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curricular interventions and the like. “Along with the perpetuation and
reinforcement of hierarchies between, and competition among, girls and
women, the challenge to traditional femininities encapsulated by the de
sire to emulate Britney and Beyoncé—to be the alpha, the ‘it-girl’, the most
popular girl – is not a challenge that most feminists would feel comfort
able supporting” (Read, 2011: p. 11). I cannot but agree with that. And, to
return to the title of this contribution: do we really want the topics of con
sumerism and celebrities to be hashtagged under “feminism for children”?
Literature
Ahmed, S. (2017) Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press Books
(Kindle edition).
Becker, S. et al. (2016) Post-feminism for Children: Feminism “Repackaged”
in the Bratz Films. Media, Culture & Society 38 (8), pp. 1218–1235.
Braidotti, R. (2005) A Critical Cartography of Feminist Post-
Postmodernism. Australian Feminist Studies 20 (47), pp. 169–180.
Faludi, S. (2006) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.
New York: Three Rivers Press.
Favilli, E., Cavallo, F. (2016) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. 100 Tales of
Extraordinary Women, Penguin. Slovenian translation: Zgodbe za lah-
ko noč za uporniške punce. Učila International, 2018.
Felski, R. (2000) Doing Time. Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture.
New York and London: New York University.
Ferguson, M. (1990) Images of Power and the Feminist Fallacy. Critical
Studies in Mass Communication (7), pp. 215–230.
Fraser, N. (2013) How feminism became capitalism‘s handmaiden – and how
to reclaim it, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/
feminism-capitalist-handmaiden-neoliberal (accessed 1 September 2018).
Freeman, H. (2013) Beyoncé: Being Photographed in Your Underwear
Doesn‘t Help Feminism, https://www.theguardian.com/commentis
free/2013/jan/15/beyonce-photographed-underwear-feminism (accessed 1
September 2018).
Freeman, H. (2016) From Shopping to Naked Selfies: How “Empowerment”
Lost its Meaning. Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/
world/2016/apr/19/from-shopping-to-naked-selfies-how-empowerment-
lost-its-meaning-feminism (accessed 10 January 2018).
Furness, H. (2018) Hilary Mantel: Women writers must stop falsely em
powering female characters in history. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
news/2017/05/31/hilary-mantel-women-writers-must-stop-falsely-empow
ering-female/ (accessed 15 August 2018).
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curricular interventions and the like. “Along with the perpetuation and
reinforcement of hierarchies between, and competition among, girls and
women, the challenge to traditional femininities encapsulated by the de
sire to emulate Britney and Beyoncé—to be the alpha, the ‘it-girl’, the most
popular girl – is not a challenge that most feminists would feel comfort
able supporting” (Read, 2011: p. 11). I cannot but agree with that. And, to
return to the title of this contribution: do we really want the topics of con
sumerism and celebrities to be hashtagged under “feminism for children”?
Literature
Ahmed, S. (2017) Living a Feminist Life. Duke University Press Books
(Kindle edition).
Becker, S. et al. (2016) Post-feminism for Children: Feminism “Repackaged”
in the Bratz Films. Media, Culture & Society 38 (8), pp. 1218–1235.
Braidotti, R. (2005) A Critical Cartography of Feminist Post-
Postmodernism. Australian Feminist Studies 20 (47), pp. 169–180.
Faludi, S. (2006) Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women.
New York: Three Rivers Press.
Favilli, E., Cavallo, F. (2016) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. 100 Tales of
Extraordinary Women, Penguin. Slovenian translation: Zgodbe za lah-
ko noč za uporniške punce. Učila International, 2018.
Felski, R. (2000) Doing Time. Feminist Theory and Postmodern Culture.
New York and London: New York University.
Ferguson, M. (1990) Images of Power and the Feminist Fallacy. Critical
Studies in Mass Communication (7), pp. 215–230.
Fraser, N. (2013) How feminism became capitalism‘s handmaiden – and how
to reclaim it, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/
feminism-capitalist-handmaiden-neoliberal (accessed 1 September 2018).
Freeman, H. (2013) Beyoncé: Being Photographed in Your Underwear
Doesn‘t Help Feminism, https://www.theguardian.com/commentis
free/2013/jan/15/beyonce-photographed-underwear-feminism (accessed 1
September 2018).
Freeman, H. (2016) From Shopping to Naked Selfies: How “Empowerment”
Lost its Meaning. Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/
world/2016/apr/19/from-shopping-to-naked-selfies-how-empowerment-
lost-its-meaning-feminism (accessed 10 January 2018).
Furness, H. (2018) Hilary Mantel: Women writers must stop falsely em
powering female characters in history. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/
news/2017/05/31/hilary-mantel-women-writers-must-stop-falsely-empow
ering-female/ (accessed 15 August 2018).
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