Blog Post 11: Judith Butler

Judith Butler said that nobody can be a gender fore doing gendered acts. When she said that, I think she means that you cannot be a women without upholding the tasks that make you a women, such as cleaning, washing, cooking, sewing, staying at home with the children, etc. My dad stopped doing dishes, mopping, cleaning the floors a few years ago. I asked hime how come he stopped. He told me that it’s a women’ job to do these things, “it’s what you’re supposed to do. I got so angry but I could not say anything because he has a temper and he is really stubborn. It is not only a women’s job to do chores around the house. men are supposed to contribute as well and not sit their lazy ass on the couch all day growing a stomach, drinking beer, sleeping all day and watch TV. Both parties should contribute to keep the house clean and habitable. It should not only be a one gender job.

Hypothes.is How to use

  1. You first need to join the class WGS 1001 private group using the link below. https://hypothesis.is/groups/z3grRGrg/wgs-1001-spring-2020?q=
  2. You will then need to make an account and have your email verified so that you can join the class.
  3. Next you will then click on the assigned reading for the week and the click on ” Visit Annotation in Context”.
  4. Then begin to highlight your choice in the reading and click “Annotate”.
  5. Click on the group name at the top of the page WGS 1001 Spring 2020.
  6. Lastly click post to upload it to the class group.

Ind Study Step 2: What do you need to know?

Rosie the Riveter We Can Do It Poster - The National WWII Museum

I wanted to know more about women’s inequality, how artists were fighting for justice through their art, the message behind their artworks, what stands for, and how it affects the movements. In this project, I would explore more into detail from different websites and sources. To be successful, I will put more effort and do more research as possible and understand more about the topic.

Blog Post 14: Final reflection

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Show that you have learned: Choose three posts/reading responses that you have done that were most important or impactful to you. What about them or the week’s topic was most important to your understanding of feminism, or the world more generally? Has your definition of feminism changed? If so, how?

Blog posts that were important to me were blog post 13, blog post 12, and blog post 9. Those were important to me because I have a chance to read Toni Morrison’s book and making critical analysis from class reading. This helps me explore and learn more about feminism and the history involving racism, discrimination, and injustice. Understand and realize what women have been through back in the day was incredible to me. It was sad to see how’s women were being treated differently because of their gender. This course has open-minded me more about feminism history, how it has changed over time and teaches me to respect what we have accomplished now and appreciated women even more.

Blog Post 13: Toni Morrison week

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Book Report—tell us about the Morrison book you read. Give us plot details and major characters, but also a spoiler alert if necessary. Draw connections between Morrison’s essay Playing in the Dark and the book you read.

`In the book, The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, the story starts with two nine-year-old Claudia, and ten-year-old Frieda MacTeer lives in Ohio. The story’s setting is at the end of the depression, where their parents were more concerned about money than buying everything that their children want. Her dad was also an alcoholic, and her women didn’t care about them. Pecola was admired at Shirley Temple, she believes that if she has white skin and blue eyes, then everyone would love her, and she considers herself as ugly. The plot of The Bluest Eye is focusing on the problems with racism that happen to people of color.
The connections between The Bluest Eye and Playing in the Dark is that both described their character horrific memories and experience, and how discrimination and past experience affect them throughout their life.

FINAL/INDEPENDENT STUDY

https://docs.google.com/document/d/10uaIWH26Mq12DZYhD02bdg8XP7oHmx0Uw6SdK1Rb-Dg/edit?usp=sharing

Hi everyone! This class has been such a journey and I’ve loved reading all your blog posts and can’t wait to sit down and see all your independent studies. I did mine on Taylor Swift’s impact on the music industry, her standing up for artists’ autonomy, and just generally her impact as a powerful feminist and businesswoman. As shown, I made a huge drawing as my creative element, and the above link leads to my artist’s statement and bibliography.

Have a great summer!