Courtney E. Martin

[3] According to Parker Palmer, she is “one of our most insightful culture critics and one of our finest young writers.” [4] In 2013 she helped found the Solutions Journalism Network with journalists David Bornstein and Tina Rosenberg.

[1][6][7] As detailed during a public forum with Deborah Siegel, Martin asserts that older generations often view third-wavers as entitled, but she states they were raised to believe they deserved certain rights and to fight for them.

Her opinion is that second-wavers typically organize protest marches in order to create change, while third-wavers have turned to “online organizing.”[1] Using social media, online petitions, and blogs to raise awareness about feminist issues and social issues in general, as well as to bring about change, is a viable strategy that Martin argues could be the future of feminism.

[10] She calls for workplace-provided childcare, legislature to "craft policies that support individuals and families," maternity and paternity leave, and more workplace flexibility.

[11][12][13] In an article for skirt.com in 2008, Martin wrote "how can we claim to be economic providers and role models for our daughters and sons if we aren't also improving the work place climate they will inherit?

[18][19] In these two articles, Martin discusses the way America's youth has lost the outrage and civil disobedience of previous generations in favor of school sanctioned demonstrations, and how the American youth today do not display the robust activism that United Kingdom students have recently displayed regarding school tuition budget cuts.

Martin at PopTech 2014