For many, a broader acceptance of feminism as an identity, concept, and practice is exhilarating yet, for those who find feminism to be a threat, this acceptance also stimulates fear, trepidation, aggression, and violence. In this talk, Professor Banet-Weiser will discuss the ways in which contemporary popular feminism re-imagines and re-directs what “empowerment” means for girls and women, and how it is restructuring feminist politics within neoliberal culture.
For every popular feminist practice or expression, there is always an accompanying hostile rejoinder or challenge, regardless of the mediated space in which it occurred - whether that was social media, or the legal realm, or corporate culture. But feminism is not the only popular phenomenon we need to contend with in the early 21st century. There are many different feminisms that currently circulate in popular culture across all media platforms, some connecting with synergy, others struggling for priority and visibility. It seems as if everywhere you turn, there is an expression of feminism-on a t-shirt, in a movie, in the lyrics of a pop song, in an inspirational Instagram post. In 2017, we are living in a moment in North America and Europe where feminism has become, somewhat incredibly, popular. Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics) – Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny
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