Exam 6: Activist Frontiers: Agency and Resistance

"As I listened to the speakers on that day, I considered how life had prepared me for this moment of _______. Although I had taken part in such "street theatre" before, this seemed like the crowning glory of them all."

What does Burke recommend when someone wants to enter activist movements?

What must non-Native feminists do to support Native women?

Who is in "The Squad"?

Why did Burke create #metoo decades ago?

Why is Baltimore an important setting to the story?

What do the Guerrilla Girls wear when they appear in public?

Why was Winter the only activist fined for his role in the Capitol protest?

What does the author argue is the Latina Advantage in U.S. politics?

Which statement best summarizes Abu-Lughod's argument?

According to Fryett, why is feminist laughter important?

According to Chemaly, who was penalized for showing anger during the election?

What motivated Winter to reach the top of the Capitol steps?

What is Settler Colonialism?

In Hill's experience, what best protects the black community from violence?

"A degraded environment leads to a scramble for scarce resources and may culminate in _______. As resources become scarcer or are squandered-whether they be land, water, hydrocarbons, timber, or minerals-some will seek to control them by excluding others. Consequently, the excluded seek justice and dignity through whatever means they can, often resulting in conflict. In fact, most conflicts in the world today relate in some way to competition over the access, control, and distribution of resources. Sometimes these conflicts take form within a state's own borders as local disputes over water, grazing ground, and agricultural land. Others are international conflicts, such as those in the Middle East. Almost without exception, these conflicts are over the distribution of these limited resources: who will own them, who will control them, and who will be excluded."

What is the role of anger in the movement?

Even RAWA, the now celebrated Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, which was so instrumental in bringing to U.S. women's attention the excesses of the Taliban, has opposed the U.S. bombing from the beginning. They do not see in it Afghan women's salvation but increased hardship and loss. They have long called for disarmament and for peacekeeping forces. Spokespersons point out the dangers of confusing _______, the Taliban with innocent Afghans who will be most harmed. They consistently remind audiences to take a close look at the ways policies are being organized around oil interests, the arms industry, and the international drug trade. They are not obsessed with the veil, even though they are the most radical feminists working for a secular democratic Afghanistan.

When Western feminists call for banning veils instead of working as allies to Muslim women, what are Western feminists participating in?

What film(s) is (are) playing at the theatre they are considering entering?