Fourth Wave Feminists

To be completely honest about today's reading, I found it overwhelming. Mohanty's article was quite long and also information-heavy, which led me to some confusion along the way. I reread many of the paragraphs in hopes of getting a better grasp on her key points and main arguments, and found one that really stuck out to me: Mohanty, in going through the aspects of her book with which she was satisfied and those that received criticism, took the time to focus on reemphasizing a main idea in her work- that idea being connections between local and universal feminism. Mohanty went though many parts of her book that created misconceptions, such as masculinist assumptions, opposing feminist groups, forms of generalization, differences over commonalities, etc. but I think she intended to direct the majority of readers' attention toward the issue of solidarity. She was thorough and repetitive in stating that the misconceptions, though present and widespread, are incorrect in rec

           I think the fact Mohanty revisits her essay "Under Western Eyes" while taking into account others’ criticisms says a lot about her character. It is very apparent that Mohanty is passionate about her work and wants to evoke collective criticism to which she acceptingly includes in her revision. I am fascinated by how Mohanty revisits her essay and considers how things in society have or have not changed since the essay was published. I think it is important to note that although Mohanty revises her essay she has no regrets about writing it. Mohanty attributes the confusion and misunderstanding of her essay as a cause of her “postmodernist” beliefs.         Mohanty’s primary concern is to emphasize the importance of seeing connections between local and universal. Her arguments are similar to Lorde’s in that she wants people to be aware of their differences and view them as a connecting factor not a separating one.  while Mohanty makes certain changes to the lang

              Chandra Talpade Mohanty makes an argument in her article “Under Western Eyes Revisited: Feminist Solidarity through Anticapitalist Struggles”. Mohanty discusses how “in the U.S. the women movement became conservative”. In this article she argues about how feminism can be seen through different perspectives, such as how women of color can see “white feminism”. As she goes on to talk more about feminist solidarity she makes a point to mention that women around the world do two-third of the world’s work but only receive one-tenth of the world’s income. I think it is important to note the inequality regarding a women’s work. It seems like a women’s work is valued less than a man’s and some people may not recognize this inequality. It’s important that Mohanty mentions how “privilege nurtures blindness to those without the same privileges”.               Sometimes the main cause for being blind to the way society treats certain groups of people and how other groups have

This piece of artwork of a toddler peering over the U.S-Mexico border was created by renowned French artist JR. This image means something different to each local, but above all it calls for attention that the locals exist as people and as one local said in a video about this piece of artwork: "hey look I exist and I'm not a terrorist".           We have to work as a nation to fight not only for women’s rights, but also human rights. It comes as no surprise that the militarization of the U.S-Mexico border is reinforced by violent tactics attempting to keep people from crossing as described in Falcon’s article. Those who do cross the border and are caught face beatings, harassment, sexual assault, and rape. Falcon’s connection to militarization with the need to dominate and control connects to Bunch’s article and the Bush administration’s desire to dominate and instill fear in other countries. This brute domination reminds me of the sexual assault documentary we rece