From Gail Dines’ website:
In this presentation, Gail Dines explores how mainstream feminism has lost its way by fighting for the individual rights of a small group of elite white women instead of the collective liberation of all women. Dines argues that much of what passes for feminism today is focused on the pseudo-empowerment offered to women who conform to the narrow standards of femininity set by the porn culture. She calls for a feminism that is unapologetically fierce in its commitment to radical social change.
See also
Nancy Fraser’s 2009 article, ‘Feminism, Capitalism, and the Cunning of History‘ (PDF)
3 October 2012 at 6:08 pm
A ‘must listen to video’ because Dines in plain English explains how and why neo-liberalism is anti-feminist and in my view fascist at same time.
Promotion of neo-liberalism is Male Supremacist System’s ace card because challenging the notion that women have ‘choice and agency’ is not easy, particularly when Male Supremacist Politics neatly erases how male power as a system operates to maintain male domination and male control over all women.
In that magical mythical world of ‘choice’ as proclaimed by anti-feminists and their neo-liberal male compatriots we women have so much power we simply don’t know what do with this! But meanwhile back at ranch it is business as usual for Male Supremacist System with continued invisibilisation/denial that male oppression over women exists! Erasing critical analysis is one of the main features of neo-liberalism because girls and boys must not be taught critical analytical skills because neo-liberalism and its brothers Male Supremacy and Capitalism needs obedient workers not women who challenge neo-liberalism dogma and lies.
3 October 2012 at 6:15 pm
Reblogged this on GenderTrender.
10 October 2012 at 9:01 am
Excellent, excellent lecture. Thanks so much for sharing it.
3 December 2012 at 6:55 am
Why is that intro on this? It says “Gail Dines tells lies on TV” Why does it say that?
3 December 2012 at 12:34 pm
Do you mean the “related videos” that come up at the end? These are automatically generated by YouTube. Unfortunately there are idiots in this world who upload videos denigrating Gail Dines’ work.