Welcome to our project, Feminist Media Throughout History.
Our goal through this research is to understand how depictions of women and
feminism in popular or prominent feminist texts develop alternative focuses over the
course of the 19th to 21st century.
First-wave feminism was a period of groundwork in the ‘western’ world, marked by women’s advocacy for their own political and philosophical equality.
Second-wave feminism broadened the scope of the feminist movement, to include issues such as reproductive rights, sexuality and domestic violence.
Third-wave feminisim expanded on previous waves characterized by the rise of intersectionality and the Riot Grrrl Movement.
Eden Augustine Mann is a student filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She currently attends the Frederick Honors College at the University of Pittsburgh and is the university’s first-ever BPhil candidate in film studies/production. Her muses include posthumanism, body horror, and Jungian psychology. Eden focused on third-wave feminist texts.
Maya Burns is a Junior in the University of Pittsburgh's Frederick Honors College, studying Ecology & Evolution and English Literature through a double major, with a Studio Art minor. Their studies and practices combine ecological restoration and historical ideaologies of nature/humanity; they consider queer and feminist theory a hobby. Maya focused on first-wave feminist texts.
Megan Barron is a Sophmore at the University of Pittsburgh studying Film and Media Analysis with an interest in a non-fiction writing minor. Her studies often focus on viewing film and visual imagery through the lens of feminism and queer theory, researching the complicated and interconnected relationship between gender and cinema. Their interest in feminism began through classes in the Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies department and expanded to a personal hobby and political identity.
Polly Naneva is a Freshman in the School of Computing and Information and the Frederick Honors College. She is pursuing a double major in Computer Science and Digital Narrative and Interactive Design as well as a minor in English Literature. She enjoys using Computer Science as a way to explore many different fields and bridge the gap between technology and the humanities. Polly focused on second-wave feminist texts.