Yeah, the problem with "third wave" for me is that its implicit premise is "the second wave is just so grumpy and cranky and racist" (even though the "third wave" seems, to me, to be predominantly white middle-class girls who want to pretend that lipstick is empowering*).
And the third wavers often make totally ignorant comments about the second wavers.
And reclaiming "bitch"? PLEASE. That kind of thing makes me roll my eyes so hard.
*I don't see anything wrong or inherently patriarchal about lipstick, mind you, it's just not empowering either! It reminds me of that Onion article: "Woman Now Empowered By Everything Woman Does."
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Date: 2009-04-04 05:19 pm (UTC)And the third wavers often make totally ignorant comments about the second wavers.
And reclaiming "bitch"? PLEASE. That kind of thing makes me roll my eyes so hard.
*I don't see anything wrong or inherently patriarchal about lipstick, mind you, it's just not empowering either! It reminds me of that Onion article: "Woman Now Empowered By Everything Woman Does."