Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the FutureA powerful indictment from within of the current state of feminism, and a passionate call to arms From Lilith Fair to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the WNBA--everywhere you look, girl culture is clearly ascendant. Young women live by feminism's goals, yet feminism itself is undeniably at a crossroads; "girl power" feminists appear to be obsessed with personal empowerment at the expense of politics while political institutions such as Ms. and NOW are so battle weary they've lost their ability to speak to a new generation. In Manifesta, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards show the snags in each feminist hub--from the dissolution of riot grrrls into the likes of the Spice Girls, to older women's hawking of young girls' imperiled self-esteem, to the hyped hatred of feminist thorns like Katie Roiphe and Naomi Wolf--and prove that these snags have not, in fact, torn feminism asunder. In an intelligent and incendiary argument, Baumgardner and Richards address issues instead of feelings and the political as well as the personal. They describe the seven deadly sins the media commits against feminism, provide keys to accessible and urgent activism, discuss why the ERA is still a relevant and crucial political goal, and spell out what a world with equality would look like. They apply Third Wave confidence to Second Wave consciousness, all the while maintaining that the answer to feminism's problems is still feminism. |
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Contents
A Day without Feminism | 3 |
The Dinner Party | 11 |
What Is Feminism? | 50 |
Feminists Want to know Is the Media Dead? | 87 |
Girl Youll Be a Woman Soon | 126 |
Thou shalt Not Become Thy Mother | 202 |
A Day with Feminism | 315 |
Manifestas Timeline | 323 |
A Young Womans Guide to Revolution | 339 |
Manifestas Lexicon | 399 |
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References to this book
Catching a Wave: Reclaiming Feminism for the 21st Century Katha Pollitt,Jennifer Baumgardner Limited preview - 2003 |
Grassroots: A Field Guide for Feminist Activism Jennifer Baumgardner,Amy Richards No preview available - 2005 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future Women's studies : Politics |
| Authors | Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0374526222, 9780374526221 |
| Length | 416 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory Social Science / Women's Studies |
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