womanism does not need to [...]
‘the Natural’
Posted in Other, activism, feminism, feminist theory, heteronormativity, heterosexism, hierarchy, homophobia, human, identity, liberation, natural, nature, normality, norms, oppression, praxis, queer, right, supremacy, unnatural, wrong on July 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
the Natural.
The Natural is the social explanation for strict and conservative governing of human life. The term itself has much to do with forming and sustaining normativity—what is OK and what is not OK. Claiming that something (an object or an act or a phenomenon) isn’t “natural” often ensures society passing [...]
Patriarchy
Posted in capitalism, hierarchy, oppression, patriarchy on July 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A society or system which is ruled or controlled by men. Generally, patriarchy is a system of roles that women do housework and that men work outside and support their family. Patriarchy is a hierarchy in society such as women earn less money than men. Patriarchy is not just formed by men. It has a [...]
Oppression
Posted in feminism, feminist theory, liberation, oppression on July 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
An oppression is an unfair treatment which is based on the difference of race, sex, class, etc., and it has a big influences to human lives.
Lesbian
Posted in feminist theory, lesbian, oppression, separatism on July 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
According to Charlotte Bunch, a lesbian is a person who rejects the male sexual and political domination.
praxis
Posted in activism, feminist theory, oppression, praxis on July 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Putting theory into practice. Praxis is theory in action.
Praxis is an important companion to feminist theory. As bell hooks discusses in her article “Feminism: A Movement to End Sexist Oppression” there is no feminist movement without praxis. Lifestyle feminism isn’t enough because theory is not an end in itself to the problems [...]
feminism
Posted in capitalism, feminism, feminist theory, oppression on July 1, 2007 | 5 Comments »
feminism: a form of resistance against patriarchal domination; the struggle to end sexist oppression.
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