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So you want to learn about postmodern feminism, well here are 5 must-read books.
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#1 Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Lady Porn by Elana Levine
Postmodern feminism is the idea that feminism's goals of equality have all been achieved. In Cupcakes, Pinterest, and Lady Porn: Feminized Popular Culture in the Early Twenty-First Century, a brilliant collection of authors take this misguided idea to task.
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Contributors: Renee M. Powers from Feminist Book Club Box
#2 A Dirty Word by Steph Auteri
[This book] throws female sexuality and sexual expectations on its head. A truly empowering read for any female who ever felt that she wasn't enough or broken.
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Contributors: Allyson Fields from Cleis Press
#3 Guerrilla Girls’ Bedside Companion to the History of Western Art
The Guerrilla Girls have been battling bias against women in art since 1985. This book is an eye opener, showcasing works of art in the book then giving the backstory and how women fit or as was usually the case, didn't fit into the work! Guerrilla Girls don't want to say anything bad about geniuses of the Italian Renaissance like Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, or Caravaggio, but let's face it, it's guys like them who made things tough for women artists.
Starting with them, art history is written as the story of one heroic white male artist following another. Being a female artist myself, I found the book quite revealing and closed the book with a better understanding of why there are so many challenges being a female artist! The book is full of great illustration and to an artist fun to read!
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Contributors: Allison Constantino from A.M. Productions, Inc
#4 Prime-Time Feminism by Bonnie Dow
Bonnie J Dow explores themes in postmodern feminism on the backdrop of the most widespread medium in the late 20th and 21st century: television. Through an in-depth analysis of revolutionary shows like The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Murphy Brown and Designing Women, Dow frames society's relationship to post-feminist ideals and the movement itself. Television and media being the huge platform that it is, this books gives you the tools to frame modern day production and the feminist narrative.
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Contributors: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
#5 Postfeminism(s) and the Arrival of the Fourth Wave by Nicola Rivers
The quintessential handbook for understanding where feminism has been, and where it stands today. Nicola River's presents the current state of feminism within pop culture, discussing how it differs and is influenced by it's predecessors, highlighting different interpretations of post-feminism and it's relevance. This book will serve as a snapshot for feminism for our generation.
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Contributors: Caleb Backe from Maple Holistics
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