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Tuesday, May 5, 2009
"I am a Superwomyn." Yes she is.
Our classmate Laurice, a student of GSI Abigail Andrews, recently created this amazing video after interviewing three Pilipina womyn involved in one of the Pil-orgs on campus called GABRIELA Network (Gabnet). Gabnet is a Philippine-US womyn's solidarity organization that raises awareness and fights issues facing Pilipina womyn. Check out the video as an excellent example of consciousness raising and then visit Laurice's blog at http://1aurice.blogspot.com/.
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a few of my favorite parts:
4:45
"what you say is what you think, and
what you think is what you are"
5:57
"it's not just striving for equality, it's striving for a different type of thinking about women"
amazing! nicely done. intimate and insightful. incorporates so many concepts from class and readings...
kudos! your thoughts, words, and actions are making this a better world. thank you for sharing this; it made my heart smile.
-Charita
This is an amazing video!
It resonates in many ways with Collins’ writings, particularly on multiple oppression and the insight and understanding that arises from this experience. This organization really expresses the idea of consciousness, self-affirmation and sisterhood.
Particularly insightful was the commentary on the use of the word “bitch” and although her reference may have been among women, the point is clear, it has a specific meaning that perpetuates a derogatory view of women despite who uses it.
I thought the comment on class was very interesting. She speaks of the intersection of race and gender and believes that class does not affects solidarity, rather, being a women and a Filipina is the bond that transcends class.
It raises the question – does solidarity among certain groups of women of color transcend class?
Our feminists are to be found all over this video.
Music set the tone – it was fantastic!
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