[[UPDATE: the class has already started, but you are welcome to join in at any time... Please see this blog for regular updates: http://excoradfeminisms.wordpress.com/ -- and email the facilitator at eli.meyerhoff@gmail.com if you'd like to join.]]
What is radical feminism today? How can we incorporate radical feminist practices in our activism and everyday lives?
This class will approach these questions through reading and discussing contemporary feminist texts (reading 20-50 pages per week), and talking about these ideas in relation to our experiences and situations. We will start with Nina Power's One Dimensional Woman, which critiques up-beat feminisms and offers a more anti-capitalist approach. Nina is a rad philosopher and the author of a cool blog: infinite th0ught. Here’s a blurb about the book:
I am a novice with feminist theory, which is why I am organizing this class: in order to learn, through discussion with others, how to infuse radical feminist practices into my organizing. My activism includes organizing with the U of M chapter of the Experimental College, conferences about university struggles (http://beneaththeu.org - http://reworkingtheu.org), and grad student-worker unionization. Also, at the U of M, I'm writing my dissertation in political science (a critical analysis of the American education system and an exploration of alternative forms of education, particularly through activist co-research with EXCO).
