“In my own view, feminism is the claim to the truth that women have moral, political and sexual agency and should have commensurate influence in the world. Feminists are those that speak that truth and influence social mores, culture, and public life.”
Read MoreHarsha Walia's critiques of neoliberal feminism are focused on untangling the current feminist rhetoric of independence (which reasserts Enlightenment ideals with strong ties to imperialism and capitalism) and inserting interdependence in its place. An expansive feminism emphasizes the ways that women need each other.
Read MoreI was in the BMV on Bloor late last August, scanning the tables near the front entrance for a copy of William Burroughs’s Naked Lunch, when The Marriage Plot caught my eye.
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