The future is female: Revisioning feminism for/with the next generation

Abstract

This article begins with personal reflections on becoming a feminist. I reflect on the way my feminism has shaped my work as an academic and writer. Particular attention is paid to the importance of restating feminist principles for a turbulent age where the gains of the women's movement are under threat. If these reflections aim to restate feminist claims for the present and future, the reflections that follow from a number of young women suggest ways in which the Next Generation are also thinking again-or perhaps for the first time-about the claims of feminism and the relevance to their lives. © The Author(s) 2012.