Feminism Tag
Feminism at its most basic definition is the fight to promote the equal opportunities for both sexes, but did you notice the title of the book? If not, read it over… it says TECHNOfeminism. What does that mean? After reading Patricia Fancher article, she describes technofeminism as: “feminists demand[ing] the opportunity to build our own tools, innovate technologies by and for women, and design interfaces that reflect feminist purposes”. Historically speaking, females have had little to no platform to express their ideas and forward thinking; and those who do manage to be published are those tokenized females that only represent a portion of a niche female thinking. This book is only a step towards giving a voice and a platform to female works, normalizing these rare voices and perspectives and acknowledging them in a technological and globalized world.
Around mid-quarter we read “How Six Girls Made Money” by Marion Edmonds Roe where we could see how the female protagonists of the book were economically successful thanks to previously seeking advice from other females and asking for their help and support. This network of females supporting and rooting for each other is a key concept for feminism that resonates to this day. Paralleling to the structure of the book, where even though our represented authors come from different backgrounds and timelines, they are interconnected with the same theme and purpose.
Going further, the advocacy of women’s autonomy is part of what feminism is all about. Many of these represented authors broke social stigma and went through uncharted territory in order to be published. The fact that some of these women were able to publish during their times is an achievement enough, but these authors clearly had something to say and had the fight in them to get it out there. For that we applaud these women and appreciate that they were the pioneers to get the feminism ball rolling to the point it is today.
Jarratt: Bursting into the male study