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Take Back the Fight

Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age

 Two decades of neoliberalism have destroyed a structured, pan-regional feminist movement in Canada. As a result, new generations of feminists have come to age without ever seeing the force that … 256 View
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Introduction

If Mainstream Feminism Says Everything Can Be Feminist, Is Everything Feminist?

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 In the Introduction, the author first discusses abortion, both its personal and political aspects. The limitations of feminism to make lives better for racialized, Indigenous, disabled and queer … 12 $1.20 Add
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White Supremacy and the First Feminist Waves in Canada

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 In the first chapter, the author narrates the history of the first feminist movement in Canada until the collapse of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women. She focuses on the … 18 $1.80 Add
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Neoliberalism and Decentralized Activism

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 The second chapter, Neoliberalism and Decentralized Activism, provides background on neoliberal economic policy and considers the role of it in the destruction of social movements via the ways it … 20 $2.00 Add
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Feminism in the Digital Era

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 The third chapter, Feminism in the Digital Era, looks at how digital technologies have shaped feminism, via having new ways to organize. It also considers the weaknesses of such platforms in the … 16 $1.60 Add
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City of One

From: Feminist City

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 Kern explores how mobile digital technologies are essential feminist tools to urban survival. 31 $3.10 Add
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Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change

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 Chapter four, Social Movement Organizations as a Vehicle for Change, first unpacks what movement organizations are, looking at the campaign for maternity leave as a case study, and then … 18 $1.80 Add
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Debating and Re-Debating What Is Feminism

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 Debating and Re-Debating What is Feminism, chapter five, articulates the importance of holding debates, and the need for a location for hosting debates. She asserts that debate skills are … 22 $2.20 Add
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Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era

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 Disseminating Feminist Knowledge in the Digital Era, chapter six, argues for the importance of and need for locations for sharing feminist knowledge and debate, and for developing activist … 22 $2.20 Add
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Ad Hoc Organizing in the Digital Age

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 Chapter seven, Ad Hoc Organizing in the Digital Age, looks at the relationship between ad hoc organizing and collective organizing using the SlutWalk Phenomenon as an example of ad hoc organizing … 22 $2.20 Add
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Accountable Leadership

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 In chapter eight, Accountable Leadership, the importance of leaders in the feminist movement and the importance of accountability in leadership is considered. The author emphasizes the … 16 $1.60 Add
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Feminist Opposition to Power

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 Chapter nine, Feminist Opposition to Power, considers how mainstream politics have adopted the feminist label whether it is true or not. More broadly, the author considers the dilution of the … 22 $2.20 Add
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Mainstreaming Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Racist Feminism

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 Chapter ten, Mainstreaming Anti-capitalist, Anti-racist Feminism, argues that modern, mainstream feminism needs to be anti-racist, anti-capitalist and anti- colonial in order to be relevant, … 22 $2.20 Add
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Afterword

To Make Radical Feminism Mainstream

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 The Afterword takes a look at the 2020 Nova Scotia mass murder and examines its relationship to misogyny and toxic masculinity, as well as how mass murderers often target women. The chapter also … 6 $0.60 Add