fourth wave
2010s feminist movement
Fourth wave refers to a stage in a recurring historical pattern, most commonly the fourth wave of feminism—the movement emerging in the 2010s characterized by social media activism, intersectionality, and focus on sexual harassment and assault.
The term appears in other contexts too: fourth wave coffee culture emphasizes direct trade and scientific brewing methods, while fourth wave ska or punk marks genre revivals.
The numbering implies both continuity with earlier movements and distinctive new characteristics.
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- movementChange in position
- activismDirect effort for reform
- digitalOf discrete data
- onlineNetwork-connected state
social media · intersectionality · MeToo · call out culture · hashtag · solidarity · gender · gender equality · equality · glass ceiling · pay gap · reproductive rights · empowerment · voices · viral · backlash · progress · generation
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, gender equality, women's rights, feminist novels
- Gender Historyfeminism, suffragettes, women's suffrage, patriarchy, women's liberation
- Russian Emigresemigres, defector, defectors, White Russians, political exiles
- Feminist Theorypatriarchy, male gaze, intersectionality, female gaze, women writers
fourth waveanti-feminism
Opposition to gender equality
patriarchy · misogyny · male supremacy · first-wave feminism · traditionalism
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