The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism
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Feminist reading lists curated as part of our collaboration with the Silence Will Not Protect Us Symposium: Sexual Violence and Power in Academia- the symposium takes place on Feb 25th (virtually and in person in Oxford) and until then this list is a work in progress!
Stay tuned for more, and get yourself a ticket HERE
Inspired by Sara Ahmed & Alison Phipps, a collection of books to move away from hegemonic feminisms towards radical solidarity.
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- Me, Not You : The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism
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- Phipps, Alison

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- Living a Feminist Life
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- Ahmed, Sara

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- Feminism for the 99%
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- Fraser, Nancy, Bhattacharya, Tithi, Arruzza, Cinzia

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- A Decolonial Feminism
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- Verges, Francoise, Bohrer, Ashley J.

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- White Tears Brown Scars : How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour
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- Ruby Hamad

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- Pedagogies of Crossing : Meditations on Feminism, Sexual Politics, Memory, and the Sacred
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- M.Jacqui Alexander

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- Sister Outsider
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- Lorde, Audre

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- Decolonization and Afro-Feminism: An Afro-Feminist-Legal Critique
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- Sylvia Tamale

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- Feminism, Interrupted : Disrupting Power
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- Olufemi, Lola

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- This Is How We Come Back Stronger : Feminist Writers On Turning Crisis Into Change
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- Feminist Book Society

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- To Exist is to Resist : Black Feminism in Europe
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- Emejulu, Akwugo, Sobande, Francesca

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- Crippled : Austerity and the Demonization of Disabled People
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- Ryan, Frances

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- Cut From The Same Cloth
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- Ed. Sabeena Akhtar

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- Burn It Down! : Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution
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- Fahs, Breanne

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- Lean Out
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- Foster, Dawn

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- Hood Feminism : Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot
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- Kendall, Mikki

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- As We Have Always Done : Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance
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- Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake

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- Revolting Prostitutes : The Fight for Sex Workers' Rights
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- Mac, Juno, Smith, Molly

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- Whipping Girl : A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity
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- Serano, Julia
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- Brick by Brick
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- Cradle Community

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- Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics
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- Lynn Fujiwara, Shireen Roshanravan

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- Notes on Becoming a Comrade
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- Jaskiran Dhillon

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- Against White Feminism
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- Zakaria, Rafia