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Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom
Feminist Theory Radical Feminism Legal Equality +4

Breaking Free: The Lie of Equality and the Feminist Fight for Freedom

Marcie Bianco (2023)

Culture writer Marcie Bianco boldly argues that 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that perpetuates women's systemic oppression and limits the possibilities of feminism—with a plan to transform the movement.

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📰 Articles 3

📰 Articles

Top Feminists of 2024: From Texas Lawsuits to Global Movements

Ms. Magazine Editorial Team 12 min read

Ms. Magazine honors 2024's most influential feminists, including the 27 women who sued Texas over its abortion ban, Kamala Harris, Black women voters, and brave women fighting for rights globally.

Reproductive Autonomy Political Participation Anti-Sexual Violence +2
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Project 2025: A Dystopian Future for Women's Rights in America

Feminist Majority Foundation 10 min read

Led by the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 far-right organizations, 'Project 2025' is an 887-page policy blueprint calling for the deletion of terms like 'gender equality' and 'reproductive rights' from federal regulations. This document, described as 'the last chance to save our republic,' is actually a comprehensive declaration of war on women's rights.

Political Participation Reproductive Autonomy Anti-Feminism Studies +2
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The US War on Reproductive Rights Should Concern Women Everywhere

Mariam Khan 8 min read

In the United States, women's reproductive rights are rapidly being eroded. Since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022, 28 states have restricted abortion access, with 14 states implementing near-total bans. This war on women's bodily autonomy affects not just America, but threatens women's rights globally.

Reproductive Autonomy Bodily Autonomy Anti-Sexual Violence +2

📄 Papers 3

📄 Papers

Book Review: Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence

Jane Scoular

This book review discusses Hilaire Barnett's 'Introduction to Feminist Jurisprudence'. Scoular, as a feminist legal scholar at the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, evaluates the book's coverage of major issues in feminist jurisprudence as a student textbook, and its analysis of how traditional jurisprudence and law remain masculine subjects despite the vast strides in formal legal equality.

Feminist Theory Legal Equality Gender Politics +2
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Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color

Kimberlé Crenshaw

This groundbreaking 1991 article systematically articulates intersectionality theory, analyzing how race, gender, and other identity dimensions interact to shape the unique experiences of violence faced by women of color. Crenshaw critiques how anti-discrimination law and feminist movements fail to adequately address multiply-marginalized groups, calling for more inclusive frameworks of social justice.

Intersectional Feminism Black Feminism Race and Gender +3
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Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics

Kimberlé Crenshaw

This groundbreaking paper first introduced the concept of 'intersectionality,' fundamentally transforming how we understand the interaction of multiple oppressions. Through analyzing legal cases, Crenshaw demonstrates how single-axis frameworks render Black women's unique experiences invisible in antidiscrimination law and feminist theory, providing a revolutionary analytical framework for understanding identity, power, and justice.

Black Feminism Intersectional Feminism Legal Equality +2

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