Catherine Redfern and Kristin Aune want something from you. Their demand isn’t as impossible to achieve as you may have been led to think. In fact, they go to great lengths to show you how other women are already doing it and how you can, too! So, what do they want?
In their book Reclaiming the F Word: The New Feminist Movement, Redfern and Aune demonstrate the vitality and relevance of contemporary feminism, rescuing the term from negative and unsubstantiated stigmas. What they deliver to their readers is a revitalized pride in the identity of Feminists–women and men who work toward challenging and dismantling patriarchal systems and attitudes–and an urgent desire to act out. The book identifies the sexual/social narratives that rule women’s and men’s sexual/social behaviors. While many of us merely react to these narratives, Redfern and Aune point out that “feminists want to avoid limitations on what’s considered appropriate behavior for each gender” (50). Feminism, Redfern and Aune point out, isn’t merely “still alive”– it’s an essential movement in human rights. Read the rest of this entry »
