repurposed materials in order to convey bold personal points. Among these creators were the young female founders of the feminist punk rock movement‚ Riot Grrrl. Radical‚ edgy‚ and angry‚ they were driven by the feeling that feminism had become antiquated and secluded. Their women’s studies professors used language that felt arbitrary to them‚ and they wanted to open the feminist conversation to include their own young life experiences‚ all while taking over what they saw as a male-dominated rock scene
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood Close Reading Analysis Lit 090 Mahmood looks to tackle the issue of not the cultures behind feminism but to understand the underpinnings behind feminism. She suggests that quite often the narrative is focused on feminism as a response to some sort of societal construct which allows the subordination of women. Her assertion is that we have to look at how feminism is defined in society
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Feminist Theory‚ Embodiment‚ and the Docile Agent: Some Reflections on the Egyptian Islamic Revival Saba Mahmood University of Chicago In the last two decades one of the key questions that has occupied many feminist theorists is how should issues of historical and cultural specificity inform both the analytics and politics of any feminist project. Although this questioning has resulted in serious attempts at integrating issues of sexual‚ racial‚ class‚ and national difference within feminist
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People are mistaken to believe the feminist theory is only about women and has the ultimate goal of overpowering men and become the supreme sex. However‚ feminist theory in actuality is about bringing attention to society in such a manner that shows what brings oppression‚ injustice‚ and inequality into the world. It’s the main goal is to have justice as well as equality in the world. Feminist theory consists of four major theories. They all work together to show how different systems of power that
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would seem‚ is not sexless: he is a man‚ a father‚ and infected too” (Woolf‚ 1938). Feminist Virginia Woolf declares this bold statement to express how science is sexist; gender bias by which women’s interests‚ insight‚ or perspective are disvalued and ostracized. Over the decades‚ there has been an outburst of the feminist writing on the philosophical development in literature and history. A majority of the feminist writings harshly criticize the philosophical traditions‚ which include topics of epistemology
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obtain equal rights in the 21st century when our nation has an African-American President. The Feminist counterculture is emerging because many people still don’t know how to react when a woman says “I am a feminist”. They get backlash when the definition of a feminist “is the advocacy of women’s rights on the grounds of political‚ social and economic equality to men”(Oxford Dictionary). By being a feminist‚
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The Uniqueness of Bad Feminist Roxane Gay states: “No matter what issues I have with feminism‚ I am a feminist. I cannot and will not deny the absolute importance and necessity of feminism.” Throughout her memoir‚ Roxane dives deep into many distinct subtopics of feminism and equality itself through an assortment of essays with wide-ranging examples to support her evolving‚ strong beliefs. Bad Feminist uses smaller details‚ such as the utilization of footnotes‚ and differentiates itself from
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already strong. It’s about changing the way the world perceives that strength” (Anderson‚ n.d.). According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary‚ Feminism is defined as “the belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” Many feminist today‚ such as actress‚ Emma Watson‚ fight for equality between men and women‚ such as equal pay. Why should a woman be seen as lesser than a man? Alice Walker’s The Color Purple displays the idea of feminism through strong and inspirational female
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This essay concerns with how and why the feminist icon Rosie the Riveter is reworked on a feminist t-shirt. The original image from a propaganda poster is recognized as an embodiment of women’s empowerment‚ which I was preciously convinced of. However‚ there are a few people criticizing it for not being the true representative of feminism. This t-shirt has reworked the image in some intriguing ways‚ backing the claim that Rosie the Riveter is not precise nor adequate in describing diverse aspects
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“I would argue that feminist film studies is not only still alive and well‚ but has‚ in fact‚ become much more heterogeneous‚ dynamic‚ and open in its scope‚ encompassing not just film analysis but also television and new media studies…” says Karen Hollinger from Feminist Film Studies (Hollinger 19). Film’s have definitely grown and expanded from the years pass. Women are now starting to be given roles other than those to please the male eye such as the girlfriend‚ secretary‚ receptionist‚ or mother
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