Feminism:

Final Major Project Level 2 Technical Theatre
The Caged-Birds Research of Feminism:

I am researching feminism because its the theme for our play caged birds 

The images I chose are to do with the feminist movement and riots they did between every race, diversity and sexuality within women.

Feminism started with the idea that human rights should be given to women.
There is lots of types of feminism within the word and here are a few of them:

Equality feminism

Equality feminism’s focus on the similarities between the sexes is on the basis that men and women’s abilities are the same. This type of feminism encourages the broadening of horizons, encouraging women to look beyond the home. Its ultimate goal is for the sexes to be completely equal.

Evangelical feminism

Evangelical feminism or ‘Christian feminism’ was developed from religious movements they work to protect and spiritually reform those who need it, such as women and children from outside the church. These feminists believe that everyone is equal under one God and want to bring that equality to the church and their individual lives.

Radical feminism

Radical feminism developed from the civil rights. Radical feminists were fed up with the male-domination and formed the Women’s Liberation Movement. This movement was formed in order to create woman-centered politics and to escape from male-oriented politics. They believed this could only be done in a safe women-only space, and this led to the policy of separatism for which radical feminism is best known for.
anti-feminism
feminism often promotes misandry (hatred of men) and the elevation of women’s interests above men’s, and criticize radical feminist positions as harmful to both men and women. The term “anti-feminist” is used to silence debate about defects of feminism like lack of separatism.

Cultural movements.
Lipstick feminism is a cultural feminist movement that attempts to respond to the backlash of second-wave radical feminism of the 1960s and 1970s by claiming symbols of “feminine” identity such as make-up, suggestive clothing and being provocative and have empowering personal choices.

The suffrage movement:
The Suffragettes wanted the right for women to vote, The move for women to have the vote had really started in 1897 when Millicent Fawcett founded the National Union of Women’s Suffrage. “Suffrage” means the right to vote and that is what women wanted. Millicent Fawcett believed in peaceful protest, She felt that any violence or trouble would persuade men that women could not be trusted to have the right to vote. Her game plan was patience and logical arguments.
Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughters, They wanted women to have the right to vote and they were not prepared to wait. The Union became better known as the Suffragettes. Members of the Suffragettes were prepared to use violence to get what they wanted.
Suffragettes were quite happy to go to prison. Here they refused to eat and went on a hunger strike. The government was very concerned that they might die in prison thus giving the movement martyrs. Prison governors were ordered to force feed Suffragettes but this caused a public outcry as forced feeding was traditionally used to feed lunatics as opposed to what were mostly educated women.

What feminism stands for: the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities.

Equality recognises that historically certain groups of people with protected characteristics such as race, disability, sex and sexual orientation have experienced discrimination.

Recent feminist movements:
The 1968 Miss America pageant was the backdrop for one of the most iconic events of modern feminism in the United States. Members from the New York Radical Women organization demonstrated along the Atlantic City boardwalk against the pageant’s perceived misogyny. Protesters threw household items that they believed fostered the collective image of submissive females into a large trashcan. In went pots, pans, Playboy magazines and bras. They planned to set the contents ablaze, but the police weren’t keen on that idea. Nevertheless, the next day’s news stories heralded participants’ bra burnings.

Women’s Liberation Movement:
After World War II, a growing number of women pursued higher education and entered the workforce, but they weren’t scampering to the tops of career ladders or bursting through glass ceilings. The Women’s Liberation Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s therefore emerged from women’s desires to revolutionize the fundamental aspects of female life at that time: domesticity, employment, education and sexuality. In 1966, Betty Friedan and other prominent feminists formed the National Organization for Women , NOW became the umbrella organization for many feminist causes, uniting older, college-educated, predominantly white women.

Black Feminism:
The Women’s Liberation Movement was criticized by some feminists — both black and white — for its exclusion of nonwhite, working class women. Although the omission wasn’t intentional, this fracture spurred the rise of black feminism. Since Women’s Lib platforms focused solely on gender without the context of race and class, they weren’t entirely relevant to all black women.

The Feminist Sex Wars:
Anti-porn feminism arose in the late 1970s, pioneered by Catharine MacKinnon and Andrea Dworkin. At that time, pornography had become more readily accessible, and to some feminists, the overtly sexual portrayal of women violated their civil rights and promoted sexual violence. Anti-porn feminist Robin Morgan put it bluntly: “Pornography is the theory, rape is the practice”.That notion didn’t sit too well with other feminists who believed that a woman’s total liberation included sexual freedom, Consequently, sex-positive feminism.

Riot Grrls:
Punk rockers in Olympia, Wash., and Washington, D.C., blended together music, art and consciousness-raising into a reformulated brand of feminism in the early 1990s.
Riot Grrrls responded to male-dominated music scenes by forming their own bands and making homemade magazines called ‘zines that communicated their do-it-yourself, punk rock values and feminist ideas.

Toxic masculinity is one of the ways in which Patriarchy is harmful to men. It refers to the socially-constructed attitudes that describe the masculine gender role as violent, unemotional, sexually aggressive. The pervasive idea of male-female interactions as competition, not cooperation.
The pervasive idea that men cannot truly understand women, and vice versa–and following, that no true companionship can be had between different sexes.
The expectation that Real Men are strong, and that showing emotion is incompatible with being strong. Anger is either framed as the exception to the rule, or as not an emotion.
Relatedly, the idea that a Real Man cannot be a victim of abuse, or that talking about it is shameful.

Below is the images of the above feminist movement:

women who helped the feminism movement:

Simone de Beauvoir:

An outspoken political activist, writer and social theorist, in 1949 de Beauvoir wrote The Second Sex, an ahead-of-its-time book credited with paving the way for modern feminism. In the influential (and at the time, extremely controversial) book, de Beauvoir critiques the patriarchy and social constructs faced by women. the second sex was banned by the Vatican and even deemed pornographic by some a fearless start to the fight for feminism. 

Eleanor Roosevelt
Roosevelt became the first Lady to take on responsibilities beyond merely hosting and entertaining in the White House. Before her tenure as First Lady, she was already outspoken and involved with women’s issues, working with the Women’s Trade Union League and the International Congress of Working Women. From 1935 to 1962, Roosevelt wrote My Day, a newspaper column that addressed women’s work, equality and rights before there was even a word for “feminism”—the social issues at the time were considered controversial.
Marlene Dietrich

While her efforts didn’t directly fight for women’s rights, Dietrich made a contribution to feminism through fashion. The Hollywood actress wore trousers and men’s suits during a time where it was considered extremely scandalous and taboo; both on screen and privately, once almost being arrested for wearing pants in public during the 1930s. She was famously quoted saying, “I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men.” Dietrich’s way of dressing went on to influence generations of women after her, lending many the confidence and power of wearing a suit.

Rosie The Riveter
Although her character may be fictional, Rosie the Riveter encompassed the female strength championed throughout the feminist movement. Representing the women who worked throughout World War II, the empowering female symbol still remains an icon to this day, reminding us of the incredible female efforts during the ’40s.

Betty Friedan
The American writer and activist penned The Feminine Mystique in 1963, which is often credited for sparking the second wave of feminism that began in the ’60s and ’70s. Friedan spent her life working to establish women’s equality, helping to establish the National Women’s Political Caucus as well as organizing the Women’s Strike For Equality in 1970, which popularized the feminist movement throughout America
Gloria Steinem
Aptly referred to as the “Mother of Feminism,” Gloria Steinem led the women’s liberation movements throughout the ’60s and ’70s—and continues to do so today. Co-founder of the feminist themed Ms. Magazine and several female groups that changed the face of feminism including Women’s Action Alliance, National Women’s Political Caucus, Women’s Media Center and more. All of her efforts led to her induction into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in 1993 and in 2013 she was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Steinem continues to be a trailblazer for feminism today, most recently with her Viceland series, WOMAN, and post-election action for young girls and women.

Angela Davis

A trailblazing voice for black women, Davis played a crucial part in the Civil Rights movement. The political activist was a key leader in the Black Power movement, and though some of her more radical positions and role in political protests have been deemed controversial, she has relentlessly fought to champion the progress of women’s rights for over six decades.

bell hooks

The American author was known for her social activism that was often mirrored through her writing of oppression, women’s rights and racemen’s March on Washington in 2017.
Barbara Walters
Not only was Walters the first female co-host of a news show (although at the time she earned only half of her male co-workers), she also became the first female co-anchor of an evening news broadcast for ABC News. From the ’70s until today, Walters paved the way for not only women in journalism but for women in the entire workforce.
Coretta Scott King
Although most known for her marriage to Martin Luther King Jr. and her work with Civil Rights, Coretta Scott King devoted much of her life to women’s equality. She helped found NOW (National Organization for Women) in 1966 and played a key role in the organization’s development. In her efforts for women’s rights, King was also notably the first woman to deliver the class day address at Harvard.
Maya Angelou
Through her literature, public speaking and powerful writing, Maya Angelou inspired both women and African Americans to overcome gender and race discrimination. In 2011, Angelou was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for her works that spanned over 50 years including 36 books, seven autobiographies and over 50 honorary degrees.

Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde channeled her powerful voice through writing and poetry, exploring female identity and life as a black lesbian and writing about issues that affected women across the country during the height Civil Rights movement. All of her work was based on her “theory of difference,” which we refer to as “intersectionality” today. She famously said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.”
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Before her tenure as Supreme Court justice, Bader Ginsburg co-founded the Women’s Rights Law Reporter in 1970, the first U.S. law journal to focus exclusively on women’s rights. Two years later, she co-founded the Women’s Rights Project at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), once again making sure women’s voices were heard in law. Appointed by President Bill Clinton in 1993, Bader Ginsburg became the second female Supreme Court justice ever, a position she still holds today and uses to advocate for women’s rights

Yoko ono

Most known for her peaceful protests with John Lennon, Ono has also been a voice for gender equality throughout the years. Her 1972 essay, “The Feminization of Society” helped mark the female revolution of the ’70s

 

Colours associated with feminism.

In western countries and probably many others- pink is traditionally associated with baby girls and blue is the traditional baby boy color. Women ( and the feminista ) have seized upon that tradition and appropriated pink as being associated with anything female.

 

 

this research has helped me understand the mindset of the feminist movement and how that effected the way of life we live today, it influenced our set by the colour scheme and flow and shape and how it all came together for a simplistic and empowering theme.