Thinking Through Scholarship at the Intersections of Anarcha-Feminism
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A Feminist Conversation
#1 Feminist Reflections NOV. 2018 his essay is the outcome of a conversation between two radical African feminists, TPatricia McFadden and Patricia Twasiima, who unapologetically and with sheer pleasure, think, live and share feminist ideas and imaginaries. Both are part of the African Feminist Refection and Action Group.They live in eastern and southern Africa, respectively, and whilst A FEMINIST CONVERSATION: they are ‘separated’ by distance and age in very conventional ways, their ideas and passions for freedom and being able to live lives of dignity Situating our radical ideas and through their own truths as Black women on their continent, and beyond, are the ties that bind them inseparably as Contemporary African energies in the contemporary Feminists in the 21st century. The conversation they are engaged with and African context in ranges over several core challenges and tasks that have faced feminists ever since the emergence of a public radical women’s politics of resistance against patriarchy. But it also refects Patricia McFadden on new faces of patriarchy and oppression we are confronted with today and on how women`s Patricia Twasiima struggles to counter them can be strengthened. A FEMINIST CONVERSATION: Situating our radical ideas and energies in the contemporary African context women generated a nationalist discourse that Contextualizing the Conversation legitimized their case. Nationalists and fem- omen have resisted oppression and ex- inists collaborated to pursue their common clusion for as long as humans have lived goal -
Womyn of Color Leadership: Utilizing Differential Consciousness to Navigate Workspaces Heather C
The Vermont Connection Volume 33 Liberating the Learner: Unpacking Access Article 11 and Privilege in Higher Education January 2012 Womyn of Color Leadership: Utilizing Differential Consciousness to Navigate Workspaces Heather C. Lou Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc Part of the Higher Education Administration Commons Recommended Citation Lou, Heather C. (2012) "Womyn of Color Leadership: Utilizing Differential Consciousness to Navigate Workspaces," The Vermont Connection: Vol. 33 , Article 11. Available at: https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/tvc/vol33/iss1/11 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Education and Social Services at ScholarWorks @ UVM. It has been accepted for inclusion in The eV rmont Connection by an authorized editor of ScholarWorks @ UVM. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 86 • The Vermont Connection • 2012 • Volume 33 Womyn of Color Leadership: Utilizing Differential Consciousness to Navigate Workspaces Heather C. Lou Womyn1 of Color leaders working in student affairs face challenges navigating institutional roles while remaining authentic to non- dominant forms of leadership. In this work, I explore the concept of differential consciousness as a tactic for womyn of Color leaders to navigate workspaces. Differential consciousness is a concept within U.S. third world feminism and refers to a social movement that provides spaces for womyn from historically underrepresented, underserved, and “minoritized” identities to address dominance (Sandoval, 1991). I propose Sandoval’s (1991) theory of opposi- tional consciousness as a way for womyn of Color to navigate political workspaces in order to embrace authentic, non-dominant leadership styles. Additionally, I provide recommendations to apply Sandoval’s framework to student affairs practice as it relates to social justice and inclusion in postsecondary education. -
Trans* Politics and the Feminist Project: Revisiting the Politics of Recognition to Resolve Impasses
Politics and Governance (ISSN: 2183–2463) 2020, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 312–320 DOI: 10.17645/pag.v8i3.2825 Article Trans* Politics and the Feminist Project: Revisiting the Politics of Recognition to Resolve Impasses Zara Saeidzadeh * and Sofia Strid Department of Gender Studies, Örebro University, 702 81 Örebro, Sweden; E-Mails: [email protected] (Z.S.), [email protected] (S.S.) * Corresponding author Submitted: 24 January 2020 | Accepted: 7 August 2020 | Published: 18 September 2020 Abstract The debates on, in, and between feminist and trans* movements have been politically intense at best and aggressively hostile at worst. The key contestations have revolved around three issues: First, the question of who constitutes a woman; second, what constitute feminist interests; and third, how trans* politics intersects with feminist politics. Despite decades of debates and scholarship, these impasses remain unbroken. In this article, our aim is to work out a way through these impasses. We argue that all three types of contestations are deeply invested in notions of identity, and therefore dealt with in an identitarian way. This has not been constructive in resolving the antagonistic relationship between the trans* movement and feminism. We aim to disentangle the antagonism within anti-trans* feminist politics on the one hand, and trans* politics’ responses to that antagonism on the other. In so doing, we argue for a politics of status-based recognition (drawing on Fraser, 2000a, 2000b) instead of identity-based recognition, highlighting individuals’ specific needs in soci- ety rather than women’s common interests (drawing on Jónasdóttir, 1991), and conceptualising the intersections of the trans* movement and feminism as mutually shaping rather than as trans* as additive to the feminist project (drawing on Walby, 2007, and Walby, Armstrong, and Strid, 2012). -
Analyzing the Roles and Representation of Women in the City
Analyzing the Roles and Representation of Women in The City by Amanda Demers A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of B.A. Honours in Urban Systems Department of Geography McGill University Montréal (Québec) Canada December 2018 © 2018 Amanda Demers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would first and foremost like to thank my thesis supervisor, Professor Benjamin Forest. My research would have been impossible without the guidance and support of Professor Forest, who ultimately let me take the lead on this project while providing me with encouragement and help when I needed. I appreciate his trust in me to take on a topic that has interested him over the years. I would also like to extend my thanks to Professor Sarah Moser, who kindly accepted to be my thesis reader, and to the 2018 Honours Coordinators, Professor Natalie Oswin and Professor Sarah Turner, who have provided their wonderful and insightful guidance along this process as well. Additionally, I would like to thank my friends and family for their support, and the GIC for its availability and convenient hours, as it served as my primary writing spot for this thesis. i TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES………………………………………………………………….……….…iv LIST OF TABLES………………………………………………………………………………iv ABSTRACT……………………………………………………………………………………....v CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION…………………………………………………………….…1 1.1: Research Aim and Questions……………………………………………………….1 1.2: Significance of Research……………………………………………………………2 1.3: Thesis Structure……………………………………………………………………..2 CHAPTER 2: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK……………………………….………….…4 -
Hillard/Sizemore Special Issue Black Girls and Womyn Matter
Hillard/Sizemore Special Issue Black Girls and Womyn Matter: Using Black Feminist Thought to Examine Violence and Erasure in Education Ayana Tyler Hardaway, Ph.D. Temple University LaWanda W.M. Ward, J.D., Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University Diamond Howell University of Wisconsin-Madison As students, Black girls and womyn share a collective history of marginalization and discrimination within the P-20 education system. They disproportionately experience violence in educational settings; however, they continue to be understudied. This theoretical essay presents support for using Black Feminist Thought as an analytical framework for examining legal and policy discourses that shape and inform institutional responses to campus violence towards Black undergraduate womyn at Historically White Institutions and disproportionality in disciplinary measures for Black girls. We use this framework to explore how disciplinary and legal practices disregard intersectional identities, which results in the privileging of whiteness while rendering Black girls and womyn invisible. Implications are shared based on theoretical strategies, which promote the advancement and success of girls and collegiate Black womyn. Keywords: urban education, African American Womyn, Black Womyn, higher education, violence, intersectionality “We pledge ourselves to continue to speak out in defense of one another, in defense of the African American community and against those who are hostile to social justice no matter what color they are. No one will speak for us but ourselves.”- African American Women In Defense of Ourselves (Brown, Ransby, & King, 1999) Black girls and womyn as students share a collective history of discrimination and marginalization within the P-20 educational pipeline (Hines-Datiri & Andrews, 2017; Turner, 2008). -
Volume 46 Issue 7 February 24, 2012 Queer Womyn of Color (QWOC) Mixer LGBT Resource Center Conference Room March 1 | 4:00 P.M
Volume 46 Issue 7 February 24, 2012 Queer Womyn of Color (QWOC) Mixer LGBT Resource Center Conference Room March 1 | 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Hello everyone! The Queer Womyn of Color Mixer will be an informal space to explore, reflect on, and discuss the varying and multifaceted experiences, dimensions, and identities of queer womyn of color. The mixer will focus on naming and sharing our experiences and learning from and with each other. Light refreshments will be provided, though feel free to bring your own snacks if you wish. I hope to see y'all there! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Alina Sau at [email protected]. Color Me Queer LGBT Resource Center Conference Room February 29 | 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Do you like painting? Connecting with folks? Want to relax during these tumultuous midterms season? Come to Color Me Queer!!! This program will have folks paint their identities on a flag/banner. This will create a visual representation of the identities that are present within the community and will create opportunities for reflection in the future. This activity will also serve as a relaxing and healing space for people during these dark times of the winter quarter. The flag will be hung on the Family wall as a reminder of who frequents the space. Navigation Menu 2012-2013 LGBT Resource Center Internships Queer Womyn of Color Mixer Deadline: April 9 Apply here: http://lgbt.ucsd.edu/Internships.asp Color Me Queer The UCSD LGBT Resource Center is pleased to announce that applications for the 2012-2013 internships are now available! LGBT Resource Center For more information regarding position requirements and Internships responsibilities, please see the job descriptions. -
Comment: Queer Womyn of Color and Employment Discrimination Law in Wisconsin - Does Wisconsin Law Do Enough to Lift Anxiety?
Marquette Benefits and Social elfarW e Law Review Volume 19 Issue 2 Spring Article 9 2018 Comment: Queer Womyn of Color and Employment Discrimination Law in Wisconsin - Does Wisconsin Law Do Enough to Lift Anxiety? Amber Lara Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/benefits Part of the Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, and the Labor and Employment Law Commons Recommended Citation Lara, Amber (2018) "Comment: Queer Womyn of Color and Employment Discrimination Law in Wisconsin - Does Wisconsin Law Do Enough to Lift Anxiety?," Marquette Benefits and Social elfarW e Law Review: Vol. 19 : Iss. 2 , Article 9. Available at: https://scholarship.law.marquette.edu/benefits/vol19/iss2/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marquette Benefits and Social elfarW e Law Review by an authorized editor of Marquette Law Scholarly Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. QUEER WOMYN OF COLOR AND EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION LAW IN WISCONSIN-DOES WISCONSIN LAW DO ENOUGH TO LIFT ANXIETY? Am.her Lara.. America's current leadership appears to actively seek out ways to isolate and oppress those who do not identify as cis-gender white heterosexual males. The purpose of this comment is to help readers understand the issues queer womyn of color face interacting with society on a daily basis. This comment will outline the harmful expectations of assimilation and how failure to assimilate may make these womyn targets in their work environments. This comment will also compare the handling of employment discrimination under Title VII and Wisconsin law and determine whether Wisconsin law in practice actually affords queer womyn of color more protection than Title VII. -
Feminist Geographies of Difference, Relation, And
FEMINIST GEOGRAPHIES OF DIFFERENCE, 4 RELATION, AND CONSTRUCTION Deborah P. Dixon and John Paul Jones III Introduction and their associated methodologies: hence the plural ‘geographies’ in the title of this Feminist geography is concerned first and chapter. To facilitate our survey of feminist foremost with improving women’s lives by geography, we draw out three main lines of understanding the sources, dynamics, and research. Each of these holds the concept of spatiality of women’s oppression, and with gender to be central to the analysis, but they documenting strategies of resistance. In differ in their understanding of the term. accomplishing this objective, feminist geo- Under the heading of gender as difference, graphy has proven itself time and again as a we first consider those forms of feminist source for innovative thought and practice geographic analysis that address the spatial across all of human geography.The work of dimensions of the different life experiences feminist geographers has transformed research of men and women across a host of cultural, into everyday social activities such as wage economic, political, and environmental arenas. earning, commuting, maintaining a family Second, we point to those analyses that (however defined), and recreation, as well as understand gender as a social relation. Here, major life events, such as migration, procre- the emphasis shifts from studying men and ation, and illness. It has propelled changes in women per se to understanding the social debates over which basic human needs such relations that link men and women in com- as shelter, education, food, and health care are plex ways. In its most hierarchical form, these discussed, and it has fostered new insights relations are realized as patriarchy – a spatially into global and regional economic transfor- and historically specific social structure that mations, government policies, and settlement works to dominate women and children. -
Online Anti-Rape Activism EMERALD STUDIES in CRIMINOLOGY, FEMINISM and SOCIAL CHANGE
Online Anti-Rape Activism EMERALD STUDIES IN CRIMINOLOGY, FEMINISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE Series Editors: Sandra Walklate, School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Australia. Kate Fitz-Gibbon, School of Social Sciences at Monash University and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia. Jude McCulloch, Monash University and Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Australia. JaneMaree Maher, Centre for Women’s Studies and Gender Research Sociology, Monash University, Australia. Emerald Studies in Criminology, Feminism and Social Change offers a platform for innovative, engaged, and forward-looking feminist-informed work to explore the interconnections between social change and the capacity of criminology to grapple with the implications of such change. Social change, whether as a result of the movement of peoples, the impact of new technologies, the potential consequences of climate change, or more commonly iden- tified features of changing societies, such as ageing populations, inter-generational conflict, the changing nature of work, increasing awareness of the problem of gen- dered violence(s), and/or changing economic and political context, takes its toll across the globe in infinitely more nuanced and inter-connected ways than previously imag- ined. Each of these connections carry implications for what is understood as crime, the criminal, the victim of crime and the capacity of criminology as a discipline to make sense of these evolving interconnections. Feminist analysis, despite its conten- tious relationship with the discipline of criminology, has much to offer in strengthen- ing the discipline to better understand the complexity of the world in the twenty-first century and to scan the horizon for emerging, possible or likely futures. -
Quantitative Methods and Feminist Geographic Research
Quantitative Methods and Feminist Geographic Research In Feminist Geography in Practice: Research and Methods, edited by Pamela Moss (2001). Oxford: Blackwell. (In press) Mei-Po Kwan Department of Geography The Ohio State University Columbus, OH 43210. Introduction: Quantitative Geographical Methods Quantitative methods not only involve the use of numbers such as official statistics. They include the entire process in which data are collected, assembled, turned into numbers (coded), and analyzed using mathematical or statistical means. In research relying mainly on quantitative methods, the focus of the data collection effort is to gather quantitative data or qualitative information that can be quantified in some way (as in attitudinal studies). Once coded, these data are then explored using various methods, ranging from simple measures such as frequency counts and percentages, to complex techniques such as log- linear models. Results of quantitative analysis can be presented in the form of summary statistics, test statistics, statistical tables, and graphs. They can also be represented in complex cartographic or three-dimensional forms with the assistance of GIS, or Geographical Information Systems. Since spatial data violate many assumptions of conventional statistical methods, such as independence of each individual observation and constant variance, quantitative analysis of geographic data calls for spatial statistical methods that were developed to overcome the problems of applying conventional statistical methods to geographic data. This is a specialized collection of techniques required when dealing with data that describe the spatial distribution of social or economic phenomena, many of which are of interest to feminist geographers. Without applying the appropriate geostatistical methods, analysis of geographical data may lead to erroneous results and conclusions. -
Feminist Geography in the UK: the Dialectics of Women-Gender-Feminism- Intersectionality and Praxis
Feminist geography in the UK: the dialectics of women-gender-feminism- intersectionality and praxis Article Accepted Version Evans, S. L. and Maddrell, A. (2019) Feminist geography in the UK: the dialectics of women-gender-feminism- intersectionality and praxis. Gender, Place & Culture, 26 (7-9). pp. 1304-1313. ISSN 1360-0524 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1567475 Available at http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/85062/ It is advisable to refer to the publisher’s version if you intend to cite from the work. See Guidance on citing . To link to this article DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0966369X.2019.1567475 Publisher: Taylor & Francis All outputs in CentAUR are protected by Intellectual Property Rights law, including copyright law. Copyright and IPR is retained by the creators or other copyright holders. Terms and conditions for use of this material are defined in the End User Agreement . www.reading.ac.uk/centaur CentAUR Central Archive at the University of Reading Reading’s research outputs online Sarah Evans and Avril Maddrell [email protected]; [email protected] Feminist geography in the UK: the dialectics of women-gender-feminism-intersectionality and praxis ‘Feminist political theory draws on particular spatial imaginations in elaborating a politics of transformation’ (Robinson 2000: 285) Introduction Feminist praxis has always been about both the individual and the collective; one of the revolutionary and utopian promises of feminism is that of being, bringing, and working together. This piece provides a brief account of some of the scholarship and collective activities within British feminist geography over the last twenty five years; it is inevitably selective and partial, shaped in part by our experiences and perspectives, one of us having joined the ranks of feminist geography as a doctoral student in the early 1990s when the modes and themes of feminist theory and praxis on offer were presented as closely defined camps (e.g. -
Queer Women and Non-Binary Artists Resisting an Emptied Stage
Placefull Spaces: Queer Women and Non-Binary Artists Resisting an Emptied Stage by Laine Yale Zisman Newman A thesis submitted in conformity with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Centre for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies (collaborative program) Women & Gender Studies Institute (collaborative program) University of Toronto © Copyright by Laine Zisman Newman 2018 Placefull Spaces: Queer Women and Non-Binary Artists Resisting an Emptied Stage Laine Zisman Newman Doctor pf Philosophy Centre for Drama, Theatre, & Performance Studies University of Toronto 2018 Abstract For marginalized queer artists, inequitable distribution of and access to performance space impact both the development process and production of artistic works. While a lack of ongoing or resident performance space for women’s productions in Canada has been documented (see, for example, Rina Fraticelli; Rebecca Burton; and Michelle MacArthur), less research has been conducted on queer women’s and non-binary artists’ experience of space in the industry. Theatre and performance scholars (see, for example, Gay McAuley, Una Chaudhuri, Jill Dolan, and Laura Levin) have provided the groundwork for exploring the relationship among theatre sites, identities, and productions; and queer geographers such as Natalie Oswin, Julie Podmore, Catherine Nash, and Kath Browne have developed invaluable theories and methodologies to unsettle the assumed neutrality of space. However, few scholars have brought these fields together, particularly in the context of performance in Canada. This doctoral project applies queer and feminist theories of geography to queer women’s and non-binary artists’ performance to explore how insecure and inequitable access to physical space affects both experiences of finding one’s place in the theatre industry and articulations of an imagined place on stage.