Radical Feminism

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📚 Books 9

Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation
Radical Feminism Trans Feminism Intersectional Feminism +3

Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation

Sophie Lewis (2025)

A provocative and unflinching examination of reactionary strands within feminism that work against liberation. Lewis traces two centuries of 'enemy feminisms' from imperial feminists to contemporary TERFs, revealing how feminist rhetoric can be weaponized to reinforce rather than dismantle systems of oppression.

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📰 Articles 1

📰 Articles

Breaking Free: Why 'Equality' Is a Patriarchal Lie

Amelia Hruby (Based on Breaking Free book) 9 min read

New book 'Breaking Free' reveals how 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that keeps women and marginalized communities chasing an unattainable goal. True liberation requires not equality, but freedom.

Radical Feminism Capitalism Critique Race and Gender +2

🎧 Podcasts 4

Feminist Current

Feminist Current

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Meghan Murphy
2 weeks ago

Feminist Current is a podcast hosted by Canadian journalist Meghan Murphy, focusing on controversial issues within the feminist movement, particularly debates around gender identity, women's spaces, and legal policy. The show approaches from a critical feminist stance, emphasizing women's rights based on biological sex, covering content including Title IX revisions, transgender policy, domestic violence, pornography criticism, and internal left-wing controversies. With a frank and clear-positioned style, it represents an important voice in gender politics debates. Spotify rating of 4.5 (217 reviews), with broad influence among critical feminist podcasts.

#Radical Feminism #Patriarchy Critique #Anti-Sexual Violence #Political Participation +1
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Gender Troubles

Gender Troubles

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Emma Austin & Eva Espenshade
2 weeks ago

Gender Troubles is a podcast hosted by Emma Austin and Eva Espenshade, dedicated to deconstructing feminist academic discourse and reexamining gender theory and cultural phenomena from a critical leftist perspective. The show covers pornography platformization, sex wars, abortion rights, ethical consumption, and feminist canonical text rereading, emphasizing knowledge democratization and critical thinking. With a sharp, theory-dense style suitable for audiences with deep interest in feminist theory and gender politics, it has a Spotify rating of 4.0 (71 reviews) and serves as an important voice in academic feminist podcasting.

#Radical Feminism #Capitalism Critique #Anti-Sexual Violence #Media Representation Critique +1
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Lean Back: Critical Feminist Conversations

Lean Back: Critical Feminist Conversations

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Lisa Corrigan & Laura Weiderhaft
2 weeks ago

Lean Back is a critical feminist podcast hosted by Lisa Corrigan and Laura Weiderhaft, focusing on in-depth analysis of American culture, politics, and social phenomena. The show uses a theory-driven approach to explore issues including abortion rights, democratic crisis, perfectionism, complicity, and candor, emphasizing the intersection of structural oppression and feminist critique. With a sharp, academically rigorous style, it's suitable for audiences interested in critical feminism and cultural politics.

#Radical Feminism #Abortion Rights #Political Participation #Cultural Critique +1
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Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist

Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist

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Madigan
3 weeks ago

Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist is a podcast hosted by intersectional feminist Madigan, focusing on critical issues facing women and society. The show explores historical figures, current events, and cultural phenomena with a sharp perspective, covering topics from British feminism development to American political conspiracy theories and shooting incidents. Madigan challenges mainstream narratives through deep research and personal viewpoints, promoting feminist dialogue. With a frank, critically strong podcast style suitable for audiences interested in gender, power, and social structures.

#Intersectional Feminism #Radical Feminism #Cultural Critique
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📄 Papers 4

📄 Papers

An Overview on the Feminism and Its Categories

Haradhan Kumar Mohajan

This paper offers a comprehensive overview of feminism’s historical development, ideological foundations, and categorical variants. Mohajan traces the evolution of feminist thought from early movements to contemporary debates, highlighting key challenges and future directions for global gender justice.

Feminism Liberal Feminism Radical Feminism +3
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Pure tolerance revisited

Denise Thompson

This radical feminist theoretical article revisits the place of tolerance in feminist theory, critically responding to the pluralist stance advocated by the inaugural issue of Feminist Theory journal. Drawing on Herbert Marcuse's theory of 'repressive tolerance', Thompson argues that unlimited tolerance provides shelter for patriarchal and anti-feminist viewpoints, thereby undermining feminism's core as a liberatory politics. She contends that feminism must maintain intolerance toward male domination to preserve its theoretical coherence and political efficacy.

Feminist Theory Radical Feminism Feminist Epistemology +3
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Using Gender to Undo Gender: A Feminist Degendering Movement

Judith Lorber

This revolutionary article proposes a radical solution to persistent gender inequality: the complete elimination of gender categories. Lorber argues that despite significant improvements in women's status, true equality remains elusive because society continues to be organized around binary gender divisions. She calls for a 'feminist degendering movement' that would dismantle the very foundation of gender categorization rather than simply seeking equality within existing structures.

Feminist Theory Gender Identity Social Movements +2
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Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence

Adrienne Rich

This paper challenges the assumption that heterosexuality is the 'natural' sexual orientation for women, arguing that heterosexuality is a political institution imposed upon women.

Radical Feminism Patriarchy Critique Sexual Liberation +3

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