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As a movement for social, political, and economic equality between men and women, feminism is inherently activist in nature. It stands to reason, then, that to most, the word “activist” conjures up many of the same stereotypes associated with “feminist”: shrill, radical, and outside the bounds of what is acceptable.
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Brandt, J., Kizer, S. (2015). From Street to Tweet. In: Trier-Bieniek, A. (eds) Feminist Theory and Pop Culture. Teaching Gender. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-061-1_9
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