Mainstream feminism, white supremacy, and anti-racist feminisms [PDF]
The history of the women’s movement is one of great gains, as well as missed opportunities, due to the domination of the movement by those women with the most privilege.
Davis, Lindsey Renee
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Feminism and Feminisms: The Prospect of Censorship [PDF]
Given the diversity and division of women according to class, face, ethnicity, religion, age and other social factors, we must expect and accept conflict and contradiction within feminism.
Helgadottir, Gudrun
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The “F” Word?: An Analysis of the State of Feminism in the United States Today [PDF]
Feminism is the attempt to reduce or eliminate patriarchy, or male rule by birthright. While this struggle for gender equality may seem straightforward, there are different “strains” of feminism that advocate different approaches to achieving feminist ...
Balanda, Marisa E.
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The Third Wave\u27s Break from Feminism [PDF]
Janet Halley proves that third-wave feminism is wrong - wrongly described, that is. Young feminists in the United States tout a third wave of feminism that is hip, ironic and playful - the supposed opposite of the dour and strident second wave of ...
Crawford, Bridget J.
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The "F" word: The challenge of feminism and the practice of counselling twenty years on [PDF]
This article revisions feminist thinking from the point of view of seven practitioners/researchers currently working in New Zealand. It arises from embodied pain, passionate commitments, and a shared curiosity about purposeful feminism in our work.
Blanchard, Nan+6 more
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Contemporary Representations of the Female Body: Consumerism and the Normative Discourse of Beauty [PDF]
In the context of the perpetual reproduction of consumerism in contemporary western societies, the varied and often contradictory principles of third wave feminism have been misunderstood or redefined by the dominant economic discourse of the markets ...
Dimulescu, Venera
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Finding Common Feminist Ground: The Role of the Next Generation in Shaping Feminist Legal Theory [PDF]
This article explores the ways in which current feminist frameworks are dividing the women’s movement along generational lines, thereby inhibiting progress in the struggle for gender equality.
Janus, Kathleen Kelly
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Conditions Pertinent for Overcoming Gender Inequality in Political Leadership: A Comparative Analysis of Angela Merkel and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf [PDF]
This qualitative study of Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany implements a most different systems design (MDSD) as the basis for its comparative analysis.
Escalera Gonzalez, Maria Raquel J.
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Colleen Carroll Campbell: Catholicism, Feminism, and Women Saints [PDF]
Many views of modern day feminism appear to contradict the teachings of the Catholic Church. However, Colleen Carroll Campbell, an award-winning author and journalist, was determined from a young age to reconcile feminism with Catholicism.
Dulmaine, Hannah
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The Difference in Women’s Hedonic Lives: A Phenomenological Critique of Feminist Legal Theory [PDF]
Part One of this article provides a phenomenological and hedonic critique of the conception of the human - and thus the female - that underlies liberal legal feminism.
West, Robin
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