SOSC 1920 Chapter : mar 19 Fighting Back .pdf
22 Apr 2014
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Read: candis steenbergen, feminism and young women: still alive and kicking, pp. Women are too pure to hoar negative feelings and too virtuous to make mistakes. Agency-having some control over ones own life-is confused with happy endings. Miya narushima, a gaggle of raging grannies: the empowerment of older canadian women through social activism, pp. Western idea of elderly: incapable, noncontributing, dependent, drain social services (health care), social stigma! Some other cultures view elderly as wise, knowledgable, ! Ragging grannies activists 50+, street performances at national festivals! Use song and lyrics and political weapons! Social concerns are the environment, mining, corporate greed, racism, sexism, clear cut logging,poverty ! Collaborate with other organizations to organize large scale events and protests! system! Grannie psyche - strong feminist values, believe in humor to get message across, risk takers, informed by a kind of spirituality ! Activism sends a strong message about oppression of women in patriarchal personal responsibility for future of their grandkids)!
