10/11/2015

Fourth Wave Feminism!

It had never really occurred to me before that we were into a new wave of feminism.. I found a few articles dates from around 2013 and it seems like I've been a bit slow on the uptake. It seems so obvious now! Fourth wavers essentially came around because of the internet and in response to political issues and are much more concerned with intersectionality (the theory concerned with how multiple oppression's intersect).
I am unsure of whether to include a section on this in my essay because there won't be as much info on it (since it is more recent). However, I think it would be good to have a section on how the internet has had an impact on feminism - so perhaps I can write about both?

This article on The Guardian is pretty interesting:

"Younis considers intersectionality the overriding principle for today's feminists, and Ali says she constantly tries to check her privilege, to recognise how hierarchies of power are constructed."

"But many of those at the forefront are in their teens and 20s, and had their outlook formed during decades in which attitudes to women were particularly confusing."

"They grew up being told the world was post-feminist, that sexism and misogyny were over, and feminists should pack up their placards. At the same time, women in the public eye were often either sidelined or sexualised, represented in exactly the same way as they had been in the 70s, albeit beneath a thin veil of irony"

"But the feminist consciousness of the fourth wave has also been forged through the years of the financial crash and the coalition government, and many activists have been politicised and influenced by other movements, particularly thestudent campaign against fees, but also the wider campaign against cuts and the Occupy movement."

"With so many pressing issues, feminists are fighting on several fronts, and the campaigns of the past few years have often been started by individuals or small groups, who have responded to issues they feel strongly about, and can usefully address"

"As the philosopher Nina Power notes, there are teenage girls today, growing up with Twitter and Tumblr, who have a perfect grasp of feminist language and concepts, who are active on a huge range of issues"

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