Feeling Collective: The Queer Politics of Affect in the Riot Grrrl Movement, Kate Siegfried In the article “Feeling Collective: The Queer Politics of Affect in the Riot Grrrl Movement”, Kate Siegfried coherently outlines the Riot Grrrl movement by showcasing its history and its effect on popular culture. She begins by highlighting what this underground movementContinue reading “Somos Mulheres Não Utensílios: Riot Grrrl in Brazil”
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For this week, several sources caught my attention. The first of these: “Revolutionary Womens’ Law”, reminded me of the Political Program of the Partido Independiente de Color’s declaration. Both are documents which lay out precise reforms for disenfranchised groups. However, a distinction between the two is that whilst “Revolutionary Womens’ Law” reaffirms that anyone, regardless […]
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Western liberal democracies pride themselves as examples of modernity. Through living standards, feminism, resource use. Specifically, how they compare to “less developed” countries, such as those within Latin America. Women in western liberal democracies are perceived as more free and equal in comparison to women in Latin America. What I mean is, although the patriarchyContinue reading “Week 7: The Export Boom as Modernity”
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After this week’s lecture, I decided to take some time to reflect on the first question about how the history of slavery shape the Americas and also on feminism in the Americas at the time. For starters, we constantly see reminders of systemic racism not only in the modern day Americas, but all over theContinue reading “Week 6: Citizenship and Rights in the New Republics”
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This week I found the conversation with Rota de Grandis to be interesting in terms of her analysis of disappearance as a form of oppression as well as reconciliation and recovery of a nation from an era of frequent disappearances. … Continue reading →
This week I found the conversation with Rota de Grandis to be interesting in terms of her analysis of disappearance as a form of oppression as well as reconciliation and recovery of a nation from an era of frequent disappearances. … Continue reading →
The Cuban revolution, whether it has ended or is still ongoing, is one which remains a mystery to those who…
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The Cuban revolution, whether it has ended or is still ongoing, is one which remains a mystery to those who…
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I found this weeks topic very thought provoking. I feel as though the closer we get in terms of time…
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Empowerment, feminism, Order and Progress, Porfirio Díaz, Stability
I found this weeks topic very thought provoking. I feel as though the closer we get in terms of time…
Posted in Blogs, Week 7 | Tagged with Empowerment, feminism, Order and Progress, Porfirio Díaz, Stability
