I am interested in exploring sexism within botany as this is related to sexism and gender studies. Specifically the work of Thomas Leo Ogren he had essentially coined the term ‘ botanical sexism’. Thi […]
I have had a similar experience of being reprimanded when i was no being “ladylike”. Due to the constant enforcement of what a girl/woman should do I had hated the color pink, wearing dresses, cooking or anything […]
I had enjoyed your report and with the rejection of ones own beauty due to seeing white or eurocentric features as the standard of beauty is extremely relevant to everyone’s everyday life. Within our society […]
I agree with you. Society constantly labels and placed people into boxes and that morphs the way we live our daily lives. Also, not a comment on your blog post but on the image that you used , I believe people […]
I hold a similar definition on what culture wars are and agree with your definition. These wars do play a role within society and the way the privileged and underprivileged are treated.
I have not thought of disidentification in a spiritual sense being disassociated with the physical ( mortal ) sense but placing one’s existence within the spiritual element. I has associated this with the concept […]
Three posts that held the most impact on me is the second post on what feminism is. That was probable one of the first times I didn’t get the watered down definition of feminism wanting equality for all which it […]
Material feminism is like the building blocks that are used to construct what gender is and the societal roles that are upheld. Society is what gender roles stem from or it is what society collectively says is […]
What is Judith Butler talking about? What does it mean for gender to be a performance? Can you think of an example of performing gender (from personal experience or in the culture at large?
Culture wars are people trying to live out their ideals together in union while still divided among themselves due to differing ideas or goals. These culture wars set feminist advances back, everyone is fighting […]
I feel like I am loosing my mind being in the house. I have 6 noisy parakeets that scream all day and 2 younger siblings who are online learning as well so waking up to their several alarms is not fun. I’ve […]
For my independent study I’m researching Isra Hirsi. The academic subjects that my project relates to is science mainly to deal with climate change. Isra is a climate change activist. Through my research this […]
The women in Mudbound relate to women and gender studies. The women in the film are examples of a women’s place in Mississippi during the Jim Crow era post war. Laura McAllan depicts a white woman’s role in […]
In a utopia life would be very different. I would be able to walk around freely without having to think immensely about my surroundings. I would not need to walk with items on my body to protect myself. I would […]