A SYTYCB entry. Feminist theory has never been exclusively about women. The beauty of the many strands of feminist theory is that they break through convention generally — convention that values hierarchies, normalizes the white male experience and leaves women, people of color, people who are poor or people who are queer voiceless/marginalized/impoverished/irrelevant. So why [...]

A SYTYCB entry More evidence that the 2012 election is getting really mcreally : nearly 300 women have filed to run for House of Representatives’ seats. As Kimberly Killen pointed out earlier today, many are in a tizzy over this record breaking high of women candidates. Exciting stuff? Maybe, for Americans. But international stats on gender parity in politics put [...]