Feminist Activism

Patriarchy: The overarching system of power in which men hold greater social, economic, and political power than women.

Intersectionality: A framework that recognizes the interconnections between different forms of oppression, including gender, race, class, sexual orientation, and ability.

Feminist Theory: A set of ideas and beliefs that seek to challenge and change patriarchal power structures.

Sexism: Prejudice or discrimination based on gender, often manifested in stereotypes and biases.

Gender Violence: Any act or behavior that causes physical, sexual, or psychological harm to individuals on the basis of their gender.

Sexual Harassment: Unwanted verbal, physical, or visual behavior of a sexual nature that creates an environment of intimidation, hostility, or offense.

Reproductive Justice: The right of every person to decide whether, when, and how to have and raise children, free from coercion and discrimination.

Body Politics: The ways in which social norms and cultural expectations shape our experiences and understandings of gendered bodies.

Feminist Activism: The practice of advocating for gender equality and working towards change.

Women's History: The study of the role and contributions of women throughout history.

Gender Identity: The internal and subjective sense of oneself as male, female, both, or neither.

Masculinity Studies: The examination of how societal expectations of masculinity shape social, economic, and political power dynamics.

Feminist Art: Art that addresses and challenges gender and power inequality.

LGBTQ+ Rights: The movement towards equal rights and protections for individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, or other sexual and gender minorities.

Ecofeminism: A feminist approach that emphasizes the interconnection between environmentalism and gendered power structures.

Women's Health: The study of health issues that predominantly affect women, including reproductive health, breast and cervical cancer, maternal health, and violence against women.

Feminist Economics: A field that applies feminist perspectives to economic theory and policy, with an emphasis on addressing economic disparities between men and women.

Media Representation: The study of how different forms of media represent gender, and the impact of these representations on individuals and society.

Queer Theory: A field that explores the relationship between gender and sexuality, and challenges traditional or normative assumptions about sexual and gender identities.

Global Feminism: The recognition of feminist issues and activism as a global concern, and the acknowledgement of the different challenges faced by women in different parts of the world.

Liberal Feminism: Emphasizes equality between the sexes in the public sphere, focuses on legal and political reform, and fights for equal opportunities, reproductive rights, and the elimination of gender discrimination in the workforce.

Radical Feminism: Rethinks the role of patriarchy in social life and seeks to challenge and transform the entire socio-political structure of society. Focuses on the liberation of women from patriarchal oppression through the abolishment of traditional gender roles and subordination.

Marxist/Socialist Feminism: Views the oppression of women as an outcome of economic systems and seeks to transform capitalist class structures that oppress women.

Black Feminism: Focuses on race-based and gender-based oppression in the experiences and struggles of feminist activism by women of color.

Eco-feminism: Seeks to bring ecology, environmentalism, and feminism in mutual relation as advocates for social justice, denouncing the negative effects of capitalism while implementing feminist ideals.

Postmodernist Feminism: Deconstructs dominant traditional gender roles and gendered vocabularies by using ideas of social constructionism, language theory, and post-structuralism to emphasize the power dynamics that shape gender, identity, and representation.

Queer and LGBT+ Feminism: Focuses on challenges and the fight against gender and sexually non-conforming oppression by advocating openness, curbing discrimination and violence against non-binary individuals or A/Geres, and promoting the acceptance of the wide spectrum of gender and sexual identities.

Intellectual Feminism: Promotes learning and education, by virtue of which it feels that women’s intellectual contributions from the past have been under-represented and undervalued in established academic discourse.