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Young Women, Feminism, and the Future
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
October 2000
On Sale: October 4, 2000
416 pages
ISBN: 0374526222
EAN: 9780374526221
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A powerful indictment from within of the current state of
feminism, and a passionate call to armsFrom 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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