As a direct result of yesterday’s post about the oppressed educating the privileged, I created a new blog, where I, as a self-identified feminist, declare that I am completely, 100% okay with, and asking for, totally feminist-newbie questions that I can answer respectfully and accurately. On the blog, I welcome the 19-year-old boy who somehow ended up in a women’s studies class and is unfamiliar with, and even completely ignorant about women’s issues, but has felt a certain spark because of some things mentioned in class, and wants to learn more. I welcome the “chick” whose friends are mostly guys, who feels like “regular” girls (i.e., feminine women who appreciate shoes) are aliens and therefore unrelatable, but simultaneously hates the way she’s treated like a second-class citizen, even subconsciously, by the very males with whom she chooses to associate, whose company she probably appreciates.
So, if you fit any of the above descriptions, or one that you can logically assume you fit into based on what you’ve already read in the description and my previous posts, please check out NiceFeminist, and please comment as often as you want to. The intention of that blog in particular is to help people who would otherwise be without resources that they can reasonably be expected to find on their own, with a bit of forgiveness for being lazy, for good measure.
I will still be keeping this blog around for my more personally introspective posts, or my random work rants. The other blog will be entirely dedicated to feminist issues, with an emphasis on politely educating the interested and privileged, so we can reasonably evolve into equality for all of us.
I hope you read (and participate)!
Hi – I came via Kittywampus.
I agree that, while it’s not inherently the job of any member of an oppressed group to educate those with privilege, it’s necessary for some members of the oppressed group to voluntarily take on an educative role.
It looks like you haven’t finished getting Nice Feminist set up yet, but I’ve bookmarked it anyway. I hope you do move forward with it; I’d love someplace besides the Feminism 101 blog to send people who are just getting started getting a handle on things (it’s okay as far as it goes, but it doesn’t go as far as I’d like).
Sunflower
Sorry for the late response– I haven’t checked this blog in a while since I started writing at NiceFeminist.
Thank you for stopping by and bookmarking the new blog! I was afraid at first that it was going to be too similar to FF101, but I think I’ve found a way to make it a valuable resource.