Shut me Up

Silly me.

I completely forgot.

My name is Lucy, I'm turning legal in 25 days or so, I could go for another root beer (4 for $1 at Shop Rite, you know), and I'm cute. And I'm writing a book on third-wave feminism; that's really why you should be reading this.

"I'm an 18 year old Jersey chick writing about third-wave feminism; for the past few months I've been interviewing feminists, lame anti-feminists, filmmakers, musicians, magazine editors, anyone I could find with an opinion. My writing project with put emphasis on the third-wave (with background history on the prior two waves), the kids that grew up in it, what the wave got wrong/right, who was overlooked/gained more credit than necessary, where feminism can go from here. I'll also try to touch on misconceptions of feminists, both from inside and outside the scene.

In addition, I wanted to talk about porn and what that's done to the feminist agenda" That came from an e-mail I sent to a writer last month, and that explains it all. My angelfire page (my first page, and it looks like it, so be nice) does a more thorough job of explaining myself. Fuck it, there's a good chance you might not check out my link; so...

"The book will break down as follows:

the history and analysis of feminism
personal views pertaining to feminism, from grrrls and bois at an "insider's" perspective, and those of girls and boys from an outside view
objections and praise of third-wavers
important literature, music, and citizens of the feminism world
an answer to the question "is feminism dead?" with suggestions for revitalization
a look at the problems no one bothered to answer yet
This book will be 40% bearing of my own soul and thoughts on particular issues, 50% history, and critiques from pro-and-anti feminists, and 10% history lesson and suggestions for surviving in a "post feminist" world.

Because this book is based so much on other girls and boys, men and women, interviews and contributions are appreciated at this point." Contributions = interviews, and personal essays from friendly people with very little else to do.

I promise I'll get more original later. This was my background and reasoning though, for whining about feminism as I plan to. Maybe I'll start putting up essays I'm basing the book around.

© 2007 Lucia Doyle