Second Wave Feminism

First Wave -- Second Wave -- And Then Came Sarah Palin

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

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Joseph A. Palermo

I wish Palin and Schlafly had staged a photo-op together after they met recently because that image would have cemented for eternity the strain of American anti-feminism these women represent.

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My Response to Salon's Story About Me and My Mother, Alice Walker

Rebecca Walker | Posted 06.10.2008 | Media

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Rebecca Walker

Without fact-checking, Phyllis Chesler has unwittingly used tabloid sensationalism to make an all too personal assessment about my relationship with my mother.

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Full-Page "Women Count" Ad for Hillary Excludes 28 Million Women

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.24.2008 | Media

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Bella DePaulo

The ad funded by "Women Count" counts every woman -- as long as she is married. I wonder, are single women also invisible to Hillary?

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Me and Anonymous: A Conversation

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.25.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Walker

The suggestion that women are monolithic and asleep and need to "wake up" is part of the problem endemic to Second Wave Feminism.

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Feminist Infighting

Rebecca Walker | Posted 03.01.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Walker

Perhaps a feminism that has not responded to the needs of its constituents needs to die. Perhaps Obama is unintentionally killing feminism and facilitating the rise of "feminisms."

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A Woman in the White House

Jennifer Baumgardner | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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Jennifer Baumgardner

A bitter reality is beginning to sink in for me, a daughter of Second Wave feminism: a "woman" could be president, but we don't mean any woman who actually exists.

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The "Generic" Woman's Vote Proves to Be Anything But

Marie Wilson | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics

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Marie Wilson

When women have open disagreements, the press revs it up, exploiting the healthy ritual of debate as hostile, destructive, divisive. But we know better.

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Admitting the Complexities of Abortion

Courtney E. Martin | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

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Courtney E. Martin

I was unequivocally pro-choice, but I hated that woman in the Planned Parenthood because she seemed to have such an uncomplicated relationship with abortion. I was jealous.

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The Fence

Rebecca Walker | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics

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Rebecca Walker

The idea that young women are too naive to realize the pervasiveness of sexism is an old Second Wave feminist trope used to dismiss and discredit an entire generation, many of whom now support Obama because he doesn't insult them.

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