White Feminism

Journalist Koa Bec's ambitious Harvard research-based deep dive into how feminism has been commodified and racialised - and the revolutionary way of thinking that could drive a new movement.

Fourth-wave feminism preaches empowerment for women, centring an intersectionality that has been missing from the start. From, the formation of the suffragette movement 116 years ago to the Women's March demonstration in 2017, mainstream feminism has been defined by parameters dictated and sanctioned by the white women they most benefit.
In White Feminism, Koa Beck details the conventions that marginalised genders have needed to adopt in order t be recognised and exposes how Indigenous, Black, Brown, Trangender, Disabled, and undocomented women have been overlooked in order to champion a different feminist narrative. With insights spanning from the rise of the girl bosses to widespread civil unrest during a global pandemic, Beck exposes how white feminism adheres to a political strategy that commercialises struggle and reinforces white Western dominance.
Combining her quick-witted, cutting commentary with methodical historical research, Beck highlights the extent of racial prejudice, elitism and privilege that fuels the dominant feminist discourse. She delivers a call to action that urges readers to reinvent the narrow feminist ideas of modern gender politicsm and to scrutinise the capitalist, individualist and heteronormative paradigms under which white feminism operates. In this wide-raging analysis of the dangers of homogenising the global feminist experience, Beck advocates for a new landscape that accounts for visibility and inclusivity.

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