{"product_id":"me-not-you-the-trouble-with-mainstream-feminism","title":"Me, Not You : The Trouble with Mainstream Feminism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Me Too movement, started by Black feminist Tarana Burke in 2006, went viral as a hashtag eleven years later after a tweet by white actor Alyssa Milano.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMainstream movements like #MeToo have often built on and co-opted the work of women of colour, while refusing to learn from them or centre their concerns. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFar too often, the message is not 'Me, Too' but 'Me, Not You'.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAlison Phipps argues that this is not just a lack of solidarity. Privileged white women also sacrifice more marginalised people to achieve their aims, or even define them as enemies when they get in the way.\u003cem\u003e Me, Not You\u003c\/em\u003e argues that the mainstream movement against sexual violence expresses a political whiteness that both reflects its demographics and limits its revolutionary potential.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePrivileged white women use their traumatic experiences to create media outrage, while relying on state power and bureaucracy to purge 'bad men' from elite institutions with little concern for where they might appear next. In their attacks on sex workers and trans people, the more reactionary branches of this feminist movement play into the hands of the resurgent far-right.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alison Phipps","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159082733825,"sku":"9781526155801","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-525.png?v=1704989819","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/me-not-you-the-trouble-with-mainstream-feminism","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}