Welcome to part two of our "Waves" episodes everyone!
This is month one of season one here at Grabbing Back, THE place for all things feminist theory and good chat.
We’re chatting to the amazing Gillian Love about ‘the waves’; when were they, what were they, did they even exist and what should as modern feminists learn or critique about them.
Content warning: discussions touched on homophobia and transphobia - without graphic details.
References and recommendations
This is a list of some of the sources mentioned in this episode, plus other recommended texts on the theme of third and fourth wave feminism..and beyond!
This is by no means an exhaustive list, and we recommend them not as a full-throated support of all of their contents, but as representations of particular feminist positions.
Third wave feminism
Naomi Wolf. 1990. The Beauty Myth – Explores the pressures women are under to meet impossible standards of beauty and femininity.
Susan Faludi. 1991. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women – An influential third wave book arguing that there was a backlash against the gains of the second wave that must be combatted.
Rebecca Walker. 1996. To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism – Walker is credited with coining the term ‘third wave’ in an article for Ms. Magazine. This book features 21 essays from feminist activists about their understanding of feminism.
Fourth wave and beyond
Laura Bates. 2014. Everyday Sexism - Inspired by a digital project where women shared their experiences of harassment and sexism.
Rebecca Solnit. 2014. Men Explain Things to Me – Credited with popularising the term ‘mansplaining.’
Lola Olefumi. 2020. Feminism, Interrupted. – A contemporary feminist manifesto that is radical and intersectional.
Amia Srinivasan. 2021The Right to Sex – cutting-edge contemporary feminist theory on sex, intimacy and power.
Commentary on feminist ‘waves’
Bailey, Cathryn. 2002. Unpacking the Mother/Daughter Baggage: Reassessing Second – and Third-Wave Tensions. Women's Studies Quarterly , Vol. 30, No. 3/4. pp. 138-154.
Graff, Agnieszka (2003). Lost between the Waves? The Paradoxes of Feminist Chronology and Activism in Contemporary Poland. Journal of International Women's Studies, 4(2), 100-116.
Available at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol4/iss2/9
Networks
The Feminist Gender Equality Network (FGEN) – A major new global movement, dedicated to countering anti-trans propaganda at home and abroad.
