Comments for The F-Word Online http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com "TO LET THE TRUTH OUT / COOLEST F-WORD DESERVES A FUCKING SHOUT!" ~Ani DiFranco, "grand canyon" Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:24:58 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on by emma http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/51/#comment-27 emma Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:24:58 +0000 http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com/2009/03/29/51/#comment-27 MILLAN. i like your playlist. i like you more though. bisous!!! MILLAN. i like your playlist. i like you more though. bisous!!!

]]> Comment on About The F-Word by Molly http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com/about/#comment-25 Molly Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:23:28 +0000 #comment-25 Hi! This looks so awesome; I stumbled upon it through a friend who goes to Bowdoin. It would mean so much if you linked to Smith College's feminist blog, done by the feminist group on campus, in your "links" section. The URL is "http://fuckshitupatsmith.blogspot.com" I've already done it for you guys on our Resource guide! (I hope that's OK--let me know if it's not.) Thanks! Molly Hi! This looks so awesome; I stumbled upon it through a friend who goes to Bowdoin.

It would mean so much if you linked to Smith College’s feminist blog, done by the feminist group on campus, in your “links” section. The URL is “http://fuckshitupatsmith.blogspot.com”

I’ve already done it for you guys on our Resource guide! (I hope that’s OK–let me know if it’s not.)

Thanks!
Molly

]]> Comment on On ‘black hair’ by jdick http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/on-black-hair/#comment-2 jdick Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:44:43 +0000 http://bowdoinfeminist.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/on-black-hair/#comment-2 First of all, I think that as womyn, we pay too much attention to our looks and our hair as a result of living in a heterosexist society that places value on appearance. If we look at the ideal norm or appearance presented to us in the media we see thin, middle class, white womyn day in and day out and when there is representation of black womyn, it is generally womyn who possess lighter skin and curly straight long hair- look at the videos on BET. Unfortunately, since we are a celebrity culture society, celebrities become young womyn's role models. If the majority of the black womyn they see in the media are light skin and possess that straight long/ curly hair, that is the look that they will try to attain. Essentially, we are conditioned by this white supremacist capitalist society to fit into this box and if we do not fit into this box of normality, then we are judged or made fun of which then leads to an insecurity or prompts us to change our current 'look'. We do so by bleaching our skin, coloring, relaxing, or dying our hair, we may even go under the knife. More so, our hair is not designed to go through such a rigorous chemical process. We end up burning our scalps, our hair breaks off, and the chemicals in the relaxers end leaving a thin green film underneath our scalps. Plus, it is very expensive to relax and maintains one's hair afterwards. Relaxing and maintaining that perm is a privilege. L It does not cost nearly as much to maintain natural hair. On another note I want to question why are we theorizing and debating about these issues and masturbating our egos online? Yes, I think that is important that we address these issues, but as privileged and educated black people we should really be out in the streets organizing the lumpen proletariat. But before we do that we need to be aware of our political and class differences as black people and we should organize in a tactful manner. And I think that we need to keep in mind that this is a class war, not a race war. We need to rethink the ways that we value money because capitalism is the root of all oppressions. Essentially, if we changed our capitalist economic system to that of a socialist system, like the black panthers were trying to do, by implementing the with 30 hour work week, free clothing program and the black liberation schools, then politically and economically oppressed people could take steps towards gaining political and economic power in this white heterosexist patriarchy. First of all, I think that as womyn, we pay too much attention to our looks and our hair as a result of living in a heterosexist society that places value on appearance. If we look at the ideal norm or appearance presented to us in the media we see thin, middle class, white womyn day in and day out and when there is representation of black womyn, it is generally womyn who possess lighter skin and curly straight long hair- look at the videos on BET. Unfortunately, since we are a celebrity culture society, celebrities become young womyn’s role models. If the majority of the black womyn they see in the media are light skin and possess that straight long/ curly hair, that is the look that they will try to attain. Essentially, we are conditioned by this white supremacist capitalist society to fit into this box and if we do not fit into this box of normality, then we are judged or made fun of which then leads to an insecurity or prompts us to change our current ‘look’. We do so by bleaching our skin, coloring, relaxing, or dying our hair, we may even go under the knife. More so, our hair is not designed to go through such a rigorous chemical process. We end up burning our scalps, our hair breaks off, and the chemicals in the relaxers end leaving a thin green film underneath our scalps. Plus, it is very expensive to relax and maintains one’s hair afterwards. Relaxing and maintaining that perm is a privilege. L It does not cost nearly as much to maintain natural hair.

On another note I want to question why are we theorizing and debating about these issues and masturbating our egos online? Yes, I think that is important that we address these issues, but as privileged and educated black people we should really be out in the streets organizing the lumpen proletariat. But before we do that we need to be aware of our political and class differences as black people and we should organize in a tactful manner. And I think that we need to keep in mind that this is a class war, not a race war. We need to rethink the ways that we value money because capitalism is the root of all oppressions. Essentially, if we changed our capitalist economic system to that of a socialist system, like the black panthers were trying to do, by implementing the with 30 hour work week, free clothing program and the black liberation schools, then politically and economically oppressed people could take steps towards gaining political and economic power in this white heterosexist patriarchy.

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