Millennial Feminism at Work : : Bridging Theory and Practice / / ed. by Jane Juffer.

In Millennial Feminism at Work, volume editor Jane Juffer brings together recently graduated students from across the US to reflect on the relevance of their feminist studies programs in their chosen career paths. The result is a dynamic collection of voices, shaking up preconceived ideas and showin...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021]
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Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (204 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Feminist Studies and the Millennial Workforce
  • Contributors
  • Part 1 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
  • 1. Affective Exertions at the Humanitarian Frontlines: Engendering Recognition of Gendered Labor and Mutuality through Feminist and Queer Theory
  • 2. Subjugated Knowledge: Listening to LGBTQ Homeless Youth
  • 3. The Patriarchal Roots of Philanthropy
  • Part 2 THE BUSINESS WORLD
  • 4. “Woman, You Are the One Doing It Wrong”: A Decolonial Conceptualization of Colombian Working-Class Femininity
  • 5. How to Market Anticapitalist Feminism: The Making of an Online Socialist Agenda
  • 6. The Perils of Perfection Feminism
  • 7. Circuitous Paths from University to Work, and Finding Feminist Willfulness along the Way
  • Part 3 PEDAGOGY
  • 8. Letter to a White Supremacist
  • 9. Praise to Our School We Love So Dear—or Maybe Not: Status Quo and Safe Spaces in High School
  • 10. Love the Killjoy
  • Part 4 HEALTH AND MEDICINE
  • 11. Acts of Defiance: The Power of Anger and Sadness in the Workplace
  • 12. #MyBirthToo: The Patriarchy of the Modern Obstetric System
  • 13. Navigating Feminism and Vulnerability in the Medical Workplace
  • Part 5 MEDIA
  • 14. Where Are the Queer Politics? #MeToo, Robin Wright, and Celebrity PR Work
  • 15. The Immanence of Social Media Labor? The Struggle to Find a Feminist Dwelling
  • 16. Finding “the Trouble with Normal” in Journalism
  • 17. “No Place to Be, Except with Each Other”: How Women’s Studies Taught Me to Be Unionized
  • List of Contributors
  • Index