A short exercise in applying Social Reproduction Theory to Kimbra’s Music Video Settle Down. Alienation is not limited to labour in the workforce but can also be found in the home. Looking at the home through Social reproduction theory intimates that the socially sanctioned need fulfilment and leisure process provided at home is carefully constructed […]
Read more "Home and Social Reproduction Theory"Intersectionality seeks to navigate, identify, and make intelligible the “intersecting patterns” of different paradigms (Crenshaw, 1991, p.1243). The intention of this perspective was to address a gap in academia characterised by “ignoring difference within groups [which] contributes to tension among groups” (Crenshaw, 1991, p.1242). Crenshaw noted that “Although racism and sexism regularly intersect in the […]
Read more "Short Essays: Feminism, Intersectionality, and Sex Work"It is important to point out at the onset of this essay the clear bias to a binary perspective on gender in the question itself, it presupposes and acts within a hegemonic heteronormative paradigm. This essay will show and work from a more expanded definition of gender by stating how it directly impacts ‘becoming’ in […]
Read more "‘One is not born a woman, rather one becomes a woman’ (De Beauvoir, 1949). Using sociological sources, discuss how we become men and women in contemporary society"“Wendy, you smell like an Egyptian whore house”. I vividly remember my mom telling me about this encounter with her Dad and being perplexed about two things: how did he know what it smelt like, and then why did that smell mean something so specific? As an adult this leads me to think about the […]
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