Reference no: EM133686875
Assignment:
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1. What is the name of the publication that is chosen? Where is it based (Ontario, Thunder Bay, across Canada?)? If provided, who are the editors or how does the editorial collective operate?
2. Does the publication present a specific vision of feminism and the goals of feminism? If so, how would it be characterized as a vision? (You may quote from editorial statements, or provide other specific examples of a feminist vision)
3. How is the publication a site of activism, organizing, community building or consciousness-raising? How would it be characterized as activism? Who is the 'community' it is trying to reach? Provide 1 or 2 examples of where it can identify types of activism.
4. What forms of expression and types of work are published in the magazine (essays, letters, drawings, poems, announcements/advertisements, cartoons, journalism, commentaries, photography etc.)? Is there a range of different styles and forms of expression? Is this range (or lack of) important for the type of feminist vision the publication projects? Provide examples in your discussion of this aspect.
5. What type of issues (as in 'areas of concern') does the content address? What understanding of the types of concerns and debates around feminism, gender relations and systems does the content reveal? What does it reveal about the concerns of feminist activists in its particular time? Provide examples. What is to be thinked about the content of the publication? What aspects and areas of concern are relevant today and which might not be?
6. Are there any problems with the vision, idea of feminism or concerns raised in this publication (what are they and why do think they are problematic?) Can it be connected to the content of the publication to any of the other feminist histories and movements we have studied so far?
7. How is this publication seen as a historical document? What kind of lens into Canadian history might it provide? What kind of lens into Canadian or global feminist history might it provide? What kind of research project could be used for this publication?