This honors seminar taught by Dr. Melissa Jacquart has been one of my favorite classes I've taken at UC. This class exposed me to incredible feminist philosophy literature, a field of reading and understanding that I didn't know I needed. As someone who considers themself a feminist, and thinks about my contextual role being socialized as a woman and the ways system cause harm to minority groups of people, this class deepened my understanding of the use of language when it comes to feminist issues.
For the first half of the class, we read and discussed the works of relevant and poignant feminist philosophy writers. From Iris Marion Young, Lina Papadaki, Martha Nussbaum to Rosemarie Garland Thompson and Patricia Hill Collins, this class challenged me to think about complex issues of race, class, disability rights, and oppression in more nuanced ways.
For the first half of the class, we read and discussed the works of relevant and poignant feminist philosophy writers. From Iris Marion Young, Lina Papadaki, Martha Nussbaum to Rosemarie Garland Thompson and Patricia Hill Collins, this class challenged me to think about complex issues of race, class, disability rights, and oppression in more nuanced ways.
Below are part of my final project where, using the 'tools' and readings from the first half of the class, we were able to choose a subject to further analyze. I chose to make a brochure for the organization, Girls Rock Cincinnati (GRC) — learn more about them here! I created this work for two different reasons and as a requirement of the class and justified my work with the works we read. First, this organization is the same one I'm doing my capstone with and have been an organizer for since May 2021. This group of volunteers is absolutely incredible and I am elated to have the honor with working with them.
Second, the population GRC serves is primarily young girls and gender-variant youth and being able to learn more about how to advocate for this group of people in class has been so important to me. In creating these informational materials and advocating for the Trans community through Girls Rock, I have asked myself, “Am I causing harm by disseminating this knowledge if I am not part of the group talked about?” To answer this question and one that arises from the name ‘Girls Rock Cincinnati’, I draw from Linda Alcoff’s “The Problem for Speaking for Others,” and Rosemarie Garland-Thompson’s “Integrative Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory.”
Second, the population GRC serves is primarily young girls and gender-variant youth and being able to learn more about how to advocate for this group of people in class has been so important to me. In creating these informational materials and advocating for the Trans community through Girls Rock, I have asked myself, “Am I causing harm by disseminating this knowledge if I am not part of the group talked about?” To answer this question and one that arises from the name ‘Girls Rock Cincinnati’, I draw from Linda Alcoff’s “The Problem for Speaking for Others,” and Rosemarie Garland-Thompson’s “Integrative Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory.”
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