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I think that the Riot Grrrl was unique in its goals. Not only was it a response to sexism, but also focused on "female friendship, sexual desire, and sexual victimization" (Dicker 121). Ov ...

To answer Helen's question, I don't think that all male feminists were helpful in the movement. I think a lot of male feminists fought in the struggle for gender equality because of their wives. In ...

It seems like the Third Wave of Feminism was about much more than fighting for equality amongst women and men. LGBTQ and abortion activists certainly were (and continue to be) active in this wave.
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I found it really interesting to read this weekend's packet. I enjoyed reading different people's personal opinions, especially because the people in the reading were from different organizations.
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Step back from this reading for a second:
What have we been told time and time again by teachers and parents? In order to make a difference, you need to do something special. In order to catch the ...

Well, Ms. Dicker, that's a lot of information to take in.

I am going to answer the second part of Hannah's question (Is separatism valuable, in that it gives minorities the right to cut themselves ...

I liked this short reading. It talks about how the personal problems are also political problems. One striking thing to me was that "the importance of listening to a woman's feelings was collec ...

I agree with Asha's answer to Steph's question. I'm going to write about something that Steph brought up which was on page 69 when Smith said that "what he saw as a laughable inclusion to a set ...

So this sentence pretty much sums up what we've been learning about before tonight really nicely:
"The biggest women's action since the parades of the suffrage movement, the Women's Strik for Eq ...

It seems like policemen often exerted their power in the wrong way. "Police harassment of gay and lesbian bars became commonplace." (pg 245)

I'm finding that the more I learn about injus ...

second chapter of packet reading

Dear Laurel, point well made.

I agree with Laurel in what she had to say. In terms of the electricity replacing the slaves, I think that this statement further puts down slaves. I think that it m ...

I changed the sentence: "Other important leaders include Carrie Chapman Catt, Alice Paul and Lucy Burns" to "Other important leaders included several women who dissented against the law ...

"White feminists could claim race priviledge by insisting that they were more intelligent and deserving of rights than other demeaned groups, but doing so both negated the idea of a common womanh ...