Fourth Wave Woman

On occasion, I stumble upon an article or blog post that sums up my views entirely. Today, I found an example.
Trudy W. Schuett at Dean’s World writes about the real gender war:
While the genuine issues of equality have been dealt with long ago, the ultimate aim of feminism – to liberate women from the perceived [...]

In a recent interview on the O’Reilly Factor, Laura Ingraham (subbing for Bill O’Reilly), interviewed Sally Quinn and KellyAnne Conway about the media’s obsession with Sarah Palin.
While the interview is another example of ad hominem discussions about Palin, Quinn’s quotes are very telling. Her attitude exemplifies the hypocritical standard of the modern feminist movement: you [...]

An interesting post on Alternet calls out a hypocrisy on the left that I’ve often noted: it’s ok to slander conservative women.
From the Playboy article this summer to the recent comments made by Alan Grayson, to the left it’s ok to use profanity when righ-of-center females are in question. Between all of the feminist blogs, [...]

Two well-meaning undergraduates at James Madison University–Meredith Burns and Elizabeth Hogan– wrote an op-ed in their school paper, The Breeze, explaining “What a Feminist Looks Like.” It wouldn’t be interesting except that this short essay is a litany of previous feminist writers. It’s not plagiarism, but it doesn’t contain an original idea. In fact, the [...]

The domestic arts have long been attacked by feminists. Even Mary Wolstonecraft attacked it in her 1792 A Vindication on the Rights of Women. I realize that I’m hardly one for understanding the rationale behind feminism, but I just don’t see why sewing and domestic arts are so bad.
I grew up with a domestic diva. [...]

Today I stumbled upon this blog about being a Christian woman and a feminist. This just goes to show how little people know about feminism or even what we should call ourselves. Elizabeth Ester looks like a very nice person, and is the exact reason why I’m starting this blog. Far too many women throw [...]