Comments on: Some More on Radical Feminism and bell hooks http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/08/some-more-on-radical-feminism-and-bell-hooks/ It is no measure of health to be well adjusted in a profoundly sick society. - Jiddu Krishnamurti Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:08:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Gwytherinn http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/08/some-more-on-radical-feminism-and-bell-hooks/#comment-61 Gwytherinn Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:00:29 +0000 http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/08/some-more-on-radical-feminism-and-bell-hooks/#comment-61 I'm not sure... I think she's more criticizing the movement for its backlash towards things that are traditionally in the women's realm. It's like, you're not exactly going to win say, stay at home moms over to your cause if you're denouncing the work they do and telling them they should be out building their career instead of homemaking and raising children. I’m not sure… I think she’s more criticizing the movement for its backlash towards things that are traditionally in the women’s realm. It’s like, you’re not exactly going to win say, stay at home moms over to your cause if you’re denouncing the work they do and telling them they should be out building their career instead of homemaking and raising children.

]]> By: Tiv http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/08/some-more-on-radical-feminism-and-bell-hooks/#comment-60 Tiv Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:54:32 +0000 http://www.gwytherinn.com/2008/02/08/some-more-on-radical-feminism-and-bell-hooks/#comment-60 I'm sure I'll have more later, but this: "Denouncing housework as menial labor does not restore to the woman houseworker the pride and dignity in her labor she is stripped of by patriarchal devaluation." definitely hit me today--cleaning day. I try, as I go through and clean the house, to focus on the value and beauty of what I'm doing. Keeping a clean, safe home IS important and valuable. I've long adored Martha Stewart's efforts to elevate home- and housekeeping to an art form, rather than drudgery. Is she, in the view above, a feminist? I’m sure I’ll have more later, but this:

“Denouncing housework as menial labor does not restore to the woman houseworker the pride and dignity in her labor she is stripped of by patriarchal devaluation.”

definitely hit me today–cleaning day. I try, as I go through and clean the house, to focus on the value and beauty of what I’m doing. Keeping a clean, safe home IS important and valuable. I’ve long adored Martha Stewart’s efforts to elevate home- and housekeeping to an art form, rather than drudgery. Is she, in the view above, a feminist?

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