The Point

The goals of this blog:

1. Critically analyze cultural images and productions in order to reveal the underlying heirarchical and patriarchal tropes that marginalize and oppress women as well as other minority groups.

2. Celebrate femininity, while being aware of the ways society uses femininity to limit, silence, and oppress women, in order to more actively express our chosen gender in an empowered way.

3. Provide information and access to other women, men and organizations that promote feminist and humanist ideals.

4. Generally rage against, rave about and relish in the things that make us human.

I hope to provide my readers with opinions, thoughts, and information that is not only thought-provoking, but conversation-starting. I want to create dialogues that inspire people to act on their curiosity, to learn, to educate themselves, to make informed decisions, and to begin conversations with others. The Feminine Dialectic should be a comfortable, safe, inviting place to share open-minded thoughts and informed opinions with others on the subtleties (and not-so-subtleties) of our society as well as share personal stories, anecdotes and beliefs about what it means to be a woman.

Oh, and I have no aversions to making fun of ourselves at every possible chance.