Feminism and the Culture Wars: A Symposium

This symposium contends with the relationship between feminist theory, feminist activism, and the culture wars. Often taking the form of moral panic, culture wars are characterized by reactionary rhetoric that targets the most marginalized groups, casting them as threats to the social order. More than metaphor, culture "wars" are proxies for political hegemony, eliciting questions about state power, criminalization, social movements, and the attack on academic freedom. Through lectures and a film screening, leading feminist scholars grapple both with feminism's real and/or perceived role in sparking moral panic, and with its moral imperative to resist and contextualize that panic.

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