When Fascism Is the Problem, How Can Feminism Be the Solution? A Conversation with Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond, Authors of Fascism and the Women’s Cause

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ID24237243
AuthorsMaria Elena Indelicato (0000-0002-4935-4745, CEEC Individual FCT Researcher, Center Social Studies, University of Coimbra), Alex Charnley (Department of Politics, Languages & International Studies at Bath University), Michael Richmond (OpenDemocracy)
Year2026
Pages1-13
Publication date2026-10-18
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Intercultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0725-6868 • E-ISSN: 1469-9540
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07256868.2026.2741848
OpenAlexW7222906077
LanguageEN
References cited7

Maria Elena Indelicato previously interviewed the authors of Fascism and the Women's Cause on the occasion of the publication of the book, Fractured: Race, Class, Gender, and the Hatred of Identity Politics (Indelicato, Charnley, and Richmond, 2022). In this interview, Indelicato invites Alex Charnley and Michael Richmond to highlight the contemporary political issues they felt compelled to address through the historical analysis presented in this book, as they did in their previous work. The interview comprises three questions and responses, each of which explores the historical relationship between feminism and fascism, and the use of ‘the women's cause’ as a rallying call for seemingly disparate movements. In the process of unravelling these relationships, the authors critically engage with what they define as ‘gender-critical politics of feminist remembrance’ and ‘the politics of women’s remembrance’, as well as how cisnormativity has periodically been made and challenged.

anti-fascism · Fascism · Feminism · gender and politics · Women's rights · Feminist Theory and Gender Studies · Gender and Feminist Studies · Historical Gender and Feminism Studies

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