CLICK HERE TO READ Feminist Africa is a continental gender studies journal produced by the community of feminist scholars. It provides a platform for intellectual and activist research, dialogue and strategy. Feminist Africa attends to the complex and diverse dynamics of creativity and resistance that have emerged in postcolonial Africa, and the manner in which [...]
Posts Tagged ‘imperialism’
feminist africa
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged activism, education, feminism, imperialism on May 31, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
“we are not your weapons
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged cultural imperialism, Haiti, imperialism, power, rape, violence against women on May 10, 2010 | 5 Comments »
–we are women” : an article by amanda kijera. The United Nations, western women’s organizations and the Haitian government must immediately provide women in Haiti with the funding that they need to build domestic violence and rape crisis centers. Stop dividing Black families by distributing solely to women, which only exaggerates male resentment and frustration [...]
On all that plastic shit you throw away every day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged consumer culture, consumption, environmentalism, imperialism, power on March 20, 2010 | 4 Comments »
So I have these causes that I talk about. Veganism… Anti-racism… Feminism… Fat Positivism… Sex Positivism… Environmentalism… And you know there’s always this tipping point in my mind. Someone or something gets me more or less climbing on board with the cause, then there’s this ultimate point that flings me completely on deck. Like there’s [...]
Eyes of the Heart
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged colonization, exploitation, Haiti, imperialism on January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The following excerpt is from Eyes of the Heart, by Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the first democratically-elected president of Haiti, now in exile in South Africa. Around the world what is called the informal sector makes up a $16 trillion-a-year economy. Of this women are responsible for $11 trillion. In Haiti, where official unemployment is about 70%, [...]
Nicholas D. Kristoff. I’m calling you out.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged imperialism, racism on May 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Kristoff wrote a column this Thursday that addressed a very serious issue. It’s a NYT column about how rape kits often don’t get tested. I was glad he pointed out things, and this issue that is rarely addressed. That said it weirded me out when he ended the piece with: It’s what we might expect [...]
Lady whachoo talkin bout
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged employment, imperialism, racism, workplace on April 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »
So recently I went to this learn how to network post graduation thing. I won’t say exactly who it was I talked to because I don’t want to jeopardize my career in case someone wants to find this and use it against me. It was a group of older women. The older women at my [...]
more on eve ensler and imperialism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eve ensler, imperialism, media, politics, racism, rape on February 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
three cheers for eve ensler? lucie this may be of particular interest to you i know that we are trying to be more congenial on this blog but if people want to have long debates about this please email me. and if you dont know what my email address is, i guess ask someone who [...]
Vagina Horriblogues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged eve ensler, feminism, identity, imperialism, motherhood, patriarchy, pornography, power, racism, rape, sexism, sexualization, Speciesism, V Day, Vagina Monologues, violence on February 14, 2009 | 11 Comments »
So I just watched, for the first time, Mount Holyoke College’s production of The Vagina Monologues last night. (Find script here) I was expecting to feel encouraged and heartened by the play. But throughout the whole damn thing, I wanted to get up and leave. It was just awful. I hate this play. I’m feeling [...]
