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Feb 19
Men’s Studies Modified, Dale Spender, ed. (1981) – quotes and notes
“Adrienne Rich (1979) [commented that] objectivity is the name we give to male subjectivity.” Introduction, p5
“Anna Bexall (1980) [ has suggested that] males have a great emotional investment in objectivity.” Introduction, p5
“… the ways we have been ‘protected’ from obscenity, yet made the object of much of it.” from “A …
Feb 04
“Clapping for your own erasure”
Great video. Watch to the end, as Irene Brit expresses the situation so … succinctly.
Jan 24
from Amazons, Bluestockings and Crones: a feminist dictionary, a woman’s companion to words and ideas, by Cheris Kramarae and Paula A. Treichler
A hefty book of over 500 pages of entries, but worth, at the very least, a skim through for words of interest to you. Here are a few that I love:
Academia: a hierarchy whose “purpose is the production of prestige” (Jo Freeman, 1979)
Acknowledgements: … where authors acknowledged the ideas and intellectual contributions of …
Jan 21
A Law of Her Own: The Reasonable Woman as a Measure of Man, Caroline A. Forell and Donna M. Matthews
Well worth the read. Some quotes and notes …
“Because law is based on male experience, it ‘understands’ men. Thus, courts apply male values to conclude that sexual and sexist workplace conduct is merely annoying, that fear of a stalker is unjustified, and that sex against a woman’s will is seduction.” (p3)
“Men’s physiology defines …
Jan 01
Great piece from Babylon Bee – “I don’t want my skull fractured …”
https://babylonbee.com/news/i-dont-want-my-skull-fractured-by-a-man-says-bigoted-female-athlete
Dec 26
Wonderful collection of second-wave feminist publications
Wonderful collection of ’60s and ’70s feminist publications (journals, magazines, zines)!
https://www.jstor.org/site/reveal-digital/independent-voices/feminist/?searchkey=1703510072796&acc=on&pagemark=eyJwYWdlIjoxLCJzdGFydHMiOnsiSlNUT1JCYXNpYyI6MH19
Dec 10
“Just take them and leave me alone” – powerful image by Raoof Haghighi
https://uploads.ovarit.com/df813ce2-9e2e-53b1-8364-993c184b6087.jpg
Nov 25
The Collected Apologies of Lawrence H. Summers, President of Harvard
great list by Laurence Hughes on McSweeney’s here:
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-collected-apologies-of-lawrence-h-summers-president-of-harvard
Nov 21
“If you can’t trust me with a choice …
how can you trust me with a child?”
brilliant bumper sticker from The Onion
Oct 02
“The reason why men tell women to smile.”
Great post and comments here:
https://www.thefemaledatingstrategy.com/forum/cultural-misogyny/the-reason-why-men-tell-women-to-smile
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