How to Use feminism in a Sentence

feminism

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  • The Free Britney hashtag is now shorthand for a consumer-friendly brand of feminism.
    — Ellen Gamerman, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2021
  • But tension between old-fashioned feminism and new gender ideology has been brimming for a while.
    — Nicole Ault, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Feminism should help point the way out of this predicament, but feminism, Srinivasan believes, bears some blame for getting us into it in the first place.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • In some ways, the guilty verdict marks a pivotal #MeToo moment for Black women, who have long felt overlooked by mainstream feminism.
    — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The meaning of feminism cannot remain single or static, since women’s demands respond to their own particular circumstances.
    — Nancy F. Cott, The New York Review of Books, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Anti-feminism has a years-long history in South Korea, and research suggests that such sentiments are taking hold among the country's young men.
    — Jake Kwon, CNN, 2 Oct. 2021
  • While there are tensions between old-fashioned feminism and the new gender ideology, the continuities often seem more powerful.
    — WSJ, 8 Oct. 2021
  • But these are the fields on which the grassroots of feminism were fought.
    — Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
  • For her creators to give her Larry David footwear in the name of feminism?
    — Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Shelly, having lived that life, is more open to the aspects of feminism that weren’t talked about.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022
  • Lara and Lia met online in 2009, in the field of lesbian feminism activism.
    — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
  • But there may have been occasions when the queen has tried, in her own queenly way, to score a point for feminism.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The past several years have not been good for feminism and gender rights in Hong Kong.
    — Jessie Lau For Cnn, CNN, 5 May 2022
  • She was also seen as flouting some of the tenets of second-wave feminism.
    — New York Times, 9 Dec. 2021
  • But new research shows that feminism doesn’t make the cut in their progressive views.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • This was before the days of feminism in the Black community.
    — Gayle Fleming, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Pelosi rose through the ranks in an era of shoulder-padded feminism, when women broke the glass ceiling by playing a man’s game in a man’s world.
    — Kara Voght, The New Republic, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The tides of feminism and witchcraft have always been tightly linked.
    — Kate Wheeling, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Among those critics was author Sesali Bowen, who coined the concept of trap feminism years ago.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The song’s lyrics called on the religious saints to embrace feminism and to drive the Russian dictator away from their lives.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Gone, too, is bell hooks, the writer who shaped discussions about race, feminism and class.
    — Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
  • There is surely an audience for this kind of feel-good quote-un-quote feminism.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
  • With the second wave feminism of the mid-20th century came a reclamation of the word witch as a term of pride and empowerment.
    — Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Inspired by the first lady’s feminism and activism, Dr. Ladas marched for civil rights in the South and in Washington.
    — Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Through her music, Tijoux has shed light on Chile’s class conflicts, as well as feminism and unity across the globe.
    — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • But her commitment to feminism, to her family and friends, and to New York City is sincere.
    — Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 6 June 2024
  • The feminism in this film comes out so naturally, just by placing Barbie and Ken in the real world.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
  • The road trip allows the film to explore issues of motherhood and migration in the age of fourth-wave feminism and TikTok.
    — Tara Karajica, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Girls On Film drops weekly episodes on cinema placed in the context of feminism and women’s empowerment.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 8 July 2024
  • The Reaganite values that most endure are the reactionary ones: his hostility toward civil rights, feminism, and the welfare state.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024

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