AICLL Annual International Conference on Language and Literature (AICLL) Volume 2021 Conference Paper Liberal Feminism in Ika Natassa’s Novel Critical Eleven Purwarno Purwarno, Sylvia Mardhatillah, and Andang Suhendi Faculty of Literature, Universitas Islam Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia ORCID: Purwarno Purwarno: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8925-8566 Abstract This study aimed to reveal the liberal feminism in Ika Natassa’s novel, Critical Eleven. This study applied liberal feminism as proposed by Lewis (2018) who claims that liberal feminism focuses on the issues of woman’s equality in the workplace, education and political rights. This study used qualitative methods since it involved the characteristics of qualitative procedures of analysis (Creswell, 2009). The main data were collected from the novel, and the supporting data were taken from books, journals and websites dealing with the subject matter of this research. Therefore, this study is categorized as a library research study as is noted by Herbert (1990: 18) who claims that a library research study is research to collect ideas and theories and to report empirical data within scholarship in the library. The research results show that of the three issues foccused on in liberal feminism as proposed by Lewis (2018), those of woman’s equality in the workplace and education are vividly reflected in the novel by the character named Anya who had a prestigious education (she is a Georgetown University graduate) and also has a good career as a management consultant. Equality in political rights is not found in the novel. Keywords: Feminism, Liberal Feminism, Women, Equality in Education, Equality in the Workplace 1. Introduction Over the past decade, feminists have used the terms ‘feminist’, ‘female’ and ‘feminine’ in multitude of different ways. The words ‘feminist’ or ‘feminism’ are the political labels indicating the support for the new women’s movement which emerged in the late 1960s. ‘Feminist criticism’, then, is a specific kind of political discourse: a critical and theoretical practice committed to the struggle against patriarchy and sexism, not simply a concern for gender discrimination. If feminist criticism is characterized by its political commitment to the struggle against all form of patriarchy and sexism, it follows that the very fact of being female does not necessarily guarantee a feminist approach (Moi, 1986). How to cite this article: Purwarno Purwarno, Sylvia Mardhatillah, and Andang Suhendi, (2021), “Liberal Feminism in Ika Natassa’s Novel Critical Eleven” in Annual International Conference on Language and Literature (AICLL), KnE Social Sciences, pages 559–581. DOI 10.18502/kss.v5i4.8712 Page 559 Corresponding Author: Purwarno Purwarno purwarno@sastra.uisu.ac.id Published: 11 March 2021 Publishing services provided by Knowledge E Purwarno Purwarno et al. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. Selection and Peer-review under the responsibility of the AICLL Conference Committee.