Category — Feminist Theory

This more an FYI than anything else.

 Teaching the Levees is an AMAZING teacher’s resource for introducing discussions of race, class, and gender in the classroom. While the DVD focuses on the events surrounding Hurricane Katrina, its historical component and other supplementary resources make …

By now you’ve heard that you’re “not allowed” to say “ho ho ho” anymore because Teh Evil Feministz have heartlessly taken that phrase away from your beloved Christmas culture with much pretense of being mortally wounded by it. I’ve been …

Race and ethnicity in vegan and animal rights Analysis….is it really a “feeble” matter? This young lady seems to think so
 
The other …

EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
Open Call for Discussion Groups

Are You Interested In Participating In An EDT Project On Gender,
Sexuality, And Spirituality?

EDGEWORKS Dance Theater’s Founder & Artistic Director Helanius J.
Wilkins recently launched the determining factor– a work focused on
gender, sexuality and spirituality; and …

Tekanji has written a great new Feminism 101 FAQ article on internalized sexism. I think this is one of the more difficult things to talk about within feminist communities, as well as one of the more important. No individual …

In the discussion thread at a recent post regarding the “Don’t Rape Her” meme, something came up which may explain a lot of disjointed conversations I’ve had online over the years.

Men really hate it when they’re discussed or addressed …

TRIGGER WARNING: more hypothetical examples of rape to illustrate points.

Yesterday, I posted some facetious thoughts on the Don’t Rape Her meme. Today I’m going to explain what I really think. It boils down to this:

Do you want a world …

TRIGGER WARNING: this article talks about rape. No specifics, but lots of hypotheticals.

Have you seen the “Don’t Rape Her” meme? It goes something like this:
A lot has been said about how to prevent rape. Women should learn self-defense. Women should …

George Lakoff is a prominant linguistics professor at Berkeley who is reasonably well known outside the field for his accessible analyses of political discourse. In his more academic work, he details the ways that cognitive structures are set up based …

I got the "sex" conversation from my mom when I was little. Basic mechanics, how it relates to pregnancy, that sort of thing. Over the years we had other, more spontaneous conversations about other aspects of sexuality. Including the issue …