In the years since #Me Too, misogyny, sexism and gender based violence have flooded the news and our social media timelines. Anti-privilege politics and intersectionality have entered the mainstream—systematically trolled on one end of the spectrum; embraced, to questionable ends, on the other. But what has this increased visibility entailed, other than the marketisation of the feminist struggle?
Feminism for the World argues that we have been witnessing an erasure of feminism as a long-term tradition, with its many conflicting histories and geographies of struggle elided and forgotten.
In this ground-breaking collection, eight leading international figures of contemporary feminism highlight feminist struggles and traditions from the Global South, presenting feminism as a project that is impossible without international solidarity from the West. In doing so they revive an authentic internationalism and propose paths for present and future generations.
Innehållsförteckning
On the desire for theory in the feminist movement – Verónica Gago
Women in struggles from all countries – Françoise Vergès
Motherhood from the perspective of the yabás – Djamila Ribeiro
The promise of communism – Lola Olufemi Truly radical – Sayak Valencia
Intifada and feminist imagination – Zahra Ali
Of course speech is a weapon! – Rama Salla Dieng
For Maria Mies – Silvia Federici
Om författaren
Djamila Ribeiro is a writer and social justice activist, and one of the most influential leaders in the Afro-Brazilian women’s rights movement. She is the coordinator of the Feminismos Plurais (Plural Feminisms) initiative, and the author of numerous books, including Where We Stand. She is currently a guest professor at New York University.