 To present a broad sketch of characteristics of continental feminism throughout its history, this section focuses on methods that Continental feminists use to engage embodied experience in their projects. The gendered critique of the traditional Western philosophical tendency to dichotomize the body that feels and the mind that thinks is an ongoing theme in continental feminism (see entry on  feminist perspectives on the body).  The account presented here is not at all complete, as the specific aims and methods of such feminist projects differ widely, most importantly in terms of how an analysis of sex and gender is impacted by other aspects of embodied experience such as race, sexuality, and ability. This section first addresses some ways that continental feminists trouble a mind-body distinction by engaging affect and emotion in their work. Next, it explores two examples of how continental traditions, psychoanalysis and phenomenology, are made into critical resources in Continental feminist projects. Finally, it presents work that engages an ongoing critique of culture and everyday experience as an important aspect of feminist theorizing.