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xenofeminism

xenofeminism noun: a branch of feminism which rejects naturalism and posits the abolition of gender and/or gendered oppression through the posthumanist embrace of technology.

Noun

xenofeminism (uncountable)

  1. (neologism) A branch of feminism which rejects naturalism and posits the abolition of gender and/or gendered oppression through the posthumanist embrace of technology.
    • Even if they were to incorporate feminist perspectives, however, tensions remain between the desire to use technology for change, as in feminist posthumanism and xenofeminism, and the recognition of its embeddedness within both militarism and capitalism.2018, Emily Jones, Sara Kendall, Yoriko Otomo, “Gender, War, and Technology: Peace and Armed Conflict in the Twenty-First Century”, in Australian Law Journal, volume 44, number 1, page 5
    • Xenofeminism sees the rising wave of technocracy but instead of searching for a buoy, it wants to catch the surf.2019, Bogna M. Konior, “Automate the Womb: Ecologies and Technologies of Reproduction”, in Parrhesia, number 31, page 232

Origin of xenofeminism

From xeno- + feminism. Coined by the collective Laboria Cuboniks in their 2015 manifesto The Xenofeminist Manifesto: A Politics for Alienation.

Questions about xenofeminism

What does xenofeminism mean?
Xenofeminism means a branch of feminism which rejects naturalism and posits the abolition of gender and/or gendered oppression through the posthumanist embrace of technology.
What part of speech is xenofeminism?
Xenofeminism is a noun.

Words near xenofeminism in the dictionary

  1. xenoestrogen
  2. xenoestrogenic
  3. xenoestrogenicity
  4. xenoestrogens
  5. xenoethics
  6. xenofeminism
  7. xenofeminist
  8. xenofeminists
  9. xenofiction
  10. xenofobe
  11. xenofobes

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