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The “F” Word?: An Analysis of the State of Feminism in the United States Today [PDF]

, 2019
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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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of Social Feminism Against Novel Banat Riyadh by Raja Al Sanae

Kajian Linguistik dan Sastra, 2019
. Social Feminism expressed by Marxists showed the class gap and the importance of power to women. But it shifted to a more severe realm in all aspects of women's lives. Novel Banat Riyadh gave an overview of four Saudi Arabian girls who seeked to awaken
Sastro Situmeang
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Developing a critical caste analysis within information science and technology: A research review: An annual review of information science and technology paper

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract Caste—an ascriptive social hierarchy in South Asia and its diaspora—is a globalized phenomenon. Recent caste‐based discrimination, particularly in technology companies and anti‐caste efforts to address it, has compelled academia, policy, and the technology industry to better understand contemporary mechanics of caste.
Nayana Kirasur, Britt Paris
wiley   +1 more source

From Multiculturalism to Technique: Feminism, Culture and the Conflict of Laws Style [PDF]

, 2012
The German chancellor, the French president and the British prime minister have each grabbed world headlines with pronouncements that their state’s policy of multiculturalism has failed.
Knop, Karen, Michaels, Ralf, Riles, Annelise   +2 more
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New Feminist Studies in Audiovisual Industries | The Fourth Wave in Audiovisual Content: A True Achievement of Feminism?

International Journal of Communication, 2021
Audiovisual content transmits feminist messages and the identities of women and girls. There has been a revitalization of feminism, but are we facing a true achievement of critical and intersectional feminism? Or are we witnessing a form of fake feminism,
María Silvestre Cabrera, María López Belloso, Raquel Royo   +2 more
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The Third Wave\u27s Break from Feminism [PDF]

, 2010
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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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto, Morgan Wofford, Claire Jordan, Andrea Thomer   +3 more
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African Women Writers Across Generations: Navigating Local Contexts and Evolving Feminist Approaches

Gender Studies
Scholars in African feminism have historically repudiated the concept of feminism, which has been perceived as a Western imposition. Through a literary analysis of Ekomo (Nsué Angüe, 1985), Efuru (Nwapa, 1966) and Une si longue lettre (Bâ, 1979), the ...
Lomotey Benedicta Adokarley
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Female Genital Mutilation in Perspective: Black Women and the Politics of Feminism

ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO, 2015
The failure offeminism as conceptualised by the West to accommodate the peculiar experiences of Black/African women, of which female genital mutilation (FGM) is one, has culminated in the production of some Afrocentric strands of feminism which seek to ...
Olumide Olugbemi-Gabriel
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