Once and Future Feminist
Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Technology, Social Aspects, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Feminism & Feminist Theory
| Author: | Merve Emre, Sophie Lewis, Annie Menzel, Chris Kaposy, Marcy Darnovsky, Irina Aristarkhova, Diane Tober, Miriam Zoll, Andrea Long Chu, Sylvia Federici, Sarah Sharma, James Chappell, Cathy O'Neil, Michael Bronski, Jill Richards | ISBN: | 9781946511201 |
| Publisher: | Boston Review | Publication: | September 21, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Boston Review | Language: | English |
| Author: | Merve Emre, Sophie Lewis, Annie Menzel, Chris Kaposy, Marcy Darnovsky, Irina Aristarkhova, Diane Tober, Miriam Zoll, Andrea Long Chu, Sylvia Federici, Sarah Sharma, James Chappell, Cathy O'Neil, Michael Bronski, Jill Richards |
| ISBN: | 9781946511201 |
| Publisher: | Boston Review |
| Publication: | September 21, 2018 |
| Imprint: | Boston Review |
| Language: | English |
Feminist writers and scholars consider whether technology has made good on its promise to liberate women—sexually, biologically, economically, and politically.
In Once and Future Feminist, editor and lead essayist Merve Emre turns a critical eye on the role of technology in feminism both past and present. With her starting point the “fertility benefits” offered by Silicon Valley tech companies, Emre posits that such reproductive technologies as egg freezing and in vitro fertilization aren't inherently emancipatory; they often make women even more vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace. Almost fifty years ago, radical feminist Shulamith Firestone viewed developments in reproductive technology with skepticism, arguing in The Dialectic of Sex that they are only "incidentally in the interests of women when at all.”
Engaging other feminist writers and scholars, this collection broadens out to examine whether technology in general has made good on its promise to liberate women—sexually, biologically, economically, and politically. In this context, Once and Future Feminist considers not only whether or not a radical, emancipatory feminism is possible today but what such a feminism might look like.
Contributors
Irina Aristarkhova, Michael Bronski, James Chappell, Mary Darnovsky, Silvia Federici, Chris Kaposy, Sophie Lewis, Andrea Long Chu, Annie Menzel, Cathy O'Neil, Sarah Sharma, Diane Tober, Miriam Zoll
Feminist writers and scholars consider whether technology has made good on its promise to liberate women—sexually, biologically, economically, and politically.
In Once and Future Feminist, editor and lead essayist Merve Emre turns a critical eye on the role of technology in feminism both past and present. With her starting point the “fertility benefits” offered by Silicon Valley tech companies, Emre posits that such reproductive technologies as egg freezing and in vitro fertilization aren't inherently emancipatory; they often make women even more vulnerable to exploitation in the workplace. Almost fifty years ago, radical feminist Shulamith Firestone viewed developments in reproductive technology with skepticism, arguing in The Dialectic of Sex that they are only "incidentally in the interests of women when at all.”
Engaging other feminist writers and scholars, this collection broadens out to examine whether technology in general has made good on its promise to liberate women—sexually, biologically, economically, and politically. In this context, Once and Future Feminist considers not only whether or not a radical, emancipatory feminism is possible today but what such a feminism might look like.
Contributors
Irina Aristarkhova, Michael Bronski, James Chappell, Mary Darnovsky, Silvia Federici, Chris Kaposy, Sophie Lewis, Andrea Long Chu, Annie Menzel, Cathy O'Neil, Sarah Sharma, Diane Tober, Miriam Zoll
