What is feminism? According to Merriam-Webster, feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes (M. Webster).” The stigmatism behind the word feminism however, is still apparent in today’s society and is something that the F-Word works to eliminate. The F-Word was originally founded two to three years ago and was made to de-stigmatize the word ‘feminism’ along with attempting to create a club that practices intersectional feminism through tangible actions that would ripple across campus. Their current goals relate to the ideas of Lorde, McIntosh, Pascoe, and the Combahee River Collective regarding inclusion and recognizing privilege. The F-Word is a non-profit, non-sectarian, non-partisan, voluntary organization.
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The F-Word seeks to achieve diversity among participants, and support safe, legal and accessible abortion, contraception, and family planning, including Medicaid funding and access for minors. They are dedicated to achieving civil rights for all people, including affirmative action programs for women and people of color. This organization supports LGBTQIA+ rights, and work to eliminate violence against people. Compared to when they were founded, the F-Word’s goals have switched from being a group that focused on the discussion of current events to a group that focuses on performing actions that will make a difference on our campus. Every year, the F-Word has “project teams,” which are groups in the F-Word that focus on inclusivity regarding feminism in current events. To spread awareness, the F-Word used social media to raise awareness for the upcoming events. Each week, a presentation based on current events followed by a thirty-minute discussion follows about the event and what can be done in response to it. …show more content…
These groups collaborate with other feminist-minded groups on campus, such as Haven, Lavender, and T.A.N.G.O. to take not only social but political action to reduce discrimination on campus and neighboring regions. This year, our project teams are focusing on learning about Title IX, LGBTQ+ inclusion, incarcerated women, and will have a radio podcast with Cornell university that focuses on current events in relation to feminism. The project team that I am collaborating with will be using a zine to help students learn about Title IX. A “zine,” is a small-circulation self-published work. This semester, the aim is to make a zine that provides people with information about their Title IX rights, as well as anything other organizations, such as Haven or Lavender, wish to share about not only sexual assault, but how Greek life culture allows it to be a social normality on campus. Something our Title IX is looking for students to recognize is fraternity social norms and how they sexually objectify women. These “norms” are apparent in most fraternities at Cornell and deal with the issue of masculinity, as discussed in Pascoe’s book, Dude, You’re a Fag. Pascoe discusses the definition of masculinity as “a configuration of practices and discourses that different youths may embody in different ways and to different degrees (Pascoe, 5).” She also notes that masculinity can be expressed as a
The F-Word seeks to achieve diversity among participants, and support safe, legal and accessible abortion, contraception, and family planning, including Medicaid funding and access for minors. They are dedicated to achieving civil rights for all people, including affirmative action programs for women and people of color. This organization supports LGBTQIA+ rights, and work to eliminate violence against people. Compared to when they were founded, the F-Word’s goals have switched from being a group that focused on the discussion of current events to a group that focuses on performing actions that will make a difference on our campus. Every year, the F-Word has “project teams,” which are groups in the F-Word that focus on inclusivity regarding feminism in current events. To spread awareness, the F-Word used social media to raise awareness for the upcoming events. Each week, a presentation based on current events followed by a thirty-minute discussion follows about the event and what can be done in response to it. …show more content…
These groups collaborate with other feminist-minded groups on campus, such as Haven, Lavender, and T.A.N.G.O. to take not only social but political action to reduce discrimination on campus and neighboring regions. This year, our project teams are focusing on learning about Title IX, LGBTQ+ inclusion, incarcerated women, and will have a radio podcast with Cornell university that focuses on current events in relation to feminism. The project team that I am collaborating with will be using a zine to help students learn about Title IX. A “zine,” is a small-circulation self-published work. This semester, the aim is to make a zine that provides people with information about their Title IX rights, as well as anything other organizations, such as Haven or Lavender, wish to share about not only sexual assault, but how Greek life culture allows it to be a social normality on campus. Something our Title IX is looking for students to recognize is fraternity social norms and how they sexually objectify women. These “norms” are apparent in most fraternities at Cornell and deal with the issue of masculinity, as discussed in Pascoe’s book, Dude, You’re a Fag. Pascoe discusses the definition of masculinity as “a configuration of practices and discourses that different youths may embody in different ways and to different degrees (Pascoe, 5).” She also notes that masculinity can be expressed as a