" Empowered is a crucial and much needed contribution to the debate around contemporary popular feminism and misogyny.
"Banet-Weiser’s engaging and clear prose, alongside her use of many contemporary examples from a number of cultural contexts, make the book accessible enough for advanced undergraduate or graduate students while still offering cogent and theoretically grounded argumentation to scholars." - Laura L. " Empowered presents insightful as well as bold arguments on the current status of popular feminism and its networked natures with popular misogyny." - Younghan Cho, International Journal of Communication Read this book if you are interested in how media plays a role in shaping social justice issues through an accessible and clear picture of a seemingly concealed issue." - WATER "By citing relevant examples in mass media, Sarah rightfully critiques the visibility of feminism in juxtaposition to the continual growth and power misogyny holds in US culture. With its various tangible examples to illuminate the theorization of popular feminism and misogyny, general readers who don’t have prior knowledge on feminist research could enjoy reading it." - Dasol Kim, International Journal of Communication " Empowered offers an extremely timely and critical perspective toward understanding the current topology of feminism and misogyny in popular US culture and can benefit a wide range of readers. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." - M.
"Sarah Banet-Weiser offers an informative and readable account of popular feminism and popular misogynistic reactions to it. Highly recommended. " Empowered adroitly examines the context in which popular feminism is transformed into hateful and misogynistic rage." - Elisabeth Woronzoff, Popmatters
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