As a Second Wave Feminist the issues you write/protest about are all too familiar. Sometimes it feels that little has changed in 50 years and I’m screaming ‘How can this still be happening.’ But of course a lot has changed and it’s down to people like you not being afraid to speak out, to challenge, to raise awareness. I thank you for that. It takes great courage. 🤗
I’ve spent this morning (after being virtually immersed in yesterday’s #handsoff protest) with this post that engages and enlightens on so many levels. Thank you, Kim. I also saved a quote from the M-Smith article because it resonates so much with the current US administration and the (white, male) billionaires behind it. “Foucauldian analytical tools which focus on concepts of power, truth and knowledge, are particularly useful in exploring social issues. Knowledge is seen to be produced within discourse in this approach, so it is important to consider who has the power to present their perspective as the truth. This may be through medical, legal, political, cultural or social institutions, and where a number of these institutions share and agree a perspective as the truth, what is called a discursive formation is built. Where this is the case contrasting opinion can become a mere resistance to what is accepted.” ✊
As a Second Wave Feminist the issues you write/protest about are all too familiar. Sometimes it feels that little has changed in 50 years and I’m screaming ‘How can this still be happening.’ But of course a lot has changed and it’s down to people like you not being afraid to speak out, to challenge, to raise awareness. I thank you for that. It takes great courage. 🤗
Lots of echoes, you've tickled my curiosity to write, which has been on floor these last few months. Thank you.
Ah that's lovely Rachel, best of luck with the writing!
I’ve spent this morning (after being virtually immersed in yesterday’s #handsoff protest) with this post that engages and enlightens on so many levels. Thank you, Kim. I also saved a quote from the M-Smith article because it resonates so much with the current US administration and the (white, male) billionaires behind it. “Foucauldian analytical tools which focus on concepts of power, truth and knowledge, are particularly useful in exploring social issues. Knowledge is seen to be produced within discourse in this approach, so it is important to consider who has the power to present their perspective as the truth. This may be through medical, legal, political, cultural or social institutions, and where a number of these institutions share and agree a perspective as the truth, what is called a discursive formation is built. Where this is the case contrasting opinion can become a mere resistance to what is accepted.” ✊
Yes it's a really powerful article, but also kind of exciting, thinking how poetry can disrupt those discursive formations??
Oh, yes!! And that’s where your post shines.✨
Your tip for students about brick walls in poems is brilliant! I'm going to look out for that in my work.
Ah thanks Conny...its something Jane Draycott used to say to me when I was being mentored by her a long time ago....
Domestic suicide is police speak. It’s denatured. Words for a Home Office report. Smacks of bureaucracy.
Tell it for what it is. Let the words tell of horror. Avoid words in the washing machine.
Try Murder at Home.