Someone somewhere in one of the recent threads asked a valid question about feminism and womanism... why the couldn't be one cohesive movement. I was poking around a site I used for a research paper and found some gold on this topic. This is taken from a (white) reporter who reported on a forum for people of color. She reports that this is what ( Read more... )

Obviously, redindigo was onto something when she posted about heteronormativity and heterocentrism, at least judging from the 312 commentsSo, I'll risk appearing the angry, man-hating separatist dyke and attempt to move this conversation to the next level ( Read more... )

maclyn shared a post with the community a few days ago urging us all to acknowledge and reflect on the US-centric posts that have proliferated and become standard in this community.  in that same vein, i'm calling on everyone to pause and reflect on their own heterocentric inclinations.  the posts recently, and in general, have been very much focused on ( Read more... )

I am taking a writing seminar this semester about George Orwell. However, as I was reading the syllabus, I came across this troublesome phrase ( Read more... )

I'm beginning to feel really irritated by the US centrism in this community, and I bet I'm not the only one.

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So on another community I'm involved in there is a "Laughter is the Best Medicine" section, where a woman posted this link under "Just for Fun." Keep in mind, before clicking, that this is a woman who once stopped being friends with someone for swearing, and that she let her two kids play on this site and they couldnt stop laughing.

http://www. ( Read more... )

Patriarchy doesn't go away that quickly- it has survived centuries by keeping its "others" ignorantly deviant through hegemony- "consensual" oppression. Don't be fooled into thinking we're free ( Read more... )