Pink-pilled

Lois Shearing is a freelance journalist and author. They are the author of Bi the Way: The Bisexual Guide to Life (2021) and the co-editor of It Ain't Over Til the Bisexual Speaks: An Anthology of Bisexual Voices (2024). Their writing on sex, sexuality, gender, relationship, digital culture and politics has appeared in Cosmopolitan, the Independent, Mashable, the Metro and Gay Times, among others.

• Introduction1 Girl-fascism defined: understanding the alt-right and far right2 Forward to the past: the history of women in far-right movements3 This is what they took from you: the far right’s vision for women4 Feminism is cancer: how women are radicalised online5 What is a woman? Mapping women’s radicalising content6 WHITE SHARIA NOW: women’s experiences in far-right communities7 Which way western woman? Addressing the future of women in the far rightNotesIndex

'Lois Shearing is unflinching about the role of women – and even of certain feminisms – in contemporary Anglo-American alt-right and neo-Nazi radicalisation. A gruesomely engaging study, Pink-pilled urges us to pay better heed to the white-supremacist work that fascism is doing today with cissexual femininity, in order to strengthen our ability as feminists to assert liberatory alternatives.'Sophie Lewis, author of Enemy Feminisms'Sharp, nuanced and thoughtful, Shearing’s analysis disentangles complex and contradictory trends in women’s willing participation in hateful movements, including misogynistic ones. Should be required reading for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary far right and its gendered dimensions.'Cynthia Miller-Idriss, American University'A riveting deep dive into women’s involvement in the far right and anti-LGBTQ+ rights. Pink-pilled gives an eye-opening account of the pervasive online ecosystem driven by hate and misogyny.'Eviane Leidig, author of The Women of the Far Right'Thoroughly researched, concise and oh so intelligent, Lois Shearing you are a genius.'Catriona Innes, author of The Matchmaker'A captivating book that shows how and why women, too, can be fascists. Lois Shearing´s Pink-pilled should be mandatory reading for scholars and journalists working on gender and the far right today.'Inés Bolaños Somoano, IBEI Fellow in International Security at Institut Barcelona d'Estudis InternacionalsCHOICE Recommended: General readers and lower-division undergraduates.