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Feminist Bookstore in Istanbul
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:02 am |
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...well, I think that there is a lot of litterature that can be counted into feminist literature, just search the internet and you will find loads - academic, poetry, lyrics, whatever.
I read mostly swedish litterature but one book that I would highly recommend is Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates. It is not a traditional feminist book but it taught me a lot about what it is to be a woman in a western country.
I once had a teacher that explained feminism as being a very broad field...so she used to say that when it comes to the lowest common denominator - a feminist is:
1. a person that sees the structures in the worlds societies that opress women
2. and wants to do something about it! .
...the majority of my class defined themselves as feminists after that...both men and women... 
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:05 am |
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Quoting libralady: Tongue in cheek comment!! Some people think I don't care about feminist issues but they are wrong, just because I am not a feminist myself. But I would not necessarily be looking to read anything by a feminist - Germaine Greer puts me off! |
What do you mean you're not a feminist? You think that women are not equal to men? Or that women aren't oppressed around the world?  :-S
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 09:15 am |
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Libra, at our uni we actually have a whole course on feminist literature!  . But I think the example they gave in the article is already a good one, Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own'. At the moment I can't think of any other examples.. :-S hehe
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 09:23 am |
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I can)))
George Sand,Virginia Woolf,sisters Bronte, Jane Ellen Harrison,Kate Millett,Mary MacLane,Rebecca Walker,Simone de Beauvoir,H.D. and many others)) not as significant as previous least but not last...
Not to mention Doris Lessing))))
And the access to the list of feminists in general...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_feminists
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 10:20 am |
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Quoting Aslan: I read mostly swedish litterature but one book that I would highly recommend is Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates. It is not a traditional feminist book but it taught me a lot about what it is to be a woman in a western country. |
Sounds very good! I'm going to read it as soon as I can throw out all the books I'm forced to read now.
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 12:43 pm |
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i know a big library which only have women books in Fener-İstanbul. its name is 'Women Works Library'.
here its link.
http://www.kadineserleri.org/
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 02:49 pm |
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Ciko, where exactly is this store located in the Fener district? Thanks.
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 02:55 pm |
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Quoting catwoman: Quoting libralady: Tongue in cheek comment!! Some people think I don't care about feminist issues but they are wrong, just because I am not a feminist myself. But I would not necessarily be looking to read anything by a feminist - Germaine Greer puts me off! |
What do you mean you're not a feminist? You think that women are not equal to men? Or that women aren't oppressed around the world? :-S |
I agree there are oppressed women around the world, and I also agree with equal rights for men and women, but my view of feminists, is of men hating, bra burning women who prefer to look like men, I was brought up with the idea of feminists in the 60's and 70's and perhaps they are much different now. Maybe my view is narrow, but I don't see myself as a feminist. Does not mean to say I don't agree with the arguments, but sometimes I don't agree with how the arguement is put.
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 03:12 pm |
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Quoting libralady: I agree there are oppressed women around the world, and I also agree with equal rights for men and women, but my view of feminists, is of men hating, bra burning women who prefer to look like men, I was brought up with the idea of feminists in the 60's and 70's and perhaps they are much different now. Maybe my view is narrow, but I don't see myself as a feminist. Does not mean to say I don't agree with the arguments, but sometimes I don't agree with how the arguement is put. |
It is strangely common these days to portray feminists as men-hating, bra-burning, angry women. I have no idea where this is coming from, considering that nobody does that and those who think of feminists this way have never actually seen it (ok, maybe except for you ). I think this is the way patriarchal men discounted feminism and women's issues and created this sick stereotype of feminism as a backlash. For that reason many women are afraid to identify themselves as feminists - not to be portrayed as men-haters.
We don't need to burn bras these days, but it was probably necessary at some point of the movement. Feminism is and has always been about equal rights for men and women and about recognizing that women have been oppressed and still are, even in the west..
Fortunately, there are many women AND MEN who revisit the idea of feminism without bias and stand up for equality.
Here are some nice examples:
feminism, some reason for optimism...
feminism...
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 03:45 pm |
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My preference and support is for "feminine" ladies.
Boooo to all feminists !
I can not care less if they have their own coffee shop or whatever, so long as they keep its doors closed... 
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08 Jan 2008 Tue 03:52 pm |
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BEst of luck to these ladies. I know how hard it is to offer a cultural service in this city. MAy they have many successes and manage to stay open a long time.
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