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Introduction to feminism: blog tasks

 Introduction to feminism: blog tasks


Case study: Everyday Sexism

Watch this TEDx talk by Everyday Sexism founder Laura Bates:

 

Laura Bates started the Everyday Sexism project to share her real life experiences and encourage other women to do so also. Laura bates uses Everyday Feminism to demonstrate how often women undergo sexism and how unnoticed it is by society and the people in it. 

Everyday Feminism links to post-feminism as it illustrates how far the feminist movement has come but also how much more progress we have left. 

Technology was essential to the success of the Everyday feminism project. Technology has given these women, from all around the world, the capability to share their stories and experiences. It also allows them to have privacy as they can remain anonymous.

Personally, I believe that feminist campaigns such as Everyday Feminism will always be needed in society. Although equality between the sexes might become more balanced in the future, women may still be effected by sexism and will need someone to tell to express their feelings and thoughts. 


Media Magazine: The fourth wave?


Networked feminism is a phenomenon that can be described as the online mobilisation and coordination of feminists in response to perceived sexist It is a problem due to all the misconceptions and prejudice they receive.

The first wave of feminism started in the late 19th century and had a main focus on suffrage.

The second wave of feminism began in the 1960s where they campaigned for the growth of equal pay.

The third wave of feminism is said to be entered since the late 1990s.

The forth wave of feminism is also known as 'networked feminism' and has a main aim of challenging sexist ideologies that are shared through social media 

I believe that we are in the forth wave of feminism, this is because there has been a noticeable increase of people challenging sexist people or sexist views that have been displayed over the internet. Twitter is an example of this .

The Girl Can campaign is the first fitness movement for women that didn't shame or exclude women of different sizes. They subverted stereotypes of the ideal body type and wasn't like other advert that sexualised women and fat shamed them. 

FCKH8: The FCKH8 Campaign is a pro-profit company founded in 2010 which sells t-shirts and accessories which contain slogans with social justice themes. For example they cover topics like: Gay rights, anti-racism, feminism and others. This company is successful in reaching its aims as it allows these issues to be spread and addressed through clothing . 

Everyday Sexism project is used to share her real life experiences and encourage other women to do so also. Everyday Feminism to demonstrate how often women undergo sexism and how unnoticed it is by society and the people in it. It is good as it allows women to share their personal stories confidentially. 


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