FEMINISM TODAY: 2nd Wave v. 3rd Wave

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This article helps to define an old conflict between rival feminist theories.

I support 3rd Wave Feminism.

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Why Feminists Should Argue Over Kim Kardashian's Selfie
3.14.2016

Last week in your social media feed, along with photos of Justin Trudeau hugging pandas (and Barack Obama), you may have come across a naked selfie of Kim Kardashian.

Last Monday, the woman best known for her reality show and beautiful butt, posted a photo to Instagram of her hourglass figure strategically covered by black bars. The Internet quickly broke into flames.

Bette Midler was first to stoke the fire. On Twitter, she wrote: "If Kim wants us to see a part of her we've never seen, she's gonna have to swallow the camera." Millennial celebrities such as Miley Cyrus and Demi Lovato came to Kardashian's defence -- her body, her choice.

It's just the latest example of the clash between second and third-wave feminists.

Last month, Gloria Steinem and Madeleine Albright said real feminists should vote for a woman president, to which millennials responded that real feminists vote based on politics, not body parts. And don't forget that time Sinead O'Connor penned an open letter to Miley Cyrus about nudity, in which she accused the 23-year-old pop star of "behaving like a prostitute and calling it feminism."

Feminists panic like these intergenerational feuds are a PR situation they need to contain...

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