Spinning and Weaving: Radical Feminism for the 21st Century

by Elizabeth Miller (Editor)

In the 21st century, radical feminist theory and activism is more important than ever. Hence, this new anthology, which brings together the best in contemporary radical feminist thought. Spinning and Weaving: Radical Feminism for the 21st Century seeks to raise up the voices of women around the world writing or creating from a radical feminist perspective, including scholars, journalists, political activists and organizers, bloggers, writers, poets, artists, and independent thinkers. This anthology especially seeks to amplify the voices of Women of Color, who are most likely to be silenced, marginalized, or ignored, and their experience denied or minimized. Relevant to contemporary radical feminism, this collection explores themes around the intersection of sex, race, and other axes of oppression; violence against women and girls; sex trafficking and the sex industry; pornography; sexuality; lesbian feminism; the environment; political activism; feminist organizing; women-only spaces and events; liberal versus radical feminism; transgenderism; and many other topics of interest and import to radical feminist theory and practice.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction, Essays, Feminist Theory

710 pages, Paperback

First published April 15, 2021

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Reviews

[Hans Otterson]

I feel incredibly privileged to get to read this book -- a look from the outside (since, as a man, I can't properly be a feminist, only an ally) on the current struggles of the feminist movement. Incredibly intelligent, incisive, and even brutal while also full of heart. Don't get distracted by the outside shouting; read what the women in the movement actually have to say.

[Jamie · Rating 1 out of 5]

If any of the writers in this book thought they were using their writing to sway readers to their "radical" ways, they are mistaken. It is an echo chamber of epic proportions that offers nothing more than the GC/TERF fare on Twitter does.

[Jess · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grew up in a second wave radical feminist era. So many things have changed since then and I’m trying to parse thru what the differences are between various feminist schools of thought. I’m not sure how to rate this. There are a lot of things that I don’t agree with- but it’s a well edited book from a lot of different perspectives and I’m glad I read it.

[Wenjing Fan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read some pieces. I think I like the anthology For Lesbians Only more than this book. That one is more passionate and graceful.

2021年出版的激进女权主义文集，总得来说都在舒适区，能看得出西方radfem关注的重点：反对性产业、反跨，也尝试加了一些新东西比如交叉性、网络性剥削（然而在激女立场上陈述得比较普通）。没有给五星主要还是因为议题与50年前变化太小也进步太小了，甚至没有当年那么有激情了；一些中国radfem认为比较重要的东西也没讨论到/并不关注，如美役、女同关系的张力等。比较推荐intro/4/5/16/17/19，以及私心也推荐一些我认为进步/变化了观念的25。期待这样的作品还可以再有。

[Mayryott · Rating 4 out of 5]

挑着读了读，质量不一，不过总体原则性与锋利性还在。虽然老生常谈的议题但在当下依然需要时时反思与讨论，不然理论话语空间就很容易退没了、消失了…批判queer politics的部分依然应景。