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title: Feminist Theory
description: This field examines the philosophical and sociological frameworks used to analyze gender inequality, power relations, and patriarchy. Learners will understand key feminist critiques of history, politics, and culture from diverse theoretical perspectives.
category: social-sciences
subcategory: gender-studies
difficulty: beginner, intermediate, advanced
url: /subject/feminist-theory
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# Feminist Theory

This field examines the philosophical and sociological frameworks used to analyze gender inequality, power relations, and patriarchy. Learners will understand key feminist critiques of history, politics, and culture from diverse theoretical perspectives.

## Available Resources

2 Books • 1 Courses • 1 Websites

## Websites

### 1. Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Feminist Philosophy

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy entry, last revised 2023, that defines feminism and maps feminist philosophy by approach (analytic, continental, pragmatist, psychoanalytic), by intervention in fields such as ethics and epistemology, and by topics like autonomy, the body, and disability.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-philosophy/

**Tags:** feminist-philosophy, feminist-epistemology, feminist-ethics, gender-theory, philosophy-encyclopedia

## Podcasts

### 1. PhDivas

**Author:** PhDivas

Podcast about academia, culture, and social justice across the STEM/humanities divide. Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Christine "Xine" Yao are two women of color Ivy League PhDs navigating higher education. Biomedical engineer meets literary critic. Both fans of lipstick.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** en | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.patreon.com/phdivaspodcast

## Books

### 1. Men Explain Things to Me

**Author:** Rebecca Solnit

Rebecca Solnit's influential essay on a man explaining her own book to her, which inspired the term mansplaining, published as a short standalone edition with an afterword. It shows how dismissing women's knowledge connects everyday condescension to silencing and violence.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608464660?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** feminism, mansplaining, gender-and-power, essays, epistemic-injustice

### 2. Sister Outsider

**Author:** Audre Lorde

Collection of fifteen essays and speeches written between 1976 and 1984, including "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House" and "Uses of the Erotic". Readers encounter Lorde's arguments on difference, anger, silence, and intersecting oppressions of race, sex, class, and sexuality.

**Difficulty:** Intermediate | **Language:** English | **Price:** Paid

**Link:** https://www.amazon.com/dp/0241410509?tag=edmonddante07-20

**Tags:** books, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

## Courses

### 1. Feminism and Social Justice

"Feminism and Social Justice" is an adaptation of Distinguished Professor Bettina Aptheker's long-running course at UC Santa Cruz. In the course, Professor Aptheker presents a broad definition of feminism that serves to frame three significant events in the history of feminism and social justice: the Empire Zinc strike of 1951, the 1971-1972 trial of Angela Davis, and the #metoo Movement.

**Difficulty:** Beginner | **Language:** English | **Price:** Free

**Link:** https://www.coursera.org/learn/feminism-social-justice

**Tags:** courses, humanities-social-sciences, gender-studies

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