Exam 12: Creating Change: Theory, Vision, and Actions

The micro-level will to survive, as located in Chernik's description of her recovery from the disease of anorexia, demands first recognizing then rejecting:

Some salient issues of this book include:

Burke informs on how Alyssa Milano alone ignited the #MeToo movement that:

This final chapter makes evident the editors' impetus for social change based upon people's willingness:

Burke presents objectively global women who are _____ the issue.

The editors, in mapping some principles for building alliances, identify:

Burke grounds her discourse in Naomi Alderman's 2017 novel The Power that uses the powerful image of lightning that energizes girls around the world. St. Onge suggests that an unquenchable river of fire of resistance has bound Blacks and Indigenous peoples to reject "Oppression Olympics." The images of fire, electricity, and lightning snake their way back to Lorde's image of erotic power (Reading 20). Write a short essay that analyzes the bases of "girl-woman power" evident in the various readings of this book and linked to the concept of transnational feminisms.

International feminist organizations, in efforts to save ourselves from ourselves, propose:

Chernik's return from "anorexic exile" meant boycotting movies that featured "anorexic actors," "discussions about dieting," and shopping "in stores that catered to women with eating-disordered figures." Is society solely to be blamed for women (and men) who declare war upon their bodies?

Lee trades formal religion for a spiritual praxis integrative of politics and faith that:

Burke applauds the #MeToo movement for _____ women globally.

Lee stakes her claim to a better future that is shaped by a vision for:

International feminist organizations recognize the failure of the neoliberal model driving the global economy because:

The United Nations standards that can help to reshape perspectives address:

St. Onge concludes with the Hopi saying, "[W]e are the ones we've been waiting for." How is this proverb relevant to the idea of multiple positionality?

Lee cites some statistics that suggest a growing number of today's Millennials have become disenchanted with religion and its tenets. Do you believe that religion or faith has a vital place in society's future? How so?

St. Onge unquestioningly accepts _____ division of life, people, and animals.

International feminist organizations identify some obstacles to global reform as:

Some improvements to successful alliance-formation are:

Chernik's road to recovery required: