The Application of Girl Power Through Third-Wave Feminism in Birds of Prey

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10.2991/assehr.k.201201.100How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Women, Feminism, Girl Power, Film

Abstract

Girl Power is a part of third-wave feminism which has been addressed in several Hollywood movies in the past years. Girl Power is more of a slogan than a theory which emphasizes power and fun feminism. A recently released film, entitled ‘Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)’, emphasizes the struggle of girls in their journey of independence. Using the word ‘Emancipation’ in its title, it seems to imply that the film is about women trying to overpower men, hence, the second-wave of feminism. Moreover, this research is qualitative research with a documentation method of data collection. This study aims to show how the film strongly uses girl power as a part of third-wave feminism to portray the girls’ empowerment in finding their own path of career, style, and equality from diverse backgrounds. The result shows that the movie wants to portray women’s struggles of self-discovery and self-acceptance that lead to independence and acceptance of others.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Angelica L. Setianto
AU  - Maria V. Win
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/03
TI  - The Application of Girl Power Through Third-Wave Feminism in Birds of Prey
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities (IJCAH 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 574
EP  - 580
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201201.100
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201201.100
ID  - Setianto2020
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