Since the publication of Susan Faludi's book in 1991, the terms "backlash" and "postfeminism" have come to be widely used in many feminist analyses to critique?and then usually dismiss?representations of both women and feminism throughout media and popular culture. This paper revisits both of t...

"Rethinking Women's and Gender Studies re-examines the field's foundational assumptions by identifying and critically analyzing eighteen of its key terms. Each essay investigates a single term (e.g., feminism, interdisciplinarity, intersectionality) by asking how it has come to be und...

Discusses the article "Third Wave Agenda" by Leslie Heywood and Jennifer Drake. Leslie Heywood and Jennifer Drake make an important distinction between third-wave feminism and postfeminism.