A New Resource: Just Associates: "Feminist Movement Builders' Dictionary"
The idea for this dictionary originated with JASS Mesoamerica, where feminists and women activists from different social movements found themselves creating alternative terms to describe their context and strategies since old ones had lost their meaning.
Alda Facio, a Costa Rican feminist writer, activist, and lawyer with JASS wrote the first version, Diccionario Feminista, in Spanish. Her goal was to “free words from the box or mindset of the patriarchal paradigm.” As JASS’ work deepened in Southeast Asia and Southern Africa, we quickly realized that we had all been searching for and “inventing” new words to more accurately describe the contexts and dynamics of power within which we’re operating, and the myriad ways in which women experience and resist oppression.
Access the dictionary in English and Spanish and send your input.