Dismissing Disability
Image via Wikipedia As a sister to a person with disabilities, the framework of disability has always played a major role in my life. I’ve had a lifelong sensitivity to the complicated nature of the...
View ArticleDueling Identities
Image via Wikipedia Throughout my childhood and adolescence, I spent a lot of time avoiding going to Temple. While I identified as Jewish and enjoyed the community that my reform temple offered, I...
View ArticleWhen United’s Divided
Between this blog and my experiences in my final semester in college, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be in a feminist coalition. I’ve spent many classes considering the...
View ArticleWomanist Musings: GOP Legislator Suggests Sending The Disabled to Siberia
Womanist Musings: GOP Legislator Suggests Sending The Disabled to Siberia. Great article on Martin Harty’s statements about sending disabled people to Siberia.
View ArticleExpanding Borders
Image via Wikipedia When I started writing my thesis, I thought I would learn about women in the developing world. When I finished my thesis, I realized that I had learned just the opposite. The...
View ArticleTheoretical Practices
At the small and elite liberal-arts college that I attend, the idea of social justice and egalitarianism is very much embedded into the fabric of the college. Yet over the course of my time here, the...
View ArticlePopular (Feminist) Culture
I’ve always been a secret pop culture junkie. I maintain a totally useless mental inventory of celebrity names, posses knowledge about their past and present relationships, and occasionally find myself...
View ArticleObama Is Missing – NYTimes.com
“But if you ask me, I’d say that the nation wants — and more important, the nation needs — a president who believes in something, and is willing to take a stand. And that’s not what we’re seeing.” via...
View ArticlePost College Feminism
Welcome back! After graduation, I decided to take a hiatus on MyFeminisms. I wanted space from thinking critically about my identity, and needed time to think about what optional feminist critique...
View ArticleCreating Coalitions
As part of the women and gender studies department at my college, one of the most important things I’ve learned is the value of community. I’ve been a part of the group that’s continued a call for...
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