Comfort feminism and the cruelty of a ‘post-racial’ monarchy in Britain

Dowler, Lorraine; Bartos, Ann E.

doi:10.1080/0966369x.2021.1997939

Gender, Place & Culture

2021

DOI: 10.1080/0966369x.2021.1997939

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Comfort feminism and the cruelty of a ‘post-racial’ monarchy in Britain

Lorraine Dowler

Ann E. Bartos

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“…Building on hooks’ insight, we join others in arguing that there is a need for feminist criminologists to take up an inclusive, intersectional, and anti-racist (IAR) feminist praxis that centers multiple forms of inequality in scholarship and seeks greater accountability for manifestations of oppression both within and beyond academic spaces. In our discussion, we recognize the pains associated with change and reject “comfort feminism,” a term that Dowler & Bartos (2021) use to describe feminism that does not account for systems of oppression like white supremacy.…”

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The Personal is Political and so is Discomfort: Intersectional, Anti-Racist Praxis in Feminist Criminology

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The phrase “the personal is political” is commonly associated with 1970s feminists, for whom it denoted the relationship between personal experiences and broad systems of inequality. However, considering bell hooks’ argument that feminists have lost the power analysis fundamental to the relationship between the personal and the political, we assess the relevance of the notion the ‘personal is political,’ to our work as feminist criminologists. Building on hooks’ insight, we argue there is a need to take up an intersectional and anti-racist feminist praxis that centers multiple forms of oppression in scholarship and seeks greater accountability for sexism, racism, and transphobia both within and beyond academic spaces. We elaborate our ideas by, first, outlining the intellectual history and evolution of feminist criminology. Second, we examine how the relationship between the personal and political figures in the work of minoritized scholars. Third, we discuss the necessary discomforts associated with working towards an intersectional and antiracist feminist criminology.

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Comfort feminism and the cruelty of a ‘post-racial’ monarchy in Britain

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The Personal is Political and so is Discomfort: Intersectional, Anti-Racist Praxis in Feminist Criminology

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