Introduction to feminism: blog tasks

 Everyday Sexism


Watch the Everyday Sexism TED talk from Laura Bates (linked above) and answer the following questions:

1) Why did Laura Bates start the Everyday Sexism project? She had 3 bad experiences in 1 week.

2) How does the Everyday Sexism project link to the concept of post-feminism? Is feminism still required in western societies? It acts as a challenge and direct counter-narrative.

3) Why was new technology essential to the success of the Everyday Sexism project? So it was easier for women to talk about their experiences and share it with others to warn them. Also to raise women's voices about their concerns.

4) Will there be a point in the future when the Everyday Sexism project is not required? What is YOUR view on the future of feminism? No, it may always be useful because everyone in the world may not change and this platform will always be able to help women speak about their experiences.


Media Magazine: The fourth wave?

Read the article: The Fourth Wave? Feminism in the Digital Age in MM55 (p64). You'll find the article in our Media Magazine archive here.

1) Summarise the questions in the first two sub-headings: What is networked feminism? Why is it a problem? Network feminism is a wave of cultural context, and it is a problem because of the social struggle of women.

2) What are the four waves of feminism? Do you agree that we are in a fourth wave of ‘networked feminism’? 

 The ‘first wave of feminism’  began in the late 19th to early 20th  centuries, with a main focus on suffrage.  The ‘second wave’ began in the 1960s,  campaigning for the growth of equal  rights and leading to the Equal Pay  Act of 1970, amongst other equality  laws. Since the late 1990s, we are  believed to have entered the ‘third wave’  (often identified as post-feminism).  The new fourth wave of feminism is  also known as ‘networked feminism’.


3) What is your opinion with regards to feminism and new/digital media? Do you agree with the concept of a 'fourth wave' of feminism post-2010 or are recent developments like the Everyday Sexism project merely an extension of the third wave of feminism from the 1990s? In my opinion, another wave is good because it shows people are taking notice about women social struggles, and are finding ways to reduce this and help women.

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