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Dead Wild Roses: Training Femininity – Classical, Operant, and Physical Conditioning
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Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Feminist Quote of the Day – Femininity is the Socialization of the Oppressed Class
“Women aren’t hated for being feminine, femininity is forced on us because we are hated. we don’t naturally apply make up, wear constricting clothing, shave our natural body hair and stay quiet even when we are upset with something. we are conditioned to do this because women are supposed to take up as little space […]
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Are You a Pusher?
A pox on you Game of Thrones for pushing my summer reading to the margins. Just look at the great stuff that has been gathering dust in my book-pile. This is an excerpt from Susan Brownmiller’s work titled “Femininity”. “Nancy Henley, psychologist and author of Body Politics, has written, “In
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Femininity – Susan Brownmiller – Quote of the Day
Susan Brownmiller has a remarkable talent for framing slippery sociological concepts. This quote is from the introduction to her book “Femininity” and it lucidly describes the nature of the viscous catch-22 women experience for the crime of being born female. “Femininity always demands more. It must constantly reassures its
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Is it a #WhiteFeminist thing?
I’ve seen a lot of articles in my newsfeed/ facebook feed about feminists being concerned with hypocritical icons of feminism. I think some of them are satire, but some of […]
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Let me hate my body if I want to
“Or maybe me loving my body is about you. And how you feel about how I feel about my body. If I tell you that “I love my body. I love my freckles. I even love my sagging ass because it’s on my body.” You’ll pat me on the back
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Nina Kraviz: Why did Feminism go down the drain of a Bubble Bath?
This is one of those rare moments where my off-time interests mix with my academic work. I have seen some good commentary on the Nina: Bubble-gate but nothing from a point of view that considers systemic sexism, Feminism and male domination. Last month Resident Advisor (RA) released a feature on
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Deafness, speech and the Performance of Gender
Deafness, speech and the Performance of Gender This weekend I had the privilege of participating in a conference on Disability and Ableism at Ryerson University. Let me just say first that it is an incredible feeling to be among people fluent in American Sign Language (ASL). To see them speak
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