with purple at last this much realisation happened that is really good this is the advantage of talking abt "women of difference" now we have a world opne before us use it for self reflexively thinking abt it and listen to other voices as well
best On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:14 PM, mashari sami <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Aug 14, 4:25 pm, ranju radha <[email protected]> wrote: > > dear venu, > > > > still u refuse to understand the purple > > thereby "the women of difference" > > determinism can be seen in this line of thinking which majority of caste > > hindu feminists possess. > > this can be experienced at their reseourc centres, seminars, 25th womens > > study celebrations, talks, lectures, films, reserach papers etc etc. > > why WE refuse to see this? video links are secondary, though show the > > extension of the same problm.. > > i have no problm with different undersatndings > > but those understandings that refuse to accept one;s very existence (that > of > > caste hindu PINK feminsts) would be challenged/questioned whehther one > like > > it or not... > best > > > Pink/ Purple = White Hindu women/ dalit women > > ?? !! > > Nothing beyond heterosexual women? Biological women? > > "കറുത്ത സ്ത്രീയ്ക്ക് ഈ പങ്കപ്പാടില്ല. അവള് ജീവിതത്തിന്റെ രണ്ടറ്റവും > കൂട്ടിതൊടുവിക്കാന് രാപകലില്ലാതെ വിയര്ത്ത് പുറം കൈകൊണ്ട് മുഖം തുടച്ച് > അങ്ങനെ ഒപ്പിച്ചു പോകുന്നവളാണ്. അവള് പായ ചവിട്ടി കീറില്ല. തല നിറയെ > എണ്ണയില്ലാത്തതുകൊണ്ട് ‘അര’ കാഞ്ഞാലും അടങ്ങിക്കിടന്നുകൊള്ളും." -വെള്ളൈ > അഴകേ, എന് ഉള്ളം ഉനക്കേ... > > ഏതവടെ കാര്യമാണു പറയുന്നത്? > > All purple women are same? All dalit women are purple? Stereotyping on > Dalit women that she doesnt attend to her sexual needs is also > dangerous. It doesnot come in the Alice walker shceme. Harlem also had > lot of reformists who wanted to portray black women as asexual, > because of the existing bad names attached to her. But Walker's > generation questioned it and talked of the diversity of black women. > Rene cox is one example of purple, where she showed her nudity, and > posed as a christ under white noses. > > വെള്ളെഴുത്ത് കൊള്ളാം, പക്ഷേ അതു കറുപ്പ് ഏകതാനമാണെന്ന് പറഞ്ഞു > വയ്ക്കുന്നു. > > As a strategy to counter the pink hegemony? Hegemony such a simple > binary? There would be other black women, transgenders, hijras, > sexworkers who celebrate sex. Some times with the pink, some times > without pink. > > Colour purple is one in the rainbow. Walker, Barabara Christian, Rene > cox, Audre Lord, Angela Davis, Hooks, incite, and less known Manju, > Ragini, Chitra lekha, Chellamma. Academics, house women, sweepers, > theorists, sexworkers, lesbians, devadasis, jogappas.. > > മശരി > > > > > -- " The so called caste-hindus are bitterly opposed to the depressed class using a public tank not because they really believe that the water will be thereby spoiled or will evaporate but because they are afraid of losing their superiority of caste and of equality being established between the former and the latter. We are resorting to this satyagraha not becasue we believe that the water of this particular tank has any exceptional qualities, but to establish our natural rights as citizens and human beings." - Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Mahad Satyagraha Conference, December 25th , 1927 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
