Nice article.  I love Adrienne Rich's book of poetry "Diving into the Wreck"; says a lot about subjectivity, identity, phenomenology, feminism and a certain universal sense of being the "other" in a predominantly patriarchal, materialist world.

The way we view ours students has a great impact on the efficacy of our teaching and on their overall success in school and life.  Social justice starts in the classroom.  Also, I like the idea of providing more arts education.  That would really help society.  It would be nice it is was free to the public, too.