Tag: Feminism
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The Necessity of Feminist Eyes, Voices
“Post-feminists ‘…explicitly define themselves [as] against… [while criticizing] feminists of the Second Wave‘ (women’s liberation movement). [In post-feminist thought], individual improvement replaces collective improvement, while the results of the collective action of the second wave movement are taken as a given. (Dworkin and Wachs, p. 139)” While taking for granted certain freedoms that were hard-won…
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Cause and Effect
“3 out of 4 girls feel ____?____ after leafing through a fashion magazine for 3 minutes.” “8 is the peak age for girls’ leadership ambition.” and other interesting facts PLUS what can be done. Another great short about the importance of media literacy from MissRepresentation.
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“Standing Her Ground”: Curl Magazine #31
(This interview about women in surfing and my decision to boycott the ASP World Tour, was just published in the summer issue of Curl Magazine. There is no online access to this article so it is being reprinted here, with the images and captions provided in the article. I have also added links throughout the…
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“little hoss” and a call to action
Since writing “embracing their femininity”, I stumbled upon a photo feature of surfer Erica Hosseini in STAB Magazine’s Hard Cover Book, December 2011, that pushes Big Surfing’s fetishized “feminine” to it’s most hyper-sexualized yet. STAB ostensibly tries to get away with this image by using a play on Hosseini’s last name, a double entendre, a…
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objectification ate my empathy!
A certain level of empathy is involved with revolutionary thought, innovation and social change. When being exposed to social, political and even economic disparities, brutality, inequity, oppression, etc., one of the key elements in motivating individuals to do something in order to better circumstances (for themselves as well as for others), is that there must…
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“embracing their femininity”
Three of the top five ladies chosen in this year’s Surfer Poll Awards have bared glistening, bronzed bodies to the world in nearly naked poses that range from playful and flirty to sexual and seductive. The only reason Alana trumped Sally Fitzgibbons in the polls is because Fitzgibbons didn’t get her skin-show on before…
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rethinking: occupy feminism
Globalization is a homogenizing mechanism of capitalism. It promises to erode borders, languages, races, ethnicities and genders and replace all identities with a single id drive: “BUY-your-SELF-expression-now!” and is undercut throughout by Greed. Capital has no home, it has no body, it has no single origin (not anymore)… it is a spirit with a single…
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the presentation: what we can do (Women in Boardsports, 2011, part 2)
Photo Credit: Alba Pardo I woke early the day I was to give my presentation at the Women in Boardsports retreat in Saas Fee. I had stayed up quite late the night previous in order to ensure I had noted the elements I most wanted to communicate. I had taught myself Keynote in the process…
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Tackling the Mythology of a Sport
I have been working the last few weeks on the presentation I will be giving at the Women in Boardsports retreat. Browsing through the websites of the major surf brands and surf media websites has been a tedious, albeit enlightening, experience. I have intentionally distanced myself from the mainstream surf industry (brands, retail stores, media,…
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Women in Boardsports Retreat, 2011
At the end of the month, I will be headed to Saas Fee for the Women in Boardsports Retreat where I have been invited to be a keynote speaker. I am really enjoying putting the presentation together and gathering my thoughts on: Women’s action sports as the sports of the new feminine and the new…
