Like Edward and Bella, our modern-day patriarchy depends on capitalism and capitalism depends on our modern-day patriarchy. It is a deeply f*cked up, toxic, co-dependent love story. My opinion, and that of many others, is that to be a feminist and anti-patriarchy activist you also need to take a long hard look at capitalism (which includes girlboss feminism), the second shift, and how exploitative it is to women and other marginalized workers. So let’s talk about it, shall we?

Audre Lorde, The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House, 1984

Intro song by Remmington Taylor [IG: @rmmngtn]

Sources

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/magazine/waged-housework.html

https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-socialist-feminism

https://www.michaelmoore.com/p/if-there-is-no-economic-democracy?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

http://www.cadtm.org/How-Patriarchy-and-Capitalism-Combine-to-Aggravate-the-Oppression-of-Womenhttps://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1849523255/girlboss-the-career-woman-everyone-loves-to-hate

https://harvardpolitics.com/girlboss-gaslight-gatekeep/

https://www.cadtm.org/Capitalism-and-Patriarchy-Two-Systems-that-Feed-off-Each-Other

https://inthesetimes.com/article/socialist-feminism-fighting-capitalism-patriarchy-socialism

https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/want-to-dismantle-capitalism-abolish-the-family/

https://www.vox.com/22466574/gaslight-gatekeep-girlboss-meaning

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34602822