Women and gender studies
Topic: What makes a feminist?
Paper details:
Mini Project: What Makes a Feminist? Feminism & Pop Culture
Read the articles below and watch the following clip (it’s only a minute long):
Cardi B’s Take on Feminism Is the Only Take We Recognize, Megan Reynolds (Jezebel)
Cardi B Doesn’t Want to be Labeled a Feminist, Complex Magazine
Defining Feminism, Cardi B (video)
Cardi B is a popular contemporary hip-hop artist from the Bronx-and her music and personality have been
gaining a lot of traction! Building on what we’ve been exploring and working through in class, respond to the
articles and be sure to respond to the following in at two pages:
What makes a feminist? Is Cardi B a feminist? How are her politics feminist? How do the feminisms we have
learned about so far relate to Cardi B’s feminist politics? Or does Cardi B represent a new brand of feminism
altogether? Why is her feminism so important, particularly for Women of Color, Black Women, and
poor/working class women?
