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Situating Oppressions (1/23) (Moraga and Anzaldua "This Bridge",…
Situating Oppressions (1/23)
Frye: Oppression
calls to the macro, not the micro
Adichie "Why We Should"
"a man or a woman who sees there is something wrong with gender in culture and wants to fix it"--unsettling assumptions that women are feminist; also about making it more inclusive regardless of gender?
if we're playing a man's game, it's about getting men to "buy in"
"a man or a woman" sets up a gendered binary. "Anyone" or "one" should?
"happy" feminist--where is the use of anger? What do we do with feminism when it's read as embattled/angry/ranty
does the use of a dictionary def of feminist fall short?
"want" versus like an active verb?
the use of her brother as an ending. Kene as "very good looking" and "masculine"; feels weird? Also works to destigmatize that word (positive spin)
doesn't make anyone less hetero-erotic
culture doesn't make people/people make culture: call to revise mutable norms
Moraga and Anzaldua "This Bridge"
"Catching Fire" intro the 4th edition
"less about each one of us and more about the impending promise inscribed by all of us"; "all of us" meaning a global community of women of color
the limits of white-centered feminsism: "turn gaze away from a feminism prescribed by white women of privelege" and to "intersecting sites of identity and struggle" (xvi)
history and memory: ""ignored the race of gender and gender of race" the history of ethnic studies and wgst studies/higher education
we still have bridging
shows this by listing the horrors of 81-2015
the editorial process (FOUR EDITIONS) reflects how these issues carry forth and transform
"Grassroots movements" (xviii)--calling out single issue "liberals"
"it's not about the actual bodies in the room, but of a life dedicated to a growing awareness of who and what is
missing
in that room* (xix): puts onus of change on everyone
"What ideas never surface if we imagine that we have all the answers":
"Introduction"
the increased social consciousness about visibility of racism and sexism; tokenism! (the only one); collectivity gets us out of that
"The Bridge Poem"
Rushin's call out tone: as a poem, it doesn't have the real estate to couch feelings
La Guera
how does sexuality inform oppressions: Moraga as white passing "what i'm saying is the joys of looking like a white girl ain't so great since I realized I could be beaten on the street for being a dyke" (24)
ranking oppressions: "The danger lies in ranking the oppressions. The danger lies in recognizing the specifics of the oppression" (24)
"naming the enemy within ourselves and outside of us"; we need terms and names for the oppressive forces; recognizing internalized isms, both about oneself and ones prejudices
follks name things for us--sisters and connections
It's in my blood, my face
Gee, You Don't Seem Like an Indian; Barbara Cameron
the feelings hit home
what's the use of rage? How does negative emotions/affect shape the politics?
been to funeral, seen dead bodies, histories of police brutality and farmers who "accidentally" shot her family
catharsis and airing of oppressions
is hate reactionary? (Trick or treat and the mom confrontations)
the way racism structures space
the form of the anthology enacts the collectivity/solidarity