Postmodernism: An Uneasy Alliance http://www.marxists.org/subject/women/authors/benhabib-seyla/uneasy-alliance.htm Source: Feminist Contentions. A Philosophical Exchange‚ Seyla Benhabib‚ Judith Butler‚ Drucilla Cornell‚ Nancy Fraser‚ with an introduction by Linda Nicholson. Published by Routledge.‚ pp. 1-16. 1. The Feminist Alliance With Postmodernism A decade ago a question haunted feminist theorists who had participated in the experiences of the New Left and who had come to feminism after an initial engagement
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Jackie Grenon Women ’s Studies 187 18 November 2007 Kat Jones Friday 11:15 Feminist Activism Within Body Politics A man walks down the street and sees a beautiful woman‚ what ’s the first thought that enters his head-sex. These types of thoughts are what feminists all over the world are trying to eliminate. Feminist activism is focused on making social change and using their power to influence others. One of their many steps is understanding women ’s bodies and trying to encourage men to treat
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64). To back up bergers theory ‚ in 1996 Jib Fowles still felt able to insit that ‘ in advertising males gaze and females are gazed at’ (Fowles 1996‚ 204). Also Paul Messaris adds that female models in advertisements addressed to women ‘ treat the lens as a substitute for the eye of an imaginary male onlooker‚’ adding also that ‘it could be argued that when women look at theses ads‚ they ae actually seeing themselves as a man might see them’ (Messaris 1997‚41) Such advetisments ‘ appear to imply
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Understanding the experience of the patient through the lens of care Introduction Drawing on my own ethnographic findings‚ and further enriched with that of others in a hospital context‚ this essay will deconstruct a patient’s experience of care in an intensive care unit (ICU) and place different aspects of it within a broader theoretical framework of care. Primarily‚ I will discuss how and why a patient in an ICU experiences feelings of de-humanisation. This discussion will elucidate the changes
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“Under Western Eyes” Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles I at the urging of a number of friends and with some trepidation‚ revisiting the themes and arguments of an essay written some sixteen years ago. This is a difficult essay to write‚ and I undertake it hesitantly and with humility—yet feeling that I must do so to take fuller responsibility for my ideas‚ and perhaps to explain whatever influence they have had on debates in feminist theory. “Under Western Eyes”
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Reflection Critical Transnational Feminist Praxis‚ a book by Amanda Lock Swarr and Richa Nagar‚ investigates the theory and practice of transnational feminist approaches to scholarship and activism. In chapter 6‚ Still Playing With Fire‚ Sangtin Writers collectively discuss about the struggles that Sangtin Kisaan Mazdoor Sangathan (Sangtin Peasants and Workers Organization also known as SKMS) face in India and‚ at the same time‚ revealing larger themes concerning feminist activism. While focusing on intersectionality
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You wonder where the women are‚ and you ask your new boss. He looks surprised at the question and says‚ ’What are you‚ some kind of feminist? ’ If this ALL VIDEOS IN SEX AND GENDER IN SOCIETY 1. Sex and Gender in Society: Differences‚ Preferences & Characteristics happened to you‚ what would you think? Would you be offended by the implication that you ’re a feminist? What exactly is feminism‚ anyway? 2. Gender Views: Margaret Mead‚ George Murdock and Global Views First‚ let ’s define feminism
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The Chrysanthemums Feminist Lens The Chrysanthemums by John Steinbeck shows the world in the perception of women during a period of time where they held little power‚ were contained and weren’t as valuable as men. The protagonist Elisa is contained within her house and her garden. This is shown when the author says “like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot.”(112) also the fence in Elisa garden represents a barrier between her and the outside world. Elisa is shown as
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Critical lens essay “The only worthwhile literature is that which makes you think about you own life.” This statement is valid for many reasons like‚ sometimes you can compare the story to your own life‚ it makes you think about what you said and done to other people‚ and the story can be a real eye opener and could possibly help you get your life back on track to the road of success. Two works of literature that support this quote are A Walk to Remember by Nicholas Spark and To Save a life by
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larger and more violent male half of the human species. In the 19th century there was a feminist movement its roots came from the abolitionist movement‚ the central question of the 19th century feminism was whether it was okay to promote black civil rights over womens rights. Black womens basic rights were compromised both because they were black and they were women. Sojourner Truth‚ an abolitionist and an early feminist remearked in her famous 1851 speech: "I think that twixt the negroes of the south
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