cwilliam24477's blog

This spring, I was lucky enough to be introduced to the work of one of the most radical, dynamic thinkers of transnational feminism, Chandra Talpade Mohanty. If you haven’t read any of her work, you’re missing out (try starting with “Under Western Eyes: Feminist Scholarship and Colonial Discourses” http://blog.lib.umn.edu/raim0007/RaeSpot/under%20wstrn%20eyes.pdf).  Read More »

A while back, I attended the Duke University Journal of Gender Law & Policy's annual symposium. It was, in a word, FABULOUS. If you're ever down here in lovely North Carolina for this conference, you absolutely MUST go (registration is free).  Read More »

This is a portion of something I wrote for my Women's Studies class, and it's something I've been thinking about for about a week or so now. What does it mean to be "Race-blind" and is it even feasible? I mean, how do we turn off all of our subconscious nonsense and evaluate one another for who we actually are when all of society is around us, informing our judgments in a racialized way?  Read More »

As I began to seek inspiration for this piece, I looked back at the writing sample I had prepared for my internship application to the Feminist Women’s Health Center in Atlanta. The prompt—why do you want to work for the Feminist Women’s Health Center?—had stumped me and I had struggled through draft after draft of hollow-sounding essays.  Read More »

For some time now, despite my many Jewish friends and neighbors, despite my ties with Israel, I have been astonished and appalled by the treatment of Palestinians by Israelis. I have wondered over and over agian at the hatred and the violence perpetrated by one people against another.  Read More »

So...a while back I wrote about how Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was rewriting Japanese history. Not long after his resignation his replacement, Yasuo Fukuda, is at it again.

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Today's New York Times featured one of the most heart-wrenching photos I've seen in a long time. A Congolese woman, Maria Shuluba, age 53, partially covers her face with the worn blue sweater she is wearing. She was raped by armed militia men. 

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About a month ago, I spoke against the 8-period day. I hear it’s now called a 9-period day, starting at 7:30, with an optional first period. Sounds like the same thing to me.  Read More »