Not exact matches
While second -
wave feminism got so many things so very right, and made possible a great many of the career and life choices my generation of women enjoys today, many in that group of feminist thinkers got one thing fundamentally wrong, and that is this: even for those of us who are also productively employed outside the home — whether by choice, necessity or both — our most valued, fulfilling role is the one we
take on as mothers to our children.
Anyone under 50 may
take the victories of the second
wave of
feminism for granted.
Like many women artists whose careers
took off in the 1960s, before second
wave feminism had fully
taken hold, to a certain extent she suffered from a rather cruel type of double invisibility, overlooked in relation to her male peers — particularly those associated with Pop art — but also not slotting in easily to the politicised feminist networks of the 1970s.
This young generation of artists investigates the «fourth
wave of
feminism» by producing works that focus on the representation of the female body and identity within the virtual and the everyday;
taking charge of their own portrayal and challenging the discourse around ownership the male gaze is averted.
I don't think that the work of Louise Lawler — probably the artist I feel closest to, in relation to my subsequent work — can be understood without
taking account of second -
wave feminism.
«We are looking at a young generation of artists who are exploring
feminism from a kind of third -
wave perspective, and who are part of that generation that
takes feminism for granted,» says Reilly.