Comments on: United we succeed – fragmented we fail

By: donna darko

donna darko — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:20:39 +0000

And we need/will need this kind of feminism more than ever.

By: donna darko

donna darko — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:19:18 +0000

“we work together on pure women’s rights” Not other issues. that’s exactly what women need to do. Congrats!

Patriarchy (of all races) is the enemy. In the past, feminism marginalized women of color but if you look at the feminist blogosphere, it’s extremely intersectional and I haven’t seen any racism here. Pure women’s rights simply means women (of all races’) enemy is patriarchy.

By: Anian

Anian — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 19:45:44 +0000

“we work together on pure women’s rights” Not other issues. that’s exactly what women need to do. Congrats!

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:16:56 +0000

Mary,

It occurred to me yesterday that we as commentors can “gently” assume this role as well. I love the phrase “Focus on the issues that unite us.” Maybe we can use this when discussion gets derailed.

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:44:29 +0000

I would like the editors here to consider taking a moderator’s role with regards to the comments. The discussions here are intelligent and passionate but they need to remain focused on the goals of this group. Not everyone recognizes when they have blurred the line and that is a problem in itself. A moderator’s role is to bring the participation back on point to continue the discussion in a productive manner.

By: ER

ER — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:22:06 +0000

Thanks Amy!

By: Anna Belle

Anna Belle — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:47:41 +0000

Bravo, Amy! A standing ovation from home. I love the rhetoric of “pure women’s rights.” Good thinking there. That’s a catch phrase that will get picked up if we keep using it. And it send the right message, a message of authenticity about where we come from. It’s not some clever political language, it’s real. Simple. True.

I also appreciate the tone. One of the reasons I come here is because of that tone. It is all too easy in the 24-hours-a-day internet world to lose your cool and vent and get vitriolic, and too much of that generally leads to losing focus or losing faith. We can’t afford either.

Someday I’m going to have to tell you the story of Kathleen Fraser, an experimental poet from the recent canon. She’s still alive. What we’re doing is of the cloth she was working with, only she was specific to the world of poetry. I am reminded of HOWever magazine every time I come here.

By: bluelyon

bluelyon — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:16:19 +0000

Hear! Hear!

We must focus on what unites us, or we will stay stuck, or worse, as you so rightly said, “…might instead be moving backwards.”

By: Violet Socks, Editor

Violet Socks, Editor — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:51:54 +0000

Excellent post, Amy. Thank you. This is exactly what I meant about recovering the power and clarity of the Second Wave.

Movements are effective when they have a clear, uncluttered focus and an agenda that unites. That’s us.

By: Carolyn

Carolyn — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:01:28 +0000

I still believe women in leadership positions can only benefit all these causes. There is absolutely nothing more horrible to me than child abuse, but we aren’t throwing that into the mix here. But as women achieve leadership we will be in a position to address all these issues — and I believe we WILL.