Why can’t we all get along? We signed up for this seminar with this question in mind and have now spent the entire semester trying to navigate it. Though I’m definitely more aware of the historical background of it as well as various approaches of intervention, I’m honestly not sure if I could say I …
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Closing Reflection
At the beginning of this semester, I was very interested in feminist conflict and the questions that fuel feminist debate. One of these such debates was regarding the sex wars. This was one debate that I thought sparked a very interesting discussion in class, and I am continued to be interested in this topic, as …
Closing Reflection
From what we’ve learned about Feminist conflict this semester, one lesson that I’ll take away is that resolution isn’t always necessary/a marker of a successful movement. As we saw in the film that we watched the last day of class, Born in Flames, conflict doesn’t have to be something that only acts as an inhibitor …
Closing Reflection
Prior to taking this class, I had some general ideas of feminist conflict but I would not say I had extensive knowledge. After finish this course I feel like I have a much deeper understanding of the conflicts that exist within feminism. Feminist conflict to me represents the history and fluidity of the feminist movement …
Closing Reflection
My thinking has shifted and changed in a few ways, starting with a much more nuanced understanding of feminist conflict and its scope. While at the start, I had a few guesses as to what feminist conflict would exactly entail, but now I know there is much more to it than my initial guesses. The …
Closing Reflection
As the semester has ended, Emergent Strategy by adrienne maree brown is something that I will take forward into the rest of my life. We learned what Emergent Strategy is and how it is used for people who expansively wants to see radical social change and what the future could look like. Breaking through the …
Closing Reflection
My thinking has shifted and changed a lot during this semester. Starting off, I did not truly know what to expect of this course, aside from what I had read in the course description when signing up. I have since learned a tremendous amount about feminist conflict and the varying conflicts that exist—and have existed—in …
Post Reflection
On the last class, we watched Born in Flames, a film that was a great and interesting end that paralleled to most of the feminist conflicts we touched upon and in relation to the situations of the present day. At the end, a question was brought up on whether the film is optimistic or pessimistic. …
Post Class Reflection 5/9
As the semester draws to a close and our class met for the last time, there was a lot of reflecting back on what we had accomplished over the past few months. We began the class by watching Born In Flames, a film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism, and heterosexism in an …
Willse and Spade, “We are Born in Flames”
Willse and Spade’s article points to the ways in which Borden’s film Born in Flames presents activism and community building. More specifically, they reference the film’s centering of conflict and critique — mainly of the conflicts between white feminists and women of color feminists. Though it is noted that parts of this dealing with and …
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