The importance of feminism and trying to study anyway.

[jocelyncee]

In the none-too-gradual countdown between now and my impending exams, I've been spending an inordinate amount of time doing... well, not nothing.  Just not as much studying for my exams as perhaps would be prudent.  A good chuck of my goofing off is at the hands of Civ III (I am NOT buying IV until after exams!  I promise!) but some of it has been reading on feminism, especially feminist blogs.


I got into this by being marginally interested in comics of the superhero variety, and being sent to Girls Read Comics by Karen Healey on GirlWonder.org.  This opened up a whole can of worms, and, rather than just getting me more interested in superhero comics, this has opened my mind to many new ways of thinking, of observing, and has, most importantly, kept me reading.


And thinking.  And so very, very much.


Thus far I have learned about privilege, and that as a heterosexual cisgendered middle-class white female, I experience a good bit of privilege.  In fact, the only "strike" I have against me in the system that is our societal heritage is the female part.  So I don't get into discussions/crusades for women of color, the GLBT community or the impoverished -- although I listen.  When a group that is not privileged as I am gets up to talk, my job is to sit, listen, and get to know my privilege enough so that I can consciously avoid exercising it / benefiting from it.


In any case, I'm out of clearly laid-out comments to make right now, and I have Latin to translate.  I will be linking to read-worthy blogs on feminism as I go through this.

Of note today:

Woman of (an)other color + Women's Space / The Margins + The F-Word

Comments

[jocelyncee.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the truly perceptive complement. I am sincerely and utterly flattered (and just a bit overwhelmed, or rather, humbled). I've been reading and processing, and have only begun to express the thoughts that have slowly been germinating into what will hopefully be good strong convictions that help me learn how to be the human being I wish to be. Comments like this give me hope that I might actually have something to say that would be worthwhile to listen to. It gives me courage to keep thinking and sharing.

And as to the template, I wish I could take credit. It's just one of the many LJ options that others have created. :)