WMST 101 Chapter Notes -Stonewall Riots, Intersectionality, Anti-Imperialism
23 Oct 2013
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Many issues are connected and interlocking, ex: the live in caregiver program- The convergence of neoconoliamlism, privatization, patriarchy, white middle class feminist interests. Class, sexuality, ethnicity, race, age, and gender are overlapping. Foreign gay people who come to canada can be discriminated in both groups, the queer group and in their ethnic group. Intersectionality can be good because you don"t have an opinion before you start your research. Race is a political concept to divide people. Week4, with the star: read the essay before class. A critical response paper includes a little review, then look at the article, see what the main arguments are and reflect on the arguments from your own analysis and interpretation. Feminism is a way of understanding your identity, your relationships with others, how institutionally our world is shaped. Feminism gives us tools to analyze these things. Personal is political: if you want to change the person, you have to change the political.
