— Rachel Roth, “Backlash and Continuity” (via wretchedoftheearth)
— Justine Musk, “The Problem With Slut-Shaming.” (via theskinnyblackgirl)
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Women’s Lives: A Psychological Exploration by Claire A. Etaugh and Judith S. Bridges (via sociologyofgender)
Access for ALL to healthy maternal health care is a feminist issue, and a big one at that. When we don’t speak up for those who don’t have the privilege of visibility on a grand political scale: mothers die
Reading about college hook up culture for a sociology class. And as always, there’s always that section in the beginning that is all “oh by the way, 95 percent of the people I interviewed we’re white, 96 percent straight, and mostly middle and upper class”
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Lazy researching codifies erasure. What is the point of writing research if you’re not going do so thoroughly. Oh wait, because publishers are satisfied with this “default” image of a normalized person. Leave the rest to ethnic and/or queer studies.
— bell hooks (via wretchedoftheearth)
— Edward Morris. Interesting because this quote is an explanation to why women continue to excel on academics despite the fact that women still make less money across the board than males. The answer: sex role socialization. Hmmm………..
Philip N. Cohen posted this chart comparing the rates of incarceration across racial groups in the USA (via Sociological Images). Cohen writes:
to understand the disparate impact of this change on Black men in young adulthood primarily — and secondarily, Latino men — here are the rates of incarceration for men by age and race/ethnicity (Blacks here exclude Latinos; Asians and American Indians are not included in the statistics):
Just to make sure you read the scale right, that incarceration rate for Black men in their early 30s is 9,892 per 100,000, or 9.9%, or one-in-ten — more than five-times the rate for White men.
I come at this largely from its effects on families. In a nutshell: The overall trend is largely a consequence of how the U.S. has waged its drug war over this period; these policies fit into a web of practices that deny families to millions of people in the U.S. (only a minority of whom have been convicted of crimes), including by simply removing men from communities and increasing the number of single-parent families.Cohen via Sociological Images.
“A recent study by the Yale University Child Study Center shows that Black children — especially boys — no matter their family income, receive less attention, harsher punishment and lower marks in school than their White counterparts from kindergarten all the way through college. A subsequent article published in “The Washington Post” reported that Black children in the Washington, D.C. area are suspended or expelled two to five times more often than White children. It’s a national trend that needs to be addressed.”
The point isn’t that differences exist. It’s not about who is different and why, whether these differences are socially constructed or biologically inherent, whether the difference falls within or fits into a forced dichotomy.
It’s the fact that we live in a society that privileges differences associated with a certain class and group over all else. We allow our systems and rules to take differences and declare them as a disadvantage on an institutional level. People get so upset when you point out difference, difference in culture, ideology, theory… As if its the acknowledgment of difference that breeds disadvantage. No, it’s ignoring the fact that we live in a society where the majority takes for granted that only their personhood is declared as legitimate while all these differences are marked as the “deviant other” by default.
I’m selling my feminist-inspired paintings in my Etsy Shop to be able to attend the Association of Women in Psychology’s 2012 National Conference in March.
This year’s conference has a special focus on advancing personal development, bolstering feminism in academia, and cultivating global awareness. And get this, the keynote speaker is BELL HOOKS! I am incredibly excited! I’m going to volunteer at the conference, as well as attend lectures on Cultivating Gender and Diversity Awareness on College Campuses, Teaching Critical Feminist Psychology in Homogenous Spaces, Sexual Objectification and the Reality of Gender Oppression: Our Role as Feminists, Preventing and Responding to Sexual Assault on Campus and in the Community, and seminars on publishing research where feminist academics who work with journals provide us with tips and guidance to help get our research published (finally!) So not only would I get to meet/listen to bell hooks, volunteer at the conference, work with my research partner on getting our research up to publishing quality, and attend countless amazing lectures by feminists from across the country, but I would also get the chance to attend some great classes on Self Care for Activists and Working with Trauma.
If you amazing followers would help me get to this academic conference by purchasing feminist art, I would be forever grateful!
Read more about the conference here: http://www.awp2012.org/
This particular painting can be found here.
Also, if you found me through tumblr and are trying to help me get to the conference, send a message to my inbox, and I’ll message you back with a coupon code for free shipping! :o)
Claire Etaugh and Marsha break down the socialization of school children on a number of levels. First they explain that educators “tend to give more negative sanctions to boys than to girls.” They also touch on gendered toys given to schoolchildren, revealing that students are more likely to receive traditionally gendered toys than toys that are gender non-specific (Etaugh, 137). Generally, this study discussed the ways gender is used as a teaching tool to make sense of the classroom and quickly engage students in the material and daily activities.
— NewWaveFeminism - “The Dangers of Post-Race Rhetoric”
