Lipstick feminism is a variety of Third-wave feminism that sought to embrace traditional concepts of femininity, including the sexual power of women, alongside feminist ideas.
It was in part a response to the ideological backlash against radical varieties of Second-wave feminism, with the negative stereotypes it generated of the “ugly feminist” or the “anti-sex feminist”; in part the result of the belief that the very successes of second-wave feminism had made it possible to reclaim aspects of femininity that had earlier been seen as disempowering, like make-up or stilettos.
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