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  2. Second-wave feminism - Wikipedia

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    See also Feminism in Sweden. In Sweden, second-wave feminism is mostly associated with Group 8, a feminist organization which was founded by eight women in Stockholm in 1968. [79] The organization took up various feminist issues such as demands for expansions of kindergartens, 6-hour working day, equal pay for equal work and opposition to ...

  3. The Edible Woman - Wikipedia

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    This novel's publication coincided with the rise of the women's movement in North America, but is described by Atwood as "protofeminist" because it was written in 1965 [3] and thus anticipated second-wave feminism. [4]

  4. The Handmaid's Tale - Wikipedia

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    The Handmaid's Tale is a feminist dystopian novel, [39] [40] combining the characteristics of dystopian fiction: "a genre that projects an imaginary society that differs from the author's own, first, by being significantly worse in important respects and second by being worse because it attempts to reify some utopian ideal", [41] with the ...

  5. The Essential Women's History Month Reading List - AOL

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    Whether you're looking to brush up on the early days of the movement or simply be astounded at how far we've come, these are the perfect feminist reads for WHM.

  6. Feminist literature - Wikipedia

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    Notable texts of this kind are Ursula K. Le Guin's The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Joanna Russ' The Female Man (1970), Octavia Butler's Kindred (1979), and Margaret Atwood's Handmaid's Tale (1985). Feminist nonfiction has played an important role in voicing concerns about women's lived experiences.

  7. List of feminist poets - Wikipedia

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    Historically, literature has been a male-dominated sphere, and any poetry written by a woman could be seen as feminist. Often, feminist poetry refers to that which was composed after the 1960s and the second wave of the feminist movement. [1] [2] This list focuses on poets who take explicitly feminist approaches to their poetry.

  8. Breaking Down Biggest Differences Between ‘The Handmaid’s ...

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    The Handmaid's Tale took advantage of telling the story in a more modern era by leaning into the developments that have been made and having the show take place in the present instead of back in ...

  9. Feminist poetry - Wikipedia

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    1960s feminist poetry provided a useful space for second wave American feminist politics. [37] The poets, however, were not necessarily unified in their themes or formal techniques, but had links to specific movements and trends, such as the New York Poets, the Black Mountain poets, the San Francisco Renaissance, or the Beat Poets. [2]