Supporting a Feminism for the 99%
Hillary Clinton’s failed candidacy exposed the limits of corporate feminism. We need something better.
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Reject Imperial Feminism
From suffragette jingoism in 1914 to the liberal support for the war in Afghanistan, a long tradition of feminists has made excuses for Western imperialism. But women’s liberation demands that we break up established power structures — and start by focusing on the women who most suffer the effects of imperial violence.
Neoliberal Feminism Has a New Private Club
The Wing, London’s new private members’ club founded by a former Hillary Clinton aide, is just more of capitalism covering itself in the veneer of women’s empowerment.
The Failure of “Choice Feminism”
Jessa Crispin's new book Why I Am Not a Feminist offers some ideas on how to weave a strong class politics into twenty-first century feminism.
“The Feminism of the 1 Percent Has Associated Our Cause With Elitism”
The likes of Hillary Clinton have tarnished the name of feminism, associating it with neoliberalism and anti–working-class politics. For Nancy Fraser, feminism has to be about overthrowing corporate power, not giving it a female face.
“A Feminism Aimed at Liberating All Women Must Be Anti-Capitalist”
Women workers, people of color, and white men in the Rust Belt may not see each other as natural allies. But as Nancy Fraser tells Jacobin, there is a path to uniting the social majority — so long as we recognize our common enemy in capitalism.
What Is Socialist Feminism?
Barbara Ehrenreich on why we need socialist feminism to fight patriarchy.
Shulamith Firestone’s Postmortem for Radical Feminism
Shulamith Firestone’s writing captured the utopian spirit of radical feminism. In her last published book, Airless Spaces, she took stock of that movement’s failures amid the crisis of care unleashed by the destruction of the welfare state.
The Promise of Socialist Feminism
Rebuilding the Left will require drawing on socialist-feminist traditions.
The Pitfalls of Radical Feminism
Fighting capitalism remains the only path toward women’s full liberation.
Second-Wave Feminism’s Unfinished Business
Women are forced to take on both wage and social reproductive labor, then made to negotiate this contradiction individually. Second-wave feminism tried to change that.
Argentina’s Anticapitalist Feminism
A bill to legalize abortion narrowly failed in the Argentinian Senate. But feminist movements have already effected a social revolution in South America.
Is It Just Us, or Is Girl-Boss Feminism Waning?
“Lean In” feminism doesn’t seem to have the purchase it did a few years ago. Maybe that’s because it is so obviously irrelevant to the lives of the vast majority of women, who need a union and decent pay, not a female boss.
“Like” Feminism
The problem with Sheryl Sandberg's "feminism."
A Feminism That Takes to the Streets
Today's Women's Strike is a rebuke to corporate feminism.
Against Carceral Feminism
Relying on state violence to curb domestic violence only ends up harming the most marginalized women.
Sheryl Sandberg’s Trickle-Down Feminism Stands Exposed
Facebook’s Sheryl Sandberg has been exposed as a corporate thug. But that was implicit in her lean-in philosophy all along.
Feminism Against Capitalism
Today and every day, we need a feminism of the 99%.
Why Capitalism and Feminism Can’t Coexist
Feminism is about fighting for a good life for everyone, regardless of gender, race, or income. We can’t achieve that under capitalism.
Artist Dora García Considers Alexandra Kollontai and Mexican Feminism
The newest of artist Dora Garcia’s films on feminist revolution, Amor Rojo’s simultaneous exploration of Soviet feminist Alexandra Kollontai and today’s Mexican feminism is the most compelling yet, but it misses the politics of the contemporary moment.