Full Description
This work scrutinizes the prefix-based language of post-backlash feminism and calls for a reclamation of American feminist terminology. Questioning the merits of "Do-Me-feminism," "Eco-feminism," and "girlie," among other isms, the author argues that the proliferation of so-called "prefix feminisms" has weakened the feminist movement by narrowing its focus into shallow interpretations of a broad social and political cause. The author assesses anti-feminist media coverage, particularly following the Reagan administration and the Clinton-Lewinski affair, and concludes that efforts to reclaim a pro-woman politic must begin with reclaiming pro-woman language.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Fellating Patriarchy: Men's Magazine Feminism
2. The Vexed Body Politic: Ms. Lewinsky, Mr. Clinton and the Feminist Establishment
3. "A Gaggle of Dutiful Daughters": Feminism Does the Waves
4. Booby Traps and Botox: Putting the Fun Back into Politics
5. What a Wonderful World It Would Be
6. "MacKinnon Was Wrong": A Little Rape Never Hurt Anyone
7. Conclusion: A Signifier of One's Own
Bibliography
Index
