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About May 15, 2007

Jender @ 3:06 pm

Feminist philosophy, more than most areas of philosophy, needs to be informed by real-world information and examples. One of our goals is to help feminist philosophers keep up with philosophically relevant facts and examples. Of course, there’s far more than we could ever hope to cover, but at least this is a start. By using ‘categories’, one can easily find useful examples for teaching and research. We’re also hoping that feminists who aren’t philosophers may find some philosophical reflections and references helpful and interesting. And, sometimes, we’ll just post things that are good for a laugh. Because we all need that. Do let us know if you think there’s something we should be covering that we’re not, by clicking on the ‘contact’ category. We’ll see what we can do.

 

46 Responses to “About”

  1. belledame222 Says:
    May 25, 2007 at 10:02 pm

    excellent, welcome to the ’sphere!

  2. Ampersand Says:
    May 26, 2007 at 1:17 pm

    Cool! I’m really looking forward to reading this blog.

    And, as Belledame said, welcome!

  3. Ampersand Says:
    May 26, 2007 at 1:30 pm

    I hope you won’t mind me making a suggestion. Many blog readers use RSS feeds – especially other bloggers, who often read many dozens of blogs and thus find RSS an especially convenient way to read blogs.

    So you’ll have more readers, and be more likely to be linked to by other blogs, if you provide full posts in your RSS feed rather than just the first sentence or two.

    If you’d like to provide full posts to your RSS readers, in the admin menu go to “options” –> “reading” –> and then select “full text” under “syndication feeds.”

  4. Monkey Says:
    May 26, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    Thanks! Hopefully sorted out now…

  5. Kate Says:
    May 27, 2007 at 5:21 pm

    Congratulations on the blog and thank you. This is a project that can only be helpful for all of us.

    I look forward to reading it.

    Kate

  6. Jender Says:
    May 28, 2007 at 10:12 am

    Thanks!

  7. Ampersand Says:
    May 31, 2007 at 12:34 am

    Thanks, Monkey! :D

  8. JWS Says:
    June 6, 2007 at 4:25 pm

    Thanks a lot. I’ve just been reading for a couple of weeks now, but so far its really great.

  9. Jender Says:
    June 7, 2007 at 9:31 am

    Thanks— that’s lovely to hear!

  10. Jennifer Lawson Says:
    June 26, 2007 at 4:11 am

    Fanstastic blog! I’ve been reading since pretty much day one! Thanks for adding the blog roll, by the way, it is useful–Now I know about more great blogs!

    -Jennifer

  11. Jender Says:
    July 3, 2007 at 3:07 pm

    Thank you– that’s so very nice to hear!!

  12. Kaete Says:
    July 15, 2007 at 9:42 pm

    Thankyou for this site! I am very much enjoying the daily postings to it!
    Kaete

  13. Calypso Says:
    September 20, 2007 at 4:37 pm

    How do I make myself a cute little icon? I’m tired of looking so anonymous….?? Inquiring minds want to know.

  14. Jender Says:
    September 20, 2007 at 7:21 pm

    I think you can do it by just getting a wordpress account. It’s free and very quick.

  15. JJ Says:
    September 21, 2007 at 4:26 am

    May I add that you’ll need, of course, to add the icon once you’ve gotten your page. That’s done by clicking on a generic icon on the left part of the page, top third. Uploading is easy, a lot like flickr.

    They generously offer to resize the icon. I’d turn them down. At least, when I accepted the offer, the icon vanished. Too irritating.

  16. jen Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 4:41 pm

    im doing a research project.. and i need to know the city of publication. thank you!

  17. Jender Says:
    October 24, 2007 at 5:24 pm

    Tough question– we (the bloggers) are actually all over the world (3 continents), and I don’t know where wordpress is is– I guess they’re the publishers. But I think for this reason there are different conventions for citing works on the internet, and you didn’t need place of publication. There must be someplace you can find this out!

  18. jen Says:
    October 25, 2007 at 4:08 am

    well im a high school senior, doing a research on my debate. due to my topic, “if gays and lesbians should be allowed to join armed forces?”, i found a little writing about it.. and i the city or place of publication for my citing. but if its not possible to give me an exact place, its okay!

  19. bibomedia Says:
    February 27, 2008 at 4:44 pm

    Have a nice day !

  20. Josie Schoel Says:
    March 14, 2008 at 3:12 pm

    Hi-
    We are writing to tell you about Sadie Magazine, a new online magazine we recently founded for teen and twenty-something year old girls—”where feminism meets art meets grrrls.” You can view the mag at: http://www.sadiemagazine.com.

    Maybe right now you’re thinking, that sounds cool, but why are you writing me? We’re writing you because we hope you will want to be our friend or affiliate. We’re not asking for much—not money, or ads—just a little favor…here are some suggestions:

    Maybe you have a links page and you would like to add us,

    Or you could tell all your friends about us,

    And your little sister (and all of her friends!),

    Or perhaps you would like to be a contributor for a future issue,

    Or maybe you’ll want to write about us for your own organization or magazine,

    Or maybe you just want to read our magazine…

    In whatever way works best for you, we’re really just asking that you check us out! And please do help spread the word—in order to get our message across, we would like to reach as many rad ladies, grrrls, and aspiring-to-be-fabulous-women as possible.

    Thank you for taking the time to read this email. Please let us know if you have any questions, or would like further information. We hope to hook up with you in one way or another!

    xo Jesse, Josie & Susannah/Sadie Magazine

  21. manjari Says:
    June 2, 2008 at 12:10 am

    Thanks for taking the time to publish a blog like this. I can see myself, and my work as a teacher, benefiting greatly from the issues you address here!
    cheers

  22. Jender Says:
    June 2, 2008 at 8:32 am

    Thanks, Manjari!

  23. Andy Says:
    July 9, 2008 at 10:12 pm

    Ampersand notwithstanding, does anyone realize that there are too many blogs, too much information (and non information, and wrong information) for anyone to read it all.

    My philosophy (pun intended) is to read what I like.

    You can ignore this post, if you like.

  25. Monkey Says:
    September 16, 2008 at 11:01 am

    Cheers, bentcrude.

  26. Elaine Says:
    September 21, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    Thrilled to find you! (And I love the donation to Planned Parenthood in Sarah Palin’s name idea. Useful AND clever.)

    I’ve been looking for blogs that talk about voting because I made a short video intended to encourage voting and voter registration. I’d be so pleased if you would post it.

    You can preview it on Vimeo (better quality), http://www.vimeo.com/1768350,
    or on YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgGNqZy0Yis and you can embed it from either site.

    Feel free to view it, link to it, share it with abandon! : )

    It’s inspirational rather than informative, meant to address the disaffection and discouragement non-voters feel about their one vote counting.

    I made it out of my own frustration about how to make an impact politically, as one lone not-rich, not-well-connected person. I realized I can commit to voting, and help others to do so.

    Because voting is the one thing *anyone* eligible can do to influence the outcome of the upcoming election. And if enough of us vote, the tide will turn.

    I hope you will consider posting it.

    Many thanks,

    -Elaine

  27. Dorothee Says:
    October 20, 2008 at 10:59 pm

    Hi, I really enjoy your blog. I thought you might be interested to know that Feminist Majority just launched http://www.FeministsForObama.org which has a great side-by-side comparison of McCain and Obama on issues such as reproductive rights, health, domestic violence, the Fair Pay Act and breast cancer research. They also just released three striking web videos: http://feministsforobama.org/Videos.htm
    Thanks and keep up the great work!
    -Dorothee

  28. jj Says:
    October 21, 2008 at 3:39 pm

    Dorothee, Many thanks; I’m about to turn much of your comment into a post.

  29. Dorothee Says:
    October 24, 2008 at 8:11 pm

    No problem jj! Looking forward to the post!
    Take care,
    Dorothee

  30. Sharon McEachern Says:
    October 28, 2008 at 7:42 pm

    Hello feminist philosophers!

    I’m writing to introduce myself, or my blog: http://www.ethicsoup.com. This only the blog’s second month and I’m looking for readers. Ethic Soup discusses ethics in context of daily news and everyday life.

    Take a look at a recent post on Saudi cleric’s edict (fatwa) that women must now give up being their two-eyed veils and show ONLY ONE EYE through their veils. Here’s the link:

    http://www.ethicsoup.com/2008/10/yet-another-saudi-sheikhs-fatwa-women-must-wear-one-eye-veils.html

    Hope you can visit,

    Sharon McEachern
    http://www.ethicsoup.com

  31. Jac Says:
    November 3, 2008 at 11:39 pm

    there is no “contact” catergory.. am i tripping?

  32. Rui Pedro Fonseca Says:
    November 12, 2008 at 4:12 am

    Hi,

    This questionnaire is addressed to every feminist artist interested in
    collaborating.

    http://www.imow.org/dynamic/user_files/file_name_109.doc

    The questions aim at helping to understand the conditions in which
    feminist art is produced. This is a complementary study to a Ph.D.
    investigation titled “Feminist Art Conditions of Production and
    Reception Practices”, presently being developed at Facultad de Bellas
    Artes Universidad Pais Vasco together with Instituto de Sociologia da
    Faculdade de Letras Universidade do Porto.

    If you are not feminist artist but you know someone who is, please
    address them the link.

    Best wishes.

    Rui Pedro Fonseca

  33. Vishal Lama Says:
    November 22, 2008 at 2:43 am

    I noticed that the ‘contact’ category has vanished! Would you put it back again?

  34. Jender Says:
    November 22, 2008 at 7:56 am

    I think what actually vanished was the header ‘categories’., which is now back.

  35. aslielizabeth Says:
    February 17, 2009 at 6:08 am

    Hi. My name is asli and I really like your blog. If it wouldn’t be too much trouble I would love it if you would check out mine and leave some feedback.
    Himynameis.wordpress.com

  36. So Mabel Says Says:
    April 2, 2009 at 4:40 am

    Very excited I found this blog :)

  37. Ms Ashies Banana Says:
    April 17, 2009 at 8:31 am

    Ashies Banana
    Schallmooser Haupstr. 30-b
    A-5020 Salzburg
    Austria
    Europe
    E-Mail: banana@sbg.at 17.4.2009
    Mobile: 0043/664/3836684

    The Director of

    Dear Madam/Sir!

    Application for a Scholarship/Financial Support to follow a M.A.S. (Master of Advanced Studies) in Gastrosophy (Philosophy and Ethic of Food, Food safety, Foodways and Gastronomy) with emphasize to research and development for the academic 2009/2010.

    I am an African lady originated from Tanzania east Africa, current living in Salzburg Austria, a women, children and environmental peace activist, a culinary art, food and nutrition instructor with additional knowledge in other social science professions including psychosocial counselling, non violent training., Nursing science, Training and Consultancy of women and youth grassroots leaders and entrepreneurs in local Food service industries which specialize on community-based ethno-food production and services to the incoming international and local tourists and other members of the local communities The food was produced and consumed in the communities and not for export.

    I work part-time as a volunteer in Tanzania and other parts of east Africa, especially those which were affected by civil war and environmental destruction. This is because serious food emergencies are almost always due to violent conflicts and other human actions. Conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post conflict reconstruction efforts are crucial to positive scenarios for sustainability of ethno-food ecology and eating culture, fair distribution of food to the community, local- food availability and safety, agriculture, gastronomy, good eating and the associated social-cultural environment.

    I do this in form of a mobile school which promote indigenous food knowledge in culinary utilization of wild green leafy vegetables, edible weeds, aromatic herbs, wild fruits, edible non-wood forest products (vegetative) and also promote ethno-food ecology, I also give lectures to primary and secondary, Culinary/Hotel and catering schools in Tanzania about the knowledge, uses and conservation of traditional and indigenous non-cultivated wild plants.

    It is important to do this because; wild vegetables are valued by economic disadvantaged local people as healing food, easily obtainable, nutritious and palatable. Some wild vegetables can be grown in the home/school/hospital- kitchen gardens “ex-situ” and some also exist as weeds in arable lands.
    High vegetable diversity is attributed to high cultural diversity. More than 200 community groups in a country, each with its own set of vegetables with high biological diversity and a good number of native plant species, as a result of varies habitats. Some vegetables can be cooked and preserved in mixture.

    I am taking this opportunity to apply for a grant/scholarship or financial support to cover the study expenses and the future associated research work in Gastrosophy. The study will start in September 2009 at the University of Salzburg, Austria. A two years graduate study.

    Goal to follow the study: M.A.S (Master of Advanced Studies in Gastrosophy)
    To get knowledge and competence in research, development and consultancy
    in global culinary Aesthetics, Ethics, History, Culture, Ecology and Foodways (quality, Taste, Uses, distribution, availability, sustainability and food safety).

    My research Topic will be related to:
    Indigenous women; Edible wild plants, Aromatic Herbs and Fruits: The meaning and role of these plants to their Physical and mental health (nutrition, medicinal and ritual), Indigenous women’s role in the conservation of Biodiversity, traditional preservation, their knowledge competence in Culinary, Medicinal and Aromatic use and the challenge of Tourism (global tourism) focusing on the Hadza, Sandawi and Maasai women living around the Great Rift Valley of East Africa

    Related Project:
    The research work will be done parallel with a project which will mobilize and advocate indigenous women (young and old) and youth (male and female) to increase and sustain their traditional knowledge, especially their multi-sensory knowledge and natural instincts related to the ecology of food, health, environment and the slow nature and taste of indigenous diet, feast and ritual foods, in the conservation and utilization of their cultural- wild edible, medicinal and aromatic plants. The project will also provide additional culinary and nutrition education in food safety, hygiene and preparation for the community-based food service entrepreneurship for local community members, local tourists and international volunteer and philanthropic travellers. It will be an Ethicurean- Indigenous Culinary Tourism, emphasizing on non-meat authentic recipes of indigenous women gather and collectors of the East African Rift Valley!

    In this case, the project will provide additional culinary education (integrated nouvelle cuisine with emphasize to food safety and hygiene) to the indigenous women and youth, training and jobs recruitment/self-employment in Ethno-botany, as Conservation tour Guides and food service entrepreneurship in ecological tourism. Disabled and Disadvantage persons will be given higher priority. These people will include: Adolescents, youth(female and male) and women forced to work as commercial sex workers in international tourist industry, indigenous Hazda, Sandawi and Maasai women and Girls who lost rights to their bicultural environment through global-Tourism to work as gather and collectors of useful plants. Also other old women and men especially the cared-grandmothers in the surrounding communities, women and young people who are infected and/or affected with HIV/AIDS, focusing on Orphans and Widows, refugees and victims of human rights violation like MSM adolescents and youth, young women and girls who are victims of FGM and other mental, moral, economic and physical violence.

    In general the project will promote bicultural diversity of indigenous women and youth in a north-south dialogue context, Ethno-food production and the use and sustainability of traditional knowledge of indigenous women of East African Rift Valley of Tanzania. It will also promote ethicurean- indigenous ethno-food Tourism to incoming international philanthropic and volunteer travellers. The food and plants will not be produced for export, will be conserved, sustained, careful and cultural-oriented consumed and respected as a cultural heritage.

    Benefits of the Project:
    • Provide new ethicurean-culinary and associated cultural experiences to the international volunteer and philanthropic travellers through diversities of ethno-authentic food tastes of indigenous women of Tanzanian Rift Great Rift Valley with emphasize to food specialities rich in traditional and indigenous vegetables and herbs.
    • The project will lobby for the advocacy of the right of indigenous women and youth in conservations, management, monitoring and utilization of bicultural environment including vegetations, water, landscape, forest and their languages.
    • The project as an ethicurean indigenous-ethno-culinary Tourism will not discriminate gender diversities/sexual orientations, as the product of interest will be indigenous and ethno-food and not sex. In this case, sex orientation will not be a point of interest.
    • The project will open doors for North-South Dialogue in Conservation of Ecology of Natural Food and associated bio-culture, promotion of indigenous women and youth rights of environmental use, management and conservation, and the promotion of traditional knowledge in Food safety, Utilization, Authentic Recipes, local Culinary Art, Eating habits Preservations and Sustainable livelihoods.
    • Empower Women, Adolescents and Vulnerable youth through basic human rights education, general education, environmental monitoring education and hazards control, career development in ethno-botany, Conservations and ethno-culinary arts and reduce the rate of HIV/STDs and AIDS infections which are caused by “high risk” economic sexual activities including that of adolescents and youth MSM.
    • Promote Indigenous and Ethno-ethicurean -culinary Art through Education, national, regional and international knowledge exchange
    • The project will mobilize and promote the conservation of ecology of non-meat wild food and medicinal plants, Edible non-wood forest in “situ and ex-situ”.
    • Promote the local use of these vegetables and herbs through Education and Information,
    • Reduce mineral and vitamins deficiencies of the local communities,
    • Motivate and Mobilize Inter-generational and inter-gender dialogues within the local communities and internationally
    • It will give chance to people of gender diversities to work together; in this case cultural-oriented inter-gender dialogue will be promoted within the local communities and with international travellers (in this case volunteer and Philanthropic travellers).
    • The project will create jobs for vulnerable local people especially adolescents and youth (female and male) who earn their living through forced commercial sex works in the Tourist industry, old women/care-grandmothers, widows and orphans of HIV/AIDS.

    The activities in the project will include:
    • Lobby for north-south dialogue and partnership in peace, food safety, bio-culture and
    Environmental conservation.
    • Lobby for full environmental rights of indigenous women (gathers and collectors) of useful plants in the Tanzanian Great Rift Valley Region, focusing on Hadza, Sandawi and Maasai tribes.
    • To create a library and museum of indigenous women edible, medicinal, aromatic plants and associated bio-cultures for information references to the local public, schools and as a heritage to these ethnic groups. The library/museum will be managed by women of these ethnic groups.
    • To organize indigenous and ethno-botanic and ethno-food promotion events e.g. ethno-culinary weeks in the community and also in schools.
    • Documenting various indigenous and ethnic recipes to promote the preparation and taste to appeal modern city local population and international volunteers and philanthropic tourists without destroying the culture and the authentic of food.
    This will mobilize the population in the cities to use indigenous and ethno-vegetables and food, this is also because the rate of chronic diseases like diabetes, hypertension and breast cancer are more likely to increase in the cities than in rural areas of Tanzania.
    • To compile vegetable information from local individuals, indigenous collectors and farmers, and synthesize into clear and simpler form for the public users.
    • Partnering with indigenous people, farmers and local NGOs in rural outreach programs to conserve these plants ecology, preserve, sustain and distribute seeds to local schools, institutions, hospitals and local food service ethno-botanic-kitchens gardens.
    • As each culture and ethnic has its own vegetable species and related ethno-food recipes, each culture will be supported and mobilize to market its own vegetable varieties and Authentic Recipes.
    • Organizing food fairs and ethno-cooking competitions with candidates from rural and urban areas (old and young, female and male) to motivate them and promote their culinary knowledge. This will also promote agro and volunteer tourism in rural areas as a strategy for rural ethno-culinary and ethno-botanic knowledge exchange and economic development.
    • Culinary training and cooking demonstration and exchange programmes with partner institutions in the region and worldwide.
    • Provision of project awareness materials to community members
    • Use of Media (news papers, radio and television) in project marketing to local and international consumers(volunteer and philanthropic tourists) and other sponsors.
    • Street campaigns using Banners, t-shits and posters with full participation of vulnerable youth and women (young and old).
    • Increase general awareness of these vegetable values and role in the authentic Tanzanian meals to the world and local communities for internal consumption.
    • Organize an inter-generational learning group as elderly people especially women are more knowledgeable in the natural conservation of wild vegetables and herbs: collection, preparation, tastes, quality, multiple-uses and their preservations.
    • To promote the integration of Tanzanian indigenous and ethno non-meat food especially non-cultivated wild vegetables and aromatic herbs in the local and international culinary art for internal consumption and not for export

    I hope my application will be positively considered. I will also appreciate if you will be able to share my request with other potential Sponsors.

    Sincerely
    Ashies Banana

  38. parisar Says:
    June 4, 2009 at 6:57 am

    i feel very happy to sea this blog. i express full solidarity to your cause.

  39. Christopher Says:
    June 17, 2009 at 5:25 pm

    Hi, I am busy with my Masters and would like to ask a question on your site. How do I publish the question or make contact with you. I have tried the link, but no luck.

    Thank you.

    Christopher McCreanor
    South Africa

  40. extendedlp Says:
    June 17, 2009 at 6:18 pm

    hi christopher, did you choose ‘contact’ from the drop-down list on the right?

  41. Sandy Says:
    July 17, 2009 at 2:47 am

    Hi! This is the Hockey Mama For Obama and the Moose! We saw that you enjoyed our video, and have a new one out in honor of Sarah Palin’s “Resignation”. (Oh, yeah. We’re pretty positive she’s running in 2012, hence the early start on the musical lampoons).
    Here it is. We hope you enjoy it!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_X1J4-BrIY

    Sincerely,
    Sandy and Richard

  42. Sand Gets In My Eyes Says:
    July 28, 2009 at 5:24 am

    I know I’m late into the game, but I just found you and have been lurking in your archives – wanted to say a simple thanks. I’m muddling thru a lot of the harder issues of feminism and philosophy here in Saudi Arabia, and always appreciate more voices.

  43. jj Says:
    July 28, 2009 at 5:35 am

    SGIME, thanks so much for letting us know you’ve visited here. Your blog is startling, among other things. I’ve bookmarked it. I hope you’ll comment here if and when you feel like it.

  44. diana Says:
    August 16, 2009 at 5:19 am

    Congratulations ! In the man’s world , women must to know more things about the them and sex wars.

  45. Luis Gutierrez Says:
    October 13, 2009 at 5:41 am

    For your consideration:

    PW Journal of Sustainable Development ~ October 2009
    http://www.pelicanweb.org/solisustv05n10page1.html

    This is Part 7 of the series on education for sustainable development, and includes four excellent invited papers. The focus is on gender equality and integral human development.

    Outline:

    Section 1. Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)
    Section 2. Combined Analysis of ESD Surveys V0 to V1.7
    Section 3. Phases of Integral Human Development (IHD)
    Section 4. The Nuptial-Family Context for IHD
    Section 5. The Socioeconomic Context for IHD
    Section 6. The Socioecological Context for IHD
    Section 7. The Sociopolitical Context for IHD
    Section 8. The Religious-Spiritual Context for IHD
    Section 9. Suggestions for Prayer, Study, and Action

    Critical feedback on this work is most appreciated.

    Sincerely,
    Luis

    Luis T. Gutierrez, PhD
    Editor, PelicanWeb Journal of Sustainable Development
    http://www.pelicanweb.org ~ pelican@pelicanweb.org
    A monthly, free subscription, open access e-journal.

  46. Phil Says:
    October 19, 2009 at 11:04 pm

    Are feminists really necessary?


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