Good morning!
Today shall mark the debut of the new F.O.R.C.E. blog, allowing for questions and discussion not only by F.O.R.C.E. members, but anyone who would like to take a look at our recent events and ideas. The idea behind using blogspot is the ease of discussion on individual posts, while keeping the page up to date with the latest happenings. As the veteran F.O.R.C.E.rs know, the mailing list wasn't doing so hot, and was horribly inconvenient if you didn't have a yahoo mail account.
As of yet we're using a generic template, but I plan on getting to work on a new header and maybe customizing it a bit further than that.
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Prop 8
- Visit: jointheimpact.com
- Prop 8 is a ballot measure on the November 4, 2008 California ballots that has taken away the marriage rights of same-sex couples. It is WRONG. Luckily, people are working hard to protest this civil rights violation.
- Rallies and protests listed HERE
Spring 2009 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
- -MARCH-
- Sunday, 8th: International Women's Day
- Monday, 9th: First F-Word of the Semester! (12:30-1:30) At the Speaker's platform.
- -APRIL-
- Saturday, 18th: Vagina Monologues. Hosted by Charlene Chandler and WSSA in the Beach Auditorium
- Thursday, 30th: Take Back the Night, Maxon Plaza
- -MAY-
- Saturday, 1st: May Day. Take action!
F.O.R.C.E. in the news
- 10/09/08: Long Beach ranks high in the number of HIV/AIDS carriers
- 10/08/08: Let's Speak Sex Positive
- 10/07/08: Panelists Raise Matters About Sex Education During Sex Positive Week
- 10/06/08: Students Protest Palin in Carson
- 10/02/08: Let's Talk About Sex
- 09/23/08: A new spin on sex ed at CSULB
- 09/23/08: CSULB organizations take a stand for women's rights
- 09/22/08: Forum to discuss U.S. international military involvement
- 09/22/08: On-campus associations prepare for Palin appearance
- 05/05/08: Community stands united against sex crimes
- 05/01/08: Worldwide rally against violence and sexual assault localized by CSULB feminist organization
- 05/01/08: Our View - Today is the day for CSULB community to 'Take Back the Night'
- 04/29/08: Survivors of sexual abuse share their experiences
- 02/13/08: F.O.R.C.E. aims to amplify awareness of feminist issues
- 12/13/07: Letter to the Editor - Let the F.O.R.C.E. be universal
- 05/01/07: Our View - Take Back the Night empowering
- 04/30/07: CSULB men, women 'Take Back the Night'
- 10/01/06: F.O.R.C.E. brings awareness to CSULB dorms
FORCE
We are F.O.R.C.E. - Feminist Organization Reclaiming Consciousness and Equality. Our purpose is to bring dialogue to stimulate an understanding of feminisms by raising consciousness of women's issues, which include but are not limited to personal experience, agency, and the understanding of women's differences and similarities. In order to reach these goals we plan to educate and inform the campus community through activities and workshops. Lastly, F.O.R.C.E. will support the WRC, other campus organizations, and various departments that believe in the enrichment of women's lives.
Feminist media that we love~!
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Glossary
All too often, people are intimidated by feminism, unsure of how to approach a subject loaded with unfamiliar jargon (that is, technical words). Once you've grafted these words into your vocabulary, you'll understand where we're coming from, and why we choose to call ourselves feminists.
From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2000, and Our Bodies, Ourselves
| chauvinism | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex; also : behavior expressive of such an attitude |
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| cisgender | effectively, non-transgender; observed to be female and identifies as female |
| feminism | 1 : the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes 2 : organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests |
| gender | the behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex |
| gender role | the preconceived and socialized roles that are assigned to a person based solely on their gender |
| heterosexism | the assumption that heterosexuality is the only normal orientation |
| intersex | intermediate in sexual characters between a typical male and a typical female |
| misogyny | a hatred of women |
| patriarchy | control by men of a disproportionately large share of power |
| queer | any sort of sexual orientation that differs from the “norm” of hetereosexuality. |
| sex | either of the two major forms of individuals that occur in many species and that are distinguished respectively as female or male |
| sexism | 1 : prejudice or discrimination based on sex; especially : discrimination against women 2 : behavior, conditions or attitudes that foster stereotypes of social roles based on sex |
| transgender | a person who has decided to deviate to another gender from the one that they were assigned at birth |
From Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary 2000, and Our Bodies, Ourselves