{"product_id":"femmephilia","title":"Femmephilia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eEnemy Feminisms \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eand \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbolish the Family\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e, a fierce critique of femmephobia within feminism, and a vision of a life-giving femme\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003efeminism for all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eFor two centuries, feminists have tried to be respectable and serious. In \u003cem\u003eFemmephilia\u003c\/em\u003e, Sophie Lewis makes the case for the vital political importance of “femmeness”: a femininity that is self-consciously artificial, a femininity whose erotic and political appetites are considered unacceptable and unnatural. Being femme is a kind of work that merits love and respect—but femmes instead face criticism from antagonists and feminist allies alike. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhere neoliberal women’s empowerment has failed to combat the eruption of right-wing, anti-trans, and anti-feminist attacks, Lewis argues that femmephilia can help us imagine a radical future. In essays on the high femme genius of Marilyn Monroe and trans yearning in the myth of Apollo and Daphne; on tradwives and girlbosses, reluctant heterosexuals, lesbian separatists, and anti-work cats; and on a mother on strike from maternity and a poet who mothered against motherhood, \u003cem\u003eFemmephilia \u003c\/em\u003eoffers a new logic of liberation for \u003cem\u003eall \u003c\/em\u003efeminized people. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57513497297269,"sku":"9798888905975","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9798888905975.jpg?v=1787220259","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/femmephilia","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}