I decided on the spur of the moment to use that particular title for my post, in part because I think this week’s readings problematize the relationship(s) between theory and activism, and because they ask us to rethink how feminist activism has developed in light of critical discussions of the subject of feminist theorizing.
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Posts Tagged ‘petchesky’
Thinking feminist activism
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chan-Tiberghien, Desai, Janis, petchesky on November 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Rhetoric criminalizes, excludes
Posted in sexuality, tagged language, petchesky, rhetoric, rothschild, sexuality, yarbrough on November 4, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Written Out studies the rhetorical strategies used to target sexuality in situations wherein women’s and human rights are contested; these include UN committees, international treaty agreements, women’s and human rights conferences, and controversies within states. Much of Written Out discusses language which targets those whose sexualities differ even slightly from the norm, including women who’ve chosen to [...]
Thinking Through Petchesky’s Challenge
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged kevin duong, petchesky, sexuality on November 4, 2008 | 6 Comments »
If reproductive rights include the right not to reproduce, then doesn’t this include all forms of non-procreative sex, and why then should any one form have the status of normativity or moral virtue? That is, [...]
Sexuality
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged petchesky, sexuality, Susan on November 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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Petchesky talks of a feminist movement that she [...]
