Historically, feminism didn’t even mean what we call it today. Feminism was coined by philosopher, Charles Fourier in 1837 and it meant a person with feminine qualities. It was later linked to the ...
Our modern understanding of feminism has created many different branches of ideology when it comes to gender equality. One of the most popular branches of third-wave feminism is called choice feminism ...
Social media gave feminism unprecedented reach, but visibility isn’t the same as power, and greater access may have led to misunderstanding and backlash.
Sharon Crozier-De Rosa receives funding from the Australian Research Council. In Western countries, feminist history is generally packaged as a story of “waves”. The so-called first wave lasted from ...
Feminism enjoys nearly universal acceptance across today’s political and intellectual landscape. To declare oneself antifeminist in 2026 is often enough to be labeled as indifferent to women’s dignity ...
I am often asked by young women if we should take back the term “feminism.” It still carries the cachet of caring about women, and most of us are quite happy with the achievements of first-wave ...
Being 12, for me, was the year of entering womanhood. There were the less exciting parts of growing up, of course, ranging from periods to shopping for bras to being catcalled. There were also the ...