March/April 2007: Feminism 3.1

Briarpatch does gender:

Our gender identities, in all their complicated incarnations, continue to limit the choices and opportunities of many of us. In the face of an ongoing ideological onslaught against equality for women and sexual minorities, Briarpatch throws gender in the blender—and whips up a challenging and thought-provoking blend of ideas and arguments for bending gender hierarchy till it breaks!

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Contents

From Ciudad Juárez to Fort Qu’Appelle
by Brett Bradshaw
Canadian and Mexican families of missing indigenous women unite to seek answers.

Why Feminism isn’t for Everybody
by Becky Ellis
Will gender-based oppression end if we ask politely? Not bloody likely…

Feminism 3.1
by Audra Williams & friends
Does the third wave need an upgrade? A critical discussion of the culture of feminism.

Test Your F.Q.
compiled by Dave Oswald Mitchell
Got a Y chromosome? Then this sexism self-exam is for you.

Yesterday’s Men
by Bruce Wood
How can men work with men to end violence against women?

10 Straight Questions
Just because you’re not hip to the straight lifestyle doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know a little something about heterosexuals.

Queer Internationalism
by Nick Wilson
Radical Sexual Diversity and the anti-globalization movement

Body Work
by Ashley Walters
Extreme adventures on the cutting edge of gender theory: body modification beyond the mainstream

the usual stuff

letter from the publisher

letters to the editor

reviews
* Devin Ens on Jervis and Zeisler’s Bitchfest
* Val Napoleon on Green’s Making Space for Aboriginal Feminism
* Shari Kizirian on Amaral’s Antonia

quotes from the underground:
…on feminism, patriarchy, the end of gender, and taking responsibility

parting shots: Status of Women vs. the Status Quo
by Joyce Green

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