Checkpoint and Activity

THIS BELOW IS ONLY TO BE 150 WORDS(DO NOT COMBINE WITH THE OTHER DICUSSION BELOW)
Read Chet’la Sebree’s poem “At a Dinner Party for White (Wo)men” (2015), written in response to Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party. In 150 words, discuss the argument Sebree makes about Chicago’s famous piece in this poem. How does Sebree’s poem deepen our understanding of Chicago’s The Dinner Party? How does The Dinner Party exemplify what we’ve learned about Second Wave “mainstream”/Liberal feminisms? What similarities do you notice between Sebree’s poem and Lorde’s poem “Who Said It Was Simple”?
LINK FOR AT A DINNER PARTY FOR WHITE (WO)MEN:

Featured Poem: Chet’la Sebree

LINK TO WRITTEN IN RESPONSE TO JUDY CHICAGO’S DINNER:
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/home
LINK TO WHO SAID IT WAS SIMPLE:
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/42587/who-said-it-was-simple

WRITE THIS ONE SEPERATLEY FROM ABOVE PLEASE!! THIS ONE HAS TO BE A POST WITH 300 WORDS!!
Read “Use of the word “bitch” surged after women’s suffrage” for historical context. https://www.vox.com/21365241/19th-amendment-womens-suffrage-backlash
Read Danez Smith’s essay One Word: Bitch. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/09/one-word-bitch/
Watch the music video for Meredith Brooks’ song “Bitch” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ivt_N2Zcts (1997, 4mins) and this short clip of Brooks talking about the feminist meaning behind the song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMG874zeN84

Referencing at least two pieces of support from the course reading and media within this activity, answer the following questions in using the source above 300 words:
How does the history of the word “bitch” connect to Brooks’ 1997 song?
Does Brooks reclaim the word “bitch” in her song?
Is there something radical or powerful about usage of the term or does it reinforce violent language against women?

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