In the year 2000, girl culture was clearly ascendant.
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About the Author: Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards are the coauthors of Manifesta (FSG, 2000) and Grassroots (FSG, 2005) and the owners of the feminist speaker\'s bureau Soapbox, Inc.: Speakers Who Speak Out.
This tenth anniversary edition of Manifesta, complete with updated back matter, commentary from the authors, and a provocative new preface, shows why the issues first raised by Baumgardner and Richards remain as timely as ever.
Many of the points first raised so bravely in Manifesta remain urgent--namely, why it\'s still critical for today\'s Young Women to focus on gender.
Despite major strides forward, the wage gap remains vast; many feminist publications have died; shame around abortion has lingered and \'90s-style anti-abortion terrorism has reemerged.
In the decade since Manifesta was published, the world has changed in ways both promising and disheartening for the feminist cause.
The book went on to inspire a new generation of female readers, and has become a classic of contemporary feminist literature.
In Manifesta, Jennifer Baumgardner and Amy Richards brilliantly revealed the snags in each feminist hub, all the while proving that these snags had not imperiled the Future of the feminist cause. and NOW had lost their ability to speak to a new generation.
Yet Feminism was also at a crossroads; "girl power" feminists were obsessed with personal empowerment at the expense of politics, while political institutions such as Ms.
From Lilith Fair to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to the WNBA, it seemed that female pride was the order of the day.
In the year 2000, girl culture was clearly ascendant
