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Posts Tagged ‘sexism in the movement

Memoirs of a Women’s Studies Major: Female Leadership Styles

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: February 6, 2010

posted by Christa (Philly) Robin Markle helped me immensely with this piece.  It wouldn’t be possible without her. This paper was a companion piece to my internship with SDS that I completed January 2009. Most of this research is qualitative, although there is some quantitative data. I’m not speaking in absolutes, but researched behavior and [...]

Concrete Ways Not to be a Total Dude Bro

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: November 18, 2009

Concrete Ways Not to be a Total Dude Bro i.e., I Can’t Believe You Guys Are Being for Real by Adrian & Emilyn with special thanks to Christa. DISCLAIMER: We recognize that the tone of this piece is probably a little aggressive or angry. That’s because we were really angry and upset and in a [...]

Men and the Written Word

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: November 15, 2009

by Robin, Philly This is a topic I’ve been thinking about for a long time and have had a hard time drawing decisive conclusions about. At this point I’ve been noticing it consistently for about 2 and a half years, though, and I think it’s time to throw my thoughts out there to hear what [...]

Sharing experiences of abusive behavior-how the hell should I do it?

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: July 23, 2009

Posted by Carly, Providence SDS For a year now, I’ve been struggling with the question of how to share my experiences, and my chapter’s experiences, of a member’s abusive behavior in a productive, conscionable way.

No Pretence

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: June 11, 2009

posted by Robin, Philly SDS Last weekend at the Anarchist Movement Conference in the UK, a group of women interrupted the conference with a direct action – they played a video they created called “No Pretence” about sexism in the anarchist movement. On their website, nopretence.wordpress.com, the anonymous group says, “This is what was said. [...]

Lessons That Men in SDS Have Taught Me

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: April 5, 2009

This list is based on my own experiences with men in SDS. If you’re a man that I know, and you’re reading this and wondering if any of it is about you… then it could be. Please don’t send me a(nother) long e-mail about how you’re angry about the way I “called you out” (notice [...]


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