donna darko

donna darko has written 4 posts for A Slant Truth

Must Read: A Question of APIA Feminism: Domestic Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence

By donna darko ⋅ December 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I don’t have much to argue with in Jenn’s post, A Question of APIA Feminism: Domestic Abuse/Intimate Partner Violence, because I’ve read the same studies. I’ve gathered from these studies that awareness is the main solution to the high incidence of APIA intimate partner violence. The high incidence is due 1) women not getting the [...]

Link Love: Asian American Feminism

By donna darko ⋅ December 31, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

I’m deeply stunned and saddened at the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, one of my Asian feminist heroes, and am rendered speechless. Except to say it’s George Bush and his various puppet governments’ fault.
Filipina poet Barbara Jane Reyes muses on a theme I’ve written about lately. That APIA women are their own worst enemy.
Reappropriate: Helen Zia: [...]

Internalized sexism at least a hundred times more prevalent in women of color than internalized racism

By donna darko ⋅ November 19, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

[Originally posted at Leftist Looney Lunchbox. Any comments should be left there.]
Ann went to town on sexist men of color at Rachel’s after I did of course and I wanted her to have (her) last (magnificent) word.
But I want to finish a thought.
Since I was a teenager, I noticed APIA women did not [...]

Guest Post from donna darko

By donna darko ⋅ November 17, 2007 ⋅ 2 comments

From bell hooks’ Killing Rage: Ending Racism (NA/Asian/black/Latino substituted for black):
Concurrently, the negative consequences of sexist NA/Asian/black/Latino male domination will remain a taboo subject. Those of us who break the silence will be continually cast as traitors. Until this silence is repeatedly broken, NA/Asian/black/Latino will never be able to constructively address issues of positive gender [...]