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Feminist Generations and the Third Wave

Here's something I've been working on recently a quick and short introduction to third wave feminism from the perspective of a generational lens. It is intended for inclusion in the 3rd edition Women, Politics and Public Policy. If you were born between the mid-1960s and the 1980s you fall into a generational cohort named Generation -X or Gen-X. Those following Gen-X born between the mid-1980s and 2000, are referred to millennials. Both cohorts are characterized by childhoods dominated by the media, television, advertising and mass consumption, and as a result, are said to be particularly media savvy, at home in the world of popular culture and, with some variation between the cohorts, adept with digital technologies. Both cohorts are also seen to be at ease with change and complexity and with people different from themselves, and are more likely than their elders to take an inclusive view of what it takes for people to be truly considered “one of us” (Pew Research Centre...