Melanie Waters

In this book, the authors bring to light an exciting range of previously unexplored material from feminist periodicals, in addition to original interviews with the women who made and read them, as they examine the dynamic relationship between feelings, politics and social change. From anger and loneliness to joy and hope, this book makes a powerful case for understanding the shared and contested feelings that have mobilised generations of women activists in the UK.

Each and every day that you wake up, you are given another opportunity to make a decision to do and see things differently. In this 90-Day Planner, you will be prompted with the same 5 topics each week, where you will be to create a list as it pertains to the topic for that day. You will complete one (1) list each day (Monday-Friday), with 2 days for reflection (Saturday and Sunday). This planner also comes with a link to a companion audio to encourage you along your journey. Topics include: Count Your Blessings: This is your gratitude list; the things that you are thankful and grateful for. No More Excuses: What are the things you will start to do differently, instead of constantly making excuses for why you can't do them? Be the Change: What are the things that you will stop doing, that may be sabotaging your life in small or big ways? You are Loved: This list will give you permission to love your self. List all of the things that make you so special. What do you see?: This list will cause you to look at life through a different lens and cause you to really notice all of the good and beauty all around you. Reflection: There are two reflection lists; One to reflect on what you learned the past week, and the other to think about your expectations for the upcoming week. Also included: To-Do List, Journal pages, Savings Tracker, Habit Tracker, and Goal Tracker.

When the term “postfeminism” entered the media lexicon in the 1990s, it was often accompanied by breathless headlines about the “death of feminism.” Those reports of feminism’s death may have been greatly exaggerated, and yet contemporary popular culture often conjures up a world in which feminism had never even been born, a fictional universe filled with suburban Stepford wives, maniacal career women, alluring amnesiacs and other specimens of retro femininity. In Feminism and Popular Culture, Rebecca Munford and Melanie Waters consider why the twenty-first century media landscape is so haunted by the ghosts of these traditional figures that feminism otherwise laid to rest. Why, over fifty years since Betty Friedan’s critique, does the feminine mystique exert such a strong spectral presence and how has it been reimagined to speak to the concerns of a postfeminist audience? To answer these questions, Munford and Waters draw from a rich array of examples from contemporary film, fiction, music and television, from the shadowy cityscapes of Homeland to the haunted houses of American Horror Story. Alongside this comprehensive analysis of today’s popular culture, they offer a vivid portrait of feminism’s social and intellectual history, as well as an innovative application of Jacques Derrida’s theories of “hauntology.” Feminism and Popular Culture thus not only considers how contemporary media is being visited by the ghosts of feminism’s past, it raises vital questions about what this means for feminism’s future.