After reading the articles,
Full Frontal Feminism and Women's Studies: Perspective and Practices,
I have mixed reviews on the subject of feminism. Yes, I am a female and I want
equality and rights for myself, as well as, others. However, in the back of my
mind, there is a lingering thought of how hard it is being heard as a black female feminist. I want to be one
hundred percent supportive, marching and fighting, but I cannot help but to constantly
think of race. Even as I read these articles on feminism, and how they are
saying every woman is equal. I know in
my day to day life that that clearly is not the case. I did not want to be the
one to pull out the race card, but how can we avoid it so easily. Full Frontal Feminism mentions that, “the
part of the feminist movement most talked about, most written about, and most
paid attention to is the rich-whitey part” (Valenti p. 7). Yes, women have
gained so many rights and opportunities since the first and second wave of
feminism, but there is still a huge gap in the representation and history of
women of color in our modern day society. Even in class Monday, a student did
not know the difference between who Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman were and
more than half the class could not tell you what she did and what she was known
for, but we mention Susan B. Anthony and everybody can give a five-page essay
on why she is important to the modern day feminist.
It is interesting to see Women’s Studies mention transnational
feminism, sharing that it is the equality of women across national boundaries and
the emancipation of women worldwide (Shaw and Lee p. 10). It’ll be interesting
to see how that is integrated and woven into the rest of the course this
semester. Below I attached a link from Facebook post I saw earlier that brings
an interesting, yet debatable perspective
of transnational feminism, it highlights those women in the Middle East that are
fighting for their lives literally for the chance to get equality, but also
downplays the struggle of feminism in the United States.
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