Posts Tagged as ‘feminism’

September 5, 2008

Why Palin does NOT represent a step toward gender equality

A fabulous Op-Ed piece from the LA Times on Palin:
This isn’t the first time a boss has picked an unqualified woman just because she agrees with him and opposes everything most other women want and need. Feminism has never been about getting a job for one woman. It’s about making life more fair for women [...]

July 7, 2008

feminist and patriarchal identity

An esteemed colleague of mine recently passed me a 1997 Cindy Griffen/Foss Sisters‘ journal article discussing feminist reconstruction with an emphasis on reforming rhetoric (I have some catching up to do in this particular area of study).  While I respect the emphasis of the article** (establishing a different perspective from Condit’s ‘Gender Diversity Perspective’), I found a number [...]