Feministe Feedback: Polygamy and Feminism
A reader sent me an email asking for my thoughts, and (with permission) I turn it over to the Feministe commentariat:
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Addressing Abuse
A reader writes in: In my early teenage years, a cis male friend started pushing me around. The abuse never happened in school, and there is only one person in my life who witnessed his behavior. It took me a few years to realize that I had experienced physical and sexual abuse at the hands [...]
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A reader writes in looking for help for a course: I’m teaching a course on recognizing privilege to 10-12 graders in the fall. In order to teach it effectively, I need examples of any sort of racist, sexist, homophobic and rape jokes made by actual comedians or on television; egregious ads; horrid articles; and any [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Sexual Assault Resources on Campus
A Feministe reader writes in: I go to school on a teeny tiny (<500 students) college campus where, I have noticed, there are really no resources for victims of sexual assault. there are campus counselors, but they’re pretty well overbooked and kind of hard to get ahold of; all the bathrooms have lists of related [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Job placement and assistance resources
A reader writes in: Four years ago I was raped by my ex-boyfriend in college and my life has been going sharply downhill ever since and I don’t know how to stop it.A year and a half ago, I was kicked out of school (raped, reported, they ignored it, said i would be better of [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Dealing with racist relatives during the holidays
A reader writes in: I’m dreading going home for Christmas this year. At Thanksgiving one of my family members made an ugly racist comment that really made my blood boil. I stated that the comment was racist and I was met with condescending laughter. I left the house for a while because I was so [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Talking to Students About Women in Popular Culture
A reader writes in looking for resources: I would love some help. I teach high school at small private school and in two weeks, I will be one of the chaperones on a four-day camping trip with about 80 10th graders. One aspect of this trip will be separating the boys and the girls and [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Recourse for sexual harassment and assault at work
A Feministe reader writes in with a question: I work for a reputable medical school in central Texas, in the IT department. My department has expanded beyond the space we have in our office, so they moved three of us to a satellite office, for space reasons. I (the sole female techie) and two men [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Feminism 101 Resources
A reader writes in: It’s clear to me that i have a lot to learn about feminism and feminist thought in general. I never was exposed to it in an academic setting (to my detriment, i fear) and i want to learn more, so that i can a. better represent a perspective that i know, [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Preparing a little girl for a sexist and conformist world
A reader writes in: You posted a question today about appropriate reading material to help an eight-year-old better understand gender expression, and I guess my question kind of piggybacks off of that: How do you prepare a little girl for the world’s reaction to her understanding of gender expression? I have a very young niece [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Why is Inclusion of People with Disabilities Important?
A Feministe reader has been asked to give the “parent’s point of view” on inclusion for her city’s recreation center. She writes in looking for information, talking points and a wider context so that she can most effectively advocate for people with disabilities. She writes: Why is inclusion of people with disabilities important? Especially in [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Reading for an Eight-Year-Old Exploring Her Gender?
A reader writes in asking for some assistance: We always speak freely with our daughter about things like the difference between sex and gender and we try to emphasize that she is free to define her own gender in a manner in which she sees fit. Being two cisgendered, hetero people, this isn’t always easy, [...]
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