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American writer (born 1969)

For other people named Rebecca Walker, see Rebecca Walker (disambiguation).

Rebecca Walker (born Rebecca Leventhal; November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist.

Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing a 1992 article on feminism in Ms. magazine called "Becoming the Third Wave", in which she proclaimed: "I am the Third Wave."^[1][2]

Walker's writing, teaching, and speeches focus on race, gender, politics, power, and culture.^[3][4] In her activism work, she helped co-found the Third Wave Fund that morphed into the Third Wave Foundation, an organization that supports young women of color, queer, intersex, and trans individuals by providing tools and resources they need to be leaders in their communities through activism and philanthropy.^[3]

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