Explainers

What Is Feminism?

Real feminism – the kind that can transform the world – is about fighting for and with anyone who gets a raw deal under patriarchy.
Not just people with the right kind of job, the right kind of genitals or the right kind of passport.

In our new ‘Explains’ series Dalia Gebrial & Eleanor Penny explain what feminism is and is not.

  • Published 8 March 2020

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