Feminism, Interrupted

Its time we returned feminism to its radical roots!

Informationen zum Autor Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and organiser from London. She has written and spoken at numerous events about feminism and decolonisation across the country, and was a member of the NUS Women's Campaign and NUS National Executive Committee. Klappentext Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast becoming a popular slogan for our generation. But feminism isn't a commodity up for purchase; it's a weapon for fighting against injustice.This revolutionary book reclaims feminism from consumerism through exploring state violence against women, reproductive justice, transmisogyny, sex work, gendered Islamophobia and much more, showing that the struggle for gendered liberation is a struggle for justice, one that can transform the world for everybody. Zusammenfassung It's time to reclaim a rebellious! radical feminism. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction: Feminist Work is Justice Work 1. Know Your History 2. The Sexist State 3. The Fight for Reproductive Justice 4. Transmisogyny: Who Wins? 5. The Saviour Complex: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia 6. Art for Art's Sake? 7. Complicating Consent: How to Support Sex Workers 8. The Answer to Sexual Violence is Not More Prisons 9. Feminism and Food 10. Solidarity is a Doing Word Conclusion Resources

Autorentext

Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and Stuart Hall foundation researcher from London based in the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster. Her work focuses on the uses of the feminist imagination and its relationship to cultural production, political demands and futurity. She is author of Feminism Interrupted: Disrupting Power and Experiments in Imagining Otherwise. She is a member of 'bare minimum', an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective, and volunteer co-ordinator at the Feminist Library.

Klappentext

Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast becoming a popular slogan for our generation. But feminism isn't a commodity up for purchase; it's a weapon for fighting against injustice. This revolutionary book reclaims feminism from consumerism through exploring state violence against women, reproductive justice, transmisogyny, sex work, gendered Islamophobia and much more, showing that the struggle for gendered liberation is a struggle for justice, one that can transform the world for everybody.

Zusammenfassung
It's time to reclaim a rebellious, radical feminism.

Inhalt

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Feminist Work is Justice Work

1. Know Your History
2. The Sexist State
3. The Fight for Reproductive Justice
4. Transmisogyny: Who Wins?
5. The Saviour Complex: Muslim Women and Gendered Islamophobia
6. Art for Art's Sake?
7. Complicating Consent: How to Support Sex Workers
8. The Answer to Sexual Violence is Not More Prisons
9. Feminism and Food
10. Solidarity is a Doing Word
    Conclusion
    Resources