Blog 10...

This topic doesn't necessarily involved feminism but it is a very important topic to me. Recently many of the news outlets covered the Rescue of the "Invisible Children" of Uganda. For 23 years, a war in Uganda has been fueled by a man named Joseph Kony. Although much of Uganda is against his continued warfare, he is still gaining followers. Sadly his followers are gained using force and most if not all are kidnapped children, snatched from their bedrooms and homes at night and forced to be soldiers for his army. If they do not comply they are killed, if they comply they are practically slaves. Either way, it is a horrible vicious cycle and no child should have to live in fear, let alone be the cause of millions of others fears. The non-profit Organization Invisible Children fights to make peace with this army and to let the children be free. Their approach is simple. They are raising awareness in America, especially through our government officials in order to show how important it is that we no longer let this war go on. If America is supposed to help smaller countries escape humanitarian crimes, this is one thing we can not turn away from. These children need our help and personally, I would rather be sending our troops to help those in Uganda instead of our continued efforts in the middle east. Although Invisible Children is hoping for a peaceful agreements, Their leader is obviously not backing down anytime soon and other approaches will have to be made to see him taken down. At the moment, a way to get involved in invisible children is to help by lobbying to officials in Washington DC in June. Recently as in last weekend, the Rescue took place. At this event 100's of thousands of people gathered all over America, Europe, and Austrailia in support for the invisible. These citizens "abducted" themselves and gathered outside of a common place in their city and waited for a public figure or celebrity to "rescue" them. The event lasted for over a week and finally ended with the last city to be rescued in Chicago. Oprah was their rescuer. Through events like these, the awareness for Kony's horrible crimes become more apparent to Americans. On the website you are encouraged to watch the video documenting the founder's stay in Uganda and you also have the opportunity to contribute money.

Respond to the readings...

In the F-word the author discusses the friction between the 2nd and 3rd wave feminists. He outlines that many blame the 3rd wavers for the halt in continued change. Although the 3rd wave is described as lack of unity, the blame does not lie within this generation. The times have changed completely. It would be difficult to use the tactics of the 2nd generation to get things done now. There are so many things people are fighting for and we are definitely not united because we all have different beliefs of what feminism should stand for. Until we decide on a united definition of Feminism we will continue to have problems but if other generations had to deal with our problems too, the fight for equality would be just as complicated.