Do we need some new feminist icons?

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The inspiration for this comes the Daily Mail.

Let me just give you a minute to let that sink in.....

The Daily Mail, arbitor of all things anti feminist to many of us, has today published an article advocating the importance of feminism for young modern and supposedly liberated women. Hilary Hazard rails against the university beauty pageants and the apparent ambivalence towards feminism within much of wider western culture.

However, the author clearly questions the relevance of the older generation. So out with Germaine Greer and in with Cheryl Cole?*

So this got me thinking. Who would I have as a feminist icon or hero? What criteria would I set?

I am still thinking about this now. Whilst I can't offer a definitive analysis at this point in time, I still think this is a relevant question. I will be interested to here and respond to your answers.

Fifi

* There is too much I could say about Cheryl Cole so I leave it to the power of wikipedia to explain her ubiquity and relevance to current UK popular culture.

Posted by fifilord - August 10, 2009, at 02:22PM | in Generational Analysis

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August 10, 2009 2:59 PM

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Spiffy McBang said:

I thought about this for a minute, and one question came to mind: Would you want it to be someone who purposely espouses feminist ideals, female strength, etc., or who's just kind of doing their thing and happens to be someone you'd want to hold up to the light and say, "This person shows what's possible"?