Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653082.003.0001
R. F. Seidman
The seven women in this section were born between 1966 and 1976, at the height of the burgeoning feminist movement. They discuss not only the impact of feminism on their own lives, but on their mothers as well. Some reflect on whether or not the world is a better place for their daughters than when they were growing up. Coming of age in the 1980s and 90s, these interviewees reached maturity during the rise of Reagan Republicanism and what Susan Faludi termed the “backlash” against feminism. None of these women set out at the beginning of their careers to be professional feminists; it never crossed their minds as a possibility. About half of the women in this chapter have been involved in one way or another with the intersecting worlds of journalism, academia, social media, and business, and half—all of them women of color—have worked in direct-service and non-profit organizations. With long careers and experience in a variety of contexts, these women help us understand how feminism has changed over the past twenty years, where the movement is headed, and some of the reasons why even those who undertake its work do not always embrace it wholeheartedly.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653082.003.0002
R. F. Seidman
The women presented here were all between the ages of thirty and thirty-nine at the time of the interview and come from a wide variety of racial, ethnic and economic backgrounds. Taken together these life narratives reveal a changing landscape of feminist activism. Far more of these activists were trained in women’s studies programs, which, by the late 1990s and early 2000s had become more prevalent in educational settings. Several discuss the complexities of reproductive justice frameworks that are starting to supplant a focus on reproductive rights. Street harassment is a major topic of activism. They reflect on the impact of 9/11 and the economic crash of 2008 on their lives, on the impact of social media on older feminist organizations, and on the fractiousness of the online feminist community. Several of these women live in the Twin Cities of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and their interlocking stories reveal both the connections and the fractures within that vibrant feminist community. As this generation of activists seeks to make change, one theme that emerges in several of their stories is their sense that we need to change hearts and minds, and behaviors, not just laws.This conviction was forged at least in part through the horrors of police violence unfolding during the time of these interviews, and the Black Lives Matter movement that was taking shape in response.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653082.003.0003
R. F. Seidman
The six women and one trans man in this chapter were between the ages of 20 and 30 years old. Like the other activists in this book, they search for ways to balance their passion and commitment to making a difference in the world with the need to earn a living, maintain their health, and craft lives that include time for friends and families. Several have been activists since they were teenagers. They discuss how the events of September 11, 2001 and the Great Recession of 2008 shaped their lives and their ideas about activism. They reveal how “intersectionality” inherently defines the way most of them think about feminism and see interconnections between issues --- whether reproductive justice, sexual assault, police brutality, Black Lives Matter, transgender experiences, housing and economic development. Several discuss the role of philanthropy in the feminist movement. These young activists’ ingenuity and their ability to tap into local and international networks, and to bring theory to practice, reflects a wealth of experience and knowledge that promises feminism remains a vital, evolving, and exciting movement.
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Pub Date : 2019-09-23DOI: 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469653082.003.0004
R. F. Seidman
Seidman reflects on what has changed since 2012, when Who Needs Feminism launched, and argues that the year can be seen as a turning point in feminist activism, particularly around the use of the internet and social media. She discusses the changing political context since she finished interviewing in the summer of 2016, with the election of Donald Trump. She argues that the interviews help explain the success of the Women’s March on Washington and of the #MeToo movement, by highlighting the long years of organizing and the connections that had been made across organizations and causes, in part inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement. The oral history interviews collected here allow us to look back on a particular moment in time and to reflect on how individual women’s personal decisions and political actions intertwine with the contexts in which they happen—familial, social, political, global. They show how individuals contribute to shaping the world around them. They also help us see in detail how a movement grows; it does not simply emerge whole cloth from a particular event but builds on the connections, successes, and challenges of those who were active before.
塞德曼回顾了自2012年“谁需要女权主义”发起以来发生的变化，并认为这一年可以被视为女权主义活动的转折点，尤其是在互联网和社交媒体的使用方面。她讨论了自2016年夏天唐纳德·特朗普当选以来不断变化的政治环境。她认为，这些采访有助于解释华盛顿女性大游行(Women’s March on Washington)和“我也是”(#MeToo)运动的成功，因为它们突出了多年的组织工作，以及各组织和事业之间的联系，这些联系在一定程度上受到了“黑人的命也是命”(Black Lives Matter)运动的启发。这里收集的口述历史访谈让我们能够回顾一个特定的时刻，并反思个体女性的个人决定和政治行动是如何与她们所处的环境——家庭、社会、政治和全球——交织在一起的。它们展示了个人如何为塑造周围的世界做出贡献。它们还帮助我们详细了解一场运动是如何发展的;它不是简单地从一个特定的事件中出现，而是建立在之前活跃的人的联系，成功和挑战之上。
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