The definitions of “Feminism” and “Feminist” from “The Feminist Dictionary” (Paula Treichler and Cheris Kramarae) and “Lexicon Of The Debates” (Wendy K. Kolmar and Frances Barttowski) provided a nicely succinct overview of the histories and components of the major feminist theories.

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One thing that has always attracted me to feminism, which comes up in both articles, is the intentional challenging of our society’s dualist thinking. I particularly connected with the Rush and Mander passage from “The Feminist Dictionary” which spoke of feminism as uniting previously so-called incompatible elements into “harmonious parts of a whole” (Treichler & Kramarae). It also spoke of feminism being a path, a world perspective which is constantly growing and changing.

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