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‘Now I ask you, what teenager wouldn’t love to have a feminist mother standing over her shoulder while she watches TV, pointing out how the show perpetuates stereotypes about girls being narcissistic twits obsessed only with personal relationships? (Douglas, 2010: 7)’
I’m a feminist because… my mother encouraged me to be one.
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Ralph, S. (2015). ‘A Place for Talking about Female Stars’: Exploring Versatility, Femininity and ‘Fantasy’ in Mother-Daughter Talk on Film Stars. In: Savigny, H., Warner, H. (eds) The Politics of Being a Woman. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137384669_5
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