i'm somewhere in between.

but, i'd absolutely identify as second-wave before i'd identify as third-wave

i'd fall just short of the idea that the third-wave of feminism was the undoing of it. in a lot of ways, it was. i'm not buying into the idea that patriarchy can be relabelled as feminism via the power of magical thinking, so i'm broadly going to reject the idea that perpetuating patriarchy via pretending that you're in charge (which might even be the fucking kink) is somehow some kind of end to it.. i've said this before: it is your mom's feminism, for the precise reason that your mom was a feminist, and you're not. you're not even close to one. but, it's not the case across the board. this theory of "intersectionality" is just burkean conservative rebranded with an orwellian flair, but the premise of needing to expand the definition of feminism beyond the middle class was certainly long overdue.

and, yes, i'm as frustrated as the next transwoman about radical feminism's exclusionary basis, but the fact is that i'd be hard-pressed to find much of anything else that i disagree with radfems about.

i have and will continue to argue these points where necessary. it's too big a topic to lay down without prodding.

but, i'm more critical of the third wave than i am supportive of it. and, all i can say is that i hope that the next generation has better skills of analysis and independent thought in being able to deconstruct the corporatocracy's attempts to reassert patriarchy via popular media, from the truly disgusting catastrophe that is brittney spears to the pawning off of rape culture as entertainment.