Young feminists today are becoming activists on behalf of many causes beyond the classic—and indispensable--feminist ones of reproductive rights and equal pay for equal work. In The Fire This Time, Dawn Martin, one of four founders of The Third Wave Foundation--a multiracial, multi-issue, and multicultural activist organization--and Vivien Labaton, its first executive director, offer an exciting cross section of feminist voices that express new directions in activism, identity, and thought. Ayana Bird dissects the role of black women in hip-hop; Joshua Breitbart and Ana Noguiera demonstrate how Indimedia can break the hold of the corporate media over the news; and Jennifer Bleyer reviews the exhilarating power unleashed by the GirlZine movement. Anna Kirkland's analysis of transsexual and transgendered people and the law is deeply thoughtful, and Shireen Lee's piece on women, technology, and feminism envisions empowering prospects for women.. Ranging from media and culture to politics and globalization, The Fire This Time is a call to new frontiers of activism, and helps reinvent feminism for a new generation.

Foreword: We Are Using This Power to Resist REBECCA WALKER]Introduction: Making What Will Become VIVIEN LABATON AND DAWN LUNDY MARTINPART I CHANGING MINDS AND EYES: MEDIA AND CULTUREClaiming Jezebel: Black Female Subjectivity and Sexual Expression in Hip-HopAYANA BYRDAn Independent Media Center of One’s Own: A Feminist Alternative to Corporate MediaJOSHUA BREITBART AND ANA NOGUEIRACut-and-Paste Revolution: Notes from the Girl Zine ExplosionJENNIFER BLEYERCan You Rock It Like This? Theater for a New Century HOLLY BASSThe New Girls Network: Women, Technology, and FeminismSHIREEN LEEPART II NEW ACTIVISM IN THE GLOBAL CITYExporting Violence: The School of the Americas, U.S. Intervention in Latin America, and Resistance KATHRYN TEMPLEDomestic Workers Organize in the Global City AI-JEN POO AND ERIC TANGA Baptism by Fire: Vieques, Puerto Rico ELISHA MARÍA MIRANDAWhen Transgendered People Sue and Win: Feminist Reflections on Strategy, Activism, and the Legal ProcessANNA KIRKLANDBearing the Blame: Gender, Immigration, Reproduction, and the EnvironmentSYD LINDSLEYShe Who Believes in Freedom: Young Women Defy the Prison Industrial ComplexROBIN TEMPLETONAfterwordLooking Ahead: Building a Feminist FutureVIVIEN LABATON AND DAWN LUNDY MARTINCoda WILMA MANKILLERRecommended OrganizationsNotes Acknowledgments