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Class struggle is inextricably bound to the struggle to end racism.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
My thoughts have been shaped by the conviction that feminism must become a mass based political movement if it is to have a revolutionary, transformative impact on society.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
There will be no mass-based feminist movement as long as feminist ideas are understood only by a well-educated few.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
The significance of feminist movement (when it is not co-opted by opportunistic, reactionary forces) is that it offers a new ideological meeting ground for the sexes, a space for criticism, struggle, and transformation.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
Feminism in the United States has never emerged from the women who are most victimized by sexist oppression; women who are daily beaten down, mentally, physically, and spiritually-women who are powerless to change their condition in life. They are a silent majority. A mark of their victimization is that they accept their lot in life without visible question, without organized protest, without collective anger or rage.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)
Since we live in a society that promotes faddism and temporary superficial adaptation of different values, we are easily convinced that changes have occurred in arenas where there has been little or no change.
Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center (1984)