Riot Woman: Using Feminist Values to Destroy the Patriarchy - Softcover

Whitney, Eleanor C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1621063755 ISBN 13: 9781621063759

Publisher: Microcosm Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Growing up immersed in the feminist, DIY values of punk, Riot Grrrl, and zine culture of the 1990s and early 2000s gave Eleanor Whitney, like so many other young people who gravitate towards activism and musical subcultures, a sense of power, confidence, community, and social responsibility. As she grew into adulthood she struggled to stay true to those values, and with the gaps left by her punk rock education. This insightful, deeply personal history of early 2000s subcultures lovingly explores the difficulty of applying radical feminist values to real life dilemmas, and embrace an evolving political and personal consciousness. Whitney traces the sometimes painful clash between her feminist values and everyday, adult realities  and anyone who has worked to integrate their political ideals into their daily life will resonate with the histories and analysis on these pages, such as engaging in antidomestic violence advocacy while feeling trapped in an unhealthy relationship, envisioning a unified girl utopia while lacking racial consciousness, or espousing body positivity while feeling ambivalent towards one own body.

Edition details

• Publisher: Microcosm Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1621063755
• ISBN 13: 9781621063759
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192