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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to a period or culture in which the feminism of the 1960s and 1970s is seen as largely irrelevant to the current situation, often because that movement is seen as having accomplished its social and political goals or because it is seen as discredited.
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As a 35-year-old feminist, the seemingly ubiquitous use of the term "post-feminist" seems to signal an ache on the part of those who use it to declare feminism dead and gone, despite very active momentum on various fronts and more than enough self-proclaimed feminists to render the use of the term curious.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rachel Kramer Bussel 2011
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I didn't count how many times Kate Betts used the word "post-feminist" in her interesting new book, "
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Rachel Kramer Bussel 2011
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There are two sides to the post-feminist world for women creating startup technology companies.
Women 2.0: For Women Starting Technology Companies, Brilliance Is Mandatory Women 2.0 2012
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Of course we're not really post-painting any more than we're post-feminist ― both ideas as disheartening as they are offensive.
Lily Blau: The Cow of Art Lily Blau 2010
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We aren't living in a post-feminist society; we still live in a world in which female sexuality as women and girls truly experience it is denied, while ridiculously inauthentic and pornographic images of sexuality are constantly splashed in our faces.
Joyce McFadden: Raising Our Daughters to Be Sexually Authentic Adults Joyce McFadden 2011
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There are two sides to the post-feminist world for women creating startup technology companies.
Women 2.0: For Women Starting Technology Companies, Brilliance Is Mandatory Women 2.0 2012
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Something about this new book"Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style"and all the attention on how she dresses makes little post-feminist alarm bells go off in my head.
Nancy Doyle Palmer: Michelle Obama: Everyday Icon... Yet... Nancy Doyle Palmer 2011
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Of course we're not really post-painting any more than we're post-feminist ― both ideas as disheartening as they are offensive.
Lily Blau: The Cow of Art Lily Blau 2010
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Something about this new book "Everyday Icon: Michelle Obama and the Power of Style"and all the attention on how she dresses makes little post-feminist alarm bells go off in my head.
Nancy Doyle Palmer: Michelle Obama: Everyday Icon... Yet... Nancy Doyle Palmer 2011
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Of course we're not really post-painting any more than we're post-feminist ― both ideas as disheartening as they are offensive.
Lily Blau: The Cow of Art Lily Blau 2010
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