Anonymous
05/01/2022 11:01
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Madeira.
No shade, but re: a lot of the other response -- I have a hard time feeling that any school with a uniform can be "the most feminist."
No shade, but re: a lot of the other response -- I have a hard time feeling that any school with a uniform can be "the most feminist."
Anonymous
05/01/2022 10:57
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:OP: bell hooks feminism
GDS was a no brainer for my DD for those reasons. But keep in mind, any school filled with families that can easily afford $45k/year keeps it's radicalism in the safe, performative zone. GDS's tuition is higher than the average family income of students at Berea (where bell hooks taught).
My stepchild went to GDS and I agree with you 100%.
Anonymous
04/30/2022 19:29
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
So does NCS. So many people make assumptions about the schools their kids do not go to. "They" pronouns are at almost all girls' schools in the area. Boys' schools are a different story and I think that is telling, personally.
But back to the topic of this post: I think NCS, Holton, Madeira are the top choices OP would want for her daughter, although I think the whole uniforms in Upper School at Holton, and the way the girls roll up their skirts, isn't exactly "feminist" if their goal is to be as "sexy"(based on the male gaze perspective) looking as possible.
Any of these schools will champion achievement and involvement and leadership by young women, that's what you need to look for if this is important to you in your school search. Do successful (in a variety of fields)Alumna come back and speak to students regularly so the current students can see potential in the future? That's so impactful and empowering for girls.
"Telling" us what? (This should be good...)
Yeah sure Georgetown Prep and Landon are full of feminists. Keep telling yourself that.
Anonymous
04/30/2022 19:25
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
So does NCS. So many people make assumptions about the schools their kids do not go to. "They" pronouns are at almost all girls' schools in the area. Boys' schools are a different story and I think that is telling, personally.
But back to the topic of this post: I think NCS, Holton, Madeira are the top choices OP would want for her daughter, although I think the whole uniforms in Upper School at Holton, and the way the girls roll up their skirts, isn't exactly "feminist" if their goal is to be as "sexy"(based on the male gaze perspective) looking as possible.
Any of these schools will champion achievement and involvement and leadership by young women, that's what you need to look for if this is important to you in your school search. Do successful (in a variety of fields)Alumna come back and speak to students regularly so the current students can see potential in the future? That's so impactful and empowering for girls.
"Telling" us what? (This should be good...)
Anonymous
04/30/2022 18:03
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
That's great. Bethesda public schools like Pyle are very supportive of trans and LGBTQ. Every child should be exposed to this by middle school and then decide what direction they want to go as an adult.
No schools must do more. The Explore Your Gender mantra is prevalent from the capstone Identity Project at age 7 onward in WDC private schools. Plus countless assemblies and guest speakers. Nothing could be more pro-lgbtqia2+ and feminist than that. It’s a wonderful age we live in. Such enlightened and freed children.
Anonymous
04/30/2022 17:36
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
Trans boys or trans girls or both?
Anonymous
04/30/2022 15:49
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Feminist? What is this 1969
You’re naive.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 23:59
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
That's great. Bethesda public schools like Pyle are very supportive of trans and LGBTQ. Every child should be exposed to this by middle school and then decide what direction they want to go as an adult.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 23:19
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Why does a school anywhere need to be “the most feminist?” That’s a loaded term.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 22:52
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:NCS. I’m sorry we didn’t send DD there.
Hahahahaha.
NCS might be, but STA is not. Teachers in the joint upper level classes blatantly favor the STA boys, especially the STA teachers. And did you know that until very recently, STA boys could attend Homecoming at NCS but NCS girls had to be invited to theirs?
Feminist. Ha!
Grow up. The same complaints are lobbed by STA boys when taking classes at NCS that NCS teachers blatantly favor the girls, and penalize the boys. No one complains that NCS is misandrist. I don't know how many NCS parents brag about how their girls only take STA classes because they are easy As, etc... Both schools could do a lot more to cultivate a culture of mutual respect for each other's students and not the disdain for each other that I have observed.
In all my years as an NCS parent, I have never heard an NCS parent brag about their child only taking classes at STA. I have also never met an STA parent who realized their own sons were being turned into chauvinists. And yet here we are.
Grow up yourself. The STA moms in particular showed their true colors when they went all-on for Kavanaugh’s confirmation. Because of course they did. God forbid their own perfect sons *ever* suffer the consequences of their behavior.
You do realize that the two main moms that held the press conference for Kavanagh are also NCS parents? Just saying.
You do realize that you just helped prove my point about NCS *not* being a feminist school? Just saying.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 08:51
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
So does NCS. So many people make assumptions about the schools their kids do not go to. "They" pronouns are at almost all girls' schools in the area. Boys' schools are a different story and I think that is telling, personally.
But back to the topic of this post: I think NCS, Holton, Madeira are the top choices OP would want for her daughter, although I think the whole uniforms in Upper School at Holton, and the way the girls roll up their skirts, isn't exactly "feminist" if their goal is to be as "sexy"(based on the male gaze perspective) looking as possible.
Any of these schools will champion achievement and involvement and leadership by young women, that's what you need to look for if this is important to you in your school search. Do successful (in a variety of fields)Alumna come back and speak to students regularly so the current students can see potential in the future? That's so impactful and empowering for girls.
I agree with your premise: let's not make assumptions about schools which our kids do not attend. My son is at St. Albans and he has classmates and a teacher who use they/them pronouns. This is the only school on which I can comment with certainty.
I also haven't talked to Holton students about why they roll their skirts and guessing the poster has not talked to them either. Certainly, the action is not monolithic (not all wear short skirts and some wear pants) nor is the reasoning behind why they do it. Either way, one can both be interested in the physicality of clothing and still be "feminist."
Finally, there are so many social media and internet resources these days. I encourage the OP to look at the accounts of schools their child may want to attend for more reliable info than this board. Good luck.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 07:08
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
So does NCS. So many people make assumptions about the schools their kids do not go to. "They" pronouns are at almost all girls' schools in the area. Boys' schools are a different story and I think that is telling, personally.
But back to the topic of this post: I think NCS, Holton, Madeira are the top choices OP would want for her daughter, although I think the whole uniforms in Upper School at Holton, and the way the girls roll up their skirts, isn't exactly "feminist" if their goal is to be as "sexy"(based on the male gaze perspective) looking as possible.
Any of these schools will champion achievement and involvement and leadership by young women, that's what you need to look for if this is important to you in your school search. Do successful (in a variety of fields)Alumna come back and speak to students regularly so the current students can see potential in the future? That's so impactful and empowering for girls.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 06:43
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Feminist? What is this 1969
Anonymous
04/29/2022 06:19
Subject: Re:Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:GDS and Holton are great for transgender girls.
Gds I believe. Holton has transgender girls? That's great, and news to me.
Holton mom here. Holton has trans kids and is supportive.
Anonymous
04/29/2022 02:04
Subject: Most feminist private school in the DC area?
Anonymous wrote:Second for Oakcrest
You want your daughters - ahem handmaidens - learning this crap:
"Wives, you should ask yourself whether you are not forgetting a little about your appearance. Your duty is, and will always be, to take as good care of your appearance as you did before you were married—and it is a duty of justice."
“Women needn’t be scholars—it’s enough for them to be prudent."
Not to mention that they don’t think women have the right bodily autonomy.