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50 Things idea that Cassiphone did
Some friends and I were talking about the 50 Women from Roman History thing that Cassiphone did, and how much we enjoyed reading it. So, my friend and I were talking about ones that we could do. I've yet to see anything on my friend's journal, but she is extraordinarily busy, so maybe she won't get time to do what we talked about, but I have been thinking more on my personal challenge since.
However, I want a broad category because I was to do 50 women in the public sphere/feminists/pagans/authors. Not necessarily people who mean anything to me, and to a large degree it might be a quick read of the wikepedia entry followed by some thoughts and anecdotes from my own personal view, but hey, my blog's been quiet lately and the only way to fill what's empty is to empty what's full... and it's time I put some more energy, even oblique energy into Femmeconne. In a way, I wish I was an expert, but realistically the only thing I can be an expert at is being me. I can't wax lyrical about much for long (except food. Don't get me started on food. But I am thinking of covering a female chef in Iron Chef America.) I can't remember history or dates or stories or anecdotes. I forget what I'm reading, what I've read, the meanings behind things and the meanings before things. I'd like to be an expert. But really, I'm pretty damned happy to be an expert at being me.
:-)
Ok, women I am going to list here so I don't forget. Feel free to suggest people for me to check out.
- Ariel Levy (author of Female Chauvenist Pigs)
- Starhawk
- Laurie Cabot
- the female chef from Iron Chef America. This might include some whining about how crap ICA is. Cato? Is that her name? Will have to find out, now won't i?
- Kylie Kwong (sydney chef)
- Sue White (CEO of Intimo)
- Freida Kahlo
- Zoe from Firefly
- Noami Wolf
- Ginmar
- Germaine Greer
- Octavia Butler
- Andre Norton
- Inga Muscio ("Cunt: A Declaration of Independance" which apparently Wiki does not have an entry for. At all. Hmmm.)
I'm going to think about this some more over the next few days. So, fourteen so far. Do I have to have this list finished before I start? :-)
By the by...
hey, did you guys know Joss is a feminist? (From Wikipedia)
"Whedon identifies himself as a feminist, and feminist themes are common in his work. The most obvious example is the apparently weak teenage girl who is actually extremely strong and powerful, seen in Buffy, Firefly, and Serenity. Feminist scholars have given Whedon's work both positive and negative assessments. For his part, Whedon credits his mother as the inspiration for his feminist worldview. When Roseanne Barr asked him how he could write so well for women, he replied, "If you met my mom, you wouldn't ask." [4]
The character Kitty Pryde from the X-Men comic was an early model for Whedon's strong teenage girl characters: "If there's a bigger influence on Buffy than Kitty, I don’t know what it was. She was an adolescent girl finding out she has great power and dealing with it." [5] Many of Whedon's young female characters make similar discoveries. Whedon has now come full circle, writing the character of Kitty Pryde in the Astonishing X-Men comic."
However, I want a broad category because I was to do 50 women in the public sphere/feminists/pagans/authors. Not necessarily people who mean anything to me, and to a large degree it might be a quick read of the wikepedia entry followed by some thoughts and anecdotes from my own personal view, but hey, my blog's been quiet lately and the only way to fill what's empty is to empty what's full... and it's time I put some more energy, even oblique energy into Femmeconne. In a way, I wish I was an expert, but realistically the only thing I can be an expert at is being me. I can't wax lyrical about much for long (except food. Don't get me started on food. But I am thinking of covering a female chef in Iron Chef America.) I can't remember history or dates or stories or anecdotes. I forget what I'm reading, what I've read, the meanings behind things and the meanings before things. I'd like to be an expert. But really, I'm pretty damned happy to be an expert at being me.
:-)
Ok, women I am going to list here so I don't forget. Feel free to suggest people for me to check out.
- Ariel Levy (author of Female Chauvenist Pigs)
- Starhawk
- Laurie Cabot
- the female chef from Iron Chef America. This might include some whining about how crap ICA is. Cato? Is that her name? Will have to find out, now won't i?
- Kylie Kwong (sydney chef)
- Sue White (CEO of Intimo)
- Freida Kahlo
- Zoe from Firefly
- Noami Wolf
- Ginmar
- Germaine Greer
- Octavia Butler
- Andre Norton
- Inga Muscio ("Cunt: A Declaration of Independance" which apparently Wiki does not have an entry for. At all. Hmmm.)
I'm going to think about this some more over the next few days. So, fourteen so far. Do I have to have this list finished before I start? :-)
By the by...
hey, did you guys know Joss is a feminist? (From Wikipedia)
"Whedon identifies himself as a feminist, and feminist themes are common in his work. The most obvious example is the apparently weak teenage girl who is actually extremely strong and powerful, seen in Buffy, Firefly, and Serenity. Feminist scholars have given Whedon's work both positive and negative assessments. For his part, Whedon credits his mother as the inspiration for his feminist worldview. When Roseanne Barr asked him how he could write so well for women, he replied, "If you met my mom, you wouldn't ask." [4]
The character Kitty Pryde from the X-Men comic was an early model for Whedon's strong teenage girl characters: "If there's a bigger influence on Buffy than Kitty, I don’t know what it was. She was an adolescent girl finding out she has great power and dealing with it." [5] Many of Whedon's young female characters make similar discoveries. Whedon has now come full circle, writing the character of Kitty Pryde in the Astonishing X-Men comic."
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Natasha Stott Despoja
Traci Harding
Wendy Rule
Beth Orton
Rosaleen Norton
Angie Hart
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I think 50 inspiring women is a fabulous topic. I can't believe people are still talking about my Roman women posts... :)
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I loved your series so much, I thought I'd do one up based on the period and location in history I knew muchly about.
But yes, I'm rather busy at the moment and dunno if I'll get it up for another few months.
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Given the availability of research materials (as I am on the opposite side of the planet from all my original sources), I dunno if it'll be thirty or fifty. I've already got more than ten names lined up.
"Cunt: A Declaration of Independence"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inga_Muscio
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunt
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http://www.horacek.com.au/home.htm
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The website "All about my vagina" by Sarah now has its own livejournal rss feed for the blog section:
http://syndicated.livejournal.com/allaboutmyvag/
W people
(Anonymous) 2006-05-30 03:19 am (UTC)(link)Professor Fiona Stanley
Dr Fiona Wood
Carmen Laurence
Cheryl Kernot
Delirium of the Endless
Flute/Aphrael
Dr. Sara Warneke (hehehe)
Isobelle Carmody
Princess Diana
Eva Peron
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Audrey Hepburn
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James Tiptree Jr
Fiona Horne
Tori Amos
Arni di Franco
Marylin Monroe
Sandra Bernheart
Madonna
Rosanne Barr
Oprah
Naomi Wolf
Inna May Gaskin
Germaine Greer
Nancy Friday
Sharon Stone
Susan Sarandon
Halo Jones
Death (Gaiman's)
Joni Mitchel
Chrisie Amphlet
Yoko Ono
Judith Durham
Catherine Bigalow
Gretel Colleen
Woopi Goldberg
Lori Anderson
Leila (Laylah) Wadell
Cindi Lauper
KK Juggy
but wait, there's more...
Phoolan Devi
Ita Butrose
Margret Thatcher
Margret Mead
Virginia Woolfe
Indira Gandhi
Sylvia Plath
Annie Sprinkle
Re: but wait, there's more...
:-(
Hint: Don't watch Elizabeth and Bandit Queen back to back. It does weird things to you.
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Re: but wait, there's more...
a couple more
Uhura/Nichelle Nichols (who also inspired Whoopi Goldberg)
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Carol Vorderman
Marianne Faithfull
Edith Piaf
Maggie Tabberer
hello!
Cheers, Liz. :)
Re: hello!
I expect that might be changing again soon!
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interesting connection
Have you ever heard the term "femaleist"?
Good luck with your project!
Sirene
Re: interesting connection
:-) I've been kind of distracted by personal stuff recently, so my research and learning has kind of slowed down. Plus with Femmeconne only weeks away, I need to get some work into that!
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You seem pretty interesting too; I was thinking last night that it's been a while since I did any sort of ritual. I shall have to rectify this. :-)
And your friend used Callistra or Callisto? I found Callisto was being used by a man who didn't seem to update very often, and so took my next best thing. Plus I also use Callishandra occasionally. Once found another Callishandra on the internet, it was a single reference to a WOW character. :-)
Re: interesting connection
Femaleist just seems to be the difference between male bashing in the attempt to gain equality as some feminists types seem to do; and celebrating the inate (biological?) differences between male and female while working towards a societal attitude of equality with regards to function, ability and intelligence.
I wish I could find the excellent documentary that I once saw on the topic but I have searched for a few years and not found it. The term is also not widely used and always ends up leading towards something Camille Paglia-ish.
Enjoy your ritual!
Sirene
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But:
Jennifer Byrne
Condoleeza Rice
Cathy Freeman
Deborah Mailman