How Should We Analyze Gender-Critical Feminism? Feminist Fractures and Their Conditions of Possibility Cover Image

Jak analizować feminizm genderkrytyczny? Feministyczne pęknięcia i ich warunki możliwości
How Should We Analyze Gender-Critical Feminism? Feminist Fractures and Their Conditions of Possibility

Author(s): Nadia Janiczak
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Ethics / Practical Philosophy, Social Theory
Published by: Instytut Sztuki Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: gender-critical feminism; terfism; queer; trans; cisness;

Summary/Abstract: The article proposes an analysis of gender-critical feminism (also known as “anti-trans feminism” or “terfism”) as a phenomenon that cannot be reduced to transphobia – that is, a form of exclusion based on identity – but rather points to deeper-rooted issues concerning gender and whiteness within feminism. By highlighting the ideology of cisness, the mechanisms of the so-called “rescue discourse”, and strategies for presenting oneself as an oppressed minority, gender-critical feminism is analyzed – as a form of feminism – in comparison with anti-gender movements, so-called anti-prostitution feminism, and femonationalism.

  • Issue Year: 353/2026
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 24-30
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish
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