Entry tags:
Feminism and class
Check out the latest Carnival of Feminists over at Super Babymama: the theme this time around is feminism and poverty.
Class is perhaps the least-covered topic in the feminist blogosphere. Race, as I've experienced it, is often treated poorly, but at least it's treated at all - class issues just tend to be overlooked. Of course, I'm fully implicating myself as well - I don't talk about class much. I have very poor understanding of classism, either how it works on a large scale, or how I perpetuate it personally. I don't even have a classism tag, the way I do for sexism, racism, and homophobia. My class privilege is, I would say, the least examined.
I've had my eyes opened a little bit recently, especially with all my Women Studies courses last quarter - in particular, the global classist structure (tied in with racism and sexism) that perpetuates the "Third World"/"First World" division. But I know thismuch about, say, welfare in the U.S. One of the reasons for that is that the U.S. hates to talk about economic privilege, because we're supposed to be a free market, where everyone has a chance on an equal playing field. Class is like a four-letter word.
Anyway, my point is: this Carnival is a great place to start. I talked about self-education on privilege - well, here we go, a buttload of information dropped onto my lap. I'll be reading through these entries, and I highly recommend that all of you out there do the same - there's far too much ignorance on this topic.
Class is perhaps the least-covered topic in the feminist blogosphere. Race, as I've experienced it, is often treated poorly, but at least it's treated at all - class issues just tend to be overlooked. Of course, I'm fully implicating myself as well - I don't talk about class much. I have very poor understanding of classism, either how it works on a large scale, or how I perpetuate it personally. I don't even have a classism tag, the way I do for sexism, racism, and homophobia. My class privilege is, I would say, the least examined.
I've had my eyes opened a little bit recently, especially with all my Women Studies courses last quarter - in particular, the global classist structure (tied in with racism and sexism) that perpetuates the "Third World"/"First World" division. But I know thismuch about, say, welfare in the U.S. One of the reasons for that is that the U.S. hates to talk about economic privilege, because we're supposed to be a free market, where everyone has a chance on an equal playing field. Class is like a four-letter word.
Anyway, my point is: this Carnival is a great place to start. I talked about self-education on privilege - well, here we go, a buttload of information dropped onto my lap. I'll be reading through these entries, and I highly recommend that all of you out there do the same - there's far too much ignorance on this topic.