tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post4793861294404859389..comments2023-10-09T09:07:18.186-04:00Comments on My Ecdysis: Resisting Top Shelf FeminismLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-84977348808143956442008-01-18T17:37:00.000-05:002008-01-18T17:37:00.000-05:00Borderlands,I would like to see your blog, but I w...Borderlands,<BR/>I would like to see your blog, but I was unable to link there. Can you send me your blog address or provide another link?<BR/><BR/>Thanks very much!<BR/>SudyLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-48153024046339256942008-01-18T11:45:00.000-05:002008-01-18T11:45:00.000-05:00hey, i really like what you said about accessibili...hey, i really like what you said about accessibility and the relation between the blog world and the real world. I was wondering if you could comment on my blog because the questions that I'm asking are in line with what you were writing about. I'm working on a research project that has to do with why people blog and if cyberspace is becoming a place of resistance and how people are making that happen. It would be great if you could contribute because I think your writings are great.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05053591231071028191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-17418530281177248332008-01-11T12:46:00.000-05:002008-01-11T12:46:00.000-05:00I would also like to add, that I agree with what y...I would also like to add, that I agree with what you say... there are entirely too many elitist ivory tower feminists who could give a shit less about communicating their knowledge in an effective and "connective" way to others. For my empowerment class, (yes, it was called "empowerment"), we read Mary Pipher's book "Writing to Change the World". I really learned a lot from it. It's a fairly quick read, but packed with a punch!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-33669207442736634762008-01-11T12:40:00.000-05:002008-01-11T12:40:00.000-05:00Well, I am studying to be a feminist therapist (ye...Well, I am studying to be a feminist therapist (yes, there is such a thing... type in wikipedia). I am a social worker earning my license in clinical social work. So... in my case, feminism has merged with activism. Feminism must be "applied" if it is to make a difference in people's lives. Whether applied means sharing a conversation with your girlfriends, boyfriends, family, etc. <BR/><BR/>What does feminism do for women who are raped and for those who have experienced domestic violence? Well, I happen to have an internship where I have been facilitating group work with women who have been raped. I teach them about patriarchy as a psychoeducational component. Without that component, I would be a sitting duck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-82318672713785085962008-01-10T16:26:00.000-05:002008-01-10T16:26:00.000-05:00I love this Sudy, in so many ways, and need to rea...I love this Sudy, in so many ways, and need to read it again and again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-89130656771684119872008-01-09T12:59:00.000-05:002008-01-09T12:59:00.000-05:00Although I got a lot of comments on my thread titl...Although I got a lot of comments on my thread titled "Where are the old woman bloggers?" -- I also got a couple of depressing emails about accessibility in general... old women who will not start blogging because they say young people (the majority of people online are 40 and under) are simply <I>not interested </I>in what they have to say. I mean, there isn't much we can do to change something as ingrained as that, is there? I actually found the whole exercise of other bloggers linking me on that thread kind of depressing, since it reinforced the whole gap I was talking about in the first place. :(<BR/><BR/>Anyway, great post.Daisyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16354486841414802245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-80679731928825301592008-01-07T17:27:00.000-05:002008-01-07T17:27:00.000-05:00Huh. I have to admit, this is really the first tim...Huh. I have to admit, this is really the first time I've thought about my blog in terms of accessibility <I>to others</I>. Generally I think of my blog as my dump space where I can work my own shit out before going back out into real life and finding a way to apply it. It's like an external hard drive so that my wired-in brain doesn't have to deal with too much heavy-thinking shit at once. <BR/><BR/>But this business of paying it forward: "my responsibility to prepare a space so she can be heard, and live, and breathe. I do this in hopes she will unfold and do it for someone else" ... I like that. It's inspiring on a whole new level. Thank you.baby221https://www.blogger.com/profile/10728908487350684688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-65415073707082305092008-01-07T15:10:00.000-05:002008-01-07T15:10:00.000-05:00How timely, we're in sync...I was thinking about a...How timely, we're in sync...I was thinking about accessibility this morning. About blogging and ways in which it is accessible or not, the benefits to the immigrant women in my family, my sister-in-law and her friends who look like a million bucks daily, grandma, and all of the mothers that I know of. All of these women that are day in and day out in front of us. Who feed us, who we feed. Who reach out to be heard. <BR/><BR/>Thinking hard.<BR/><BR/>I especially liked this what you said:<BR/><BR/>"Being accessible requires adamant loyalty to staying on the ground: inspiration without the lofty, academic jargon; self-analysis lens without self-centeredness."<BR/><BR/><BR/>fabiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-91389570222834141262008-01-07T09:47:00.000-05:002008-01-07T09:47:00.000-05:00I don't know if it's "feminist thought" that is ne...I don't know if it's "feminist thought" that is needed the most or if it's more justice and voice that is needed that feminist thought should be providing.<BR/><BR/>Feminism or "feminist thought" does NOT directly "solve" any problems whatsoever. For me, it is a lens to view the issues of the world, prioritizing womyn, particularly poor, marginalized womyn of color who are oppressed in a structural domain that feeds off sexism and racism. Feminism alone does not liberate. It frees the MIND, but not the chains on the minds or sheathed swords at our necks.<BR/><BR/>In an ideal world, feminism wakes up. It stirs people to action, to greater awareness. It is meant to blast awake the apathetic, focus the frenzied activist, organize resources and funding, and inspire anyone seeking a socially just world.<BR/><BR/>Your question as to who is getting left out: depends on what circle of feminism you are referencing. The more I read, the more exposure I have to others' works and projects, the more I am convinced that feminism is a position in one's life, a commitment of equality and there is no ONE MOVEMENT where there are few in the center and the rest are looking in. There are several groups, sporadic and long-term, some functioning, some active that are diverse in strategy and goal. These groups put together is feminism. Now, putting those together, one could argue there are still womyn disenfranchised and I would argue that it is global womyn and girls in developing countries, womyn at the border, womyn in war-torn areas, with no basic human rights that are rarely considered in the conversation of feminist thought.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-57536272412188144012008-01-06T23:35:00.000-05:002008-01-06T23:35:00.000-05:00This post leaves me wondering, who needs feminist ...This post leaves me wondering, who needs feminist thought the most that is left outside the conversation? Can I ask this question and offer some thoughts without stereotyping or being plagued by the activist's problem of defining and "solving" the problems of the oppressed? How can feminist thought directly help womyn who are homeless, battered, raped?UnbridledSpirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263241058510285808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-55781054246614086682008-01-06T23:06:00.000-05:002008-01-06T23:06:00.000-05:00And that is why you are awesome. XOXOAnd that is why you are awesome. XOXOSylvia/Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14102487937742399641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-65799464071916782002008-01-06T22:48:00.000-05:002008-01-06T22:48:00.000-05:00this goes along so well with things i have been th...this goes along so well with things i have been thinking about lately. i want to comment more at another time. thanks for writing it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com