Living a Feminist Life

Author(s):	Ahmed, S.
Date:	2017
Publication:	Duke University Press
Citation:	Ahmed, S. (2017). Living a Feminist Life. Duke Universtiy Press. https://www.dukeupress.edu/living-a-feminist-life.

Section on webpage:	Feminist Pedagogy – General
Tenets:	Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Uncovering the causes of inequality and leveraging resources toward undoing power structures. Cultivating self-care and boundaries.
Annotation:	This book disscusses how feminist theory is generated from everday experiences. Drawing on the work of other feminists, particularly feminists of color, the author explores how feminists become distant from the world they critique. The author also discusses come up with inventive to support themselves and each other in the face of gender inequality and other forms of oppression.

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