Posts Tagged Generational Analysis

By Courtney • 15 years ago

A Historical Perspective on the Question: Am I a Feminist?

Check out this interesting guest post by artist and yogini Maya Breuer on her own history as it relates to feminism through the generations, a topic we will continue to explore leading up to the conference this fall at the Omega Institute. We will be publishing a series of guest posts as a fun way of initiating some of the speakers–who are generally new to blogging–into our exciting online community. Please make them feel welcome.
Back in the 60’s I did not fit the typical description of a feminist. When Gloria Steinem, Bella Abzug and Betty Friedan founded the Women’s Political Caucus, I was enmeshed in the politics of economic inequality. I attended the ’72 Democratic National Convention, ...

Check out this interesting guest post by artist and yogini Maya Breuer on her own history as it relates to feminism through the generations, a topic we will continue to explore leading up to the ...
By Courtney • 15 years ago

Notes from an Intergenerational Conversation

Some of the take-aways from last night’s intergenerational discussion on feminism, work, and the economy at 92Y Tribeca:

There is an opportunity, this economic downturn, for all sorts of gender shake-up. When we’re forced to recognize that old styles of leadership and assumptions about gender roles are no longer valid, we can get even the most reluctant folks to try a more enlightened, equal approach. The media coverage of this phenomenon has been totally unsatisfying (dads who cook! women who work! what a revelation!), but in truth, there is something interesting going on. American workplaces won’t change–in policy or culture–until men take this on as their own issue just as women have for years. If they can’t do it under ...

Some of the take-aways from last night’s intergenerational discussion on feminism, work, and the economy at 92Y Tribeca:

There is an opportunity, this economic downturn, for all sorts of gender shake-up. When we’re forced to recognize that ...
By Vanessa • 15 years ago

Women & Power: Connecting Across the Generations


The Omega Women’s Institute is holding an intergenerational women’s conference for some thought-provoking panels and inspirational dialogue this coming fall, and we are incredibly stoked about it. So stoked, in fact, that we’re teaming up with them to help spark some discussion in the blogosphere pre-conference as well as liveblog the actual conference for Feministing readers (and feminists worldwide!) to enjoy.
The unique thing about Women and Power: Connecting Across the Generations is that it will be coming out of the Omega Institute, which is one of the longest running centers on spiritual growth in this country. It was co-founded by feminist Elizabeth Lesser in 1977 and, as such, it has continuously been at the forefront of ...

The Omega Women’s Institute is holding an intergenerational women’s conference for some thought-provoking panels and inspirational dialogue this coming fall, and we are incredibly stoked about it. So stoked, in fact, that we’re teaming up ...
By Ann • 15 years ago

Sexism and the generational divide

Ta-Nehisi highlights the following comment from his blog:

When it comes to Palin, there’s an intersection of sexism and age that the Republicans don’t understand (which is why they keep crying sexism and wonder why it’s not working).
For many Boomer women, the primary sexist experience of their lives is: “Those men gave the job to that guy instead of me, even though I am more qualified and/or have more seniority.”
For many Gen X women like myself (and Palin is Gen X) the primary sexist experience is: “Those men gave the job to that clueless chick instead of me, because the boss thinks she’s hot and/or will be a yes-man with no ideas of her own.”
If, for some ...

Ta-Nehisi highlights the following comment from his blog:

When it comes to Palin, there’s an intersection of sexism and age that the Republicans don’t understand (which is why they keep crying sexism and wonder why it’s not ...
By Courtney • 15 years ago

Don’t Go Ask Alice

I am so deeply saddened by Rebecca Walker’s recent expose on her childhood as Alice Walker’s allegedly neglected daughter and the ways in which it scarred her. The two have been publicly nipping at one another for years, but this seems like the nail in the coffin of their doomed relationship.
I’m sad, first and foremost, for Rebecca–a third wave icon and clearly reflective and evolving leader of the movement. Whether everything she alleges (that her mother never went to her school functions, didn’t spend time with her or money on her necessities etc.) is true or not, it is the emotional truth of what she experienced.
But I’m sad, on a larger scale, that she would ...

I am so deeply saddened by Rebecca Walker’s recent expose on her childhood as Alice Walker’s allegedly neglected daughter and the ways in which it scarred her. The two have been publicly nipping at ...
By Ann • 16 years ago

Goodbye, indeed.

Some readers have asked us to devote a post to Robin Morgan’s recent essay on Hillary Clinton. I think we’ve actually addressed in previous posts a lot of the issues Morgan raises. But there’s one section in particular I wanted to respond to:

Goodbye to a misrepresented generational divide . . .
Goodbye to the so-called spontaneous “Obama Girl� flaunting her bikini-clad ass online—then confessing Oh yeah it wasn’t her idea after all, some guys got her to do it and dictated the clothes, which she said “made me feel like a dork.�
Goodbye to some young women eager to win male approval by showing they’re not feminists (at least not the kind who actually threaten the status quo), who ...

Some readers have asked us to devote a post to Robin Morgan’s recent essay on Hillary Clinton. I think we’ve actually addressed in previous posts a lot of the issues Morgan raises. But there’s one section ...
By Courtney • 16 years ago

Generation Misunderstood As Usual

We’ve been called apathetic. We’ve been called selfish. We’ve been called cheaters. We’ve been called petty. We’ve been called appearance obsessed. We’ve been called Generation Y, Millenials, Echo Boomers, the Look at Me Generation, and now, well, it’s all been boiled down to simply Generation Me.
I’m, frankly, a little sick of the whole thing. The New York Times just ran a story about a new study that puts into question the previous wisdom on our generation–namely that MySpace, Oprah, and Free To Be You and Me has made us all narcissistic. The article explains:

Kali H. Trzesniewski, an assistant professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario…along with colleagues at the University of California, Davis, and Michigan State ...

We’ve been called apathetic. We’ve been called selfish. We’ve been called cheaters. We’ve been called petty. We’ve been called appearance obsessed. We’ve been called Generation Y, Millenials, Echo Boomers, the Look at Me Generation, and now, well, ...

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