tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post6325665687153646680..comments2023-10-25T11:26:59.760+01:00Comments on Musings of a Quaker Witch (Pagan Quaker): The really fast version of Introduction to Feminist Theory?Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-90650304789395279522011-05-08T07:28:20.241+01:002011-05-08T07:28:20.241+01:00I just started a class on Multicultural Education ...I just started a class on Multicultural Education class that has the issues of class, race and gender power/oppression, institutional racism and ethnocentrism and devaluing of minority culture (and how to work through them in the classroom) as its foundations and I wonder exactly the same thing. How can we get people to see institutional power issues without months or years of intense study and Alysshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04820396354932192545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-12298706132385492692011-05-11T22:25:45.236+01:002011-05-11T22:25:45.236+01:00My really fast intro thought for today.--Just beca...My really fast intro thought for today.<br><br>--Just because someone's wife is used to.... does not mean it works for others<br><br>--Never mind about the "Real Men Listen" T-shirt. Would you please actually Listen?RantWomanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17611656459134372290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-82270816371212736592011-05-16T15:34:17.875+01:002011-05-16T15:34:17.875+01:00That's a fascinating and thorny question — I&#...That's a fascinating and thorny question — I've seen attempts to quickly introduce someone to feminist (<i>et al.</i>) theory go awry many times. The right approach probably depends on the goal and on how well the person doing the introducing and the person getting introduced know each other.<br><br>I'd suggest pointing out concrete examples of situations where a power dynamic is bnewmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08855557910096337885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1780629013428444572.post-11085634051103811562011-05-17T07:47:49.473+01:002011-05-17T07:47:49.473+01:00I like to talk about hierarchy, dominance of the m...I like to talk about hierarchy, dominance of the many by the few and unearned authority conveyed to some at the expense of those who must obey them. In simpler language it's worked for my nine year old. I don't often get the chance to speak the political to the unconverted. So I can't be sure. Good luck, though.Dark Daughtahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07461439416312772862noreply@blogger.com