Amplifying Our Voices: Feminist Scholars Writing for the Public

Carrie N. Baker; Aviva Dove-Viebahn; Michele Tracy Berger; Carmen Rios; Karon Jolna

doi:10.1353/ff.2020.0024

Amplifying Our Voices: Feminist Scholars Writing for the Public

Carrie N. Baker, Aviva Dove-Viebahn, Michele Tracy Berger, Carmen Rios, Karon Jolna

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The current moment is a critical time for feminist scholars to engage in the public sphere. Feminist scholars can play a vital role in bringing to light marginalized perspectives and an interdisciplinary, intersectional analysis of current events. This essay focuses on public engagement through writing for the popular press. As feminist scholars, writers, and editors, we employ our work with Ms. magazine as a case study in order to discuss the challenges and rewards of writing for the public. We argue that developing and amplifying one’s public voice through writing for the popular press is an important form of activism for feminist scholars.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	29-51
Number of pages	23
Journal	Feminist Formations
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1353/ff.2020.0024
State	Published - Jun 1 2020
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

activism
community engagement
feminist scholars
popular press
public writing

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Literature and Literary Theory
Philosophy
Cultural Studies
Gender Studies

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