Comments on: And People Poo-Poo Me For Being An Outspoken Feminist. http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:45:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: joseph rainmound http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-474 joseph rainmound Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:18:35 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-474 Gender studies minor in college here... I too was shocked by the whole heels thing! It reminded me of Joanna Russ in <i>What Are We Fighting For</i> where she points out that almost all women's magazines these days are about 101 Different Ways To Please Your Man or How To Dress Sexy. I dunno, I always deluded myself that our Deaf women didn't fall prey to such silly things. Gender studies minor in college here… I too was shocked by the whole heels thing! It reminded me of Joanna Russ in What Are We Fighting For where she points out that almost all women’s magazines these days are about 101 Different Ways To Please Your Man or How To Dress Sexy. I dunno, I always deluded myself that our Deaf women didn’t fall prey to such silly things.

]]> By: A White Bear http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-470 A White Bear Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:34:13 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-470 Congratulations on the Ph.D. program! The problem is not that women don't spend enough time on being pretty; it's that we don't fight tooth and nail to gain access to the meaning-making structures that govern society: the academy, the church, and the government. It'll be fun, like storming the Bastille! Congratulations on the Ph.D. program! The problem is not that women don’t spend enough time on being pretty; it’s that we don’t fight tooth and nail to gain access to the meaning-making structures that govern society: the academy, the church, and the government. It’ll be fun, like storming the Bastille!

]]> By: Michelle Ayers http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-467 Michelle Ayers Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:01:40 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-467 I absolutely agree with you! The focus should be on the accomplishments of women in our society. I absolutely agree with you! The focus should be on the accomplishments of women in our society.

]]> By: Marie http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-462 Marie Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:21:07 +0000 http://www.deafdc.com/blog/allison-kaftan/2006-03-09/and-people-poo-poo-me-for-being-an-outspoken-feminist/#comment-462 Deborah Tannen really, really should have stopped at her second book. Don't get me wrong- she makes plenty of sense in "You Just Don't Understand", but am I the only one who now thinks she's overcapitializing on her words (pun intended). And we really need a modern Gloria Steinem; a woman who's not afraid to be a feminine feminist. Deborah Tannen really, really should have stopped at her second book. Don’t get me wrong- she makes plenty of sense in “You Just Don’t Understand”, but am I the only one who now thinks she’s overcapitializing on her words (pun intended).

And we really need a modern Gloria Steinem; a woman who’s not afraid to be a feminine feminist.

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