Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny 9781478002772

Drawing on numerous examples from popular culture, Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the relationship between popular feminism

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Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny
9781478002772

In Empowered Sarah Banet-Weiser examines the deeply entwined relationship between popular feminism and popular misogyny

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