While I love that For Better or For Worse was written by a woman who had no trouble discussing the positive aspects of the women’s movement in her comic strip, the punchline is a little dated.
It depends on a stereotype that women in the women’s movement are unconcerned with their appearance; and if Elly is concerned about her appearance, this calls into question her commitment to the movement.
When this comic strip came out in 1989, I remember experiencing this kind of frustration with feminism too; so I know where Lynn Johnston was coming from.
The second wave of feminism made great strides in the 1960s and 70s, and yet they were saddled with the stereotype that feminists were unattractive and not interested in dressing well. The third wave of feminism kicked off in the early 1990s, just a few years after this comic strip was published, and that image stereotype was one of the first issues that was addressed. Third-wave feminism dismissed any restriction, either patriarchal or second-wave feminist, to define how women should dress
While I love that For Better or For Worse was written by a woman who had no trouble discussing the positive aspects of the women’s movement in her comic strip, the punchline is a little dated.
It depends on a stereotype that women in the women’s movement are unconcerned with their appearance; and if Elly is concerned about her appearance, this calls into question her commitment to the movement.
When this comic strip came out in 1989, I remember experiencing this kind of frustration with feminism too; so I know where Lynn Johnston was coming from.
The second wave of feminism made great strides in the 1960s and 70s, and yet they were saddled with the stereotype that feminists were unattractive and not interested in dressing well. The third wave of feminism kicked off in the early 1990s, just a few years after this comic strip was published, and that image stereotype was one of the first issues that was addressed. Third-wave feminism dismissed any restriction, either patriarchal or second-wave feminist, to define how women should dress