How to Use feminism in a Sentence

feminism

noun

• But these are the fields on which the grassroots of feminism were fought.
  — Sarah Gristwood, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
• Lara and Lia met online in 2009, in the field of lesbian feminism activism.
  — Francesca Marani, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
• But there may have been occasions when the queen has tried, in her own queenly way, to score a point for feminism.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Sep. 2022
• But new research shows that feminism doesn’t make the cut in their progressive views.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
• This was before the days of feminism in the Black community.
  — Gayle Fleming, CNN, 20 Feb. 2023
• Pelosi rose through the ranks in an era of shoulder-padded feminism, when women broke the glass ceiling by playing a man’s game in a man’s world.
  — Kara Voght, The New Republic, 2 Jan. 2023
• The tides of feminism and witchcraft have always been tightly linked.
  — Kate Wheeling, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Oct. 2022
• The song’s lyrics called on the religious saints to embrace feminism and to drive the Russian dictator away from their lives.
  — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Aug. 2022
• Gone, too, is bell hooks, the writer who shaped discussions about race, feminism and class.
  — Eliza Fawcett, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2023
• There is surely an audience for this kind of feel-good quote-un-quote feminism.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• With the second wave feminism of the mid-20th century came a reclamation of the word witch as a term of pride and empowerment.
  — Jessica Iredale, Town & Country, 28 Apr. 2023
• Inspired by the first lady’s feminism and activism, Dr. Ladas marched for civil rights in the South and in Washington.
  — Cindy Shmerler, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2023
• Through her music, Tijoux has shed light on Chile’s class conflicts, as well as feminism and unity across the globe.
  — Alejandra Molina, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2023
• The feminism in this film comes out so naturally, just by placing Barbie and Ken in the real world.
  — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2023
• The road trip allows the film to explore issues of motherhood and migration in the age of fourth-wave feminism and TikTok.
  — Tara Karajica, Variety, 14 Aug. 2023
• Female users used it as a guide to gauge their partners’ views on feminism and patriarchy.
  — Cheng Cheng, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
• Woolf crowned Wollstonecraft as a mother of English feminism and banished Cavendish to the mausoleum of unread books.
  — Ruth Scurr, WSJ, 29 Dec. 2023
• The Grammy winner continued to speak out about her views on feminism.
  — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
• The gathering of helpless, hopeless women speaks for the sorry state of feminism.
  — Armond White, National Review, 4 Oct. 2023
• Meredith Tax, an activist and writer of second-wave feminism, has died at 80.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2022
• So did the civil rights movement, Vietnam and second-wave feminism.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
• Set in the 1960s — with the an acting style and film quality that fits the time period — this deft social satire skewers second-wave feminism.
  — Cameron Jenkins, Good Housekeeping, 18 July 2022
• First-wave feminism, which dates back to the 19th century, was concerned with women’s suffrage.
  — WSJ, 19 July 2022
• In general, our social mores Were still adapting to the forays Of feminism’s second wave.
  — Michael Weingrad, National Review, 25 May 2023
• Her modern brand of feminism appeals to a younger generation, but irks some of France’s older guard.
  — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 Jan. 2024
• But Tina Fey is still teaching math (and writing the screenplay), Tim Meadows is still the principal, the feminism is still a tad wobbly, and fetch is still not happening.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2024
• The documentary makes the point that the sexualization of young girls that began in the ’70s came about directly in response to the rise of second-wave feminism.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Jan. 2023
• All of which shows us that feminism is needed on the frontiers of fertility and motherhood just as much as it is needed in the bedroom and workplace.
  — Nell Frizzell, Glamour, 20 Nov. 2023
• Rainbow flags were in abundance, as was Kelly green, the color of global feminism and reproductive rights around the world.
  — Alex Dalton, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
• And the class now requires teaching about Black feminism and police violence.
  — Dana Goldstein, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024