Y’all know that I blame the kyriarchy — to talk only of patriarchy is to whitewash (ha ha) the myriad ways that people, including women, are variously oppressed and privileged. It pretends that all women experience oppression in the same ways, and focuses on sexism as the prime or only marginalization of women (because the [...]
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22 January 2010 at 2:55 am | Category: Gender, Kyriarchy, Privilege | Tags: ableism, cis privilege, double binds, intersectionalism, isms, racism, societal pressures, white privilege | 8 comments
Like this? Share it: While I’m trying to get well enough and focused enough to resume blogging regularly, I decided to look around for a guest post or two to share with you. When I first read this, is resonated with me, and at the moment, when even blogging seems beyond me, it feels particularly apt. This piece, originally published [...] 12 October 2009 at 8:00 am | Category: Body, Kyriarchy, Privilege | Tags: ableism, activism, intersectionalism, politics | 9 comments
Like this? Share it: Kelly Diels, of her eponymous blog, offers the following entry to the Womanist/Feminist Parenting Primer on hair, and parenting biracial black girls, and hair, and love, and hair, and revolution, and hair. Because hair is (if you’ll pardon me) woven in with all those things, especially for black women and girls. I love this piece not [...] 10 September 2009 at 6:00 am | Category: Body, Gender, Parenting, Privilege, Race, Womanist/Feminist Parenting Primer | Tags: hair, intersectionalism | 4 comments
Like this? Share it: You know how I said we can’t always get it right? Well, I was right, because I got some stuff wrong in that last post. I have a tendency to let language run away with me, and go with what sounds good rather than what’s right. So in the last post, I conceptually missed [...] 31 March 2009 at 6:36 pm | Category: Kyriarchy, Privilege, Race | Tags: intersectionalism, isms, language, white privilege | Be the first to comment!
Like this? Share it: Four months ago, when I was starting this blog, I had never even heard of the word “intersectionality” (wikipedia article, blog post [amazing pictures, but probably NSFW], another blog post, link post). I was aware, in a general way, of race issues, certainly of queer issues, to a lesser extent of trans issues, among [...] 30 March 2009 at 10:01 pm | Category: Kyriarchy, Patriarchy, Privilege, Race | Tags: intersectionalism, isms, language, white privilege | 1 comment
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Arwyn
In my bathroom hangs a plaque with a picture of a yin yang and the word BALANCE. I can never get it to hang straight. This probably says something deep and meaningful about my life.
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