Thoughts on the Future of the Disciplines and Feminism:

Barrie Thorne states in her article A Telling Time for Women’s Studies, that women’s studies is combined with both easy and uneasy relationships. While she is glad that feminist ideas and women’s studies are appealing to her students she can sense a generation gap. Feminist ideals are always changing as goals are accomplished and times are changing. Different feminist generations have different goals but this sometimes makes Thorne feel like an “older suffragist in the 1920’s, wearing a long skirt and corset”, but she believes that as the younger generations continue to change the feminist ideals it is hopeful that we will continue to move forward.