Courtney Martin: This isn't her mother's feminism

Link to Courtney Martin's Talk: This isn't her mother's feminism
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     In Blogger Courtney Martin’s TED Talk: This isn't her mother's feminism, Martin discusses a variety of issues. She begins her talk by describing her childhood and her parent’s influence on her. Having two feminist parents, Martin followed in their footsteps, and is now her own kind of feminist. Then, Martin shares her three paradoxes, which include: 1. Growing up is about rejecting the past, and then promptly reclaiming it. 2. Sobering up about our smallness and maintaining faith in our greatness all at once. 3. Growing up is about aiming to succeed wildly and being fulfilled by failing really well.
     Martin discusses feminism a lot in her talk, but she also focuses on another issue: failure. While both are important topics, I had a difficult time making the connection between the two issues. This caused me to feel that Martin’s TED Talk was confusing, as I felt she had tried to take on too many topics and ideas in a short period of time. Since she is a great speaker with relevant personal stories and interesting ideas and advice, I would love to hear her split these two topics into two separate TED Talks so that her message is more clear to her audience.

What was the most important thing you took away from Martin's speech? Was there any advice that you found particularly useful that you would share with others?