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Posts Tagged ‘gender roles’
you got the swag?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged employment, gender roles, politics, power on April 1, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
question implicit
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged dating, gender roles on March 4, 2010 | 14 Comments »
when boys try to pay on dates i hate it so much it makes me feel awful. who else hates this. and why. and why do they try. i wish they would stop. i wish they would stop opening the doors and opening windows and opening and approaching.
hear hear!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender roles, rape, violence against women on January 25, 2010 | 3 Comments »
another post about rape–a really great, analytical post by a prolific blogger on wordpress. thanks to jlu for sharing! The way men and women interact on a daily basis is the way they interact when rape occurs. The social dynamics we see at play between men and women are the same social dynamics that cause [...]
Boy, 4, Chooses Long Locks and Is Suspended From Class
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged children, cultural shame, education, gender roles on January 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
On not letting a child break gender roles HOUSTON — A suburban Dallas school district has suspended a 4-year-old from his prekindergarten class because he wears his hair too long and does not want his parents to cut it. The boy, Taylor Pugh, says he likes his hair long and curly. But on Monday night, [...]
Defending Femininity
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged femininity, gender roles, identity on October 16, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Can anyone recommend me an essay/book/text/video/whatever that makes a clear, analytical, impassioned, awesome defense of femininity? I just found this neat book in the LGBTQI center at my school that’s called Taking Sides: Clashing Views on Controversial Issues in Gender Studies. It has this interesting format where it poses questions, then presents a YES side [...]
Negotiating Identities
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender, gender roles, identity on October 3, 2009 | 11 Comments »
I’ve been feeling a lot of tension lately between my feminist identity and my gender identity. They both began developing around the same time. I started realizing that I what I thought was right for me deviated from the mainstream. A lot of people have been offended by my sadness for feminists who shave their [...]
Emma Goldman strikes again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged anarcha-feminism, emma goldman, expectations, gender roles, identity, makeup, patriarchy, personal, power, second wave, sexualization, shaving, third wave on August 3, 2009 | 7 Comments »
[Woman] can give suffrage or the ballot no new quality, nor can she receive anything from it that will enhance her own quality. Her development, her freedom, her independence must come from and through herself. First, by asserting herself as a personality, and not as a sex commodity. Second, by refusing the right of anyone [...]
I’m Glad I’m a Girl!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged gender, gender roles, identity, indoctrination on May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sarah showed me this: Click on meeeee
