Comments for A Feminist Theory Dictionary http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:49:39 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on feminism by truthwalker http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/feminism/#comment-324 truthwalker Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:49:39 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/01/feminism/#comment-324 For me, a white, anglo saxon, middle class dude, my limited study of feminism says, in one sentence: Feminism is about challenging assumptions about sex. The role men play? I'd say no official voice in the movement, but partners in activism. I have no right to equal voice in a group that seeks to represent women. I mean, I don't expect to have an official voice in the democracy of land I am not a citizen of, but I'm happy to help if I'm asked. For me, a white, anglo saxon, middle class dude, my limited study of feminism says, in one sentence: Feminism is about challenging assumptions about sex.

The role men play? I’d say no official voice in the movement, but partners in activism. I have no right to equal voice in a group that seeks to represent women. I mean, I don’t expect to have an official voice in the democracy of land I am not a citizen of, but I’m happy to help if I’m asked.

]]> Comment on Lesbian by annymorris http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/lesbian/#comment-323 annymorris Wed, 07 Oct 2009 08:22:20 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/02/lesbian/#comment-323 "women who do not commit herself to other women, including sexual love, accept their status as a second class citizen" I am not a second class citizen.Buff! “women who do not commit herself to other women, including sexual love, accept their status as a second class citizen” I am not a second class citizen.Buff!

]]> Comment on Womanism by Rhonda http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-321 Rhonda Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:22:42 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-321 If i were not taking a literature by women, class at college, regarding feminism and womanism I would have never known the difference. I had to look it up. I do support the idealism of womanism for black women. If i were not taking a literature by women, class at college, regarding feminism and womanism I would have never known the difference. I had to look it up. I do support the idealism of womanism for black women.

]]> Comment on heterosexism by alixe http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/heterosexism/#comment-320 alixe Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:13:38 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/heterosexism/#comment-320 i disagree with oakgoat, and i think the entry by nymph doesn't show the linkage between sexism and heterosexism; she just compare the relation between the pairs homophobia/heterosexism and sexist/sexism, showing the particularity of the firs terms. but i really think that sexism and heterosexism are too much conected - different from oakgoat's opinion. monique wittig is a good author, whose writtins can give us hints in this direction. she argues that the very distinction between man and woman is oriented by a heterosexist assumption, the straight mind - the sexual difference only makes sense if we have reproduction and heterosexuality as a background; so sexism is allready heterocentered, allready heterosexim. this two things are impossible to disconect. i disagree with oakgoat, and i think the entry by nymph doesn’t show the linkage between sexism and heterosexism; she just compare the relation between the pairs homophobia/heterosexism and sexist/sexism, showing the particularity of the firs terms.
but i really think that sexism and heterosexism are too much conected – different from oakgoat’s opinion. monique wittig is a good author, whose writtins can give us hints in this direction. she argues that the very distinction between man and woman is oriented by a heterosexist assumption, the straight mind – the sexual difference only makes sense if we have reproduction and heterosexuality as a background; so sexism is allready heterocentered, allready heterosexim. this two things are impossible to disconect.

]]> Comment on Womanism by anon http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-316 anon Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:05:15 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-316 The rational is that while the middle classes white feminists were out demanding their rights they were not thinking about the rights of the "the help", who cleaned their homes, cooked their meals, and raised their kids. When they were fighting for sexual liberation, they weren't thinking about all brown women who were historically sexualized and eroticized. The rational is that while the middle classes white feminists were out demanding their rights they were not thinking about the rights of the “the help”, who cleaned their homes, cooked their meals, and raised their kids. When they were fighting for sexual liberation, they weren’t thinking about all brown women who were historically sexualized and eroticized.

]]> Comment on queer by why I use queer « The Sweet Bi and Bi http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/queer/#comment-310 why I use queer « The Sweet Bi and Bi Sat, 16 May 2009 15:29:49 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/15/queer/#comment-310 [...] violence and oppression behind it. It also has a brighter side: Scottish in origin, it meant “strange, peculiar, eccentric.” (Ok, to me this sounds brighter–I SO hear myself in these words.) In looking around on [...] [...] violence and oppression behind it. It also has a brighter side: Scottish in origin, it meant “strange, peculiar, eccentric.” (Ok, to me this sounds brighter–I SO hear myself in these words.) In looking around on [...]

]]> Comment on Womanism by benson jennifer http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-309 benson jennifer Sun, 10 May 2009 07:59:17 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-309 i relly suport the issue of womanism as a philosophy of the black woman. i relly suport the issue of womanism as a philosophy of the black woman.

]]> Comment on Equality by Marla V http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/equality/#comment-308 Marla V Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:02:34 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/21/equality/#comment-308 Subversive efforts have been made by my feminist sisters for many years. Soon capitalism and patriarchy will be destroyed. A new order of socialism, egalitarianism, genderless system will be produced of autonomous sentious beings. Marriage will be a thing of the past and males will be subject to female choice in sexual selection in any means desired by females. Soon we will rule all men and the world. Subversive efforts have been made by my feminist sisters for many years. Soon capitalism and patriarchy will be destroyed. A new order of socialism, egalitarianism, genderless system will be produced of autonomous sentious beings. Marriage will be a thing of the past and males will be subject to female choice in sexual selection in any means desired by females. Soon we will rule all men and the world.

]]> Comment on Womanism by three rivers fog » Reflections on white women and womanism http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-304 three rivers fog » Reflections on white women and womanism Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:41:22 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/womanism/#comment-304 [...] Renee wrote an excellent post responding to an emailer who wanted to know whether a white woman can call herself “womanist. I’ll pull a Renee here — here’s a quote to get you started; you’ll have to head over to her blog to read the rest: I understand why womanism seems attractive from the outside.  It truly advocates for the equality of all beings however, it is a movement spawned by the rejection of WOC; more specifically black women by mainstream feminism. [...] [...] Renee wrote an excellent post responding to an emailer who wanted to know whether a white woman can call herself “womanist. I’ll pull a Renee here — here’s a quote to get you started; you’ll have to head over to her blog to read the rest: I understand why womanism seems attractive from the outside.  It truly advocates for the equality of all beings however, it is a movement spawned by the rejection of WOC; more specifically black women by mainstream feminism. [...]

]]> Comment on Hierarchy by P.ie is a pit of misogyny - Page 13 - Politics.ie http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/hierarchy/#comment-302 P.ie is a pit of misogyny - Page 13 - Politics.ie Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:33:25 +0000 http://afeministtheorydictionary.wordpress.com/2007/07/17/hierarchy/#comment-302 [...] in terms of feminism now is it? I said it before and I'll say it again: I thought femmies rejected "hierarchy" (mainly, for being "Patriarchal" and "male"). If that's the case, then your [...] [...] in terms of feminism now is it? I said it before and I’ll say it again: I thought femmies rejected "hierarchy" (mainly, for being "Patriarchal" and "male"). If that’s the case, then your [...]

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