Popularly referred to as having entered its "third wave," feminism has been designated by some as having penetrated the social fabric so entirely as to be ubiquitous, while others pronounce its status as seriously endangered. Previously fundamental theoretical and political distinctions between kinds of feminisms (socialist, Marxist, psychoanalytic, etc.) are now often glossed over, and rather than incorporating feminist problematics into the syllabi of "primary" disciplines, feminist theory is often relegated to specialized courses in women's studies programs-these for the most part supplementary, non-degree granting departments within the university system.
What are we speaking, reading, writing, and teaching today when we invoke feminism? What does it mean to call oneself a feminist, particularly within contemporary academic structures (as well as outside of them)? What kinds of hybrid feminist practices and methodologies have evolved from interdisciplinarity, as such? How is feminism pedagogically reinscribed so that younger scholars recognize its continued relevance? In what areas does feminism operate without announcing itself as such? What IS feminism today-and how do its present forms and debates both further and deviate from its already multiplicitous origins?