{"id":18342,"date":"2024-03-30T01:07:41","date_gmt":"2024-03-30T01:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/feminisms-bodies-power-midterm-examination-essay-1-decolonizing-feminism-essay-2-radical-feminist-and-marxist-socialist-second-wave-feminist-statements\/"},"modified":"2024-03-30T01:07:41","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T01:07:41","slug":"feminisms-bodies-power-midterm-examination-essay-1-decolonizing-feminism-essay-2-radical-feminist-and-marxist-socialist-second-wave-feminist-statements","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/feminisms-bodies-power-midterm-examination-essay-1-decolonizing-feminism-essay-2-radical-feminist-and-marxist-socialist-second-wave-feminist-statements\/","title":{"rendered":"Feminisms, Bodies, Power Midterm Examination\/Essay 1: Decolonizing Feminism\/Essay 2: Radical Feminist and Marxist-Socialist Second Wave Feminist Statements"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Complete both essays, following the prompts closely. Yes, this is a formal assignment so
\nyour essays should have an introduction with a THESIS STATEMENT, develop main ideas with
\nsupporting quotations, and have a strong conclusion.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Essay 1: Decolonizing Feminism <\/span><\/p>\n

From its earliest founding, one of the primary tensions in the feminist movement is
\nbetween rights\/equality versus justice, with rights being focused on the level of the
\nindividual and justice being focused on the level of social systems (consider the
\nblueberry pie example).
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

We began with \u201cDecolonizing Feminism\u201d by Maile Arvin, Eve Tuck, and Angie Morrill to
\nreally ground in what the authors pinpoint as the erasure of setter colonialism as a
\nstructure (and not an event), Indigenous peoples and land from feminist theory and the
\nfeminist movement. We also discussed how settler colonialism correlates with the U.S.
\ndeveloping as a capitalist society and entrenching a heteropatriachal,
\nheteropaternalistic society, as the authors describe.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

To Do:
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. \n

    ReviewtheFeministWavesslide.Iwanttoreemphasizeapoint:considerthe
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n

    fluidity of water. As you see, the feminist approaches (liberal, radical etc.)
    \ndeveloped with the movement and are present in each wave. Note that
    \n\u201cDecolonizing Feminism\u201d was written in 2013, well over a century after the
    \nDeclaration of Sentiments in 1848.
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    ReviewtheSociologyLive!MarxandAlienationvideoandyourclassnotesfora
    \nvery brief refresher on capitalism 101.
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Rereadpp.8-13and21-22(the\u201cland\u201dsection)of\u201cDecolonizingFeminism.\u201d
    \nFocus on the key terms: settler colonialism, whitestream feminism,
    \nheteropatriarchy, heteropaternalism, land
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Reviewyour\u201cDeclarationofSentiments\u201dtemplateandclassnotes,paying
    \nattention to how the sentiments reflect liberal feminisms (rights, equality), how
    \nthe grievances were categorized, which people are determined to be suitable to
    \nhave the right to vote (remember there were two intersecting issues: abolition
    \nand suffrage!)
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  5. \n

    Writeanessaythatdoesthefollowing:(a)discusseswhysettlercolonialismasa
    \nstructure and not an event and how early feminist theory and movement
    \ndeveloped into what the authors describe as \u201cwhitestream feminism\u201d; (b)
    \ndiscusses how the Declaration of Sentiments reflect the capitalistic,
    \nheteropatriachal, heteropaternalistic, Indigenous-erasure that the authors of
    \n\u201cDecolonizing Feminism\u201d describe (you\u2019re really connecting the dots here!); and,
    \nwhat we can learn about rights versus justice by putting \u201cDecolonizing Feminism\u201d
    \nand \u201cDeclaration of Sentiments\u201d in conversation. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  6. \n

    Essay 2: Radical Feminist and Marxist-Socialist Second Wave Feminist
    \nStatements <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  7. \n
    \n
    \n
    \n

    Reviewing the Feminist Waves slide again, you\u2019ll see radical and Marxist-Socialist
    \nfeminist approaches developing in the second wave. Radical feminisms, broadly, focus
    \non abolishing patriarchy as a structure and system of oppression. Marxist-Socialist
    \nfeminist approaches are staunchly anti-capitalist and really center capitalism, and the
    \ndismantling of it, as essential to liberalism. Remember, capitalism is very much focused
    \nat the level of individual and socialism is very much focused at the level of the social
    \nand communal. Here were the big themes you all identified in the \u201cfeminist platform
    \nmust be….\u201d assignment:
    \n<\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
    • \n

      anti-capitalist
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      intersectional (resist \u201cwhitestream feminism\u201d, anti-racist, classist, ableist etc.)
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      decolonize (setter colonialism, land)
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      agentic (freedom to make decisions, including about body)
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      prioritize feminist ways of knowing (epistemology)
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      not essentialize\/romanticize all women as \u201cgood\u201d and solution to structural
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n

      problems
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      not place gender on a binary (man\/woman) and understand gender as expansive
      \n<\/span><\/p>\n

      These are great, and broadly reflect an ideal feminist platform. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

    • \n

      <\/span><\/p>\n

      \n
      \n
      \n
        \n
      1. \n

        TheUnhappyMarriageofMarxismandFeminism:TowardsaMore
        \n<\/span><\/p>\n

        Progressive Union, Heidi I. Hartmann (1979) (focus on the \u201cMarxism and
        \n<\/span><\/p>\n

        the Woman Question,\u201d \u201cTowards a More Progressive Union\u201d sections) <\/span><\/p>\n

        \n
        \n
        \n
          \n
        1. \n

          They each decidedly classic second-wave feminist texts that reflect radical
          \nand Marxist-Socialist ideas, with Hartmann being most explicit.
          \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        2. \n

          Readyourselectedreading,usingtheguidedreadingnotesbelow.
          \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        3. \n

          Writeanessaythatdoesthefollowing:(a)identifiesthreemainideasand
          \n<\/span><\/p>\n

          supports them with textual evidence; (b) describes what feminism is, based on
          \nthe reading; and, (c) considers how it\u2019s similar or different from what you as a
          \nclass already identified.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

        4. \n
          \n
          \n
          \n
            \n
          1. \n

            The Unhappy Marriage of Marxism and Feminism: Towards a More Progressive Union,
            \nHeidi I. Hartmann
            \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

              \n
            • \n

              Key elements of Marxist thought: bourgeoise, proletariat, alienation
              \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

            • \n

              Why study of capitalism and patriarchy must intersect
              \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

            • \n

              How Marxist feminists felt alienated within the feminist movement
              \n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n

            • \n

              What is feminism? <\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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