tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post4728904930154519752..comments2024-02-20T14:00:41.771-05:00Comments on A Canadian Lefty in Occupied Land: Feminism and the Newest Social MovementsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-6119482747513738982007-08-16T19:23:00.000-04:002007-08-16T19:23:00.000-04:00Michael: That's fair enough, I guess, though it wa...Michael: That's fair enough, I guess, though it was hardly clear from how you originally said it that you were speaking about a specific subset of feminists, based on your own experience with them, and in light of the knowledge that there were many other feminists to whom it did not apply. It also implicitly raises a larger question about how we should go about engaging with people of whose Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-64414729264461920882007-08-16T10:34:00.000-04:002007-08-16T10:34:00.000-04:00Thanks, Scott. I was also very excited to find so...Thanks, Scott. I was also very excited to find socially conscious Sudbury blogger. :) I'll put something together very shortly about grassroots organizing.<BR/><BR/>Michael: There is an obvious discrepancy in what you are saying. Perhaps you should examine that a little more closely.<BR/><BR/>-LeynaThe dissenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382190564276005481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-88594362738976829632007-08-15T19:48:00.000-04:002007-08-15T19:48:00.000-04:00I did generalize, but my experience with white fem...I did generalize, but my experience with white feminists has largely been that they are not very class conscious. I recognize there are many committed socialist feminists, Marxist feminists, anarchist feminists, and so on. I was only meaning to speak from experience.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953622548720126856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-82878825304638065452007-08-15T14:01:00.000-04:002007-08-15T14:01:00.000-04:00Hi Leyna...first of all, not too many people here ...Hi Leyna...first of all, not too many people here in Sudbury are doing interesting political blogging, so it was nice to come across your blog a couple of weeks back!<BR/><BR/>Yes, I think what you draw out in terms of tensions (or ambivalences or contradictions) is central to what I found interesting about this piece. And of course, as you say and as I have written about lots before on this siteScott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-81138620806683373502007-08-15T09:32:00.000-04:002007-08-15T09:32:00.000-04:00Very interesting and honest article. I think what...Very interesting and honest article. I think what Osterweil is expressing vis a vis social movements is the tension that always seems to exist between theory and practice, a tension not unique to feminism. <BR/><BR/>I just finished reading an article on feminism and postmodernism. The authors came to the conclusion that part of feminism's success on being a progressive movement was its The dissenterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382190564276005481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-86552953358015217112007-08-14T19:52:00.000-04:002007-08-14T19:52:00.000-04:00Hi Gabriel...generally speaking, I'm not a fan of ...Hi Gabriel...generally speaking, I'm not a fan of spam-like comments -- that is, those which do not engage at all with the content of the post they are attached to -- even when it is leftist spam. But as you have a new blog, I'll let you have a freeby...and good luck with your blogging!<BR/><BR/>Hi Michael...I appreciate the frustration to which you are giving voice, but I think I would suggest Scott Neighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415106335668233754noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7042961.post-69308704188828745382007-08-14T19:27:00.000-04:002007-08-14T19:27:00.000-04:00I'm glad to hear feminists are drawing inspiration...I'm glad to hear feminists are drawing inspiration from the indigenous people of Mexico. For too long, white feminists have been content with climbing the corporate ladder. Achieving the position of CEO seemed to be the peak of success.<BR/><BR/>It's encouraging to hear some feminists have moved away from that kind of conformism.<BR/><BR/>Good blog.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953622548720126856noreply@blogger.com