First, a tribute. or a footnote. a citation. some kind of props.

Hellooo WORLD!

This is a bit hasty of me. I just ran into feministing.com, and I was instantly inspired to try an experiment over here at the local level, at uottawa.

Feministing.com is a host of writers who take a look into the various issues of our time and offer a review from some kind of analysis of patriarchy and oppression. From advertising reviews, to ongoing federal politics, these authors have no shortage of analysis and I give them enormo props for their project. You could spend weeks just catching up on all the articles, ideas, and analysis.

What’s great about feministing, too, is that it is a plethora of references to patriarchy. The next time someone sez to me, “men and women are equal now” or some such myth, I am going to end that conversation by directing them to feministing.com.

And that’s the idea here.

As someone who, I guessss, if I had to be labelled, would be called some kind of anarchist, I do have to say I have a real respect for locality and community. And I also have to say, I’m big on the idea that discourses and conversations and actually talking about issues is part of the path to change.

So here we have it. Feministing @ uottawa.

The big idea is that this is a forum for folks at uottawa to talk about issues of patriarchy. On campus, in the classroom, off campus, in your circles, overheard patriarchy, little known facts about the lives of women, on and on and on.

The blog is both cathartic, if only catharsis meant that talking about it made everything better. But the blog is also excellent material for serial sexists; at best, for reading and thinking, at worst, for skimming and ignoring. But here it is no less.

I invite you to apply for a writing position. The blog will have to be written by many different womens of many different backgrounds and experiences.

And by women, I mean women-identified. So trans, gender benderers, and anyone who has to live with gender binaries is invited to apply. Such lives and experiences enrich a conversation on patriarchy.

There will be a rules section. There will be different topics sections. All things to do.

e-mail cfloo057@uottawa.ca (also to do: get an e-mail address!) if you are interested in all of this.