Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Dollhouse Feminism & The Far Right with Kit Kowalski and Edie Wyatt.
There’s been lots of scuttlebutt around recently on whether feminism can work “with” the right, whether certain women’s campaigners “are” the far right or “in bed with the far right”, and a lot of confusion in general about the terms “right” and “far right”. And what is CPAC anyway and why should we be worried about it?
We asked some Actual Marxists(TM) what they think of the claims surrounding gender critical feminism and the far right.
Dr Jen Izakson and Hannah Berelli are hosts of the Redfem podcast (@redfempod on Twitter, Redfem on Apple) and editors of On The Woman Question, a marxist-feminist publication (@OnTheWomanQ on Twitter).
Dr Jen Izaakson describes herself as a “NATO and prostitution abolitionist”. She’s pretty accomplished, and
Hannah Berrelli describes herself on Twitter as “Marxist, feminist, lesbian, aspiring clown fish.”. She is a successful Tiktok creator, making radical politics accessible to a youth audience.
The inimitable Kellie-Jay Keen makes a guest appearance on the space.
Thank you to everyone who participated. A big thanks to Hannah and Dr Jen!
Followup on Redfem Pod
As we didn’t get through all the planned questions, Jen and Hannah addressed them in a special episode of RedFem.
After taking part in a Twitter space organised by some Australian feminists last week on the theme of feminism and the far-right, we spend this episode answering the rest of the questions that were intended to be discussed during the space. We cover the differences between fascism and communism, the history of No Platforming, whether communistic / socialist countries are democracies, whether feminism is antithetical to fascism (short answer: yes, entirely), why fascists claim to care about pedophilia, and much more.
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Bonus! Feminism & The Far Right Twitter Space