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

Question 1

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

A) to create a more sustainable world for future generations
B) to form alliances across racial, class, gender, sexuality and other identity differences based upon mutual interests
C) to take necessary political action to effect positive change
D) all of the above

Answer 1

D

Question 2

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

A) self-knowledge
B) commitment
C) open and honest dialogue
D) all of the above

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Some improvements to successful alliance-formation are:

A) internalized oppression and its reciprocal internalized domination
B) any belief that justifies individualism and competition
C) ignorance about other people's history, culture, and lived experiences
D) none of the above

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Some salient issues of this book include:

A) the need for community knowledge
B) agroecology
C) the growth model of economics that can sustain people or the planet
D) all of the above

Question 5

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

A) ending all forms of discrimination against women as well as racial discriminations
B) the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights
C) the Convention on the Rights of the Child
D) none of the above

Question 6

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:

A) the meso-level of social control exerted upon women
B) the macro-level of standards of beauty and acceptance that has been institutionalized
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 7

Chernik's war against her body demanded her being _____ herself.

A) forced to be dishonest with
B) openly shaming and sabotaging
C) silent about
D) none of the above

Question 8

Chernik's road to recovery required:

A) claiming her right to her female power located in having a healthy body
B) grasping the absurdity of a nation of adult women dying to grow small
C) recreating herself based on an image of a woman warrior
D) all of the above

Question 9

Lee, the daughter of an Indonesian immigrant, shares how her mother's acculturation to US society was made easier by "small powerful gestures" of individuals who:

A) assisted her with finding a job and residence
B) welcomed her into their church
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 10

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

A) met people's spiritual and material needs
B) reached across racial and gender barriers
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 11

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

A) racial, gender, and sexuality justice
B) environment, political, and economic equity
C) a faith or spirituality that supports Earth and all its inhabitants
D) all of the above

Question 12

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

A) political/spiritual
B) Black/White/Indigenous/Chicano
C) human/animal
D) none of the above

Question 13

St. Onge writes a new treaty of resistance that has been forged in the fires of:

A) conquest and colonization
B) genocide and enslavement
C) deracination and dispossession
D) all of the above

Question 14

St. Onge embraces liberation, restoration, and wholeness recognized in respect for:

A) all the natural elements
B) all living creatures
C) all human beings
D) all of the above

Question 15

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

A) has exposed the global problem of sexual assault and harassment perpetrated by powerful men
B) now makes it difficult for men in the workplace to victimize women
C) holds the promise of continued alliances of women seeking justice
D) none of the above

Question 16

Burke applauds the #MeToo movement for _____ women globally.

A) empowering and connecting
B) informing
C) embracing
D) advancing

Question 17

Burke presents objectively global women who are _____ the issue.

A) divided on
B) struggling with
C) decided on
D) at peace with

Question 18

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

A) the root causes of poverty, inequalities, and exclusion remain unchanged
B) it has worsened these injustices
C) both "a" and "b"
D) neither "a" nor "b"

Question 19

International feminist organizations identify some obstacles to global reform as:

A) an excrescent financialization of the world economy
B) deleterious trade agreements based upon entrenched patriarchal foundations that structure the capitalist system
C) an unprecedented scale of threat to ecosystems and biodiversity fostered by an accelerating commodification of land and resource grabbing
D) all of the above

Question 20

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

A) active resistance to all systems of oppression
B) affirming all bodies of knowledge that promote harmony, balance, reciprocity, and complementarity
C) advancing agroecology and food sovereignty that value all life, treat with respect all voices, and accommodate sustainability and stability
D) all of the above

Question 21

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?

Question 22

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?

Question 23

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?

Question 24

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.

Question 25

International feminist organizations reject a pessimistic "doom-and-gloom" trajectory of our future. Theirs is an urgent call that is embracing of willingness and co-creativity. They invite us to close our eyes and envision a whole new range of possibilities. What specifically do you see? Where from your microscopic perspective would change begin? What is your first step toward effecting meaningful change? What new hashtag would you launch?