Building Feminist Community in the Classroom « Pedagogies for the Revolution

Here is something that I wrote for another blog. It is about my teaching and creating a feminist space in the classroom.

This year, I have been thinking about what it means to build feminist community in the classroom. You would think that this would be easy to do within a department of Women’s Studies; however, it is not. Like many feminist goals, this one takes a lot of work in terms of challenging norms, changing minds, and re-directing the momentum of the group.

In trying to create a feminist community, I am often reminded that there is a difference between Women’s Studies and feminism. Women’s Studies is about looking for women wherever they might be and asking questions about the economic, social, cultural, and historical impact of their existence. Feminism, for me, is a political project that seeks to end all forms of domination, patriarchy, racism, colonialism, ableism, heterosexism, capitalism, discrimination based on national identity, and create a socially just world.

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