independence day wish list...

simple lang naman. sa June 12, sana..

• matinik ng buto ng manok mga pulitikong nangdaya nung eleksyon
• mapa-upo sa thumbtacks mga titser na nagpagamit sa pandaraya
• mag-amoebiasis mga COMELEC officials na kasabwat
• maiflush sa toilet ng mga botanteng naglako ng boto ang perang binayad sa kanila
  
• mag-decide si tita Glo na hiwalayan si Mike
• mag-usap-usap mga peminista ng kaMaynilaan at aminin sa isa't isa na sila ay nag-i-isnaban
  
• tunay magka-ibigan ang isang military official at isang Gabriela officer at magpakasal sila agad agad
• tigilan na ni Joey de Leon panggagaya sa bakla para lang kumita, tutal mayaman na siya stick na lang siya kay tita Mel
• wag na galit sa lalaki ang ibang bianing na kaibigan ko
• wag na magalit sa bianing at bading mga heterosexual males na friends ko rin
• gumana ang mga natutulog na empleyado at ahensya ng gobyerno na sobrang dami lang.. po**h mahiya naman kayo!!!!!
  
• magkaroon ng boksing match between news anchors ng GMA at ABS CBN, para maki-pusta ako
• kunin ni Lord mga nananagasa ng pusa at aso sa kalye
• mapunta sa impierno mga gahaman
• magkaron ng inflatulence mga smoke-belchers
• sana bumaba muli tuition fee sa UP
• sana masagana ang ani ng mga magsasaka.. syet nakakaiyak na talaga kalagayan nila.. in the long run, iiyak din tayo lahat dahil mas gusto pa natin laptop kaysa bigas
• sana tumaas na sweldo ng mga manggagawa, government protective mechanisms should protect its Filipino workers first. yan essence ng government!
• wag na muling mag-leading man ng kasingbata ni Piolo Pascual si lola Regine, ayaw ko siyang magmukhang pedophile

Blurp: What do feminists (not) want?

According to Stevi Jackson and Jackie Jones, Thinking for Ourselves: an Introduction to Feminist Theorising. Uk: Edinbugh University Press, 1998; p. 1

"Feminists refuse to accept that inequalities between women and men are natural and inevitable and insist that they should be questioned.... Thinking as a feminist involves much of what has counted as 'knowledge.' Because we have historically lived in male-dominated societies, women have more often been the objects of knowledge rather than producers of it."

Inequality and subordination-objectification are key concepts and realities challenged by feminism. however, inequality exists not only between the male and female (biological sex), but also between old and young (age), white and colored (race), heterosexual and homosexual/bisexual/transgender/intersex/pansexual/queer (sexuality/sexual orientation), lowlander and highlander/urbanite and ruralite/indigenuous (ethnicity), rich and poor (class), able and disabled (disability), high caste and low caste (descent), white collar and white collar (work), etc.

Feminism is not for women only. Feminism works against all forms of discrimination and inequalities. However, feminism is not one "ism." There are many strands of it--liberal, popular, postmodern, socialist, marxist, eco, radical and so on. Sometimes on an issue, one feminism collides with another strand of feminism.