tag: post-feminism (feimineach)

#feminismisdead: Anti-feminism, then and now

By feimineach / in #feminismisdead, #quickhits / December 2, 2016

⇾ Angela McRobbie; @oDTransform: Although anti-feminism is always changing its colours, it never goes away. As the writer and activist Susan Faludi documented in her important bookBacklash, an angry ...

#vivelafeminism: Lads’ mags, sexual violence and the need for feminist intervention

By feimineach / in #feminism, #vivelafeminism, #sociology, #womensrights, #quickhits, #women / June 4, 2015

On lads’ mags, consent, post-feminist “empowerment” (“post-feminist” should really be in scare quotes too), and the mainstreaming of sexual violence against women and gir...

#afeministtakeon: Gone Girl: a film unable to surpass its underlying misogyny

By feimineach / in #feminism, #afeministtakeon..., #quickhits / March 19, 2015

I have yet to see Gone Girl but, for those of you who have, check out the feminist analysis of the film below. There are examples of Hollywood tropes (same old) but, also, what Angela McRobbie charact...