tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197181901399970306.post654254810647820725..comments2021-04-10T21:42:10.574-07:00Comments on CTCS 587: TV Theory Spring 2016: The Real Carrie Bradshaw's "Humanist" Worldview - Core Post 4Tara McPhersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09874394027026185133noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197181901399970306.post-54561994866015591622016-03-08T22:58:19.195-08:002016-03-08T22:58:19.195-08:00I've actually been thinking a lot about the in...I've actually been thinking a lot about the inclination to ask women celebs if they're feminists - which was totally the thing to do between 2012 & 2014 - but I haven't heard many celebs reject feminism lately, which is interesting. What I gathered from this week's readings is that the tendency to publicly reject feminism is in part a result of the sort of individual empowerment that postfeminism encourages. <br /><br />I've often found that in women's issues related blogs and in my own writing on feminism in the past, there's this tendency to say "hey I'm a feminist but I think men are swell too!" which I absolutely think is a consequence of postfeminism. I myself have moved beyond that point, but because women are expected to be hyperaware of our image (and in particular, how our image and persona is perceived within a patriarchal society) sometimes it's difficult (at least in my own personal experience) to stay true to oneself while also trying to navigate a world where gender inequality is a fact of everyday life. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that in many ways, although it pains me every time I hear about it, I understand why famous women may feel that they need to distance themselves from feminism in order to sustain their image and careers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17232959696732120579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197181901399970306.post-73455943654717220362016-03-08T20:33:20.418-08:002016-03-08T20:33:20.418-08:00So there's this weird thing where female celeb...So there's this weird thing where female celebs are asked if they're feminists, because in our post-feminist world such a thing matters. But many who ask the question and many who answer it (http://www.bustle.com/articles/117519-9-female-celebrities-whove-bad-mouthed-feminism) aren't totally aware of the political difference between third-wave feminism and post-feminism the writers this week all acknowledged.<br /><br />Many women seem to be reductive (and Palin-esque) and weirdly think feminism is about "women over men," and others thing second-wave feminism is too deterministic about sexuality and gender in our current age. <br /><br />So these questions come up because of post-feminism, and many answer negatively because of post-feminism (hoping to be what they think is more accommodating to more people), but there is not enough understanding of the language of feminism (second or third wave), which leads to more badly understood answers).Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02815024073421148305noreply@blogger.com