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The Radical Feminist Manifesto As Generic Appropriation: Gender, Genre, and Second Wave Resistance
Southern Journal of Communication ISSN: 1041-794X (Print) 1930-3203 (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rsjc20 The radical feminist manifesto as generic appropriation: Gender, genre, and second wave resistance Kimber Charles Pearce To cite this article: Kimber Charles Pearce (1999) The radical feminist manifesto as generic appropriation: Gender, genre, and second wave resistance, Southern Journal of Communication, 64:4, 307-315, DOI: 10.1080/10417949909373145 To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.1080/10417949909373145 Published online: 01 Apr 2009. Submit your article to this journal Article views: 578 View related articles Citing articles: 4 View citing articles Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rsjc20 The Radical Feminist Manifesto as Generic Appropriation: Gender, Genre, And Second Wave Resistance Kimber Charles Pearce n June of 1968, self-styled feminist revolutionary Valerie Solanis discovered herself at the heart of a media spectacle after she shot pop artist Andy Warhol, whom she I accused of plagiarizing her ideas. While incarcerated for the attack, she penned the "S.C.U.M. Manifesto"—"The Society for Cutting Up Men." By doing so, Solanis appropriated the traditionally masculine manifesto genre, which had evolved from sov- ereign proclamations of the 1600s into a form of radical protest of the 1960s. Feminist appropriation of the manifesto genre can be traced as far back as the 1848 Seneca Falls Woman's Rights Convention, at which suffragists Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Coffin Mott, Martha Coffin, and Mary Ann McClintock parodied the Declara- tion of Independence with their "Declaration of Sentiments" (Campbell, 1989). -
The Grand Experiment of Sisterhood Is Powerful by Jennifer Gilley Robin
“This Book Is An Action”: The Grand Experiment of Sisterhood is Powerful By Jennifer Gilley This paper was presented as part of "A Revolutionary Moment: Women's Liberation in the late 1960s and early 1970s," a conference organized by the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Boston University, March 27-29, 2014. This paper was part of the panel titled “Women Revolt: Publishing Feminists, Publishing Feminisms.” Robin Morgan’s 1970 anthology Sisterhood is Powerful (SIP) was a landmark work of the second wave feminist movement and a major popularizer of radical feminism outside the limited scope of urban-based women’s liberation groups. As Morgan notes in her memoir, it became “the ‘click,’ the first feminist epiphany for hundreds of thousands of women, and the staple of mushrooming women’s studies courses around the world.”1 Indeed, the New York Public Library picked SIP as one of its Books of the Century, one of 11 books listed under the heading “Women Rise.” As an anthology of radical feminist essays, some of which had already been published as pamphlets or by the movement press, SIP’s purpose was to collect in one place the diverse voices of women’s liberation to enable distribution, and thus radicalization, on a massive scale. Morgan achieved this purpose by publishing her collection with Random House, who had the marketing and distribution reach to get copies into every supermarket in America, but radical feminism and Random House made strange bedfellows to say the least. Random House was the very figurehead of what June Arnold would later call “the finishing press” (because it is out to finish our movement) and Carol Seajay would dub LICE, or the Literary Industrial Corporate Establishment. -
Difference, Power, and Equity (Dpe)
DIFFERENCE, POWER, AND EQUITY (DPE) Williams College recognizes that in a diverse and globalized world, the critical examination of difference, power, and equity is an essential part of a liberal arts education. The Difference, Power, and Equity (DPE) requirement provides students with the opportunity to analyze the shaping of social differences, dynamics of unequal power, and processes of change. Courses satisfying the DPE requirement include content that encourages students to confront and reflect on the operations of difference, power and equity. They also provide students with critical tools they will need to be responsible agents of change. Employing a variety of pedagogical approaches and theoretical perspectives, DPE courses examine themes including but not limited to race, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and religion. All students are required to complete at least ONE course that has the DPE designation. Although this course, which may be counted toward the divisional distribution requirement, can be completed any semester before graduation, students are urged to complete the course by the end of the sophomore year. The requirement may be fulfilled with a course taken away from campus, but students wishing to use this option must petition the Committee on Educational Affairs (CEA) upon their return by providing a clear and detailed explanation of how the course taken away from Williams fulfills the DPE requirement. AFR 104 (S) Race and a Global War: Africa during World War II (DPE) (WS) Cross-listings: AFR 104 HIST 104 Secondary Cross-listing This course highlights African experiences of World War II. Although most histories have excluded Africa's role in the war, the continent and its people were at the center of major developments during in this global conflict. -
Excerpt from “Outlaw Woman: a Memoir of the War Years 1960-1975”
1 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Excerpt from Chapter 4: 1968 pp. 109-156) of Outlaw Woman: A Memoir of the War Years, 1960-1975, (New edition, University of Oklahoma Press, 2014) Presented as part of "A Revolutionary Moment: Women's Liberation in the late 1960s and early 1970s," a conference organized by the Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Program at Boston University, March 27-29, 2014. “SUPER-WOMAN POWER ADVOCATE SHOOTS . .” That news headline propelled me to action. On Tuesday, June 4, 1968, I sat in Sanborn’s restaurant in México City across from the beautiful Bellas Artes building. As the original Sanborn's, the walls are lined with sepia photographs of Emiliano Zapata and Pancho Villa and their soldiers celebrating their revolutionary victory in that very place in 1914. Jean-Louis wanted me to meet his old friend Arturo. Arturo was a Mexican poet and anarchist intensively involved in organizing against the Olympics. I was sullen and angry because Jean-Louis had introduced me as mi esposa, his wife. Screaming fights between us had become normal, and I was trying to devise another way to go to Cuba. I suspected that the purpose of the meeting with Arturo was to dissuade me from going to Cuba. Arturo called Fidel Castro a statist who was wedded to 2 “Soviet imperialism,” and he complained that Cuba had agreed to participate in the Olympics. Arturo was smart, intense, and angry, his personality similar to that of Jean-Louis. When he spoke, he hit the palm of his left hand with the rolled-up tabloid in his right hand. -
Book of Abstracts
Fourth Biennial EAAS Women’s Network Symposium Feminisms in American Studies in/and Crisis: Where Do We Go from Here? April 28 and 29, 2021 BOOK OF ABSTRACTS EAAS Women’s Network [email protected] http://women.eaas.eu IN COLLABORATION WITH 2 INTERSECTIONAL FEMINISM AND LITERATURE: THINKING THROUGH “UGLY FEELINGS”? Gabrielle Adjerad In light of what has been institutionalized in the nineties as “intersectionality” (Crenshaw, 1989), but emanated from a long tradition of feminism fostered by women of color (Hill-Collins, Bilge, 2016), feminist theory has increasingly shed light on the plurality of women’s experiences, the inseparable, overlapping and simultaneous differences constituting their identities, and the materiality of the various dominations engendered. At the turn of the twenty-first century, this paradigm seems compelling to address fictional diasporic narratives addressing the diverse discriminations encountered by migrant women and their descendants in the United States. However, adopting an intersectional feminist approach of literature, for research or in the classroom, raises methodological issues that this paper contends with. Some thinkers have considered the double pitfall of considering, on the one hand, the text as a mimetic document of plural lives and, on the other, of essentializing a symbolical “écriture feminine” (Felski, 1989). Some have highlighted the necessary critical movement between the archetypal dimension of gender and the social and historical individuals diversely affected by this ideology (De Lauretis, 1987). Yet, beyond this tension between an attention paid to abstraction on the one hand and experience on the other, we can consider that hegemony is made of different ideologies that may contradict one another (Balibar, Wallerstein, 1991). -
International Womxn's
1 Carr Center for Human Rights | International Women‘s Day MARCHMARCH 8, 2021 8, 2021 CARR CENTER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY HARVARDRealizing KENNEDY the Rights SCHOOLof Womxn and Girls Worldwide International Womxn’s Day In recognition of International Womxn’s Day this year, we spoke with faculty and fellows across the center and asked them to share their insight on one question: What do we need to focus on in the coming year to fully realize the rights of womxn and girls around the world? Here’s what they had to say. 2 Carr Center for Human Rights | International Women‘s Day Of the estimated 450 million people working in global supply chains, the vast majority of low-paid, low-skilled workers are womxn. When multinational corporations aim to maximize profits by offshoring, outsourcing, and subcontracting, they often turn to suppliers whose low prices reflect poor working conditions and indecent wages. In this context, differing social roles make womxn especially vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. Consequently, gender- based violence and pay gaps are endemic to global supply chains. COVID-19 has exacerbated this affront to womxn’s rights by slashing demand for consumer products—especially apparel, which relies heavily on the labor of womxn. Over the past year, many global supply chain workers were laid off, experienced wage theft, or worked in unsafe environments. For womxn, who often already work ELIZABETH BENNETT multiple (paying and unpaying) jobs, this has created an unconscionable spike in income- and time-poverty. In the coming year, to more fully realize the rights Research Fellow, Carr Center; of womxn and girls in global supply chains, we need to focus on gender in due Joseph M. -
National Conference
NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION In Memoriam We honor those members who passed away this last year: Mortimer W. Gamble V Mary Elizabeth “Mery-et” Lescher Martin J. Manning Douglas A. Noverr NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE POPULAR CULTURE ASSOCIATION AMERICAN CULTURE ASSOCIATION APRIL 15–18, 2020 Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Philadelphia, PA Lynn Bartholome Executive Director Gloria Pizaña Executive Assistant Robin Hershkowitz Graduate Assistant Bowling Green State University Sandhiya John Editor, Wiley © 2020 Popular Culture Association Additional information about the PCA available at pcaaca.org. Table of Contents President’s Welcome ........................................................................................ 8 Registration and Check-In ............................................................................11 Exhibitors ..........................................................................................................12 Special Meetings and Events .........................................................................13 Area Chairs ......................................................................................................23 Leadership.........................................................................................................36 PCA Endowment ............................................................................................39 Bartholome Award Honoree: Gary Hoppenstand...................................42 Ray and Pat Browne Award -
Womxn of Color in Print Subculture: 1970-2018
University of Puget Sound Sound Ideas Summer Research Summer 2019 Womxn of Color in Print Subculture: 1970-2018 Lenora Yee University of Puget Sound Follow this and additional works at: https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/summer_research Part of the African American Studies Commons, Asian American Studies Commons, Chicana/o Studies Commons, Ethnic Studies Commons, Fiction Commons, Illustration Commons, Indigenous Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Studies Commons, Nonfiction Commons, Other Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons, Poetry Commons, and the Women's Studies Commons Recommended Citation Yee, Lenora, "Womxn of Color in Print Subculture: 1970-2018" (2019). Summer Research. 357. https://soundideas.pugetsound.edu/summer_research/357 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Sound Ideas. It has been accepted for inclusion in Summer Research by an authorized administrator of Sound Ideas. For more information, please contact [email protected]. A Zine Honoring Works of Womxn of Color in Print Subculture: 1970-2018 by: Lenora Yee 3 A ZINE HONORING WORKS OF WOMXN OF COLOR IN PRINT SUBCULTURE: 1970-2018 WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED BY LENORA YEE 4 Introduction This zine is a compilation of five womxn of color collectives spanning from 1970-2018 that engaged in print subculture by producing alternative written word works in different mediums as an extension of their activism. Researching archival primary sources, I sought out the narratives that utilized written word as a mode for advocating change from different womxn of color collectives, or works written through a collective voice of womxn of color. The collectives I am focusing on include Asian Lesbians of the East Coast (ALOEC), Las Buenas Amigas (LBA), The Griot Press (African Ancestral Lesbians), the book #NotYourPrincess Voices of Native American Women and select works published by Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press. -
WOMXN: an Evolution of Identity
Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays Volume 4 Cohort 16 Article 2 11-4-2019 WOMXN: An Evolution of Identity Ash D. Kunz Western Washington University Follow this and additional works at: https://cedar.wwu.edu/s2ss Part of the Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Methods Commons, Educational Sociology Commons, Environmental Studies Commons, Place and Environment Commons, and the Theory and Philosophy Commons Recommended Citation Kunz, A. D. (2019). WOMXN: An Evolution of Identity. Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays, 4(1). Retrieved from https://cedar.wwu.edu/s2ss/vol4/iss1/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Peer-reviewed Journals at Western CEDAR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Summit to Salish Sea: Inquiries and Essays by an authorized editor of Western CEDAR. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Kunz: WOMXN: An Evolution of Identity W⚲MXN: An Evolution of Identity Ash Kunz,, Western Washington University Abstract Environmental Education is situated firmly in the hegemony of White, settler-colonial, capitalistic, able-bodied and –minded, heteronormative, patriarchal society. Individuals whose identity does not conform to this dominant metanarrative are excluded from and marginalized by “othering”. Trauma and violence are commonplace in society against Indigenous peoples, Black and Latinx folx and People of Color, womxn, people with disabilities, people in the LGBTQIA+ community, and all minoritized identities. That history of trauma, coupled with social and physical isolation can lead to mental and emotional struggles that negatively impact personal wellbeing. A lack of wellbeing, in turn can lead to or further depression. -
A Good Wife Always Knows Her Place?
Fabrizio 1 Jonnie Fabrizio English 259 Dr. Jill Swiencicki 12 April 2011 A Good Wife Always Knows Her Place? In the late 1960s to early 1970s, a new movement of feminism emerged in America. Second wave feminism perhaps began in response to the 1950’s housewife stereotype that many women were trying to conform to. Up until 1980, the “head of the household” according to the U.S. Census needed to be a male (Baumgardner 331). In the 1950’s, women were subjected to media, advertisements, and society to become the “ideal” housewife. The following is an example of a spread used to stereotypically describe the role of a housewife in a Housekeeping Monthly magazine from 1955: Fabrizio 2 This type of woman was encouraged to become dedicated to household work and activities centered on her spouse and family. The exigency for this feminist movement was due to the frustrated at this subordination of women. Activists of second wave feminism took charge. This form of feminism urged women to embrace their gender identity, and become independent from the male sex. It also insisted that women should be treated equally to men. The roles of women were about to change. Groups such as the National Organization of Women (NOW) used tactics such as holding a “Rights Not Roses” event on Mother’s Day. The goal of this event was to show the nation that women should be freely accepted in the workplace, as well as having equal rights to men. On this day, many women dumped piles of aprons on the White House’s lawn. -
Hip Hop Feminism Comes of Age.” I Am Grateful This Is the First 2020 Issue JHHS Is Publishing
Halliday and Payne: Twenty-First Century B.I.T.C.H. Frameworks: Hip Hop Feminism Come Published by VCU Scholars Compass, 2020 1 Journal of Hip Hop Studies, Vol. 7, Iss. 1 [2020], Art. 1 Editor in Chief: Travis Harris Managing Editor Shanté Paradigm Smalls, St. John’s University Associate Editors: Lakeyta Bonnette-Bailey, Georgia State University Cassandra Chaney, Louisiana State University Willie "Pops" Hudson, Azusa Pacific University Javon Johnson, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Elliot Powell, University of Minnesota Books and Media Editor Marcus J. Smalls, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) Conference and Academic Hip Hop Editor Ashley N. Payne, Missouri State University Poetry Editor Jeffrey Coleman, St. Mary's College of Maryland Global Editor Sameena Eidoo, Independent Scholar Copy Editor: Sabine Kim, The University of Mainz Reviewer Board: Edmund Adjapong, Seton Hall University Janee Burkhalter, Saint Joseph's University Rosalyn Davis, Indiana University Kokomo Piper Carter, Arts and Culture Organizer and Hip Hop Activist Todd Craig, Medgar Evers College Aisha Durham, University of South Florida Regina Duthely, University of Puget Sound Leah Gaines, San Jose State University Journal of Hip Hop Studies 2 https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jhhs/vol7/iss1/1 2 Halliday and Payne: Twenty-First Century B.I.T.C.H. Frameworks: Hip Hop Feminism Come Elizabeth Gillman, Florida State University Kyra Guant, University at Albany Tasha Iglesias, University of California, Riverside Andre Johnson, University of Memphis David J. Leonard, Washington State University Heidi R. Lewis, Colorado College Kyle Mays, University of California, Los Angeles Anthony Nocella II, Salt Lake Community College Mich Nyawalo, Shawnee State University RaShelle R. -
Durham E-Theses
Durham E-Theses Not Andrea : The Fictionality of the Corporeal in the Writings of Andrea Dworkin MACBRAYNE, ISOBEL How to cite: MACBRAYNE, ISOBEL (2014) Not Andrea : The Fictionality of the Corporeal in the Writings of Andrea Dworkin, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/10818/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk 2 “Not Andrea”: The Fictionality of the Corporeal in the Writings of Andrea Dworkin Submitted for the degree of Masters by Research in English Literature By Isobel MacBrayne 1 Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 4 Chapter I – Re-assessing the Feminist Polemic and its Relation to Fiction 10 Chapter II – Intertextuality in Dworkin’s Fiction 32 Chapter III – The construction of Dworkin and Her Media Representation 65 Conclusion 97 2 Acknowledgments I would like to thank Durham University for giving me this opportunity, the staff of the English Department, and all the admin and library staff whose time and hard work too often goes unnoticed.