Post-Backlash Feminism

<p> This work scrutinizes the prefix-based language of post-backlash feminism and calls for a reclamation of American feminist terminology. Questioning the merits of Do-Me-feminism Eco-feminism and girlie among other isms the author argues that the proliferation of so-called prefix feminisms has weakened the feminist movement by narrowing its focus into shallow interpretations of a broad social and political cause. The author assesses anti-feminist media coverage particularly following the Reagan administration and the Clinton-Lewinski affair and concludes that efforts to reclaim a pro-woman politic must begin with reclaiming pro-woman language.</p>