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21 st century feminism : theoretical framework and/or social movement

21 st century feminism : theoretical framework and/or social movement. Gaby Weiner October 2014 Helsinki University. Timeline of feminism (approx. in UK). 1st wave: mid 1800s to early 1900s 2nd wave: 1960s-1980s 3rd wave: 1990s 4th wave: 2000s plus

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21 st century feminism : theoretical framework and/or social movement

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  1. 21st century feminism: theoretical framework and/or social movement Gaby Weiner October 2014 Helsinki University

  2. Timeline of feminism (approx. in UK) 1st wave: mid 1800s to early 1900s 2nd wave: 1960s-1980s 3rd wave: 1990s 4th wave: 2000s plus Always delicate balance between theorisation and activism

  3. Questions To what extent 21st century Academia is compatible with political activism Have feminist academics lost sight of their aspiration to challenge and reduce inequalities between men and women within and outside education – or has neoliberalism done that for them?

  4. Has academic feminism failed? Again and again over the last few years, I turned to modern feminism to answer questions....but found that what had once been the one most exciting, incendiary and effective revolution of all time had somehow shrunk down into a couple of increasingly small arguments, carried out among a couple of dozen feminist academics, in books that only feminist academics would read (Moran, 2011, 12)

  5. How to be a woman (2011) Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution (2014)

  6. New feminism Feminism is not a set of rules. It is not about taking rights away from men, as if there were a finite amount of liberty to be had if we have the guts to grasp it for everyone. Feminism is a social revolution, and a sexual revolution, and feminism is in no way content with a missionary position. It is about work, and about love, and about how one depends very much on the other. Feminism is about asking question, and carrying on answering them even when the questions get uncomfortable (Penny, 2014, 16).

  7. Argument Success of feminist academics (in education, social sciences, humanities) Emergence of academic field of gender (and education) Gap between feminist academics and practitioners Corporatisation of higher education Continued inequalities & disparities between girls & boys, men & women, Need for politics of gender and feminist action

  8. Rethinking Contemporary Feminist Politics (2010) Gender and Education Journal

  9. Fawcett Society

  10. Women’s Aid

  11. F-word website

  12. Amnesty International

  13. Feminist actions

  14. Feminism actions

  15. Feminist Political Organisations LWiE Labour Women in Education

  16. Gender and Education Association

  17. Questions (2) • Is there such a thing as feminist praxis or pedagogy? • What role has (feminist) research in feminist action? • Which (feminist) theoriesbest aid transformations of practice and action? • To what extent can (feminist) leadership models be effective and/or transformative? • How can networking and social media be best utilised in the interests of feminist activism?

  18. Where does academic feminism fit into activism? Feminist theorists e.g. Chris Weedon, Judith Butler, Karen Barad, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Donna Haraway, Julia Kristeva

  19. Contact details Gaby Weiner email gaby.weiner@btinternet.com website www.gabyweiner.co.uk

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