Mini Episode: The Wave Debate

Gender Troubles

In this mini episode, Emma discusses the controversial topic of feminism’s “waves”. Are these a helpful framing tool, or a reductive method of remembering history?
Reading List:
Laughlin, Kathleen A., et al. “Is It Time to Jump Ship? Historians Rethink the Waves Metaphor.” Feminist Formations, vol. 22, no. 1, 2010, pp. 76–135. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40835345. Accessed 14 July 2021.
Crenshaw, Kimberle. “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color.” Stanford Law Review, vol. 43, no. 6, 1991, pp. 1241–1299. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/1229039. Accessed 14 July 2021.
Spade, Dean, and Craig Willse. “Sex, Gender, and War in an Age of Multicultural Imperialism.” QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking, vol. 1, no. 1, 2014, pp. 5–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.14321/qed.1.1.0005. Accessed 14 July 2021.
DRISKILL, QWO-LI. “Stolen From Our Bodies: First Nations Two-Spirits/Queers and the Journey to a Sovereign Erotic.” Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 16, no. 2, 2004, pp. 50–64. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/20739500. Accessed 14 July 2021.
Lorde, Audre. “‘THE MASTER’S TOOLS WILL NEVER DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE.’” Feminist Postcolonial Theory: A Reader, edited by Reina Lewis and Sara Mills, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 2003, pp. 25–28. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.3366/j.ctvxcr9q0.5. Accessed 14 July 2021.
Hooks, Bell. “Feminism and Militarism: A Comment.” Women’s Studies Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 3/4, 1995, pp. 58–64. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40003500. Accessed 14 July 2021.