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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Jul 16

'Fascism and the Women’s Cause offers a vital and unvarnished insight into the ways in which historical campaigns for women’s rights often intertwined with far right and fascist ideas about gender, race, class, and empire.'

Thank you @drkatw.bsky.social and @reacpolrn.bsky.social for the review.

Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣New review📣

@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.

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Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

You can find more information on the reviewed book here: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

Fascism and the Women's Cause — Ebb

Fascism and the Women’s Cause investigates the tangled roots of the women’s struggle and the manifestations of the women’s cause today in violent moral panics against queer and racialised people as ge...

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Reactionary Politics Research Network @reacpolrn.bsky.social · Jul 16

📣New review📣

@drkatw.bsky.social reviews Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's (@sisyphusa.bsky.social) 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', reflecting on the how tenets of women’s rights and agency are central to contemporary attempts to reinvigorate fascism.

reacpol.net/fascism-wome...

Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams

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Michael Richmond @sisyphusa.bsky.social · Jul 16

So pleased to have a first review of our new book! Thank you for this careful reading of 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', @drkatw.bsky.social

Dr Kat Williams @drkatw.bsky.social · Jul 15

My review of Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's Fascism and the Women's Cause for @reacpolrn.bsky.social ⬇️📚

Book review: Fascism and the Women’s Cause - Reactionary Politics Research Network

Book review of Charnley and Richmond's Fascism and the Womens' Cause by Katherine Williams

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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Jul 2

The book is still available to purchase here: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

Fascism and the Women's Cause — Ebb

Fascism and the Women’s Cause investigates the tangled roots of the women’s struggle and the manifestations of the women’s cause today in violent moral panics against queer and racialised people as ge...

www.ebb-magazine.com

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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Jul 2

When Fascism meets Feminism

Authors of 'Fascism and the Women's Cause,' Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond (@sisyphusa.bsky.social), spoke to @acidhorizon.bsky.social to discuss the forgotten histories of white feminist collaboration with the far right.

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The Roots of 'Gender-Critical' Fascism: White Supremacy, Reactionary Feminism, and the Far Right

YouTube video by Acid Horizon

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Michael Richmond @sisyphusa.bsky.social · Jul 1

me & Alex are on the latest episode of the excellent @acidhorizon.bsky.social. We talked to Adam about our new book 'Fascism and the Women's Cause', discussing 'fascist feminism', the Women's KKK, the BUF, gender criticals, the Pankhursts & more. Check it out!

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valentine @dozygay.bsky.social · Jun 28

Hungary banned anything that “promotes homosexuality,” which means Pride.

However, today over 500,000 people in Budapest told the government to fuck off. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · Jun 27

Incredible scenes
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We watched activists disrupt a ‘gender-critical’ meeting dressed as clowns

Last night, members of The Dyke Project – a collective of cis, trans and nonbinary lesbians – unleashed a series of surreal disruptions at a trans-exclusionary lecture

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Doug Aoki @nantanreikan.bsky.social · Jun 10

Los Angeles FC crowd chants, "Fuck ICE."

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Alexis ☭ @gothgf.rip · Jun 11

Straight from a Chaplin film from 1918.

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While Rome Burns @while-rome-burns.bsky.social · May 26

Excellent podcast with @sisyphusa.bsky.social on Starmer channelling Enoch Powell

There is pattern in British history of “whiteness riots” which are then followed by state rhetoric and legislation to appease the racists: 1919, 1958 and now 2024.

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Podcast Episode · 12 Rules For WHAT · 21/05/2025 · 52m

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Michael Richmond @sisyphusa.bsky.social · May 21

I chatted to the "12 rules for what" podcast about Starmer, Powellism and Border Britain.

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105 Kier Starmer, Enoch Powell, Race Relations and the Border

Play 105 Kier Starmer, Enoch Powell, Race Relations and the Border by 12 Rules For WHAT on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on SoundCloud.

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Insurgent Thought @insurgentthought.bsky.social · May 20

14,000 babies!

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · May 4

Finally got my copy yesterday and jumped straight into it

Brilliant book as expected and so necessary at a time when reactionaries aim to divide us, cosplaying as defenders of women's rights and the liberal centre conveniently laps it up

Order yours here:

www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

Book cover:

Fascism and the Women’s Cause by Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · May 4

Can’t wait to start reading this new book.

Their last book was a pivotal one for me and this one couldn’t be more timely.

(and the intro is 🔥)

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Michael Richmond @sisyphusa.bsky.social · Apr 29

mine and Alex's second book, 'Fascism and the Women's Cause' is out TODAY, published by @ebb.bsky.social

please buy it, read it, share it, order it from your local library. and please help us to spread the word about it as we're too exhausted to do it ourselves lol.

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Michael Richmond @sisyphusa.bsky.social · Apr 29

mine and Alex's second book, 'Fascism and the Women's Cause' is out TODAY, published by @ebb.bsky.social

please buy it, read it, share it, order it from your local library. and please help us to spread the word about it as we're too exhausted to do it ourselves lol.

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It's Going Down @igd.bsky.social · Apr 28

Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of author, poet, and anti-capitalist theorist Joshua Clover. We were lucky enough to speak with Clover in 2017 on our podcast. May his work continue to be an inspiration. itsgoingdown.org/make-world-s...

Joshua Clover speaking to group on microphone.

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DK Renton @davidkr.bsky.social · Apr 23

tl;dr = A rough-and-ready review of two important books: one published six weeks ago and the other today.

Both of them explaining the trans exclusionary politics of the present by looking for models from the past.

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Before JK Rowling or Maya Forstater

It is a joy to see these two histories appearing within weeks of each other. They are both timely, in explaining the precursors to today’s reactionary feminism. Each book begins with contempo…

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Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Apr 22

'This book is a tremendous resource and an exciting, theoretically sophisticated achievement...Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's intervention could not be more critical.' - Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social)

Preorder now: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

A picture of an endorsement of Charnley and Richmond's 'Fascism and the Women's Cause.' The book cover is on the left and to the right is the endorsement in white font on a lavender background.

The endorsement says: 'This book is a tremendous resource and an exciting, theoretically sophisticated achievement. At a time when certain feminisms have reasserted themselves as one of fascism's forms of appearance, Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's intervention could not be more critical.'

Sophie Lewis' name is in a larger font and underneath in a smaller font are Lewis' publications, 'Author of Full Surrogacy Now (Verso, 2019) and Enemy Feminisms (Haymarket Books, 2025).'

On the bottom right is a cream coloured badge that says in lavender font 'Preorder now.'

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Sophie Lewis @reproutopia.bsky.social · Apr 23

The UK Supreme Court’s transphobic ruling on the definition of woman last week is a defeat for all women—even, ultimately, the self-described feminists celebrating it, and the women who will gain in the short term from their alliance with the carceral state.

my latest for @thenation.com

The UK's Anti-Trans Ruling Is a Defeat for All Women

Even the self-described feminists celebrating the Supreme Court's attempt to banish trans people from womanhood will pay a heavy price.

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Katy Montgomerie 🦗 @katymontgomerie.com · Apr 22

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

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Sylvia @silbheuig.bsky.social · Apr 22

Such a lovely endorsement from @reproutopia.bsky.social

The book is out soon, April 29th!

Preorders really help out and this is a brilliant, important book too.

Ebb @ebb.bsky.social · Apr 22

'This book is a tremendous resource and an exciting, theoretically sophisticated achievement...Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond's intervention could not be more critical.' - Sophie Lewis (@reproutopia.bsky.social)

Preorder now: www.ebb-magazine.com/books/p/fasc...

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Jess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · Apr 16

My analysis of today's UK Supreme Court judgment.

The UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren't Women Under the Equality Act 2010

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UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010

The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country

www.wearequeeraf.com

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