Rebecca Walker Bio | Wiki
Rebecca Walker is an American feminist, writer, and activist. She does extensive writing and also speaks about gender, economic, racial, and social justice at universities nationally (in the United States) and internationally.
Time named Rebecca one of the 50 future leaders of America in 1994. Her work has appeared in publications such as Glamour, Salon, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, and Essence. Also, she has been featured on CNN and MTV.
Rebecca Walker Age
She was born on November 17, 1969, in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Rebecca is 52 years old.
Rebecca Walker Height
She is a woman of average stature. Rebecca stands at the height of 5 ft 4 in ( Approx 1.6m).
Rebecca Walker Family
She was born to her parents in Jackson, Mississippi. Her mother Alice Walker is a 78-year-old African-American writer born on February 9, 1944, in Eatonton, Georgia, U.S. Alice married Melvyn Rosenman Leventhal in 1967 but divorced in 1976. The couple married in New York prior to relocating to Mississippi to work in civil rights. After Rebecca’s parents divorced in 1976, she spent her childhood alternating every two years between her mother’s largely African-American environment in San Francisco and her father’s home in the largely Jewish Riverdale section of the Bronx in New York City.
Rebecca Walker Husband
She identifies as bisexual. Rebecca dated Meshell Ndegeocello, a neo-soul musician whose son she helped raise even after their relationship ended.
Rebecca Walker Son
In 2004, she gave birth to her son Tenzin Walker with her former partner, a Buddhist teacher called Glen. She was once estranged from her mother Alice but they have both reconciled. Rebecca and Alice have since appeared at literary events together.
Rebecca Walker Education
She attended and graduated from The Urban School of San Francisco. After earning her high school diploma, she joined Yale University. Rebecca graduated from college cum laude in 1992. At the age of 15, Rebecca decided to change her surname from Leventhal to her mother’s surname Walker. She now identifies as Jewish and Black. In 2000, she published a memoir titled Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self.
Rebecca Walker Book
Her first major work was the book To be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism. The book was published in 1996 and it consisted of articles that Rebecca compiled and edited. It reevaluated the feminist movement of the time. The book reviewer, an Assistant Professor of Communication at Ithaca College, called Emilie Fale, described it: “The twenty-three contributors in To Be Real offer varied perspectives and experiences that challenge our stereotypes of feminist beliefs as they negotiate the troubled waters of gender roles, identity politics, and “power feminism”.
Rebecca Walker Becoming The Third Wave
At the age of 22, Rebecca emerged as a prominent feminist for the first time. after she wrote an article titled “Becoming the Third Wave” for Ms. magazine. In her article, Rebecca criticizes the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. He was accused of sexually harassing an attorney called Anita Hill whom he supervised during his time at the Department of Education and the EEOC.
Using this example, Rebecca addresses the oppression of the female voice and she introduces the concept of Third-wave feminism. At the end of the article, she defines “third-wave feminism” by saying “To be a feminist is to integrate an ideology of equality and female empowerment into the very fiber of life. It is to search for personal clarity in the midst of systemic destruction, to join in sisterhood with women when often we are divided, to understand power structures with the intention of challenging them.”
Rebecca Walker Third Wave Feminism
She has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism. Since publishing an article on feminism in Ms. magazine titled “Becoming the Third Wave” in 1992, Rebbecca is regarded as the coiner of the term “third wave”. In this article, Rebecca proclaimed: “I am the Third Wave.” Her writing, teaching, and speeches focus on gender, race, politics, culture, and power.
In her activism work, Rebecca helped co-found the Third Wave Fund which morphed into an organization called the Third Wave Foundation that supports young women of color, queer, intersex, as well as trans individuals. This organization provides the tools and resources these groups need to be leaders in their communities through activism and philanthropy.
Rebecca Walker Quotes
– “Sex can look like love if you don’t know what love looks like.”
– “One may be nice on the outside but on the inside isnt pretty”
– “What the heart desires is medicine to itself. Does that make sense?”
– “You are my first love.” And then, “You will be my only love.”
– “What the heart desires is medicine to itself.”
– “This often has a lot to do with racism and sexism, and the stories we are “allowed” to tell as people of colour.”
Rebecca Walker Books
– Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo Mar 15, 2022
– What’s Your Story?: A Journal for Everyday Evolution Dec 8, 2020
– Black White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self Jul 5, 2005
– Black Cool: One Thousand Streams of Blackness Feb 1, 2012
– Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence Mar 4, 2008
– One Big Happy Family: 18 Writers Talk About Open Adoption, Mixed Marriage, Polyamory, Househusbandry, Single Motherhood, and Other Realities of Truly Modern Love Jan 17, 2009
Rebecca Walker Net Worth
She is an American feminist, writer, and activist. Rebecca has an estimated net worth of $4,682,613.
How Old Is Rebecca Walker
Rebecca is 52 years old. She was born on November 17, 1969, in Jackson, Mississippi, United States.
Is Rebecca Walker Married
Rebecca dated Meshell Ndegeocello, a neo-soul musician whose son she helped raise even after their relationship ended. In 2004, she gave birth to her son Tenzin Walker with her former partner, a Buddhist teacher called Glen.
Who Is Rebecca Walker
Rebecca is an American feminist, writer, and activist. She does extensive writing and also speaks about gender, economic, racial, and social justice at universities nationally (in the United States) and internationally.