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1. Why is feminism failing in modern America? Why are there so many misconceptions about feminism? Why is feminism needed in modern America? What is modern feminism?

2. Feminism Now: [|What the Third Wave is Really About] 3. Author: Kelsey Lueptow organization: Everyday Feminism Magazine 4. click #1 5. Website 6. SOAPSTone:

Subject: The third wave of feminism, what modern feminism is Occasion: confusion on basis of feminism Audience: feminists, women, students, men, post-feminists Purpose: to explain characteristics of modern feminism that are generally agreed upon by all modern feminists Speaker: Lueptow, feminist, woman, knowledgeable, educated person, Tone: informative, friendly, explanatory, loquacious, intelligent, down-to-earth

7. My source is a lovely article for people like me who are just brushing the surface of third-wave feminism. It is an overview, a brief introduction to the basic principles of modern feminism. It lists five principle concepts of modern feminism and explains them in everyday terms but as bigger overall concepts, going in depth by mentioning their various aspects.

8. "Feminism aims for gender equality within a currently patriarchal society"in many different ways through various forms, but they all have the same basic principles underneath them which stand together for "the equal ability to pursue self-actualization and its (hopefully) ensuing happiness."

9. I am persuaded to a good extent by this author's topic. I feel that I have put my foot in the water, and maybe it isn't as cold as I thought. It's kind of making sense, and I agreed with just about every ideal she talked about. I think that the author treated the topic well on an objective level because she did what she meant to do: explain basic principles that feminists perceive to have in common, and argue that feminism as a general idea is of a benevolent nature.

10. "We hear slut-shaming, victim-blaming, fat-shaming, thin-shaming, misogyny, misandry (sometimes even from self-identified feminists who we inherently and completely disagree with), and feminist-shaming. We hear a lot of brutal feminist-shaming..... **One of the most important and underrated goals of feminism is to listen to the cultural messages bombarding us.**

You can’t fight a battle until you know what it is."

"A feminism that isn’t as actively inclusive of all races, sexual expressions, gender identities, and lifestyles is inherently hypocritical based on its identity as a movement for equality. **That’s why feminism today is a movement of intersectional solidarity,** discourse regarding the struggles of all marginalized groups, made possible only by carefully listening to all feminists of all backgrounds and identities in pursuit of this final goal of feminism."

"Feminism works toward equal opportunities for all genders in every regard because it seems impossible to live freely in a culture that has already written your script for you."

"a nation as large and diverse as the United States has complex political and sub-cultural webs that no one person can ever navigate alone."