Feminism Webquest

FEMINIST WEB QUEST



I. Go to: http://finallyfeminism101.wordpress.com/the-faqs/faq-roundup/

1. Scroll down to the questions. Look around – pick a question anywhere on the site and answer that you find fascinating. Which one did you pick and explain why.




2. How would you respond to this person’s answer?






3. What would you agree or disagree with?
What would you add?






II. Go to: http://thinkprogress.org/2009/05/28/barnes-sotomayor-affirmative-action/
4. According to this website, how is Judge Sotomayor portrayed? What are some of the descriptions? Note: Affirmative Action is when a school or job accepts you partly because you are a minority, and your group was discriminated against in the past.





5. Go to: http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/05/29/racism-sexism-and-sotomayor-in-a-few-easy-to-read-bullet-points/
How does this feminist argue against the other two opinions you just read in questions 3 and 4? What does she say? Why does this make her a feminist? Note: “Tokenism” means you accept someone just because they are a minority or diverse and you can say “See! We accept diverse people!” even though it is just a shallow acceptance.



IV. Check out some of these feminist websites. They are all different feminist websites. Pick one:
http://www.msmagazine.com/
http://www.bust.com/
http://www.bamboogirl.com/current/index.html
http://www.girlcomic.net/
http://www.motherjones.com/
http://www.teenvoices.com/

6. Which ones do you like and why?







7. What things can you see and find on this website?





8. What do you wish was different, if anything?




9. You can answer this question or the next one. If you were to make a feminist magazine or “zine” what would you include in it? What would you leave out, if anything?









Or
9. Write up a scenario – it can be about anything. Something on the news, something that happened to you, something you observed, something you once read in a book, something you once studied in history class, something from your imagination (but it has to do with the real world). Describe what a feminist would say about it. Why is that a feminist perspective?