feminism

HASTAC isn't a political organization. It's a virtual network dedicated to participatory learning and a humanistic creativity and critique and development of technology, always with attention to and concern for the social implications of the technologies we develop and use. However, Cat in the Stack usually offers one "frivolous" blog every two weeks or so, just to break up the pace, and this time, instead of frivolous, I'm going with political. I won't make it a habit, and no one wants HASTAC to be a political forum--there are many other places for that. All that said, today, as Barak Obama makes history with the Democratic Party nomination I offer some personal reflections on feminism in the hour of Obama. Yes we can! And, as a "new media" bonus, a url for the most delightful adorable compilation of "Lisa Simpson: Feminist Hero."

It turns out philosopher Elizabeth Grosz's amazing lecture on "concepts" and the power they imbed even before we, as humans, know what "power" means is viewable on line. Watch it!