Feminist therapy

Feminism is a political label for a women’s movement in late 1960 (Belsey and Moore). One of a feminist literary work is “Girl” by Jamaica Kincaid. The story tells about the mother tells her daughter how a good girl should behave. Here we will focuses on some aspect of the story that are seen from feminism literary. The feminism aspect are shown from…

IN her well known essay “When we dead awaken : wring as re-vision”Adrienne Rich advocated the idea that it is necessary to revisit known stories from a new critical point of view inoreder to gain a new understanding of gender and Patriarchy. In her essay she defines revisioning as “the act of looking back with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction, is for us [ women] more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we understand the assumptions…

Queer theory has been largely developed by three women: Judith Butler, Gayle Rubin and Eve Sedgwick. Each author argues different viewpoints about a person’s gender, identity and sexuality. Their arguments explore the social and political frameworks through which society interprets sexuality and gender. Since the three arguments regard sexuality in society and politics, could their arguments be compatible with the Althusserian Marxist concepts, especially Marxist definition of ideology? Each of…

The idea of what an “ideal” woman should represent oneself in our society have always been criticised if societal expectations is not met. However, one flawed can be made ideal, imperfect can be made perfect, unacceptable can be made acceptable and it’s only achievable through stepping out one’s comfort zone to be who you are not with dedications and hard works. As our world progresses so rapidly, we are so keen to establish in a new change and expectations are never the same. In relation with…

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of feminism is “the theory of the political, economic, and social equality of the sexes.” While this definition should be the goal for humankind, feminism also encompasses many other problems with society that cannot be explained through one simple definition. One of these problems happens to be the stereotypes associated with women. For example, in the American 1950’s, an almost normal way of treating women was simply by brushing them…

coined by modern society to distinguish the belief that the civil rights of men, are being infringed upon. The idea of feminism, the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes, is often challenged by this way of thinking. In several cases, feminists received severe backlash from supporters of a meninist cause. This debate between sexes, distinguishes while simultaneously unites the message being conveyed. A major difference in these two platforms is the means in which they were…

1 Women’s movements are movements that want to see differences in women. The feminist movement is a movement that aspires opportunities for middle class women. Basically, understanding women’s gender, race, class cultural, religion and sexuality as well as wealth and power. Women’s movements include the feminist movement, women’s liberation movement, women’s rights movements, Black feminist movement, socialist feminist movement and feminine movement. This social phenomenon included the concepts…

is a feminist term popular during the second wave of feminism used to explain that personal problems come from political and social sources. In her essay “Nothing Distant About It,” Echols writes, “[The SDSers] reconceptualized apparently personal problems…as political problems” (Echols, 40). Rather than believing that challenges in their lives, such as exclusion from college campuses, lack of career opportunities, and domestic expectations were exclusively personal problems, these feminists…

The Gurlesque is a term coined by Arielle Greenberg who, together with Lara Glenum, brought together what they acknowledged as Gurlesque poems in their recent anthology where they propose the rise of a new tendency in contemporary avant-garde poetry by women. They define the Gurlesque as “an emerging field of female artists now in their 20s, 30s and early 40s who, taking a page form the burlesque, perform their femininity in a campy or overtly mocking way. Their work assaults the norms of…

(popular) culture is dull entertainment to be enjoyed by uneducated and uncritical “low-brow” hoards. For the past three decades pop music has been a part of a large cultural resistance to feminism, as there are certain songs that are in sync with feminist goals and objectives. As Jones suggests, “some talented artists, such as Beyoncé, break through this onslaught of problematic tunes by producing songs that are as aesthetically appealing as they are full of meaningful context” (1). However,…