Reflections on I Need Feminism Because… 1 Beginning this I had thought that it should be, “I am a feminist because…” primarily because feminism has been on my mind for the last several years probably without placing the label on it, and quite possibly due to the roles that my grandmother and my aunt have played in my life. My life is… Read More
Reflections on Transgender Inequality in Schilt’s Just One of the Guys? Part 2 In the remaining chapters of Just One Of The Guys?, Kristen Schilt offers her conclusions as she discusses the effects and reception of open transgendered men in the workplace in addition to her concluding chapter. I will stop here, for a moment, and relate an incomplete anecdote when I was living in Austin, TX working… Read More
Reflections on Transgender Inequality in Schilt’s Just One of the Guys? Part 1 While Kristen Schilt offers a broad overview of the experiences of transgenders, and it is impossible to represent all experiences of equality or inequality, this is a fascinating work. I do agree that in some rare instances that she cites there is an increase in equality in certain professions (Schilt 2010: 2), but we are… Read More
Reflections on bell hooks’ Where We Stand In order for propaganda to be effective, it must contain an element of perceived truth. Goebbels understood this, Karl Rove understands this, and bell hooks understands this as she abundantly explains in Where We Stand: Class Matters. The intent is to help us understand how and why we live in a class society. Analyzing every… Read More