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The state of feminism

From Perspectives on Politics, Kristin A. Gossa (Duke) and Michael T. Heaneya (Michigan): Organizing Women as Women: Hybridity and Grassroots Collective Action in the 21st Century. A review of The Women's Movement Against Sexual Harassment by Carrie N. Baker. Does Germaine Greer's Female Ennuch still have balls, can it deliver any important life lessons today? How the "new feminism" went wrong: Germaine Greer's free-thinking female eunuch has been replaced by the desperately self-inventing "Madonna", who looks back in shame at the moment in the 1990s when her generation turned its back on feminism. Girls gone anti-feminist: Is ’70s feminism an impediment to female happiness and fulfillment? Feminism hasn’t failed — in the workplace and the family, it’s only just getting started. A decade ago, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards published their breakthrough work Manifesta and became energetic leaders of feminism's third wave; now, they're helping a younger generation of women make its way. The state of feminism: A review of Living Dolls: The Return of Sexism by Natasha Walter and The Equality Illusion: The Truth About Women & Men Today by Kat Banyard. A review of Enlightened Sexism: The Seductive Message that Feminism's Work is Done by Susan J. Douglas. Jonah Goldberg on where feminists get it right: Women civilize men — ’nuff said. From Prospect, a look at why feminism favours men (and a response). A review of Glamour: Women, History, Feminism by Carol Dyhouse. A review of One Dimensional Woman by Nina Power. An interview with Stephanie Schriock, the new president of Emily’s List. Good news, bad news: What makes for the most gender-egalitarian country in the world? An interview with Marisa Meltzer, author of Girl Power.