Today marks the 5th anniversary of Feminist Activism’s first blog post! To celebrate I’m counting down my top five favorite posts from throughout the years. They’re not necessarily the posts that have gotten the most views or interactions, but they’re the ones I think have been most p...
There is a need to overcome grammatical fixation by adopting a radical/liberal definition of feminism.doi:10.1080/07491409.1988.11089712ConditCeleste MichelleWomen\"s Studies in CommunicationCondit, C. ( 1988 ). What makes our scholarship feminist? A radical/liberal view . Women Studies in ...
Three main types of feminism emerged: mainstream/liberal, radical, and cultural.Can men be feminist?Since the 19th century, men have taken part in significant cultural and political responses to feminism within each "wave" of the movement. This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for...
THE FEMINIST FACELIFT; She's the Liberal Intellectual Who Rails against Ageism in Society. So What Happened When We Asked ROSIE BOYCOTT to Try out the Very Latest (and Eye Wateringly Expensive) Cosmetic Treatments? the Answers Will Surprise You. They Certainly Did Her . Newspaper article from...
I do not believe in bows any longer. I have accepted that anything worth anything in my life has come to me in a box wrapped in the funny papers and held together with duct tape: initially you look at it and think, gee this present very likely has crap inside. But when you open it...
Going up against liberal progressive white feminists who refuse to let down their guard of “ultimate liberation” to actually learn from women of color—who have been fighting this fight with grit and grace for generations—is the most straining part being a black feminist activist. Still, as...
We explore this in more detail in our Feminist Perspectives on Work open step. So what did Marxist feminists hope to achieve? The main goal of Marxist feminism was to liberate women by fighting the oppression and exploitation they faced by capitalist society. Liberal feminism The main focus of...
But that is an extreme stereotype that doesn’t hold true for the majority of people who consider themselves a feminist.[Read: Misconceptions about dating a feminist all men must know] Simply ask someone: “Do you believe that men and women should be treated equally? Paid equally? Overall, ...
If we are true small 'l' liberals, it's our job to seek out feminist Muslims, ex-Muslims, liberal Muslims, dissenting voices within Muslim communities, gay Muslims - we should promote those voices and in doing so, we demonstrate Islam is not a monolith, Muslims are not homogenous, and ...
I know these waters too. I wasn’t born “Sister” Hena, just in case someone wants to write me off as a stodgy auntie on her pulpit. I was a teen, too; a young woman who attended averyliberal arts college, then a university in one of the most Himerean cities in the world. ...