Feminist Tactical Strategy: A Diagrammatical Series

Title

Feminist Tactical Strategy: A Diagrammatical Series

Description

'Strategy and Tactics' is a set of four diagrams created by Ti-Grace Atkinson, an activist and writer who pioneered radical feminist thought during the 1970s.

'Strategy and Tactics' is considered to be the first diagrammatical representation of patriarchal power dynamics. It separates those involved in the feminist movement into two primary categories: the oppressed and the oppressors. Atkinson further divides these two categories by characterizing whether or not members from each group favor a feminist revolution. The diagram visually imagines how equality can be achieved overtime by the oppressed.

Atkinson takes her readers through 4 different phases of revolution, which she represents through 4 different diagrams. The phases progress as follows: pre-revolutionary, pre-strategical offensive against oppressor, overview following first stage of first strategic offensive against oppressor, and finally initiation of second offensive by oppressed.

Atkinson does not include a visual representation of the future, suggesting that in her diagramming she seeks a path forward in the feminist movement but is not certain about what post-revolutionary world might look like.

Designer

Ti-Grace Atkinson

Bibliographic Citation

Atkinson, T. (1974) "Amazon Odyssey" New York: Links

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Sequence or Process

Conceptual