Comments on: Class and Feminism: A Disjointed Post in Five Parts http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:10:37 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: On Having Goals at Faux Real http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-162131 On Having Goals at Faux Real Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:17:28 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-162131 [...] And yet sometimes it isn’t. I started this blog eight months after graduation and promptly began writing about my financial troubles. I was working three jobs after a brief period of unemployment (Indiana coughed), and trying to hold onto the one I have today so I could secure medical benefits because I was sick all the time. Meanwhile the Femblog Class Wars of ‘07 were raging abound, and I read in horror as people erected moral pedastals for themselves to sit on, thinking, LET ME KEEP MY GOT DAMN LIPSTICK! IT IS ALL I HAVE! [...] [...] And yet sometimes it isn’t. I started this blog eight months after graduation and promptly began writing about my financial troubles. I was working three jobs after a brief period of unemployment (Indiana coughed), and trying to hold onto the one I have today so I could secure medical benefits because I was sick all the time. Meanwhile the Femblog Class Wars of ‘07 were raging abound, and I read in horror as people erected moral pedastals for themselves to sit on, thinking, LET ME KEEP MY GOT DAMN LIPSTICK! IT IS ALL I HAVE! [...]

]]> By: Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Link Farm & Open Thread #39 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Alas, a blog » Blog Archive » Link Farm & Open Thread #39 Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:29:21 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1196 [...] Faux Real: Class And Feminism I firmly believe that Jill’s tongue-in-cheek ownership of the phrase “fun feminist” — a term which should be banished to the high hills along with Hirshman’s “lumpenproletariat woman” — was received so bitterly because of people’s perception of her class status and embrace of femininity. Welcome to the feminist blogosphere, where no one is allowed to process out loud without having taken a firm stand. [...] [...] Faux Real: Class And Feminism I firmly believe that Jill’s tongue-in-cheek ownership of the phrase “fun feminist” — a term which should be banished to the high hills along with Hirshman’s “lumpenproletariat woman” — was received so bitterly because of people’s perception of her class status and embrace of femininity. Welcome to the feminist blogosphere, where no one is allowed to process out loud without having taken a firm stand. [...]

]]> By: Link Farm & Open Thread #39 « Creative Destruction http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 Link Farm & Open Thread #39 « Creative Destruction Mon, 13 Nov 2006 11:28:36 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1195 [...] Faux Real: Class And Feminism I firmly believe that Jill’s tongue-in-cheek ownership of the phrase “fun feminist” — a term which should be banished to the high hills along with Hirshman’s “lumpenproletariat woman” — was received so bitterly because of people’s perception of her class status and embrace of femininity. Welcome to the feminist blogosphere, where no one is allowed to process out loud without having taken a firm stand. [...] [...] Faux Real: Class And Feminism I firmly believe that Jill’s tongue-in-cheek ownership of the phrase “fun feminist” — a term which should be banished to the high hills along with Hirshman’s “lumpenproletariat woman” — was received so bitterly because of people’s perception of her class status and embrace of femininity. Welcome to the feminist blogosphere, where no one is allowed to process out loud without having taken a firm stand. [...]

]]> By: belledame222 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1105 belledame222 Fri, 10 Nov 2006 17:16:45 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1105 on a related note, have people read this post over at Mind the Gap! ? http://mindthegapcardiff.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-do-i-look-thoughts-on-feminism-and.html "How do I look? Thoughts on feminism and white middle-class femininity" on a related note, have people read this post over at Mind the Gap! ?

http://mindthegapcardiff.blogspot.com/2006/10/how-do-i-look-thoughts-on-feminism-and.html

“How do I look? Thoughts on feminism and white middle-class femininity”

]]> By: Ampersand http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Ampersand Thu, 09 Nov 2006 15:59:14 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1064 I'm not sure exactly what "being in" will mean in practice, but I'm in. I’m not sure exactly what “being in” will mean in practice, but I’m in.

]]> By: Sophie http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Sophie Mon, 06 Nov 2006 23:28:14 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1020 Beautiful. Project? I'm in. Beautiful.

Project? I’m in.

]]> By: Ron O. http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Ron O. Mon, 06 Nov 2006 22:16:20 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1017 I'm in. And I've got some work to do overcoming my own class resentments. I’m in. And I’ve got some work to do overcoming my own class resentments.

]]> By: antiprincess http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 antiprincess Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:28:14 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1011 Every time I see the phrase "fun feminist" I automatically read "fake feminist". and after so many years of busting ass for The Sisterhood, being called a "fun" (to mean fake) feminist really makes me mad on a personal level, to the point of blinding me to any useful dialogue or critique. Every time I see the phrase “fun feminist” I automatically read “fake feminist”.

and after so many years of busting ass for The Sisterhood, being called a “fun” (to mean fake) feminist really makes me mad on a personal level, to the point of blinding me to any useful dialogue or critique.

]]> By: Emma http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1006 Emma Mon, 06 Nov 2006 04:01:39 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1006 <i>Who’s with me?</i> I'm in. This is a fantastic post Lauren. I'm really glad that I found this site. I have missed you ever since you left Feministe. Who’s with me?

I’m in.

This is a fantastic post Lauren. I’m really glad that I found this site. I have missed you ever since you left Feministe.

]]> By: kate.d. http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/comment-page-1/#comment-1005 kate.d. Mon, 06 Nov 2006 03:59:19 +0000 http://fauxrealtho.com/2006/11/02/class-and-feminism-a-disjointed-post-in-five-parts/#comment-1005 my itty-bitty voice in my tiny corner of the blogosphere is in. i've been reading you here since you starting blogging again, and i'm glad to hear this emphasis on unity as ultimately more important than in-fighting. it sounds overly simplistic to put it that way, but i think when you boil it down, it is almost that simple. it can be a fine line between challenging each other and needlessly cutting each other down, you know? my itty-bitty voice in my tiny corner of the blogosphere is in. i’ve been reading you here since you starting blogging again, and i’m glad to hear this emphasis on unity as ultimately more important than in-fighting. it sounds overly simplistic to put it that way, but i think when you boil it down, it is almost that simple.

it can be a fine line between challenging each other and needlessly cutting each other down, you know?

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