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How feminism became capitalism's handmaiden - and how to reclaim it

Fraser, Nancy
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/oct/14/feminism-capitalist-handmaiden-neoliberal

Publisher:  The Guardian
Date Written:  14/10/2013
Year Published:  2013  
Resource Type:  Article

As a feminist, I've always assumed that by fighting to emancipate women I was building a better world – more egalitarian, just and free. But lately I've begun to worry that ideals pioneered by feminists are serving quite different ends. I worry, specifically, that our critique of sexism is now supplying the justification for new forms of inequality and exploitation.

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