Socialist feminism

In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, the author depicts a theocratic society that is all too terrifyingly familiar in present day. Atwood offers a sense of hope in Offred’s story simply because she is able to share her story in a time where women are silenced. On the other hand, there is a sense of complacency and passivity within many members of the society that make it seem as if there is no hope. Despite the general passivity in the society, Offred shows that her narrative…

Throughout history, women have been frowned upon for being promiscuous by many people such as Ayn Rand who considers, “promiscuity immoral.” In Homer’s Odyssey, Odysseus faces adversity on his ten year journey home from the Trojan War. This included coming across women who had infamous reputations due to being open with their sexualities. Some of these women included Calypso, Circes, the sirens, and the maids in his own home. The author, Homer, wrote the Odyssey as a cautionary tale for women to…

Many people would question the women’s role in this story. Why didn’t they question the men more, or why didn’t they defend themselves better? In the Renaissance era women were raised differently than now a day. So, to put ourselves in their shoes for a moment we realize that these women that are in this story are very brave. Desdemona was courageous many times in this story, one of which is when she stood in front of the many powerful men to stand up and explain to the Duke that Othello did not…

Guerrilla girls The contemporary poster “Do Women Have to be Naked to Get into the MET Mueseum,” (1989) was made by the Guerilla girls in response to the conscious and unconscious discrimination in the art world at the time. The Guerrilla Girls are intersectional feminist activist artists who since their inception have underminde the idea of a mainstream narrative by revealing the understory and subtext in order to expose bad behaviour in the art world. Working collaboratively as a group to…

Thomas Raddall’s novel Hangman’s Beach is a historical fiction. Raddall teaches the reader about different cultures, war, men, and women. The expectations of women throughout history are engraved in this novel. We learn of how they are treated, the relationships they have, and the way men view and treat them. A woman’s role hasn’t changed much. They fought to be able to vote, have jobs, be able to divorce and choose their own relationships, and they succeeded. But, even in today’s society they…

1. Questions for Havrilesky H. 'Don't Act Crazy, Mindy'. Why does Havrilesky dislike many of the women characters in popular television shows? She says “I am bothered by one persistent cavat: that the more astute and capable many of these women are, the more likely it is that they are also completely nuts.” ith is one way that she is displeased with the women characters on television. Another reason is when she says “I mean that these women are portrayed as volcanoes that could blow at any…

Beneatha and Nora each provide a strong female presence throughout their respective plays. Both women strive to become empowered and live life on their own terms, not their husband’s or family’s. Beneatha’s dream of becoming a doctor is challenging in her time for women, and especially black women. Racism and sexism set up many obstacles in her path that would prevent Beneatha from achieving her dream. She is an independent and fierce woman who is not afraid to stand up for her own beliefs.…

Wayne bibi de Tefnut: An introduction to an Afrocentric Pedagogy for incarcerated and formally incarcerated African-American and African-descent women The context uses of “wayne bibi” is the notion of “being” “becoming” and “belonging” found in the African centered discourse. The context uses of “Tefnut” is derived from the daughter who is named as MAAT found within the Coffin Text. Traditional Kemet law MA’AT Ancient Kemet encompassed the laws of MA'AT: The Declarations of Innocence and…

“Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights”. She was born in Spitalfields, London on April 27th, 1759. Daughter of Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon. She was a second child of seven and was raised by a father who wasn't a very successful business man and who was very abusive especially to her mother. She left home at the age of 19 to earn her own livelihood. Between 1778 and 1780, Wollstonecraft worked as a lady’s companion in Bath. She…

In Anne-Marie Slaughter’s essay “Why Women Still Can’t Have It all” Slaughter explains how she wants to incorporate her success and family to have a balanced life. Slaughter is the president and CEO of the New American Foundation, “a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute, and has taught at Princeton University and Harvard Law School and worked as director of policy planning for the U.S. State Department. Slaughter’s concern is not being a supportive mother to her children because of…