‘By women, for women, about women’: The Women’s Liberation Movement as a Free Space

Evolution of Feminist Media in the Last Century

“…Feminists in the 20th century regularly attached importance to physical spaces and faceto-face communication, which is what print media is all about. However, the feminists nowadays, to a great extent, have lost the ability to launch women's centers and feminist bookstores, and organize autonomous political and social events [4].…”

“…Not only did these places facilitate regular or occasional face-to-face meetings held by activists, but, more importantly, they were absolutely separated from the involvement of males. The construction of facilities ensured the existence of places for activism, and "ideas and ideologies and identities had to be not only conceivable but realizable, that is, they needed a place to exist" [4].…”

“…A physical place plays a role as objective as print media, and they have made great contribution to the spatial positioning of the feminist movement. Jessica Megarry asserts, "Feminism today occupies social media space, but transitory dependence has allowed the movement to build a physical base that is divorced from the local" [4]. Megarry refers to this political strategy which separates men from women as "separatism", which she thinks has been conductive to the development of an innovative political and feminist culture.…”