Feminist Theory State of the Theory

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Despite all of their differences, feminist theorists can agree on at least one thing: there's still lots of work to be done. All of the schools of feminism that we've shown you so far are still going strong, with new thinkers reinventing them as they move along.

On top of that, other feminist thinkers are now front-and-center in new fields altogether. One of the real biggies nowadays is affect theory: the critical study of emotions and their social and political power. That field is giving up-and-coming feminist superstars like Sara Ahmed plenty of new ground to cover.

Whatever your critical fancy, you can be sure there are feminist theorists out there who have something to say about it. Just like Madonna, they're not going anywhere. Especially while there's still Madonna's personal brand of pop feminism to argue about.