Feminist Roadtrip!
I love this. Two young women are driving across the country interviewing and photographing other young women, asking them what they thing about feminism.
We are talking to both self-proclaimed feminists and the “I’m not a feminist but� contingent. We're also publishing a book upon our return, which will include photos, essays, interviews, and diary entries. The road trip, a staple of American culture that has always represented discovery and change, is our way of getting to know our peers. We also plan to chat with some influential feminists of our mothers’ generation and beyond. Both of our mothers were deeply involved in Second Wave feminism, so we are closely connected to the movement’s history. But our roadtrip seeks to discover how other women our age grapple with this history of freedom, equality, joy, ambition, sex, and love.
Cool shit. Their blog, GIRLdrive, documents their adventures in feminist America. Check it out.
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I can't wait to read/see it! Where's the documentary filmmaker?
BTW, Jessica, we're discussing your book in my women's studies course next week... I'll keep you posted.
Yay! I hope that the "I'm not a feminist but" crowd will be able to see that their values actually echo that of self-proclaimed feminists, no matter how conservatives bastardize the word.
Oooh! I hope they come to the University of Colorado at Boulder! They probably won't, but I can dream :)
Yah I saw these ladies on Facebook, I'm hoping to meet with them when they hit San Fran!
Am I the only one who's troubled by the fact this is called GIRLDrive?
Anyway.
How cool, I find this really inspiring! Not to mention that road trips (in all their forms, Kerouac, world exploration, westerns, etc.) are usually portrayed as a guy thing. Good for these young women, and I am going to start following their blog!