Monday, June 9, 2014

Fourth wave feminism?

Recently, I have heard about the "fourth wave" of feminism coming out. This wave however, is an internet hoax. But although this satire pokes fun at modern feminist movements with the use of parody and exageration, is this wave actually doing good? While Wikipedia and 4Chan are not always a credible source, I did find that these two sites had the most unbiased and valuable information. Particularly for the two biggest topics "bikini bridge" and "free bleeding". Yes "free bleeding" is exactly what it sounds like. the first, Bikini Bridge, is essentially the gap that comes between a bikini bottom and the woman's stomach when lying down. The two hip bones create a "bridge". An example picture from google is below. This fake trend was meant to make fun of the "thigh gap", although the parody of it is starting to be lost among young girls. "Free Bleeding" again is just that, a "feminist" form of self expression in which the woman refuses to use feminine hygene products during mensturation. To be perfectly honest, I couldn't read much of it. Not that I am against the idea of a movement towards equality such as this...I just...can''t... The link to the article is also posted below. http://bikinibridge.tumblr.com/ http://modernwomandigest.com/disturbing-new-feminist-trend-free-bleeding/

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