In the ideals of the authors of second wave feminism, Gloria Anzaldúa, Angela Davis, June Jordan, Audre Lorde and Bonnie Morris, redefined the purpose of feminism by supporting the inextricable nature of gender, sexuality and sexual identity. Another author who would coincide with this group would be Alice Walker. Walker, like many of these authors, emphasized the importance of including an individual's entire being rather than allowing gender to be the sole factor in defining feminism. Alice Walker showed her passion for new elements of feminism through her life, literary works, and through the history she created with her popular works in literature. Like the five authors included in this group, Alice Walker was born on February 9, 1944, during the second wave of feminism, had somewhat established itself in the world of literature during the third wave. “While the first wave of feminism was generally driven by white, middle-class women, the second wave attracted women of color and from developing nations, seeking sisterhood and solidarity.” In many of Walker's literary works she includes vivid sexual and violent images that would make some cringe, but many stories allowed her to fully engage in changing the face of the emerging wave of feminism, Alice Walker influenced the second wave of feminism by creating something that could be specifically about black women to have an equal voice a society run by men. Walker chooses the "womanist" theory of feminism because she believes it fits her particular circumstances in a better way than feminism. Some have argued that "Walker's brand of feminism concluded that feminist black women are superior in strength.... middle of paper ......lker, 110). Such as Gloria Anzaldúa, Angela Davis, June Jordan, Audre Lorde and Bonnie Morris, Alice Walker wrote about issues of gender, sexuality and sexual identity. The past they experienced along with the different instances that inspired each of these authors Alice Walker and her theory of "womanisim" branch out from second and third wave feminism and says that when it comes to gender, sex will always be involved in its creative ways. TelevisionDykes, Ashli, PBS. Scars of Oppression: Female Circumcision in Possessing the Secret of Joy by Alice Walker. Henderson State University, 2000. Print. Walker, Alice. London: Women's Press, 1992. Print.