Talk:Postfeminism

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Hcsamuel, Taylorboswell01, Ansilvern. Peer reviewers: Bmwoodwo.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 02:35, 18 January 2022 (UTC)

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Allison.Quayle, Kikischiciano.

Above undated message substituted from Template:Dashboard.wikiedu.org assignment by PrimeBOT (talk) 07:02, 17 January 2022 (UTC)

what fourth wave?
The lede mentions a fourth wave of feminism, but I don't see one. Some people seem to have added the term as a moniker for what they're doing but I don't see a separate feminist ideology, strategy, or group identity as I do for the other three, largely generational. If we start naming new waves every couple of years or so the concept of wave will quickly become meaningless. There's too little to call it postfeminist. The term is redlinked, meaning there's no article for it. Unless someone is planning to write a Wikipedia article on it, I think I should remove that sentence from the lede, since the rest of the sentence doesn't seem to have any solid basis either. Thoughts? Thanks. Nick Levinson (talk) 03:58, 4 August 2010 (UTC)


 * The editing proposed is done. Thank you. Nick Levinson (talk) 07:34, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

the first sentence is POV
Post-feminism is a reaction against some of the contradictions and absences of second-wave feminism.

This sentence asserts that second-wave feminism has contradictions and absences, as opposed to the rest of the article which is scrupulous about attributing all claims about feminism to their authors rather than putting them in WP's voice. I'm going to replace "some of the" with "some perceived". -- 98.108.222.235 (talk) 20:36, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

Definition versus Examples
One thing I have noticed with this page is that under the subsection "The History of the Term," there are some contradictions. Some of the content is considered to be an evaluations of the postfeminist phenomenon (McRobbie, Gill, Faludi) versus other individuals who embody postfeminist ideology as examples of postfeminism." So I added the subheadings "Characteristics of postfeminism" as well as "examples of postfeminist work." I wasn't able to find who wrote the majority of this section to discuss motivations behind adding both together. ProfessorStanley (talk) 18:39, 29 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Another thing to consider would be the consistent use of the term post-feminism versus postfeminism throughout the article. I changed it to be postfeminist since the majority of referenced scholars use the term postfeminist instead of the hyphenated version.ProfessorStanley (talk) 19:01, 29 May 2015 (UTC)

Article Critique
This article looked overall well written to me. All of the citation links that I clicked on worked, taking me to the corresponding source or website. All of the information on the page seemed relevant to the topic at hand, and I did not find any distracting or out of place information. Errandal (talk) 02:36, 11 October 2016 (UTC)

The first paragraph reads like plagiarised from another source., The Hooks / Spivak cite is a subtle hint The only real cite link for that points to a definition of feminism. I think we possible issues with WP:POV, WP:Plagiarism, and WP:NOR. .Masakatsu (talk) 19:14, 1 February 2017 (UTC)

New Section: Post Feminism in Pop Culture
I plan on adding examples of post feminism in pop culture as opposed to just having examples from feminist theory. One specific example I plan on adding is a section on Sex in The City. Hcsamuel (talk) 21:57, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

I would also like to expand on post feminism in the media, perhaps making it its own setion. I found quite a bit of work claiming that media is the cause of postfeminism, specifically television. Also, there are many books, particularly in the science fiction genre, that claim to be postfeminist. Ansilvern (talk) 18:47, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

More Information in Characteristics
I'm planning on adding more information to the Characteristics section about the theory and ideology of postfeminism. Taylorboswell01 (talk) 05:31, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

I will add some criticisms of post feminism either in the History or Characteristics portion of the page. Ansilvern (talk) 01:08, 9 February 2018 (UTC)

Trans considerations
Need sources/explanations about how trans issues are complicating postfeminism, which relies on cis definitions of gender Jennmorris1 (talk) 05:57, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Requesting some help
Hi,

Recently initiated a new Draft:Sexual politics and looking for proactive help in updating and expanding the article. Please do see if contributing to Draft:Sexual politics would interest you.

Thanks and regards

Bookku (talk) 02:09, 10 July 2020 (UTC)

New section ideas
The section "Examples of postfeminist work" is confusing for the reader because it introduces the idea of postfeminist literature. This information would fit better into another section titled "Postfeminist literature" or "Postfeminism in pop culture." Not only this, the postfeminist society includes those who do not identify as women but identify with the postfeminist movement. Perhaps another section on postfeminism in LGBTQ+ community, or even a reference to postfeminism outside of women, would be ideal. I have also referenced my plans on my talk page as well. CatherineGCC (talk) 22:31, 7 September 2022 (UTC)

As an update, I have added possible sources to my user page. My plans include expanding the Characteristics section, emphasizing LGBTQIA+ identities in the postfeminist spectrum and other sections on postfeminism in other countries. CatherineGCC (talk) 02:36, 1 October 2022 (UTC)