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Three years ago, in a contentious Time cover story on the future of feminism, Wurtzel, who had just published Bitch, was one of few other young writers and public figures accused of replacing feminist action with self-seeking navel gazing...
...Wurtzel’s position in the young feminist canon is debatable. She may embody some of its philosophies in her apologetic zeal for personal liberty, but analyzing gender no longer seems a priority to her. When asked about the topic, she admits she hasn’t thought much about it since Bitch, and struggles to articulate her position through a slew of personal anecdotes and desultory political tangents...
...feminism really dead? A friend of mine proclaimed that feminism should be rejected because it is an “outdated, misdirected ideology.” Bra burning, anger and rage are all images that many of us associate with the feminist movements of the 1960s and 1970s. These images are certainty not ones with which women associate today. In fact, we have reached a point where feminism is cliché, with so many negative connotations that many women who actually advocate feminist principles hesitate to label themselves as feminists. The movement once called groundbreaking and liberal has now been...
...question remains: Is it really true that we’ve entered a post-feminist era? Yes, we do have equal rights to vote and equal access to education. Yet, despite what so many of us believe, men and women in this country are not yet equal. People still complain that they are tired of hearing about women being treated like victims— but feminists are tired of women continually being victimized...
...many people say that they’re not feminist either because of the negative connotations or because feminism has no place here anymore. Whether they want to admit it or not, women still confront inequality and cannot walk down the street without the fear or risk of being violated. The battles fought in the twentieth century may have been successful, but they’re not over. Both women and men alike need to continue to fight for feminism because gender inequity has not disappeared—except perhaps from our national consciousness...