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Include analysis of scholarly articles on postfeminism and anti-feminism
Paper Outline:
-Description of TV show Ally McBeal
-Popularity of Show in early 90s
-Backlash against character Ally McBeal–accused of being anti-feminine
-Question of whether Ally McBeal was post feminine or anti-feminine
-Analysis of scholarly opinion on the show
-Debate so important because transitional time for women in the 90s
-Feminist movement had provided them with jobs, equality, right to vote
-Some felt feminism was over, didn’t identify with feminism because of stigma of word (idea of militant feminists)–>result of the media
-Some as the times magazine article pointed out, recognized women still had a long way to go
-Third-Wave feminism
-Ally McBeal drew attention to these clashing ideals
-She represented a mix of good and bad values for women
-The character definently was not an exactly positive role model for women
-She did represent a backward ideology
-She was create by a man constant reminder of patriarchal society
-She was a terrible lawyer
-but she was a post-feminist icon
-She provided a sounding board for the complex nature of the time: the post feminist vs feminist debate
-Even though she wasn’t real, Ally McBeal transcended the medium of television and became an influential in the feminist vs post feminist debate.