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1st world, 3rd world, accountability, activism, agressions, ally, allyship, armchair activism, assumptions, autonomy, color blind, community organizing, dichotomy, direct action, diversity, essentialism, feminazi, feminisms, framing, gender, globalization, heirarchical opposition, heirarchy, heteronomy, heteronormativity, horizontal hostility, identity politics, individualism, internalized oppression, intersectionality, isms, lenses, liberal feminism, macro-aggressions, male gaze, media, media literacy, media representation, mirco-aggressions, oppression, orientalism, othering, patriarchy, person of color, political education, positionality, privilege, rape culture, self-care, self-reflexivity, sex, social construction, socialist feminism, solidarity, structural critiques, trnsnationalism, victim blaming, womanism
“And that’s just, like, the rules of feminism.” Many of us are familiar with the words of Gretchen Weiners, and unfortunately, this is the way many words and their definitions get thrown around — by hearsay, faulty memories, and personal interpretations. We have taken the time to compile a glossary to refer to when reading this toolkit. It can also be used to spark crucial conversations about potential activist projects in the future. This is in no way a complete glossary of critical terms and concepts! All of the words followed by an asterix are words that your computer may tell you are incorrectly spelled or don’t exist; trust us — your computer is wrong.
Please see endnotes for sources.