Feminist film theory

disability when I was assigned reading from the anthology Feminist Disability Studies. With essays from writers such as Rosemarie Garland-Thomson and Alison Kafer, it is an incredibly powerful collection, demonstrating how the interests of feminist theory and disability studies overlap. And yet, despite the efforts of these scholars and disabled feminists in academia and in activist groups, disability does not seem to be on the broader feminist agenda. Similar to the Garland-Thomson and Kafer…

Feminism means fighting for equal rights for women which are enjoyed by men. Feminism does not speak just about the social rights, but rather about the political and additionally monetary privileges of women. Feminism is a look at the personality of the most minimized individual on earth: that is, women. In India, women have consistently been viewed as powerless or mediocre by the overwhelming man-centric culture from ages. They are considered just a subject of persecution and predominance. A…

In the New York Times article "In Defense of Gender," author Cyra McFadden pleads her case for why the attempts to make the English language gender-neutral have gone too far. Furthermore, she addresses different areas in which gender neutralization has become common, including job titles, last names, and pronoun usage. Ultimately, while she hopes that there will be a resolution to this issue of language leaning towards one gender, she concludes that there must be another way that does not…

cross-culturally the differences in sexual behaviour, finding Western societies categorisation of some sexual behaviours considered ‘deviant’ [83]. Oakley supports the theory to which the differences in sexuality of males/females can be attributed to their anatomies, but in relation with their psychology, mentioning Freudian psychoanalytical theory to understand the differences in sexuality between both men and women[91], suggesting three characteristics that determine the development of…

As a reaction to gender roles in the 1960s, feminism and queer theory became popular and made gender contentiously relate to rock music in early 1970s. In 1960s, women were disrespected in rock culture. The society still considered each sex comes with its own essential characteristics, such as aggressive for men and weak for girls. As the first stage of feminism began in west countries, musicians focus on topics about gender. Thus many contentious songs that mentioned about feminism,…

Feminism is quite prominent today. While it has existed in the past with Abolitionists and Suffragists, it was seen as a radical mindset. Today, people on Twitter are calling out the media for sexist headings about the Olympics; people jump to defend rape survivors; there is a larger call than ever to erase the wage gap. In the article “There is No Unmarked Woman,” Deborah Tannen states that a woman is judged or marked simply for her appearance. In “Between the World and Me,” Ta-Nehisi Coates…

swayed between the eras. At the beginning of the era, majority of the Enlightenment views transfered to the liberal feminist perspective. Which continued to degrade women’s rights and those of people of color. The transfer of power was hard to understand. While liberal feminists used some of the core concepts from Enlightenment thinkers, their differed in a few ways. Liberal feminists were more supportive of reform instead of revolution aspect. With that…

week’s readings covered the topic of immigrants, especially women immigrants, who are heavily involved in the political fights for immigrants’ protection against exploitation from employers. The article by Milkman and Terriquez stated that America’s feminist ideals affected the first generation immigrants differently than the 1.5 and second generation; in ways like, mobility freedom and economic freedom. Milkman and Terriquez, along with Fine, discussed the three reasons why immigrant women in…

who claim to be victims of gender discrimination in domestic violence experiences. In Sharyn Anleu's Law and Social Change, we learn that since the 1960s, feminism has concentrated on law reform areas of employment, family and crime, especially regarding rape and domestic violence. She gives us some insight into the creation of shelters and how police behavior towards victims of domestic violence have evolved over time. We have seen and increase in women's rights and justice for the…

believed in and did not let anything stop her, regardless of how scandalous her ideas may have seemed to some people. Though she struggled at times with some of her own ideals, she definitely made an effort to live up to them as a true anarchist and feminist. The fact that not even her multiple arrests and deportation did not stop her from getting her point across speaks volumes. With her gracefully eloquent yet direct and unwavering speeches, it is no wonder she was often deemed the Queen of…