{"product_id":"dilf-did-i-leave-feminism-9781685892159","title":"Dilf: Did I Leave Feminism?","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this sharp manifesto, veteran author and activist, Jude Doyle, reunites feminist and trans politics through a common belief: that all people deserve to have the final say about who they are...\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Jude Doyle began his transition in the summer of 2020, he had a very public career as a feminist--winning awards from women's organizations, writing for women's magazines, publishing books on \"women's issues.\" Then, after a decade in the movement, he had to walk out in front of the public and tell them he had never been a woman at all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDoyle offers a seldom-heard and much-needed transmasculine perspective on feminist subjects, drawing together strands of intersectional feminist theory and queer and trans politics to show that all their struggles are the same struggle: The fight for gender-marginalized people to maintain autonomy and full selfhood in a patriarchy that is always eager to hollow us out and use us to further its own agenda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eDILF \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a strong rebuke to trans-exclusionary feminisms that seek to drive a wedge between gender-marginalized communities. Using interviews, critical analysis, and Doyle's own personal experience, \u003ci\u003eDILF \u003c\/i\u003eproves that feminism is a vital and necessary tool for breaking free of patriarchal control, whoever you are\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJude Ellison S. Doyle is the author of \u003ci\u003eTrainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eDead Blondes and Bad Mothers: Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power\u003c\/i\u003e. He is also the author of the graphic novels \u003ci\u003eMaw SC \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Neighbors.\u003c\/i\u003e His work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eIn These Times, The Guardian, Elle.com, The Atlantic, Slate, Buzzfeed, Rookie, \u003c\/i\u003e among other publications. He is the founder of the blog Tiger Beatdown. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Melville House Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51661495304466,"sku":"9781685892159","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1d43c105-4bdb-4ad1-a2d1-28e61dccde0d.jpg?v=1760446078","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dilf-did-i-leave-feminism-9781685892159","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}