Misogyny Re-Loaded

by Abigail Bray

Blending personal experience with rigorous study, this explosive manifesto rails against what it presents as the resurgent sexual fascism of the new world order. By exposing everything from the casual acceptance of snuff pornography in "gore" culture to the framing of rape as a punch line, Abigail Bray links the celebration of sexual sadism to the rise of an authoritarian culture of militarized violence.

Arguing that a meaningful collective resistance has been undermined by the mass destruction of genuine social and economic security for ordinary women, "Misogyny Re-loaded" presents a scathing critique of a politically convenient, billionaire-friendly, mainstream brand of feminism. Drawing on a wide range of resources from popular culture, literature, economics, psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, and environmental science, this book offers a warning about the growing social and environmental threat of an out-of-control military industrial complex.

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction

168 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Lucia · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found this book very confronting, even very disturbing at times. Still, I found I had to agree with what the author was saying most of the time. Though I am in the New Wave feminist age-group, I agree that the sort of New Wave feminism that she describes is too watered down and neoliberalised to produce any real societal change.

[ToriBeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

A brilliant analysis on the modern presentation of misogyny and its impact on women and girls.

[Louise Omer]

Phew! Feminism at it's most intense.