<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	
	>
<channel>
	<title>
	Comments on: Contesting White Feminism	</title>
	<atom:link href="https://contemporaryracism.org/3208/contesting-white-feminism/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>https://contemporaryracism.org/3208/contesting-white-feminism/</link>
	<description>An academic blog about whiteness, implicit bias, and systemic racism</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:59:58 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<sy:updatePeriod>
	hourly	</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>
	1	</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4</generator>
	<item>
		<title>
		By: Jenna Gainsboro		</title>
		<link>https://contemporaryracism.org/3208/contesting-white-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-797</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenna Gainsboro]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3208#comment-797</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[I remember this conversation!  I agree that it is a constant struggle of being subjected to &quot;the male gaze.&quot;  There is a confusing line between empowerment and being sexualized.  Also, there&#039;s the fact that Jay-Z gets some of the earnings for Lemonade even though it is supposed to be about her.  I think this is a very valuable post and conversation!]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I remember this conversation!  I agree that it is a constant struggle of being subjected to &#8220;the male gaze.&#8221;  There is a confusing line between empowerment and being sexualized.  Also, there&#8217;s the fact that Jay-Z gets some of the earnings for Lemonade even though it is supposed to be about her.  I think this is a very valuable post and conversation!</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: mikopotato95		</title>
		<link>https://contemporaryracism.org/3208/contesting-white-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-781</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[mikopotato95]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2016 22:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3208#comment-781</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Movements like the feminist movement or gay rights movement have definitely focused on moving their white members forward while leaving issues that affect members of other races behind. Part of it is the complexity that intersectionality brings to a movement and so those issues are largely discarded in favor of bringing the problems of white feminists and those who identify as LQBTQ to the forefront. So the complaints of white feminists towards black feminists are similar towards the complaints men have about white feminists because there is that bias. 

As far as whether she&#039;s &quot;too sexualized,&quot; I think it undermines the movement to tell her what she should and shouldn&#039;t be wearing or doing. No matter what she does someone will think she&#039;s either &quot;too sexualized&quot; or &quot;too prudish&quot; so it&#039;s in everyone&#039;s best interest to just let her be genuine. What&#039;s most important is that she feels empowered and she most certainly looks and acts as though she feels that way. 

Honestly, I hope Beyoncé keeps doing what she&#039;s doing. She already dropped a bomb with Formation and got a lot of white people thinking about how not everything has to be tailored to fit them. There are other flavors of feminism other than white feminism.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Movements like the feminist movement or gay rights movement have definitely focused on moving their white members forward while leaving issues that affect members of other races behind. Part of it is the complexity that intersectionality brings to a movement and so those issues are largely discarded in favor of bringing the problems of white feminists and those who identify as LQBTQ to the forefront. So the complaints of white feminists towards black feminists are similar towards the complaints men have about white feminists because there is that bias. </p>
<p>As far as whether she&#8217;s &#8220;too sexualized,&#8221; I think it undermines the movement to tell her what she should and shouldn&#8217;t be wearing or doing. No matter what she does someone will think she&#8217;s either &#8220;too sexualized&#8221; or &#8220;too prudish&#8221; so it&#8217;s in everyone&#8217;s best interest to just let her be genuine. What&#8217;s most important is that she feels empowered and she most certainly looks and acts as though she feels that way. </p>
<p>Honestly, I hope Beyoncé keeps doing what she&#8217;s doing. She already dropped a bomb with Formation and got a lot of white people thinking about how not everything has to be tailored to fit them. There are other flavors of feminism other than white feminism.</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
		<item>
		<title>
		By: brittanysmith2		</title>
		<link>https://contemporaryracism.org/3208/contesting-white-feminism/comment-page-1/#comment-764</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[brittanysmith2]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Oct 2016 18:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://contemporaryracism.org/?p=3208#comment-764</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[We talked about this in our psych of women class last year! For instance, in Beyoncé&#039;s &quot;Crazy in Love&quot; video, her dancing is on point (as usual) but seems to be for the male gaze. I&#039;ve struggled with understanding sexualizing yourself as a part of creative expression and empowerment in general, but never considered the impact that race might have. Thanks for bringing this into the conversation :)]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We talked about this in our psych of women class last year! For instance, in Beyoncé&#8217;s &#8220;Crazy in Love&#8221; video, her dancing is on point (as usual) but seems to be for the male gaze. I&#8217;ve struggled with understanding sexualizing yourself as a part of creative expression and empowerment in general, but never considered the impact that race might have. Thanks for bringing this into the conversation 🙂</p>
]]></content:encoded>
		
			</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
