103 Taking the Pink Pill w/ Lois Shearing

About this episode

Alex interviews author Lois Shearing about their book Pink Pilled, exploring women's roles in far right politics and online spaces.

This week Alex is joined by author Lois Shearing to discuss their new book Pink Pilled: Women and the Far Right. We discuss women's precarious positions within online fascists spaces, how gender motivates far right politics today, how the emptiness of liberal feminism can be exploited and more. The interview was conducted before Pink Pilled came out, you can now buy it via University of Manchester Press or bookshops everywhere. Support the show on Patreon: patreon.com/12rulesforwhat Red Flare fundraiser: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-antifascist-investigations-in-britain

People in this episode

Guest: Lois Shearing

Topics covered

• women
• far right
• online fascism
• gender politics
• liberal feminism

Keywords

• Pink Pilled
• University of Manchester Press
• Patreon
• Red Flare fundraiser

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Pink Pilled

Books & works: Taking the Pink Pill, Pink Pilled

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