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But the empress has no clothes! Some awkward questions about the 'missing revolution' in feminist theory

Abstract Stanley and Wise argue that there is a 'missing revolution' in feminist thinking - while ideas about feminist epistemology, methodology and ethics have been fundamentally reworked, those concerning feminist theory have not. They propose that the now-dominant version of feminist theory is a parallel project to mainstream/malestream social theory, and that a feminist autocritique is needed to achieve a transformation of the fundamental categories of feminist theory. The article stimulates debate about the form rather than content of feminist theory, promoting the development of feminist metatheory.