shulamith firestone

Shulamith FirestoneRADICAL FEMINIST- FUTURIST

Who was She?

Canadian born

Raised in America

Washington University

Art Institute of Chicago

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Who was She?

Conference for New Politics, 1967

Radical Feminist groups

Redstockings

New York Radical Women

New York Radical Feminists

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Why a Futurist?

Science Culture

• Male Dominated

Firestones proposal

Change reproductive biology

Eliminate biological differences

between male and female

Make the suffering of childbirth a

mutual aspect

Dialectics of Sex

Oppression

Childbirth

Revolution

Female oppression:

Men vs. Women

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/2011/12/13/must-read/home-birth-i-dont-get-it/

Men Vs. Women

Eliminate Female Roles

Human Biology

Reproduction and Science

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Ending Childbirth

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Male Dominated

Culture

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Reproduction Revolution

Reproduction

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Solutions

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Shulamith Firestone

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Modern Thoughts

The Matrix Surrogates

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Shulamith Firestone

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Conclusion