The Appropriation of Feminism: Notes From a Writer
Since Sarah Palin & Co stuck the Republican flag in feminism and started touting the movement for their own political advances, I’ve been paying close attention to how the media has described this appropriation. The call outs in magazines, online media, and blogs that have been covering this “movement” usually cycle through the following phrases: “new feminism,” “conservative feminism,” “Sarah Palin’s conservative feminism,” or “right-wing feminism.”
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