{"id":716,"date":"2013-12-12T21:54:47","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T05:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/invisible\/?p=716"},"modified":"2015-03-12T11:18:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T18:18:52","slug":"reflections-on-5c-feminism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.scrippscollege.edu\/invisible\/2013\/12\/12\/reflections-on-5c-feminism\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on 5C Feminism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Recently, dorms across the 5Cs have become home to large Post-Its asking the question, \u201cWhat does it mean to be a feminist at the 5Cs?<\/a>\u201d \u00a0In my dorm, several days passed before the first responses began to trickle in. Reading these initial responses made me realize how differently I\u2019d interpreted the question.<\/p>\n

The first time I saw the poster, I thought about all the guys in high school who saw feminists as angry, overly sensitive women who didn\u2019t want anything to do with men. I thought about how, in my first semester at Scripps, a stalwart member of the Second Wave essentially told me I couldn\u2019t be a feminist because I didn\u2019t see certain issues (not explicitly related to the definition of feminism) in the same black-and-white light as she did\u2026 and that feminism was probably out for me anyway because I was moderately religious. The semester after that, I had more than one discussion with a professor who insisted that women had to share the same views on a variety of issues simply because of our sex.<\/p>\n

But the answers on the poster weren\u2019t about the young men of the other colleges scoffing at Scripps\u2019s feminism. The answers were about how 5C feminism meant being aware of \u2013 and speaking out against \u2013 all forms of discrimination.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d been so focused on defending my personal brand of feminism that I\u2019d forgotten the responsibilities that come along with attempting to be an enlightened, open-minded member of this community. I\u2019d been stuck in the mindset that, as a feminist, I was in the position of the victimized minority, instead of looking at it as a position of strength. I was always ready to debate someone, anyone, who dared to say that men and women shouldn\u2019t have equality in social, political, and economic realms; I had the privilege of the argument without engaging in the action.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a few weeks since Thanksgiving, but I am grateful to those first brave souls who sketched their thoughts on the barren poster. I was expecting stories of arguments and alienation; I found snatches of strength and an awareness of responsibility. I was expecting the reaction to feminism; I found what feminism actually does<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is a key distinction, one that I had clearly forgotten. It\u2019s no one\u2019s responsibility to give me a reality check, but I\u2019ll take one when I see it. Feminism isn\u2019t about me. Feminism is about all of us, about the ways in which our myriad other identities interact with our identity as female.<\/p>\n

Last week, when I mentioned in a club meeting that Scripps doesn\u2019t have a women\u2019s union like Pomona, Pitzer, or CMC (Harvey Mudd, you\u2019re up), I was reminded that our entire campus is a women\u2019s union. After three semesters here, I feel more ready than ever to truly treat it as such. I feel more ready to learn from others\u2019 experiences and more ready to act.<\/p>\n

While finals next week will close the door on this semester\u2019s classes, our practical exam in feminism is happening every day. Luckily, it\u2019s a group test.<\/p>\n

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Miel Jasper<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00a0Managing Director Scr ’16<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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