WGST 311 Lecture Notes - Essentialism, Bell Hooks

• School: U of S
• Department: Womens and Gender Studies
• Course: WGST 311
• Professor: Donna Darbellay

Document Summary

Talks about theory as a libitory movement. Theory is a tool for comprehending situations that affect our everyday life. In childhood she noticed she was theorizing, posing questions. It is not enough to simple make theory. To let it sit on the page, to discuss it but never do anything with it. We don"t always arrive at a particular existence due to discussing it, the questions that we pose that might take us to the next place. Can be about any aspect about your individual life you are trying to figure out. We need to understand that not everyone is the same. Able to reflect more openly, with more directness. About feminist theory and the different groupings. There is standoffs and we blame each other for our oppression/marginalization instead of stepping back and looking at the larger social conditions. We should engages with those who are not in the academics field, but are doing theory in the real world.