https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy en-us 2021-12-10 21:32:16 UTC 2026-01-16 08:40:27 UTC hello@padlet.com vladalakina https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy/wish/1940992087 Iris Marion Young argues that oppression is the general inhibition of a person's ability to develop and exercise their capacities and express their needs, thoughts, and feelings. Young also argues that the definition of oppression is the only thing that all of the oppressed groups can relate to because no one group is oppressed in the same manner as the rest. In her argument, Young describes oppression as a complex structural concept consisting of exploitation, powerlessness, marginalization, cultural imperialism, and violence. Further within this conceptualization, Young argues that social justice requires the abolition of these five faces of oppression and "not the melting away of our differences but institutions that promote the reproduction of and respect for group differences without oppression" (Young, 44). 

These ideals can be applied to the issue of the misconception of feminism displayed in the attached image above. Although the concept of feminism should be inclusive, more often than not, women of color and those of poor financial standing, religion, and those that identify as trans are excluded from the feminist movement altogether, further widening the gap between women and preventing the movement from unifying and fighting for a common cause.


]]> 2021-12-10 19:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy/wish/1940992087 vladalakina https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy/wish/1941122211 Talia Mae Bettcher touches upon the understanding of transphobia, one of the prime examples of oppression that is very much still prominent today. She discusses the relationship between transphobia and the hostile definition of trans people as those that violate the gender norms or challenge the gender binary. The way that trans people are defined implies a feeling of wrongdoing, insinuating that identifying as trans is not within the standards of sexuality deemed acceptable. 

The attached article expands on Bettcher's idea of transphobia and traces its beginnings to the women's movement which failed to acknowledge the intersectionalities of so many women and failed to include and celebrate many changemakers who were considered unworthy in the eyes of white supremacy. 
 ]]> 2021-12-10 21:31:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy/wish/1941122211 vladalakina https://padlet.com/vladalakina/fz8ilxf8s45s9pgy/wish/1941165348 In relation to both Iris Young and Talia Bettcher, Eli Clare's excerpt discusses the ideology of the cure. In essence, Clare argues that the notion of cure hyper focuses on the "need to be cured"  that further prompts the idea that our differences are in need of fixing. These pressures of normal and abnormal that stem from the ideology of cure are part of a subtle form of oppression that exists to ultimately eradicate any and all unconformities. 

The attached article discusses the culture of skin bleaching that is present particularly within communities of people of color and anyone with a skin tone that is darker than pale white. This toxic culture in itself represents a form of oppression that forces people to conform to the white population and strip themselves of anything mildly different from the "normal". Such examples of seemingly harmless "cures" can be found within any particular oppressed group and they directly serve the purpose of furthering the long era of oppression from the inside out.
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