third-wave feminism

when possible, avoid compartmentalizing feminism into "waves." A seamless garment more appropriately exemplifies this particular work that is never done. Writer and political activist Naomi Wolf is credited with helping launch the third-wave movement with her 1991 book, The Beauty Myth; in a 1992 Ms. article, "Becoming the Third Wave," Rebecca Walker wrote about and further popularized this new phase of feminism. Walker, Catherine Gund, Dawn Luncy Martin, and Amy Richards established the Third Wave Foundation, and published landmark books: Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future (Jennifer Baumgardner and Richards) and To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism (Walker). According to Jennifer Baumgardner, "The Third Wave rejected the idea of a shared political priority list or even a set of issues that one must espouse to be feminist.... Third Wave feminism was portable—you didn't have to go to a meeting to be a feminist; you could bring feminism into any room you entered.... Reclaiming words like "slut" and "girl" replaced protests. For an in-depth look at this era, see The Women's Movement Today: An Encyclopedia of Third-Wave Feminism, ed. by Leslie L. Heywood. Feminist organizer Shelby Knox has identified a fourth wave and Jennifer Baumgardner describes the new movement: "By the time Obama and Hillary were facing off in the Democratic primaries, a critical mass of younger feminists began expressing themselves. They were tech-savvy and gender-sophisticated ... creating blogs, Twitter campaigns, and online media with names like Racialicious and Feministing.... Because of media advances and globalization, waves of mass change are coming faster and faster. The waves are all part of the same body politic known as feminism, and combine to become a powerful and distinct force." See also feminism, feminisms, waves (feminism).