A place to begin
What does neoliberal feminism ask of us?
A reading guide to the difference between changing an individual life and changing the conditions around it.
Read the introductionAn independent reading journal
Feminism.
Beyond the
headline.
Big promises. Everyday lives. Clear-eyed reading on women, work, care and the language of equality.
Start with the key ideas
Look a little closer.
Find a source in the bibliography
Work & institutionsWhen equality becomes a workplace promise
How to read leadership campaigns without confusing visibility, individual success and institutional change.
Equality & opportunityEqual rights, equal chances, unequal conditions
A practical distinction between a formal right, access to an opportunity and the resources needed to use it.
Culture & consumptionCan a purchase carry a feminist promise?
Reading the distance between a message of empowerment and the work of producing, selling and using a product.
Media & representationReading postfeminism as a pattern in media
Why confidence, choice and self-monitoring need to be read together rather than as isolated words.
Work & careWho makes work–family balance possible?
A guide to reading flexible-work and “mompreneur” stories through time, income and care.
Selfhood & everyday lifeWhen improving yourself becomes a job
How to read confidence, resilience and self-investment advice without dismissing the people who use it.
A past worth reading.
A new chapter to write.
This domain once hosted the Neoliberal Feminism Archive. This independent edition keeps its useful topic routes and citation trails, with original essays that connect those ideas to the questions of everyday life.
Explore the project historyOur way of reading
- Start with the promise. Who is it made to?
- Look at the conditions. Whose time and care make it possible?
- Follow the evidence. What does the source support?
More voices.
Better questions.