Wednesday Draft Questions 5/27 - Angie Lai

1. In the Refinery29 video, Nina says that "a lot of people want to define feminism as just one thing, but every place has different values, different principles" (5:10). What are some things we've learned about Chicana feminism that differ from typical Western feminism values and principles?
2. In the “Unearthing Women's Anti‐Mining Activism in the Andes: Pachamama and the 'Mad Old Women'" article, Jenkins says that the women who were interviewed did not identify as indigenous, but rather as "peasants", were generally older, and did not identify as "activists" despite being involved with organizations that resist mining development (444). Why do you think these women identify, or don't identify, with some of these labels?
3. In the chapter, "What does it mean to be an Indigenous Woman in Contemporary Times?", Luz María de la Torre Amaguana says that it isn’t customary to use "written expression—for telling [Indigenous women's] story" yet "it is imperative to adopt this type of powerful apparatus in order to clarify [their] quotidian lifestyle and testimonial, and from there, to elaborate [their] own discourse" (82). Do you think this shift from oral expression to written expression is a necessary transition? Is this a mark of colonialism or a progressing world of technology?