2nd wave feminism

3 key interventions of third wave feminism

o focus on personal narraatives arising from a context of
intersectionality
rejecting universal claims to womanhood or the
nation of a shared experience based on gender
o multiple perspectives & action are prioritized
rejects grand narratives
individual experience
o inclusive and non judgemental approach
(pro sex, influenced by marginalized & nonnomrative sexualities)
o Bitch and bust third wave feminism magazines
White priveledge- peggy macintosh
Whites benefit from unearned priveledges (obvious or less
obvious)
Dont realize- example
More complicated for women of color to gain
Bandaids are skin colored for whites, not as many background
checks
Social norm-stopping at red light, formal law
Cultural law- bathing, woman stays home to take care of children
Gendered norm- guy pays for date
Hip hop feminism- joan morgan coined the phrase, hip hop made her a
better feminist
First wave- suffrage, temperance, abolition
2nd wave- 60s-90s women in workforce, reproductive rights
Ai Jen Poo- Director of National Domestic Workers alliance
Getting ab641 passed, priveledged woman
3 stages of white supremacy
slavery & capitalism- women of color are hinderd by white
supremacy
genocide & colonialism- taking native land, making natives
disappear- occupy
Orientalsim & war- us is symbol of west

AB 641- domestic workers bill of rights in ca, extended priveledges to

domestic workers (overtime pay, breaks ), previsouly known as AB 889
(vetoed by Brown)
AB 2530- prohibits shackling pregnant women in prison
Agency- autonomy, choose for yourself, make own definitions
Shonda rhimes- scandal and greys anataomy, writer
Loretta Ross- Black womans adgena (only 3 pages out of 200 page
document) coined the term women of color, reproductive justice
phrase
Social Justice- equality and dignity of all human beings
Heart, head, hands: start with heart (passion) head is theory (problem
how you change it) hands is (action)
Essay:
1) Betty Friedans book was interviewed at smith, upper class white
women, women of color were not included. Did not address issues
and concerns of every woman. In the 2nd wave, women of color
were included, but their issues were not brought up, not
intersectionality. Issues were welfare, abortion, reproductive rights,
lesbians were not allowed to associate with feminists.
2) Gendered norms- stay at home mom, women take care of house.
Family establishes what is normal, father patriarch? Social norms of
family, the fact that one has to get married and start a family,
family is normal
3) Combahee river collective- black women were committed to
fighting race, sex, and classism. They just want to be human, as a
person. Solidarty with different people, create allies. Personal is
political (similarity) Combahee fought sexual oppression, third wave
was pro sex.
4) Ana excersizes agency, wants education, rejects norms, goes
against families wishes
5) Sapphire- angry black woman, mammy, resist in mass media,
shonda rhimes writes