Activism Log 3

March 8 – March 13

• Activism

This was the week of Spring Break, and thus there was no Feminist Agenda Radio. I spent the first half of the week home, and I spent the last half in Orlando, Gainesville, and St. Augustine. This was my first time home in a while, and it was interesting having to interact with my parents.

• Reflection

There was a severe lack of activism this week, but it was not a waste. Spending time with my family and strangers in Gainesville helped me clarify my views and opinions on feminism.

• Reciprocity

Speaking with my mother and father about my classes, the topic of women's studies came up rather quickly. To them, this meant focusing solely on women and there were jokes about how “I might come around after all.” I explained to them that feminism is not so narrow anymore. It was a broad, encompassing movement, and it did not just mean wanting equal pay for women. To put it in the words of Kirk and Okawaza-Rey, it provides “a series of lenses to examine many topics and academic disciplines...and [it] raises crucial questions about teaching and learning, research design and methodologies, and theories of knowledge” (6).


Kirk, Gwyn, and Margo Okazawa-Rey. "Women's Rights, Women's Liberation, Women's Studies." Women's Lives: Multicultural Perspectives. 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2010. 3-25. Print.