The End of Feminism?
This week, Owen Bennett Jones is in New Orleans, debating with his guests the relevance of feminism today
Owen Bennett Jones is in New Orleans, debating with his guests the relevance of feminism today. In many ways things have never been better for women; there are more female college graduates than men, the gender pay gap is the narrowest it has ever been, and the next president of the United States could well be a woman. So, is feminism really a political movement with clear goals, or has it become just a marketing label? And how do feminists defend the charge that its cause is dominated by the voices of well-off liberal white women?
(Photo: A reveler makes her way through the French Quarter during Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Credit: Getty Images)
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Trimiko MelanconΒ associate professor of English, African American Studies, and Women's Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans; author of Unbought and Unbossed: Transgressive Black Women, Sexuality, and Representation
Suzanne Terrell, lawyer and former Louisiana politician; the only Republican woman to have held statewide office in Louisiana
Kim Vaz-Deville, associate dean, College of Arts and Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana; author of The Baby Dolls: Breaking the Race and Gender Barriers of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Tradition
Molly Ruben-Long, comedian and creator of '77 Cents: An Unapologetically Feminist Comedy Show'
Music by Tank and the Bangas
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- Fri 22 Apr 2016 08:06GMTΒι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ World Service except News Internet
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