Catching a wave
Subtitle: reclaiming feminism for the 21st century
By: edited by Rory Dicker & Alison Piepmeier.
Contributors: Dicker, Rory Cooke, 1969-; Piepmeier, Alison.
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 338
Subjects: Feminism -- United States; Young women -- United States -- Attitudes; Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Feminist theory -- United States; Social change -- United States
Description: A collection of essays on feminism written by Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards, Katha Pollitt, Jennifer L. Pozner, Nancy Gruver [and others].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-326) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / -- Rory Dicker, -- Alison Piepmeier ; -- NEEDING FEMINISM; title: The "big lie": false feminist death syndrome, profit, and the media -- Jennifer L. Pozner; title: In a word, Baywatch -- Susannah B. Mintz; title: Reviving Lolita; or, because junior high is still hell -- Alyssa Harad ; -- COMING TO FEMINISM; title: "That's not fair!": nurturing girls' natural feminism -- Nancy Gruver; title: Voices and visions: a mother and daughter discuss coming to feminism and being feminist -- Roxanne Harde, -- Erin Harde; title: Please, stop thinking about tomorrow: building a feminist movement on college campuses for today -- Sarah Boonin ; -- RECOGNIZING FEMINISM; title: Who's the next Gloria?: the quest for the third wave superleader -- Jennifer Baumgardner, -- Amy Richards; title: Buffy the vampire slayer: the next generation of television -- Michele Byers; title: Third World, third wave feminism(s): the evolution of Arab American feminism -- Susan Muaddi Darraj ; -- REDEFINING FEMIINISM; title: Feminism's family problem: feminist generations and the mother-daughter trope -- Astrid Henry; title: Do the ladies run this ...?: some thoughts on hip-hop feminism -- Gwendolyn D. Pough; title: The transfeminist manifesto -- Emi Koyama ; -- DOING FEMINISM; title: Hearing the daughter voice: the Bat Kol as Rrrabbi Grrrl -- Alana Suskin; title: Rocking the gender order -- Mimi Schippers; title: Pranks and fake porn: doing feminism my way-- Kristina Sheryl Wong-- Afterword /-- Katha Pollitt,-- Amy Baumgardner.