Laurie Penny, Sexual Revolution. Modern Fascism and the Feminist Fightback
“This is a story about the choice between feminism and fascism. It’s a story about sex and power and trauma and resistance and persistence.” So begins journalist and activist Laurie Penny’s ninth book in almost as many years, all of which have turned around the author’s recurrent concerns: gender, sex, work and power in the 21st century. As a result, this latest book of essays pulls on topics Penny has already written about in their many books, articles and columns.
We live in a political economy of patriarchy, which underwrites the other key power structures – capitalism and white supremacy – that perpetuate injustice. The world is mired in a crisis of care, while sex and gender affect everyone and everything.
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