White Feminism
From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind
New York : Atria Books, 2021.
Format: Book
Edition: First Atria books hardcover edition.
Description: xx, 299 pages ; 24 cm
"A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut out women of color-perfect for fans of White Fragility and Good and Mad"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Part I: The history of white feminism -- The making of a "Feminist" -- Who gets to be a feminist? -- Separate but unequal: how "Feminism" officially became white -- Thinking as a collective -- Labor laws aim to help all genders -- The emergence of self -- The perennial shifting around of domestic work -- Leaning in vs. leaning on -- How heterosexism kept women in their place -- The future isn't female; it's gender fluid -- Part II: White feminism: when the movement went corporate -- When white feminism got "branded" -- The trouble with capitalism -- Muslim money and dyke poverty -- Performing feminism at a desk -- What the privilege disclaimer doesn't accomplish -- Part III: The winds of change -- A new era of feminism -- The first pillar of change: stop acknowledging privilege; fight for visibility instead -- The second pillar of change: fighting the systems that hold marginalized genders back -- The third pillar of change: hold women accountable for abuse -- Our collective future is in the way we view one another -- What we can change now.
ISBN:
9781982134419
Availability | |||
---|---|---|---|
Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
SOCIAL SCI Gender Women Bec | Wheatley (Shandon) | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/17/2024) |
More Formats
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245] - 290) and index.