CUNY Academic Commons | Tekinah Benyisrael | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/tekinahb/activity/ Activity feed for Tekinah Benyisrael. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 a941e128ce6f6a0b0d0c1713b4238b57 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3478 Sat, 23 May 2020 00:43:51 -0400 What do you need to know about in order to contextualize and discuss your subject? Meaning, what academic subjects does your project relate to? Through research at the library and on the web, identify the […]

]]> c0329f7c6226cd0bf62653a77865d798 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3357 Wed, 20 May 2020 23:31:16 -0400 During this semester, I’ve learned a lot about feminism. I gained a lot of insight on what feminism actually is, instead of what society makes it out to be. I also read a lot of material that I enjoyed, and […]

]]> 254d04362b79d16b713cc450b27f4cf5 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Post #9, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/post-9/#comment-323 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:33:15 -0400 I agree, and I think everyone has to go through that. But as we get older, we learn that we can have many different things that we identify with.

]]> 8011d7ba5514e7bf9bd16a63b2aae6e6 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Blog Post #11 By Ramy Mohamed, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-11-6/#comment-322 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:28:55 -0400 This has me wondering, do we want to alienate totally from gender performance, or just certain parts? and how will those parts be decided? would it be based on the individual or the masses?

]]> 6cddf0f67a429495082e84b5c73f90c0 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Blog post #8: TBCMB, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-8-tbcmb/#comment-321 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:25:54 -0400 This can also be taken as the fact that books carry history and are used all through time, and words hold a lot of power. So all of the anti-feminist works and even the books that hint at it have and can cause a […]

]]> 35b609c19fe189c5fa90ddf495b035de Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Blog Post #12, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-12-6/#comment-320 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:18:22 -0400 I agree. Material feminism is very systematic and more complex than a lot of people think.

]]> 8cea355ab59c8cc86365d5739b407cc0 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Toni Morrison, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/toni-morrison/#comment-319 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:16:24 -0400 I really like how you highlighted Claudia and Frieda more than I did. I didn’t even realize the symbolism that they held in the book. I focused more on Pecola and her experiences.

]]> 654db468d70d222ccb656ed82a0fe076 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Blog Post 10, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-10-9/#comment-318 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:11:56 -0400 This is actually really redundant when I think about it. You fight for equal treatment in daily life but you don’t give it to people who are even more affected by unequal treatment. I really hope that this can […]

]]> 2387db113be3772b412c6df95621c767 Tekinah Benyisrael commented on the post, Blog Post 14: Conclusion, on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/blog-post-14-conclusion/#comment-317 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:08:28 -0400 I really like that this course actually made you closer to your father, and reading that made me smile 🙂

]]> 58f085c4ff1ef8045e9732ad30dc092f Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=3194 Fri, 15 May 2020 02:04:23 -0400 The Tony Morrison book that I chose to read, is The Bluest Eye. The book starts with sisters Claudia and Frieda, who live in Ohio, with their parents. It is set at the end of the Great Depression, and the parents […]

]]> fa5146212549611e570c475dd9f6d13c Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=2763 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:43:31 -0400 Material Feminism is feminism that focuses on the material conditions of the social world. According to the idea of material feminism, gender is a social construct, and gender roles are forced onto women. The […]

]]> 9ee4d2d00dfe568e36fcdc52353f5095 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1215 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 22:09:30 -0400 Judith Butler is talking about her belief that gender is a performance. She says that the performances of women are compelled and enforced by historical social practice. It was passed down from generation to […]

]]> d2c286ff11b98f50ad7dab5be6304363 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1212 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:53:35 -0400 The culture wars are a conflict between social groups, and the fight for dominance for their beliefs, values, etc. They have to do with feminism because there are a lot of cultural values that go against certain […]

]]> 484fa6e15f5fe451a6c6093044a1912e Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1210 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:44:26 -0400 To disidentify with something means that you don’t have any personal association with something or an experience. One time in my life that disidentified with something, is when I was in middle school, and some […]

]]> da1cb42713b1887b0a13a6ae0ccf3b7e Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1208 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:37:17 -0400 “We are challenging white feminists to be accountable for their racism because at the base we still want to believe that they really want freedom for all of us.”

I chose this passage because it stood out to […]

]]> a21b78bbca52e18111259d9ed25e1533 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1204 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:27:16 -0400 In order to use a Hypothesis to annotate a text, you have to first create an account. Then you have to click on the latest chat, click on visit annotations in context and read the article. Once you finish […]

]]> 6735530b7a005742d3e0dc409fcc115f Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1202 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:22:38 -0400 The women that led the women’s liberation movement were influenced greatly by the civil rights movement. The women were inspired by African Americans who came together to end discrimination and racist beliefs. […]

]]> c41d67d3a395cc53ebcab549589d7f73 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1200 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 21:05:41 -0400 I’m doing fine, just having trouble with everyday access to the website because my wifi went out for a week. But I finally got it fixed.

]]> 44199a8e1213a45a79ad60e38913252f Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=773 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:53:19 -0400 In the event that feminist and anti-racist activism has succeeded and we live in a more egalitarian and less oppressive world, life world be more bliss and enjoyable. An average day for me would probably be me […]

]]> 9d7601f5b4f32a886c2cef86bd79c720 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=498 Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:52:32 -0500 Feminism is a movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. I agree with this definition because it is very general, and seems to cover the entirety of feminism. In my own words, feminism is a […]

]]> 9dfb4436bdb557fa1f3b843860ce4911 Tekinah Benyisrael wrote a new post on the site Intro to Women's Studies https://wgs1001shaw20.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=325 Mon, 03 Feb 2020 19:34:38 -0500 In order to create a blog post, all you have to do in log into your account, click the “plus” button at the top of the screen, write what you want to write, and press publish!

]]> 29f543e2805804d589618d88286a83dc Tekinah Benyisrael became a registered member https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/activity/p/643094/ Wed, 29 Jan 2020 01:29:50 -0500