tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post3366473137721487171..comments2023-10-10T06:48:40.299-03:00Comments on the feminist librarian: Booknotes: Quiverfullannajcookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-84862188043665472532009-03-29T13:52:00.000-03:002009-03-29T13:52:00.000-03:00As a conservative feminist, I'm fascinated by Mich...As a conservative feminist, I'm fascinated by Michelle's interview, but also see a lot of problems with it, from a lack of understanding of the pro-life movement (even as she advocates for pro-life policies, like ending female foeticide) and mixing up correlation and causation with regards to women, capitalism, and moving countries forward. (In short: capitalism makes it possible for women to succeed, for various pragmatic and philosophical reasons which I'll get into later. Decrying capitalism in the name of feminism is obviously the silliest thing out there - the countries in which women do best, by any measure, are capitalist, and it's no accident.)<BR/><BR/>More later.bridgetnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-47259156407152745682009-03-26T15:50:00.000-03:002009-03-26T15:50:00.000-03:00Thanks, Feminist Review, for the link! The one in...Thanks, Feminist Review, for the link! The one in your comment doesn't actually work (typo of some sort), so for anyone interested you can find the <A HREF="http://rhrealitycheck.org/blog/2009/03/19/controlling-means-reproduction-an-interview-with-michelle-goldberg" REL="nofollow">Michelle Goldberg interview here</A>.annajcookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-29758500531375752122009-03-26T02:38:00.000-03:002009-03-26T02:38:00.000-03:00The Means of Reproduction is a must-read! Have you...The Means of Reproduction is a must-read! Have you seen the <A HREF="realitycheck.org/blog/2009/03/19/controlling-means-reproduction-an-interview-with-michelle-goldberg" REL="nofollow">interview with Michelle on RH Reality Check</A>?Feminist Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01146840036438732265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-44090418616577539622009-03-23T19:32:00.000-03:002009-03-23T19:32:00.000-03:00Thanks Bridget! I couldn't place it. Haven't read ...Thanks Bridget! I couldn't place it. Haven't read that article for a while.annajcookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-24209943566981541102009-03-23T18:43:00.000-03:002009-03-23T18:43:00.000-03:00Anna,It's from Learning Curve, http://bitchmagazin...Anna,<BR/><BR/>It's from Learning Curve, http://bitchmagazine.org/article/learning-curve, which you linked to in "diametrically opposed...." <BR/><BR/>The line itself is from the fourth-from-the-last paragraph, starting with "Unschoolers."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-86804258358990901312009-03-23T09:09:00.000-03:002009-03-23T09:09:00.000-03:00A'Llyn: thanks for the note! I'll look forward to ...A'Llyn: thanks for the note! I'll look forward to keeping an eye on your blog as well :). <BR/><BR/>Bridget: I agree that exposure to other worldviews / ways of life is not necessarily found only through public education -- if it's a value for the family in question, it's possible to find in many different places (and conversely, it it's not desired, you can hide from / ignore it in the most "diverse" of settings!) <BR/><BR/>If you get a chance, would you mind citing the quotation at the top of your comment? I don't remember seeing it in the links so I'm wondering where it's from . . .annajcookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17573723390785613915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-41350343300398824762009-03-23T03:07:00.000-03:002009-03-23T03:07:00.000-03:00On the other hand, most schools also bring togethe...<I>On the other hand, most schools also bring together individuals from different backgrounds, and although the routine clashes based on race, class, gender, and sexual orientation can make a mainstream school a shitty place to be, that diversity can also be instructive.</I><BR/><BR/>Well, I'm a red-haired (via henna, not naturally!), Boston-area, semi-hippie... public school graduate.<BR/><BR/>My suburban public school was pretty much the exact opposite of the above depiction. My family arrived in town when I was a toddler; that made us newcomers. (Most kids have parents who knew each other back in the day.) As for the town itself: almost 98% Caucasian; a similarly high majority were also Christian. Almost everyone at my school who was African-American was part of the Metco programme. <BR/><BR/>One of my friends from law school also grew up in the Boston suburbs. Her teachers were always shocked to find out that, even though she's African-American, her parents were suburban homeowners, not Boston-area parents who enrolled their child in Metco or in-town renters. Diversity? I think not.<BR/><BR/>The end of this rant: it always amazes me when people tout "diversity" as a reason to send their kids to public school. Certainly, there are some schools out there with kids from all backgrounds (racial, ethnic, religious, and geographic), but that's only the norm in certain urban areas. Most of the time, shipping your kid off to the local high school will be instructive only in the difference between being fully Irish or part Irish.<BR/><BR/>As for the homeschooling moms/ feminism issue: maybe we should talk about feminist decisions in terms of who gets to make them and why they are made (which distinguishes the advancement of one's own values from submission to values that are not one's own).<BR/><BR/>The problem of homemaking (or homeschooling) was never that it was per se bad, but it was something that the mother/wife never wanted to do. To give a really horrible analogy (because I can't think up a better one), it's like sexuality: there's nothing per se wrong with sex, but it can be incredibly damaging if it's done for the wrong reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8743841912028246535.post-76136520424937556572009-03-22T17:16:00.000-03:002009-03-22T17:16:00.000-03:00Hey, just found you via Rachel at Women's Health N...Hey, just found you via Rachel at Women's Health News and think I may be your evil twin or something. <BR/><BR/>Am I a red haired, Boston-area, recent library school graduate, former lefty-hippie homeschooled kid? Check. <BR/><BR/>Also, I mean to read this book one of these days.<BR/> <BR/>Rock on; you clearly have much going for you. :)A'Llynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04295862804070846652noreply@blogger.com