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xenofeminism

noun

Etymology

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

  1. derived from fēminīnus
  2. borrowed from féminisme
  3. prefixed as xenofeminism — “xeno + feminism”

Definitions

  1. A branch of feminism which rejects naturalism and posits the abolition of gender and/or…

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

    • Xenofeminism sees the rising wave of technocracy but instead of searching for a buoy, it wants to catch the surf.
    • Rejecting the claim that science and technology are inherently masculine or patriarchal, Xenofeminism looks at attempts to repurpose technology to liberate women.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA