The F word
Mar. 8th, 2010 10:26 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dolorosa_12I feel ashamed that I didn't realise it was International Women's Day. It took ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sibyllevance's Tumblr post, 'Why we still need feminism today' to remind me that yes, I am a proud feminist, and yes, there's lots still to be done.
I'd add to Sibylle's points by saying
that I am a feminist because people are still victim-blaming when it comes to matters of sexual assault. Everyone seems to think that the majority of rapists jump out of dark alleys and attack women who are 'asking for it' by way of dress, demeanor or location. Yeah, gender essentialism is such a valid philosophy (not). Yeah, rape is all the fault of (promiscuously-dressed, asking-for-it) women. To that I resoundingly extend my middle finger. I am a feminist because people still think it's okay to make comments like that on that article.
I am a feminist because I went to a talk by prominent female academics at Cambridge (including my supervisor) and all of them said that they took time off when they had children, but the 'time off' was only six weeks. I'm a feminist because 'women's work' is still devaulued and treated as if it isn't work at all, but merely what women are expected to do.
I am a feminist because feminism is not a dirty word.
Speaking of dodgy gender-related issues, I'm currently reading Pamela by Samuel Richardson. I really, really hope that the whole thing is an elaborate joke, because if Richardson was expecting readers to take this seriously (sample scenes include the main male character dressing up as a drunken serving maid in order to slip into bed with the main female character) then he was, as my sister would put it, 'on crack'. I'm reading Pamela because I'm trying to read a lot of early novels (next up, Tristram Shandy) because I'm interested in books written when people were still trying to figure out exactly what novels were, but the subject-matter is so cringe-worthy that I, well, cringe.
cleolinda liveblogged the Oscars, with much hilarity. This was the first year that I really, really couldn't care less. I would've liked District 9 to win, but I wasn't fussed. However, apparently The Hurt Locker is extremely inaccurate. This bothers me somewhat.
To move right along, have a look at some obsolete professions. And then check out this essay on the failings of Dollhouse. I pretty much agree, although my problem always was that I felt that once the show got cancelled, Whedon and co tried to squash a story arc that would've worked over three or four seasons into one season. I blame Fox.
I'm a Whedonista, what do you expect?
sibyllevance's Tumblr post, 'Why we still need feminism today' to remind me that yes, I am a proud feminist, and yes, there's lots still to be done.I'd add to Sibylle's points by saying
that I am a feminist because people are still victim-blaming when it comes to matters of sexual assault. Everyone seems to think that the majority of rapists jump out of dark alleys and attack women who are 'asking for it' by way of dress, demeanor or location. Yeah, gender essentialism is such a valid philosophy (not). Yeah, rape is all the fault of (promiscuously-dressed, asking-for-it) women. To that I resoundingly extend my middle finger. I am a feminist because people still think it's okay to make comments like that on that article.
I am a feminist because I went to a talk by prominent female academics at Cambridge (including my supervisor) and all of them said that they took time off when they had children, but the 'time off' was only six weeks. I'm a feminist because 'women's work' is still devaulued and treated as if it isn't work at all, but merely what women are expected to do.
I am a feminist because feminism is not a dirty word.
Speaking of dodgy gender-related issues, I'm currently reading Pamela by Samuel Richardson. I really, really hope that the whole thing is an elaborate joke, because if Richardson was expecting readers to take this seriously (sample scenes include the main male character dressing up as a drunken serving maid in order to slip into bed with the main female character) then he was, as my sister would put it, 'on crack'. I'm reading Pamela because I'm trying to read a lot of early novels (next up, Tristram Shandy) because I'm interested in books written when people were still trying to figure out exactly what novels were, but the subject-matter is so cringe-worthy that I, well, cringe.
cleolinda liveblogged the Oscars, with much hilarity. This was the first year that I really, really couldn't care less. I would've liked District 9 to win, but I wasn't fussed. However, apparently The Hurt Locker is extremely inaccurate. This bothers me somewhat.To move right along, have a look at some obsolete professions. And then check out this essay on the failings of Dollhouse. I pretty much agree, although my problem always was that I felt that once the show got cancelled, Whedon and co tried to squash a story arc that would've worked over three or four seasons into one season. I blame Fox.
I'm a Whedonista, what do you expect?
