Safe Sex kits! Another project submitted as a final exam.

Fat facts cupcakes , submitted by one of my students as a final exam in women’s studies . Each cake had a flag with a fact about women and weight.

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sparkamovement:

Love these images that were submitted to our Toy Aisle Action Project!

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a link to all types of texts (novels, anthologies, essays etc) related to women of color that should be read by ALL women…and men!

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Tools we need…LOVE because we can not serve the people (though teaching) if we do not love the people (and see purpose in our work of justice)

girlinboyclothes:

The 7 Spiritual Laws of Love

Within every love story hides the wooing of the gods and goddesses. This is one area of life where the practical meets the mythical. For many people the experience of romantic love is their first experience of spirituality, although they may not know it.

The First Stage of Love: Attraction
The Law of Attraction states, “To be attractive, you have to be authentic.” What makes a person attractive? The wisdom traditions tell us that attraction first and foremost comes from naturalness. Nothing is more beautiful than naturalness.

The Second Stage of Love: Infatuation
This law states that infatuation exists to open the door to a deeper, transcendent reality. Infatuation happens when the attraction between two people is so intense that it transports them beyond ordinary perception and the ordinary world becomes enchanted.

The Third Stage of Love: Communion
The Law of Communion says that communion is contact of soul with soul. Communion is the sharing of spirit. Therefore, communion is the basis of trust. In this stage, lovers move into territory of the unknown, taking from each other what they did not possess alone.

The Fourth Stage of Love: Intimacy
The law of Intimacy states that in true intimacy flesh merges with flesh, and spirit with spirit. In intimacy, sexual energy and spiritual energy are recognized as one. Sexual energy is seen as the creative energy of the universe.

The Fifth Stage of Love: Surrender and Non-Attachment
The Law of Surrender says that losing yourself in another person is the best way to find your true self. Surrender is the result of relinquishing the ego’s last claims to separation. Surrender and non-attachment open the door to the miraculous, because miracles exist outside the realm of I, me, and mine.

The Sixth Stage of Love: Passion
The Law of Passion says that higher reality is experienced in the merging of the masculine and the feminine in one’s own being. Passion for life and passion in love are the same thing. This is because life, in its essence, is love.

The Seventh Stage of Love: Ecstasy
The Law of Ecstasy says that ecstasy is our original state. This is where we come from, the Garden of Eden, the state of grace to which we shall one day return. Ecstasy is the final stage of intimacy with spirit that flows through love.

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Join the Feminist Pedagogy Group as wel participate in this course! 

notesondiaspora:

Last year I had the pleasure of teaching a graduate course of my own design for the first time called “Race, Representation, and the Politics of Womanhood in the African Diaspora.” I learned a lot from the amazing students who took the course—M.A. and Ph.D. students from disciplines like…

Stereotype threat is the risk of confirming a negative stereotype when one is called to perform in a particular role. In the classroom, there are stereotypes such as boys are better at math than girls. The threat is that girls will fail or perform poorer than boys on a math test. Because the girls are aware of this stereotype, they may actually perform poorly at math because of the fear, nervousness and energy devoted to disproving the stereotype instead of just solving the math problems. In social justice education, the learning environment must be a positive space, that allows room for achievement regardless of identity. Evidence suggests stereotype threat can be reduced by educators in various ways. One example is re-framing an activity’s goal or purpose. For example, stating that the math test is a sample page to see if the teacher created the test properly, or an examination for neatness when using numbers.

Have you experienced Stereotype Threat?

Awesome list of articles and books on literature, politics, identity, language and location by Latina women. The inclusion of a multiplicity of voices and perspectives highlights the liberatory nature of transgressive education. It is necessary to work in coalition as we struggle for our own liberation.