It's a term of empowerment, linked to third-wave feminism.

First wave feminism was mostly focused on women gaining the right to vote and took place in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Since there has been second wave feminism which focused on breaking traditional women's roles and gaining rights such as equal pay and abortion. Third wave feminism began in the 1990s and focused on rape and sexual assault and more issues beneath the surface like women being objectified in the mainstream media. Riot Grrl was also a part of this movement.

First wave feminism lasted from the 1840s until the 1920s. It was largely started by the the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, and was focused for the most part on getting women the vote. With the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, the movement lost momentum, and floundered until the advent of second wave feminism in the 1960s. Second feminism dealt with equality in job opportunity and pay, and was motivated by the discontent many women felt after having been pushed out of the workforce and back into the home after men returned from the Second World War. Second wave feminism also dealt with reproductive rights, and saw victory with the outcome of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Second Wave feminism continued until the 1980s, and then evolved into third wave feminism that continued to fight for issues like reproductive rights and employment issues, but also sought to reconcile itself with women who had largely been ignored in first and second wave feminism, which were largely middle-class white women's movements. Third wave feminism began working to solve issues faced by women of color, queer women, women with disabilities, working class women, and to include them in the larger feminist movement.

What accomplishments

• First wave feminism took place in the late 1800s and early 1900s where it focused on legal issues such as the women's right to vote.
• Second wave feminism took place between the 1960s and the 1980s and was more focused on issues like sexual harassment in the workplace and domestic abuse/marital rape.
• Third wave feminism grew out of second wave feminism and has been active since the 1990s. Its focus is more on social issues rather than legal or economic ones.