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A rousing call for change in Koa Beckâs âWhite Feminismâ
By Nicole Graev Lipson Globe Correspondent,Updated January 4, 2021, 10:06 a.m.
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By some measures, the past decade could be considered a feminist golden age. Between #MeToo and the Womenâs March, bestsellers like âLean Inâ and â#GIRLBOSS,â and the proliferation of womenâs empowerment conferences, it could be tempting to believe, as the T-shirt slogan proclaims, that âThe future is female.â
But what
type of female do these books and slogans speak for? This question is at the heart of Koa Beckâs probing and galvanizing new book âWhite Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind.â A former editor at Jezebel, Vogue, and Marie-claire.com, Beck illuminates how prejudice and elitism suffuse mainstream feminist thinking. Feminism, she argues, has becom