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I, too, look back on my years in high school and wonder how I would have looked and felt in my own body then if I’d known what I do now. That’s a natural part of life, but in this case it’s extreme — I left high school afraid of who I might be, and left college excited at the prospect that I was bound for greatness after all. Women’s studies gave me more than a vocabulary, it gave me a life. It taught me how to see barriers and then it placed the hammer in my hand with which to smash them. Learning about gender, sexuality, race, class, and all that jazz in college gave me a sense of being in the world and a desire to reconcile the differences which drive us so far away from each other as a large clump of beautiful humans stuck on this banged-up planet.
Carmen via Autostraddle — Ontario’s New High School Gender Studies Class Will Probs Change The World
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I love the immediacy of zines, and I love that zines allow marginalized communities and topics that challenge mainstream media to be part of the dialogue instead of being sidelined at best, relegated to the comments of some more privileged publication, or, at worst, having no voice at all. You asked why there’s a link between the queer community and the zine community and I believe it’s about being under-represented in mainstream media and the intersectionality of oppression. Menstrual activism or advocacy is one of many intersectional feminisms. Independent publishing and citizen journalism are powerful tools for under-represented groups.
Chella Quint via Autostraddle — I Went To Brooklyn Zine Fest, Had Feelings, Found Three More Zines You Should Read
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It’s so easy in criticisms of “social justice” conversations to get stuck on individual critiques that don’t make sense, and may betray what can be easily dismissed as “oversensitivity.” But said “oversensitivity” wouldn’t be there if there wasn’t a larger trend of women writers being asked sexist questions. It’s the famous “straw that broke the camel’s back.” The camel’s back has to be pretty weak already for that straw to make a difference.
Rose Autostraddle — Claire Messud’s Interview Highlights Sexism Against Female Authors, Characters, and Actually All Women
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