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Book

We were feminists once : from riot grrrl to CoverGirl®, the buying and selling of a political movement

Call Number

  • 305.42 Z47 (CEN)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : PublicAffairs, [2016]

Physical Description

xvi, 285 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"A critical assessment of feminism today by the founding editor and creative director of Bitch magazine draws on the stories of institutions and everyday women to illuminate how feminism has been compromised by market forces, subversive politics and popular culture, sharing strategic recommendations for how to reverse marginalizing trends,"--NoveList.

Contents

  • Introduction
  • Part One: The New Embrace
  • 1 The Corridors of Empower
  • 2 Heroine Addicts: Feminism and Hollywood
  • 3 Do These Underpants Make Me Look Feminist?
  • 4 The Golden Age of (Feminist) TV
  • 5 Our Beyoncés, Ourselves: Celebrity Feminism
  • Part Two: The Same Old Normal
  • 6 Killer Waves
  • 7 Empowering Down
  • 8 The Rise of Big Woman
  • 9 Creeping Beauty
  • Epilogue: The End of Feel-Good Feminism
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index.

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