Meet the BandPhillip Bennett“Phyllis”

Lead SingerKatie Heil

“Sylvia”Back-up Singer/DrummerDominick Miller“Bertha” Bass Guitarist

Feminist/GenderLooking at the problems women face because of their

genderThis came about because of the women’s suffrage

movement

Founder of feminist/gender Criticism Creator Feminism doesn't really have a creator

It has movements like in the 1900’s the movement of women’s suffrage where women's rights were the hot topic

Contributing Authors:Susan B Anthony,Victoria Woodhull, and Mary Wollstonecraft

Lit Crit Initiation ●17th Century Europe

●Period of time when women were not allowed to compose literature

●Writers made comments and characters within stories critiqued and specifically described based off of feministic gender.

Identifying Feminist/Gender Lit CritThis can be identified in a song

when the song is discussing equality between the genders in any way

After all, “Feminism is all about burning bras. And hating men.” right?

Purpose To attain gender equality between all sexes Break gender stereotypes and so on Breaking down stereotypical barriers that exist today

and even gender roles.

Works CitedWorks Cited

Shmoop Editorial Team. “Feminist Theory.” Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., Nov. 2008. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

<http://www.shmoop.com/feminist-theory/>

“Welcome To the Purdue OWL.” Purdue OWL: Literary Theory and Schools of Criticism. Web. 13 Oct. 2015.

<https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/722/11/>