Badass feminist politics : exploring radical edges of feminist theory, communication, and activism / edited by Sarah Jane Blithe and Janell C. Bauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blithe, Sarah, editor.

Bauer, Janell C., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist theory--Political aspects--United States.

Feminist theory.

Feminism--Political aspects--United States.

Feminism.

Equality--United States.

Equality.

Feminism--Political aspects.

Feminist theory--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

ix, 308 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"In the late 2010s, the United States experienced a period of widespread silencing. Protests of unsafe drinking water have been met with tear gas; national park employees, environmentalists, and scientists have been ordered to stop communicating publicly. Advocates for gun control are silenced even as mass shootings continue. Expressed dissent to political power is labeled as "fake news." DREAMers, Muslims, Trans military members, women, black bodies, the LGBTQI+ community, Latina/o/x communities, rape survivors, sex workers, and immigrants have all been systematically silenced. During this difficult time and despite such restrictions, advocates and allies persist and resist, forming dialogues that call to repel inequality in its many forms. Addressing the oppression of women of color, white women, women with (dis)abilities, and LBTQI+ individuals across cultures and contexts remains a central posit of feminist struggle and requires "a distinctly feminist politics of recognition." However, as second wave debates about feminism have revealed, there is no single way to express a feminist politic. Rather, living feminist politics requires individual interpretation and struggle, collective discussion and disagreement, and recognizing difference among women as well as points of convergence in feminist struggle. Badass Feminist Politics includes a diverse range of engaging feminist political projects to not only analyze the work being done on the ground but provide an overview for action that can be taken on by those seeking to engage in feminist activism in their own communities. Contributors included here are working for equality and equity and resisting violent, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, and sexist language and action during this tension-filled political moment. Collectively, the book explores what it means to live and communicate feminist politics in everyday choices and actions, and how we can facilitate learning by analyzing these examples. Taking up current issues and new theoretical perspectives, the authors offer novel perspectives into what it means to live feminist politics. This book is a testament to resilience, resistance, communication, and forward thinking about what these themes all mean for new feminist agendas. Learning how to resist oppressive structures through words and actions is particularly important for students. Badass Feminist Politics features scholars from non-dominant groups taking up issues of marginalization and oppression, which can help people accomplish their social justice goals of inclusivity on the ground and in the classroom"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction / Janell C. Bauer

2. Badass Activities for Threading Together Theory, Pedagogy, and Activism / Sarah Jane Blithe

pt. I Black Lives Matter

3. Being Black in the Ivory: Telling Our Truth and Taking Up Space / Sharde M. Davis

4. #BlackIndigenousStoriesMatter / Anita Mixon

5. Your Black Friends Are Tired / Andrea Ewing

6. Inciting Change with My Keyboard: Leveraging Hashtag Activism to Fight Anti-Black Racism during COVID-19 / Sharde M. Davis

7. The Reality of Our Dreams: Black Lives' Fears / Prisca S. Ngondo

8. Black Women in Black Lives Matter: Navigating Being Both Engaged and Dismissed / Cerise L. Glenn

9. Antiracist Holistic Change in "STEM" Higher Education / Kelly J. Cross

10. Fighting for Black Studies: An Essay about Educational Empowerment / Idrissa N. Snider

11. When You Can't Call the Cops: Intimate Partner Violence and #BlackLivesMatter / Jayna Marie Jones

12. Discovering Your Social Justice Gift amid the Distraction of Systemic Racism / Johnny Jones

13. Sexuality in My Reality: An Autoethnography of a Black Woman's Resistance of Sexual Stereotypes / Savaughn Williams

14. The Forgotten Ones (for Those Who Survive Black Death) / Robin M. Boylorn

15. Performative Activism: Inauthentic Allyship in the Midst of a Racial Pandemic / Tina M. Harris

pt. II Narrating the Material Body

16. Nevertheless, She Feels Pretty: A Critical Co-constructed Autoethnography on Fat Persistence and Resistance / Sarah Gonzalez Noveiri

17. Visual Activism, Persistence, and Identity: Ostomy Selfies as a Form of Resistance to Dominant Body Ideologies / Michael S. Martin

18. The Silence of Laughter / Lydia Huerta Moreno

pt. III Living Feminist Politics in Mediated Environments

19. Monica Robles: (De?)colonizing Mexican Womanhood through the Power of Memes / Ana Gomez Parga

20. Smart Talk: Feminist Communication Questions for Artificial Intelligence / Cheris Kramarae

21. The Silencing of Elizabeth Warren: A Case of Digital Persistence / Kathleen Rushforth

pt. IV New Feminist Theorizing

22. Social Justice Organizing through the Closet Metaphor / Sara Deturk

23. Disrupting the Ratchet-Respectable Binary: Explorations of Ratchet Feminism and Ratchet Respectability in Daily and Popular Life / Antonio L. Spikes

24. Afrofuturist Lessons in Persistence / Jenna N. Hanchey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781978826588

1978826583

9781978826595

1978826591

OCLC:

1250434254

Publisher Number:

99989753057