D.I.Y. Feminism
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Winner, Young Designers Award, Australian Publishers Association Design Awards (Jenny Grigg) 1996
'The myriad variations on feminist belief all revolve around equality of oportunity and freedom of choice: choice to be a full-time parent, a rocket scientist, a labourer or a florist, and the freedom to be respected for any of those choices.' Kaz Cooke
'Do your bit. Do your lot. Do your block.' Bilyana Vujcich
'I made my own way: by making jokes and smashing anything 'uncomfortable' that was lobbed at me straight back down the line.' Lisbeth Gore
'I can be whatever I want to be - female, male, dog, cat, slave, killer ot a bit of chocolate.' Adalita Srsen
'I was so determined not to be the good feminist child my mother wanted' Rebecca Cox
'I belong to a generation which needs to adapt feminism to the nineties but I have also seen a world without feminism and have no desire to return to it.' Fotini Epanomitis
For twenty-something women, feminism offers an outlook that is part of an overall do-it-yourself approach. Recently characterised in the media by an older generation of feminists as an often puritanical, narrow-minded generation, this collection shows that young women are in fact street-smart, engaged and in-yer-face. Here a diverse group of riot grrrls, femocrats, musicians, writers, artists and comedians interpret feminism broadly and confidently, with direct reference to their own experiences. Taking feminist social and political views in their stride, these nineties survival strategies use everything from a wicked sense of humour to a detailed knowledge of the legal system.
Author: Kathy Bail
Format: Paperback, 224 pages, 200mm x 220mm
Published: 1996, Allen & Unwin, Australia
Genre: History of Ideas & Popular Philosophy
Winner, Young Designers Award, Australian Publishers Association Design Awards (Jenny Grigg) 1996
'The myriad variations on feminist belief all revolve around equality of oportunity and freedom of choice: choice to be a full-time parent, a rocket scientist, a labourer or a florist, and the freedom to be respected for any of those choices.' Kaz Cooke
'Do your bit. Do your lot. Do your block.' Bilyana Vujcich
'I made my own way: by making jokes and smashing anything 'uncomfortable' that was lobbed at me straight back down the line.' Lisbeth Gore
'I can be whatever I want to be - female, male, dog, cat, slave, killer ot a bit of chocolate.' Adalita Srsen
'I was so determined not to be the good feminist child my mother wanted' Rebecca Cox
'I belong to a generation which needs to adapt feminism to the nineties but I have also seen a world without feminism and have no desire to return to it.' Fotini Epanomitis
For twenty-something women, feminism offers an outlook that is part of an overall do-it-yourself approach. Recently characterised in the media by an older generation of feminists as an often puritanical, narrow-minded generation, this collection shows that young women are in fact street-smart, engaged and in-yer-face. Here a diverse group of riot grrrls, femocrats, musicians, writers, artists and comedians interpret feminism broadly and confidently, with direct reference to their own experiences. Taking feminist social and political views in their stride, these nineties survival strategies use everything from a wicked sense of humour to a detailed knowledge of the legal system.