The original essays in this collection ground the shifting terrain of feminism in the 21st century. The contributors define and examine the complexity of the Third Wave by answering questions like: how appropriate is a "e;third wave"e; label for contemporary feminism; are the agendas of contemporary feminism and the "e;second wave"e; really all that different; does the wave metaphor accurately describe the difference between contemporary feminists and their predecessors; how do women of color fit into this notion of contemporary feminism; and what are the future directions of the feminist movement?

Introduction 1The Search for Contemporary FeminismJo Reger, Oakland UniversitySection I - Who is Third Wave? Issues of DiversityChapter 1 Strongblackwomen and Black Feminism: A Next Generation?Kimberly Springer, King's College - LondonChapter 2 Que Viva La Mujer: Negotiating Chicana Feminist Identities Florence Maatita, University of Connecticut Chapter 3 Punk White Privilege Scene: Riot Grrrl, White Privilege, and ZinesKristen Schlit, University of California, Los AngelesChapter 4 I am a Feminist but ... Articulating Feminism and Transgender Sally Hines, University of LeedsSection II - Mothers and Daughters? Relations between the Second and Third WavesChapter 5 Solitary Sisterhood: Individualism Meets Collectivity in Feminism's Third WaveAstrid Henry, St. Mary's CollegeChapter 6 Bridging the Waves: Sex and Sexuality in a Second-Wave OrganizationStephanie Gilmore, Ohio State UniversityChapter 7 When Feminism is Your Job: Age and Power in Women's Policy Organizations Susanne Beechey, George Washington UniversitySection III - What Brings Change? Tactics of the Third WaveChapter 8 Talking about My Vagina: Two College Campuses and the Vagina MonologuesJo Reger and Lacey Story, Oakland University Chapter 9 Searching for a Home Place: Online in the Third WaveBarbara Duncan, University of Kentucky Chapter 10 Zines: Voices of Third-Wave FeministsDawn Bates and Maureen C. McHugh, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chapter 11 Third Wave Feminism and Ecofeminism: Reweaving the Nature/Culture DualityColleen Mack-Canty, Montana State UniversitySection IV - Into The Future: Implications of a Third WaveChapter 12 Confronting the Future, Learning from the Past: Feminist Praxis in the 21st CenturyNancy Naples, University of ConnecticutChapter 13 Are We On A Wavelength Yet? On Feminist Oceanography, Radios and Third-Wave FeminismEdnie Kaeh Garrison, Wells CollegeSection V - Different Wavelengths: A BibliographyChapter 14 Different Wavelengths: A Bibliography Julie Voelck, Oakland UniversityContributor Biographies Index