Crimeficreader has done tagged me again. My first impulse was to run, and I did, round and round and ended up in the same position, but panting. I’m not going to tag anyone else.
Thanks for a continuing parade of new things to read, and especially for Charlote Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wall-Paper.
Thanks for improving my quality of life and stripping away some of the veils that forced me to look at our existence with archaic perceptions. And for challenging long established conceptions of gender, sex rolls, etc.
For improving my sense of self and fostering the certainty that the things you don’t like about life can be changed.
For encouraging me to live with an equal partner instead of the infantalized construct I was brought up to expect.
For giving my daughters the knowledge that it is possible to do anything regardless of gender and for allowing them to be treated on an equal footing in law. For granting them the right to vote. For allowing them to own their own money, house, furniture, etc.
For widening the spectrum of women’s work from teacher, housewife, nun, nurse, whore, skivvy and cook, to almost anything.
For changing the culture in which we live.
For allowing us to dream.
Is that five?
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Oct 17th, 2006 at 6:10 pm
It has done so much for me…
Without feminism and feminist theory would we really understand post-colonial and colonial theory? (which, I suppose, define much of my thought and writing)
Disability theory? Disability studies?
The true sense that all argument is really a battle of narratives?
The understanding that the receiver of stories, of learning, of culture matters as much as the sender’s intent?
Or a sense of how flexible “knowledge” is?
Is that 5? It does not matter. Feminism has taught me that.
jb says: Great stuff. Thanks for the comment. Feminism has been the single most important movement during my lifetime. You are quite right, the positive spin-offs are incalculable.
Oct 17th, 2006 at 10:42 pm
Thanks for answering John. You see, I said you’d be interesting!
(”Sex rolls” eh?)
jb says: OK, but don’t send me no more memes. I’ve done enough now. I want my freedom back.
Oct 18th, 2006 at 3:35 am
Great responses.
jbs says: thanks, Patry. Good to see you here.
Oct 18th, 2006 at 9:56 pm
Dear John,
That was a double negative I think, but I shall not come knocking at your blog door with further memes in the medium term, I promise.
Thanks for picking up on both, however; your replies were enlightening and greatly appreciated by more than me, I’m sure.
And now that the “five quesions” series has ended, I’m looking forward to what you have to say next. Thanks for including me in the series!
Best,
crimefic
jb says: Double-negative, yeah, but intentionally so, which makes it OK. It’s good that you enjoyed the series, and it was good to have you aboard.
Oct 19th, 2006 at 12:53 am
That statement is neat, concise, and really helpful in my work. Thanks, John.
jb says: That’s great to hear, Ninglun. It’s not every day that I’m of practical use in the world.