Radical feminism

Often times people are taken back when oppression is brought up because of the weight that comes with the topic but more specifically with gender oppression. It is often believed that oppression only exists in one category at a time for example there is a oppressor and the one being oppressed. When discussing oppression the oppressor commonly rejects that the ones being oppressed are the only ones being harmed by claiming they are oppressed as well. This is illustrated in the quote by Frye in…

feminist myths, and men are no more powerful than the women. One of the key ideas of feminism is that women do not have restrictions on what they can or cannot do. A Taste of Earth, One Hundred Eggs, and The White Buffalo Woman are all feminist myths, and the main characters, Au Co and White Buffalo Woman, are both culture bringers. In the beginning of both female’s journeys as culture bringers, the degree of feminism in their cultures becomes immediately evident. Both are feminist culture…

Christine Stansell describes and outlines the lives and culture of urban working-class women in New York City from the end of the Revolutionary War to the start of the Civil War. This period represents (at least the urban area of New York) the shift from the small city economics to the beginnings of the urban industrialization. However, these were the nameless individuals (reminiscent of the Many Headed Hydra in its use of the New Left rhetoric) who basically became entirely, a female “motley…

The Book “Half the Sky” written by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn a husband-wife team that won the Pulitzer Prize award and is listed as best selling authors because of their eagerness to discover and understand the truth as journalist. They have collectively described stories of their travels pertaining to women, which throughout their careers of investigating the lives and struggles of women in great depth and their discoveries can be seen throughout “Half the Sky”. In the book Kristof…

How many historical events can you think of in which individuals fought for their own equality? You could most likely think of quite a large variety- but according to the articles,”From Briggs v. Elliott to Brown v. Board of Education” and “Alice Paul and the Struggles for Women's Suffrage” two most commonly recognized historical events in which equality was fought for were the fight for women’s suffrage and the fight for equality of African Americans. According to the article,”Alice Paul and…

Overthinking causes many effects on people, from going crazy to even feeling free. “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Stetson is on how the narrator of the story gets carried away in her mind by a yellow wallpaper. Through the story, the narrator finds herself both trapped and set free due to the wallpaper, which has an odd peculiar pattern and a woman, with also the writing that helps her through the story with both factors helping her gain control in her being able to break and feel…

Mrs. Mallard was a woman of her own. She wanted to live her own life and do her own thing all the time. She was a feminist in her own way. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband, but only sometimes. She loved herself and loved the idea of that. When she found out about her husband’s death she rejoiced and was happy; it was because she thought of her own freedom. She was all about her long life to herself without anyone to live for. In this short story, Mrs. Mallard is an egotistic feminist that…

Journey from Insanity to Self Slaughter Insanity is the stage when women are credited with title of ‘Madness’ by the patriarchal society. Perkin’s The Yellow Wallpaper and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening both the texts can be studied on the basis of effects or the impact that such a brutal society can have on females of society. Insanity, which further results in an attempt of suicide or self-slaughter. These are basically the ways of escapism used by suffering woman. These are the ways, which…

This article talks about and answers question about why African American women activist are not really recognized and portrayed well. In this article, Lott uses 2 films to talk about the portrayal of African American Woman during the Civil Rights movement. Lott uses the movie Selma and The Help in order to help identify and hopefully change the problems that has arisen. In Selma Martin Luther King was shone as the main protagonist and was shone doing most of the work fighting and advocating for…

In the early and mid nineteenth century, two prominent reform movements were Temperance and Women’s Suffrage. Two passionate reform leaders were Lyman Beecher and Elizabeth Stanton. Lyman Beecher was an adamant supporter of temperance, whereas Elizabeth Stanton focused predominantly on women’s rights. Stanton’s ends for Women’s suffrage had a stronger impact on our society today than Temperance because, although not perfect, it produced lasting results. Lyman Beecher used both the government…