| Description |
xxx, 416 pages ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS -- A day without feminism -- The dinner party -- What is feminism? -- Feminists want to know: is the media dead? -- Girl, you'll be a woman soon -- Barbie vs. the menstrual kit -- Thou shalt not become thy mother -- Who's afraid of Katie Roiphe? -- What is activism? -- A day with feminism -- Manifesta's timeline -- A young woman's guide to revolution, chapter by chapter -- How to put the participatory back into participatory democracy |
| Summary |
"Young women today 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 examine the snags in the movement - 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 prove that these snags have not, in fact, torn feminism asunder. In contrast, they show the vibrance with which the movement has evolved, detail important political goals that still need to be achieved, and spell out what a world with true equality would look like."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-410) and index |
| Subject |
Feminism -- United States.
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Young women -- United States -- Attitudes.
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| Author |
Richards, Amy.
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| LC no. |
00026492 |
| ISBN |
0374526222 alkaline paper |
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