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Womanism @ LJ.com: Feminism-related Discussion
9/25/08 03:04 pm -  danadocus - Queer Short Films Hello, I am trying to hunt down some short films by or featuring queer/trans people of colour and/or other queer/trans people. The films will be used for movie nights at high school Gay-Straight Alliance events, to incite discussion (so no porn..). Youtube searching has led to an abundance of films on white queer people, but little outside of that narrow scope. Any of you have any ideas or suggestions for films or ways to find some?Thanks! |
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| 11/24/06 05:57 pm - andyleggett - Pigtails and Gender Roles: Discussion? I can never think of anything explicity feminism-related to post about lately, and no one's posted for awhile, so I thought I'd posit a question: what do you think the general reaction would be towards a guy who wears his hair in pigtails? 'Cause, I've grown my hair out, and I've been doing the pigtails for the past several weeks. My parents' reaction was quite negative (something about having to be associated with a faggott); but everyone else I know seems to love them. Doubtless, this is probably due both to the liberal nature of my school and the severely isolated nature of my life is general. What do you guys think? Any possibility for discussion on how this relates to stereotypical images of gender? (It should also be noted I dress relatively masculine, and that I'm not *heavily* feminine looking--though everyone always calls me ma'am on the phone...XD). |
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| 9/3/06 05:30 pm - chiss - Food for Thought Just a matter of opinion...Why do you think feminism elicits such a strong reaction in people--on either the pro- or anti- "side"?There are plenty of people who would respond to this by saying "oh, I really don't care THAT much..." but really, the fight for women's rights and plausibility or the absurdity of is quite a hot-button issue.Why? If the women's rights movement isn't needed any more and it's nonsense--why will people, usually women, argue so vehemently against the presence of the movement in the first place? Why are so many strawmen constructed, so much slander produced just to deface feminists if it's "not a big deal"? |
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| 9/1/06 05:37 pm - ukoku_sanzo What makes a strong woman? The gender stereotype is that men are strong, and embody strong characteristics physically and mentally, while women are weak, interferer, and in need of constant assistance. Feminism is the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes. This is where I get confused. How can a woman be socially strong AS a woman? **( The situation. A further explanationCollapse )**I really encourage your responses; clarify for me what the ideal respectable woman is. |
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| | 8/28/06 03:31 pm - dysgr8mystake - Excerpt from "Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler But before I type the excerpt, has anyone read Women and Madness? Is it as awesome as I keep hearing it is?**( In most ways, feminists were... (a discussion about the Second Wave of feminism)Collapse )**For the word-phobic, the excerpt deals iwth the fact that the women involved in the feminist movement are still women. The fact that feminism in the Second Wave splintered apart violently is pointed out through the methods done to splinter it; one great feminist leader turns on another. Women decide they can't handle having leaders but cannot work without one. Basically, what she points out is that the perceived problem with Second-Wave feminism (and I would push this all the way to the current set of feminists) is that no one will really talk about internalized sexism in the feminist movement. There is still a great deal of sexism women turn on themselves and on each other, even as they are considered revolutionaries. Feminists have this idea that women are so rarely truly sexist to each other that they miss the smallest aspects of it that can be just as damaging.So, in the end, is this critique of women and their indirect aggression and violence a good thing? After all, Phyllis Chesler is a celebrated feminist writer. But some criticize her for focusing on the violence women do to each other, talking about something indirect and internalized when there is still so much physically violent and oppressive sexism still being leveled, day-to-day, against women all across the globe. So is this critique of the splintering feminist movements a good thing or is it an injury to the movement itself?I can say that in my time working with feminism, I've seen a lot of the bullying tactics Chesler speaks of. A LOT. There is a lot of those who consider themselves more "learned" or in charge bullying those who they consider subordinate into either outright agreeing with them or protrating themselves in apology every time they slip up. I'm not speaking of Internet Feminism, as it were, but outside-of-internet experiences I have also had, although some of you may recognize much of our problems with 
feminist in the words.X-posted to feminist_fatale |
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| | 8/17/06 03:39 am - doctor_leggett - From a misognystic MySpace bastard... Oh. My. Fucking. GOD. What kind of asshole writes this shit? For one thing, I very much doubt women want to have sex any less than men...I am just speechless. Please, someone bash this more eloquently so that I can stop sputtering! Okay, maybe I'm just a virginal prude, but if *my* life does not revolve around sex, than I hardly think they (men) have an excuse. Or does gender dysphoria or deviating from male norms except me from this atrocious 'boys' club'? *blink* And this is supposed to be funny. Seriously. Males are not only guffawing at this shit, but telling girls to 'have a sense of humor'. Fucking MySpace (that's where I got this). |
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| | 8/13/06 09:48 pm - dysgr8mystake - Jumping into the difficult stuff What is everyone's individual position on sexwork in here? I guess I really want to seperate this into categories almost; what is your position on the sex industry in -general-, and the women who participate in it in particular? Is sexwork an empowering way for a woman to liberate herself or damaging to women (or society at large)?I'm torn on this issue. I'm pretty much entirely anti-porn personally, but politically I try to advocate for a re-vamp of the entire setup and way it's run. When it comes to prostitution, I just can't be positive about it, so I'm curious; for those of who you are totally for prostitution, or believe it's liberating/empowering, what is your reasoning?I'm not going to try and bat anyone over the head with my views, but I am curious about other peoples' reasons for supporting prostitution, and the community's overall feel for the sex industry at large. |
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| | 8/12/06 01:21 pm - genericangstylj - Sexist next gen parody http://www.macspoofs.com/2006/08/10/ps3-vs-wii/Yeah, I'm a guy gamer, I should be drooling over this blahblahblah. I think that it's horribly sexist, even though it is SOMEWHAT humerous if you know about the next gen battle. Why do they have to prove their point with a woman prancing around in her underwear? Not just any woman either, a stereotypically vapid supermodel type woman. Next to her, they have yet another stereotype of the unattractive, fat, nerd. I just want to know if anybody else was... you know... bothered by it, or if I'm taking something which is clearly meant as a parody too far.It should be noted that this IS a parody, and neither supported by Sony or Nintendo. That should be obvious, but you should see what some people are posting on forums. |
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