The Descent from Radical Feminism to Postmodernism by Ti-Grace Atkinson
The Descent from Radical Feminism to Postmodernism by Ti-Grace Atkinson
Jun 19 2025, 9:14 AM
Quote:Ideas have real world consequences. What I want to do today is to compare the ideas in radical feminism with those in feminist Postmodernism, especially as regards two concepts: class identification and the difference principle. I will illustrate how these two notions played out in the case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears Roebuck (1973-1988).
The central question for feminists has always been: how does the oppression of women work? Where does it come from and how is it maintained? We can’t dismantle any structures that we do not understand. Effecting change depends first on our analysis of the problem.
https://www.bu.edu/wgs/files/2013/10/Atkinson-The-Descent-from-Radical-Feminism-to-Postmodernism.pdf
Quote:Ideas have real world consequences. What I want to do today is to compare the ideas in radical feminism with those in feminist Postmodernism, especially as regards two concepts: class identification and the difference principle. I will illustrate how these two notions played out in the case of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears Roebuck (1973-1988).
The central question for feminists has always been: how does the oppression of women work? Where does it come from and how is it maintained? We can’t dismantle any structures that we do not understand. Effecting change depends first on our analysis of the problem.