Beyond Instrumentalization: Far-Right Women's Appropriation of Feminism in France
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Title
Beyond Instrumentalization: Far-Right Women's Appropriation of Feminism in France
Journal
Politics & Gender
ISSN
1743-923X
1743-9248
1743-9248
Publication state
Published
Issued date
12/03/2025
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Pages
1-29
Language
english
Abstract
Femonationalism, or the selective use of feminist discourse to advance far-right causes, has often been analyzed through the lens of party politics. Shifting the focus to grassroots activists, this article studies a group of far-right female activists in France organized as a women-only collective of “identitarian feminists” to explore how these grassroots activists articulate anti-feminist frames while also appropriating selective aspects of feminism. The study relies on three types of empirical data: a long-term digital observation of the collective, a critical analysis of documents, and 10 semi-structured interviews. These data reveal that these activists diverge from traditional anti-feminism and instead reflect a femonationalist appropriation of feminism. This appropriation can be seen in three interconnected frames used by the collective in the fight against street harassment: an opposition to intersectional feminism, the use of postfeminist frames, and the racialization of sexism.
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